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Mark100 · Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Posts: 441

Does anyone in Yanbu have any more info on the events of today?

Bindair Dundat · Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 1123

For those who don't know what Mr. 100 is referring to:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/01/saudi.attack/index.html

Odd that there's no story about this on Al-Qaeda's --oops, I mean Al-Jazeera's-- web site.

run-jp · Posted: Sat May 01, 2004 12:00 pm Post subject: 7 Westerners were killed

acoording to CharlotteNC paper http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/8566850.htm?1c

at least 7 were killed at a Exxon Mobil and the Saudi company SABIC in northwestern Saudi Arabia, killing at least three Americans, two Britons, an Australian and a Saudi but militants who busted into the place, killing The SANG (Nat. Guardsman) that are now posted all over saudi for security detail.

sure the SANG guys i teach will have some heated comments on Sun.

there's a uni in Yanbu that am sure ll be effected by this.

Watch your back all,

Hunkered Down Teach"

run-jp

At the bottom of previous sory I read this familiar-sounding story:

n American was also killed in a May 1, 2003, shooting attack at the King Abdul Aziz Naval base in Jubail, about 250 miles northeast of Riyadh. Few details about that shooting were released. The attacker, who was dressed in a Saudi navy uniform, escaped..

A colleauge told me this story but he said the guy was ateacher who was fatally shot for giving cadet (the gunman) a poor/failing grade.

anyone hear that , too? ...am glad i 'm not responsible for testing at any rate.

take care all

ohman · Joined: 09 Sep 2003 Posts: 239 Location: B' Um Fouk, Egypt

Run--
Maybe you should revise your Coen Brother's quote.

"There's more to life than a little bit of money, you know. Don't ya know that? I just don't understand it. And here ya are, and it's a beautiful day..." (says Marge in Fargo)

Paul in Saudi · Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Posts: 404 Location: Doha, Qatar

If the initial reports are correct, this seems to be the first attack the public knows about against an oil target. This would be a change in strategy by Those People and could be quite significant.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

"strategy"

Do you think they have one ? I am not one of those who go for the idea of an evil genius ditting in a cave in the Hindu Kush manipulating his slavish followers.

Much more diffuse than that. Anyway keep your heads down folks. Roll on my looooooong summer vacation somewhere peaceful. (Where was I going ? Madrid, NYC, Omagh, Istanbul, Bali ?)

johnslat · Posted: Sat May 01, 2004 4:43 pm Post subject: Inshallah

At the risk of appearing to be prejudiced, and even taking into consideration the success of 9/11, I have to say I never noticed planning for the future was the strong suit of many Saudis.
Regards,
John

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

Some disturbing details in this story. Here are the latest details from Reuters:

"Three employees entered the site, taking advantage of their passes and allowing a fourth accomplice to enter through the emergency gate. They opened fire at offices, using various weapons and fled the spot to a residential complex with the aim of attacking it," a ministry official said in a statement.

Police chased the four militants through residential areas and guards at a residential compound opened fire on them, forcing them to retreat. They then exchanged fire with police in several spots. Three of the militants were killed and the fourth was wounded and died later.

The ministry did not name the four. It said the attack on the ABB engineers also wounded three others -- a Pakistani, an American and a Canadian. One national guard died in the clashes. Eight others and 10 policemen were wounded.

Other Saudi officials said two Saudi officers were killed.

An oil official said the gunmen shouted "God is Greatest" as they fired. The term is often used by Qaeda militants and other Jihadists.

SHOOTING SPREE

But Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler Crown Prince Abdullah said "Zionists' hands" were behind Saturday's attacks.

Local witnesses said militants first shot dead a Western man as he was leaving his compound near the Holiday Inn hotel in Yanbu, tied his body to their car and dragged it into the streets. His nationality was not known. Other reports said the body belonged to one of the five engineers.

None of the embassies could confirm the report.

Militants also shot at U.S. fast food chain McDonald's during the rampage in Yanbu, 250 km (160 miles) north of Jeddah, which had been largely unaffected by violence.

An ABB Lummus spokesman said two other Americans were wounded in Yanbu, which along with the port of Jubail is home to much of Saudi's oil refining and petrochemical industries.

ABB Lummus is carrying out an upgrading project for Saudi petrochemical firm YANPET, jointly owned by U.S. Exxon Mobil and Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC).

A Western resident said gunmen also threw a pipebomb at the city's international school. One employee was slightly injured.

VS
(Especially noted the Crown Prince's helpful comments)