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Saudi Blogger: Al Qaeda Terrorist Rampage Warms (Too Many) Saudi Hearts
May 31, 2004
Saudi authorities have no authority. As Reuters reports: KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's daring attack at the heart of Saudi Arabia's oil producing region has exposed glaring security gaps and raised fears of a mass exodus of Westerners from the kingdom, analysts said. Meanwhile, the stellar Saudi blogger who sardonically calls himself "Religious Policeman" says a near-majority of his countrymen are pleased with recent developments. And he's appalled. I'd like to be able to say that the overwhelming majority of my fellow Saudis totally condemn this terrorism. Sadly, that is just not true. There is a substantial minority, if not verging on a majority, who applaud any action that discomfits a royal family whom they perceive to be "unreliable" in religious terms, and to be too friendly with the US. So they support any action against them, regardless of who dies. And I see this support for the terrorists all around me, both in furtive conversations and more overt celebrations, the smiling jokes among friends, the victory fist punched in the air. Religious Policeman had to go on hiatus at the end of April, fearing another Internet crackdown. But he couldn't stay away long, and began posting roughly once a week, first at an Internet cafe. In the last several days, he's been posting more often, for obvious reasons. Hope he keeps at it. RP reminds the rest of the world there are decent, moderate Saudis who reject warped Muslim extremists, a complaisant public, and the corrupt, divisive royal family. Drive all the foreigners out, and who'll actually do the work? There is no indigenous Saudi working class. Physical labor is beneath them. Upside: this assault on the Saudi oil industry is good for mass transit projects in the U.S. Posted by Matt Rosenberg at May 31, 2004 12:00 PM Trackback Pings TrackBack URL for this entry: Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Saudi Blogger: Al Qaeda Terrorist Rampage Warms (Too Many) Saudi Hearts:
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This is an exceptionally interesting blog. My initial reaction to the most recent Saudi terrorist incident was ho-hum; if they can't reach the oil fields, why worry? But if it is true that the oil-field workers are truly frightened by their vulnerability, and that a near majority of Saudis applaud this, it is clearly a very serious matter. We should know the answer in about five trading days. Financial markets will probably panic for a day or two, and the ho-humers will try to take advantage of it. If they fail to stabilize the markets within a week, it will be time for all of us to worry. One has to give the Islamist strategists high marks for this. In less than a year they have divided American opinion over the Iraq war, alienated Iraqis from their American supporters, toppled the Spanish government, soured our relations with Turkey, and are now threatening the Saudi oil fields. Not bad work. Hasn't anyone in Washington heard that a good offense is the best defense? We are not going to win this playing defense. Posted by: Tom Rekdal at May 31, 2004 06:35 PMThank you Tom, for yet one more incisive commentary. I had much the same thought: how will this shake out in the markets? Wait and see, yes, But, be worried. (Not that I like to worry, either). Posted by: Matt Rosenberg at May 31, 2004 06:45 PMThe Saudi's have be be real worried. They have for a long time been the biggest producer on the block with as much influence over the world economy as almost any other country. They have become a US proterate because of it's vast oil reserves and, as adults, the US has to be worried about oil supplies to the world, not just the amount of oil we import from the middle-east. If world oil production can be supplemented by stepped up production in Iraq (the second largest known reserves in the world), Saudi Arabia becomes less important to the world as a stable supplier and the US can afford a more agressive stance toward the kingdom and other middle-east oil suppliers. I'm not sure which state will undergo the most dramatic change in the middle-east over the next five years, representative goverment in Iraq, a student lead revolution against the mullahs in Iran or the seperation of the Saudi princes in one part of Arabia from their oil supplies in the other parts of the kingdom. Posted by: Gary B at June 1, 2004 08:11 PMPost a comment
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