-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Saudi Arabia cuts ties with Taliban Click to enlarge photo DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia says it has cut all relations with Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement for continuing to harbour "terrorists", the official Saudi Press Agency reported. The move further isolates the Taliban after the United Arab Emirates severed ties with the movement on Saturday, giving a diplomatic boost to U.S. efforts to press the Taliban to surrender Saudi-born dissident Osama bin Laden. Washington has named bin Laden as a prime suspect in the September 11 terror attacks on the United States. Pakistan is the only country which still has formal diplomatic links with the Taliban, although Islamabad said on Monday it had withdrawn all diplomatic staff from Afghanistan. "Because the Taliban government did not pay attention to all the contacts and attempts made by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to persuade it to stop harbouring criminals and terrorists...,the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announces cutting off all its relations with the Taliban government," an official Saudi statement said. It said that Saudi Arabia, birthplace of Islam, will continue to stand with fellow Muslims in Afghanistan. Saudi Arabia, along with the UAE and Pakistan, recognised the Taliban as Afghanistan's government in 1997 but froze diplomatic relations a year later in protest over the presence of bin Laden in the country. The Afghan embassy in Riyadh is open with a staff of 10, but there is no diplomatic representation for the Taliban in the oil-rich state. Pakistan on Monday temporarily withdrew all staff from its embassy in the Afghan capital for security reasons, a Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokesman said. Bin Laden has denied any connection to the attacks, in which nearly 7,000 people were either killed or are missing. The conservative kingdom stripped bin Laden of Saudi citizenship in 1994 for his activities against the royal family. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
