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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Jun 13, 2004 01:41pm |
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| Category | General |
| Media | Weekly News Magazine - TIME Magazine |
| News Date | Sunday, June 13, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A wave of terror has Saudis asking whether their rulers can stand up to al-Qaeda
By SCOTT MACLEOD | RIYADH
Sunday, Jun. 13, 2004
As a veteran reporter on the global terrorism beat, Frank Gardner knew the dangers facing foreigners in Saudi Arabia when he ventured last week into al-Suwaydi, a Riyadh neighborhood known as a stronghold of Islamic extremists. Gardner, a BBC correspondent, and cameraman Simon Cumbers had arrived in Saudi Arabia a week earlier to cover the aftermath of the May 29 terrorist rampage in the oil-industry city of Khobar, which killed 22. As Gardner and Cumbers prepared to do some filming, a car pulled up alongside them. A man opened fire with a machine pistol, killing Cumbers and leaving Gardner fighting for his life. A photo taken by a bystander shows Gardner, his shirt and trousers soaked in blood, struggling to escape as a group of Saudis stood and watched. According to one account, he pleaded for help by claiming, "I'm a Muslim." He was eventually taken to a hospital, where he remains in critical but improving condition. The killers escaped. Almost immediately, a website favored by al-Qaeda branded the journalists "dirty infidels." |
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