Posted on Jan 31, 2016
Nine Americans arrested in Saudi terrorism crackdown
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Currently six U.S. officials are saying they cannot confirm that any Americans were a part of this crackdown in Saudi Arabia. The State Department is continuing to look into this and check the names of those arrested against additional data basis'
Saudi Arabia has been taking stronger measures against those entering Saudi Arabia in an attempt to join IS forces among those arrested were 14 Saudis, three Yemenis, two Syrians, an Indonesian, a Filipino, a United Arab Emirates citizen, a Palestinian and a citizen of Kazakhstan, the report said.
Currently six U.S. officials are saying they cannot confirm that any Americans were a part of this crackdown in Saudi Arabia. The State Department is continuing to look into this and check the names of those arrested against additional data basis'
Saudi Arabia has been taking stronger measures against those entering Saudi Arabia in an attempt to join IS forces among those arrested were 14 Saudis, three Yemenis, two Syrians, an Indonesian, a Filipino, a United Arab Emirates citizen, a Palestinian and a citizen of Kazakhstan, the report said.
Nine Americans arrested in Saudi terrorism crackdown
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CPT (Join to see) thanks for the post, hopefully the Americans were not part of the terrorism. It would be a negative blow to the U.S.
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL It's very easy to get into trouble in Saudi Arabia these days. New counterterrorism legislation, enacted shortly before Salman took power, defines terrorism as any act with criminal intent that undermines public order, as well as any "deviant thought" that questions Wahhabism.
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