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Date Posted: 09:02:02 05/14/03 Wed
Author: Jo
Author Host/IP: buchanan-b3.state.gov / 169.252.4.9
Subject: bombing in Riyadh
In reply to: Chris Henry 's message, "Terrorist Attacks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Last night I was, to say the least, rudely disturbed. For an unknown number of others, it was the stuff of nightmares, if they were lucky enough to survive. This is more of my personal account than an attempt to engage in debate - I'm just not in the mood for that. However I'm sure I'll be coming back to the point at the end." on 03:09:59 05/13/03 Tue

I used to live in Riyadh, and I was there throughout the first War against Iraq (which Iraq initiated by invading Kuwait). At that time, our only danger was from scuds, and there was no anger toward the US from people around us. What's happened since then? I think that part of it is that people really did believe that the US was acting on the side of self-determination of countries, and liberty, and freedom. Lately, that's not what people are seeing, and it makes the recruiting job of extremists that much easier. I don't think the people in compounds deserved to be hurt - and I don't think the concerns of people around the world deserve to be ignored.

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