[lbo-talk] Saudi Arabia says foreigners can carry guns

Michael Perelman michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Mon Jun 28 19:04:37 PDT 2004


Good, that means that the Saudi are finally beginning to understand American democracy. One man, one gun, just like the constitution says.

On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 04:40:12AM +0500, uvj at vsnl.com wrote:
> Daily Times
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> Friday, June 25, 2004
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> Saudi Arabia says foreigners can carry guns
>
> RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will allow foreigners who feel threatened by the wave
> of militant violence in the kingdom to carry guns for their protection,
> Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz said.
>
> "In principle a Saudi has the right to carry a weapon, if he has
> a permit. Likewise a foreign resident, if he felt in danger he could get a
> permit to carry a weapon," Nayef was quoted as saying by the official Saudi
> Press Agency on Thursday.
>
> "I mean a personal weapon which a person can have in his own
> country," the prince said.
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> Al Qaeda supporters have waged a year-long campaign of violence
> targeting Westerners, government sites and oil workers in the kingdom,
> prompting some foreigners to flee the country which is the world's biggest
> oil exporter.
>
> In one of the bloodiest attacks, militants masquerading as
> security men killed 22 civilians in a May shooting and hostage-taking spree
> in the oil city of Khobar.
>
> On Friday, security forces shot dead Al Qaeda's leader in Saudi
> Arabia, Abdulaziz al-Muqrin, hours after the beheading of US hostage Paul
> Johnson.
>
> But militants promised to continue their jihad (holy struggle)
> to drive foreigners from the birthplace of Islam and topple its royal
> rulers.
>
> Saudi Arabia announced a limited one-month amnesty on Wednesday
> for the militants. Saudi sources said it was aimed at mid-ranking and junior
> Al Qaeda supporters, not leaders with blood on their hands. reuters
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