In a US embassy cable released by Wikileaks, American Ambassador James B. Smith, the ambassador to Saudi Arabia, met with Saudi Assistant Minister of Defense and Aviation Prince Khaled bin Sultan in February to relay concerns that the Saudis, battling with a Yemeni separatist group, attacked a hospital in Yemen using American satellite photos. The [...]
The Embassy Cables: Saudi Arabia attacked civilians using American intel
Dec. 10, 2010 Leave a Comment
The Embassy Cables: Saudi youth party hard
Dec. 7, 2010 1 Comment
According to a November 2009 cable from the American Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, put online by Wikileaks on Tuesday, the elite young people there “party like the rest of the world.” “Behind the facade of Wahabi conservatism in the streets, the underground nightlife for Jeddah’s elite youth is thriving and throbbing. The full range [...]
The Embassy Cables: Saudis fear Iranian missile strike more than terrorism
Dec. 7, 2010 Leave a Comment
In a Wikileaks-leaked cable from the US embassy in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s office, Ambassador James C. Oberwetter reported in December 2006 that an unnamed Saudi official told the embassy that Saudi Arabia fears an Iranian missile strike more than terrorism. “xxxxxxxxxxxx told Assistant to the President [...]
47-year-old man marries 8-year-old girl
Feb. 9, 2009 3 Comments
A Saudi Arabian man gave his 8-year-old daughter’s hand in marriage to a 47-year-old man, in an apparent attempt to settle his debts, CNN reports.
