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Saudi military involved in suppressing pro-democracy protests The success of Saudi Arabia in quelling pro-democracy demonstrations on Dec. 16 and 17 reflects not only the effectiveness of the Interior Ministry, but also demonstrates the capabilities of the U.S.-supported Saudi military. Saudi military intelligence was heavily involved in tracking signals and electronic communications by Saudi opposition groups, particularly the London-based Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia, whose director, Saad Al Faqih, has been designated by the U.S. and the UN as a terrorist financier. Saudi military intelligence has played a major role in tracking opposition groups and arresting organizers. The Washington-based Saudi Institute has obtained a report by Saudi military intelligence that outlined its role in suppressing the pro-democracy demonstrations. The report included such requirements as arresting protesters and identifying and prosecuting organizers. The report also warned that the military must ensure that soldiers not participate in the protests. It was not clear whether soldiers did participate in the protests, which were dispersed in their initial stages. Washington has heavily supported the Saudi military, but U.S. law stipulates that Washington cannot help any foreign military suppress its civilians. Some members of Congress have been asked to examine this issue. -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
