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Pilot in Command · Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Posts: 50

http://usembassy.state.gov/riyadh/wwwhsc20.html

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

Yep, all indications are something major is in the offing. I am laying low in the compound and hoping they will 'off' someone else.

justcolleen · Joined: 07 Jan 2004 Posts: 654 Location: Egypt, baby!

Bahrain secures bridge used by Westerners fleeing Saudi Arabia

SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Friday, July 2, 2004
ABU DHABI � Bahrain has increased security along the road that links the kingdom with Saudi Arabia after receiving an intelligence alert.

Officials said Bahraini authorities have bolstered police presence and patrols along the King Fahd Causeway, which connects Bahrain to Saudi Arabia. Manama also ordered an increase in coast guard patrols around the 25-kilometer causeway.

The security alert was reported on June 23 amid an intelligence warning that Al Qaida might be planning to blow up the Saudi-Bahraini bridge.

Hundreds of Westerners have been leaving the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia and entering into neighboring Bahrain via the bridge. The bridge has been used most by Saudi nationals who seek a quick get-away into the Western-style nightlife of Bahrain, Middle East Newsline reported.

"There is concern that Al Qaida operatives might be fleeing Saudi Arabia via the Causeway or planning attacks in Bahrain," a security source said.

More than 100 Bahraini police officers were now deployed on the Bahraini entry point to the bridge. They included security officers, police, SWAT teams and undercover agents.

Officials said Bahraini and Saudi authorities believe Al Qaida operatives have been using the King Fahd Causeway to support insurgency attacks in Saudi Arabia. Over the last 18 months, both Saudi and Bahraini nationals have been detained on suspicion of belonging to or supporting the Al Qaida network.

Saudi authorities have also increased security on their side of the bridge. Additional police were seen from the Bahraini side of the King Fahd Causeway.

On June 23, Bahraini authorities released six nationals detained the previous day and accused of plotting a major insurgency strike. In a 45-minute hearing, Bahraini prosecutors did not present any charges or evidence, Attorney General Sharif Shadi said.

"No charges have been pressed against any of the accused," Shadi said. "They have all been released without charge."

Mark100 · Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Posts: 441

It gets better every day!

Still i would rather be in Bahrain than Saudi.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Why only Bahrain? What about other countries-Qatar,UAE;etc- that have borders with Saudi?

justcolleen · Joined: 07 Jan 2004 Posts: 654 Location: Egypt, baby!

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/07/04/bahrain.travel.warning/index.html

In part:

"The Department has received information that extremists are planning attacks against U.S. and other Western interests in the Kingdom of Bahrain," the warning, issued Saturday, states.

"Credible information indicates that extremists remain at large and are planning attacks in Bahrain."

The notice, which supersedes a previous travel warning issued Thursday, says American citizens already in Bahrain "should evaluate their own security situations and should consider departing the country."

U.S. intelligence indicates al Qaeda attacks are likely, in part because of U.S. dissatisfaction with the recent release of six terror suspects by the Bahraini government, sources said.

The suspects were arrested June 22, and the Bahrainis said they let them go the next day for lack of evidence.

A senior State Department official told CNN the six were "bad guys" and that their release has left the United States "quite concerned about Bahrain's commitment" to fight terror.

Bahrain is just a short drive over a causeway from neighboring Saudi Arabia -- where so far this year five American civilians have been murdered.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

"where so far this year five American civilians have been murdered."

What about the Germans, Brits, Swedes, Filipinos and Indians ?

Bindair Dundat · Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 1123

Hector_Lector · Joined: 20 Apr 2004 Posts: 548

His given name is God.

And He most certainly is not yours.

Cleopatra · Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2004 5:40 pm Post subject:

Surely, scot,you by now know not to expect better from CNN?

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

I expect no better from CNN - I wonder about others.

justcolleen · Joined: 07 Jan 2004 Posts: 654 Location: Egypt, baby!

Cleopatra · Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2004 7:28 pm Post subject:

"scot47 wrote:
What about the Germans, Brits, Swedes, Filipinos and Indians ?

Uh, maybe because nobody gives a rat's a ss? "

Speak for yourself.

Hector_Lector · Joined: 20 Apr 2004 Posts: 548

What�s got into them? Goodness me, the colonials have been getting very uppity recently.

They should keep an eye on their sugar intake.

justcolleen · Joined: 07 Jan 2004 Posts: 654 Location: Egypt, baby!