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TomCADem

(17,382 posts)
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 01:03 PM Mar 2017

Saudi embassy confirms UK attacker had been in Saudi Arabia

Source: MSN/Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — The man who killed four people outside Britain's Parliament was in Saudi Arabia three times and taught English there, the Persian Gulf country's embassy said.

Khalid Masood taught English in Saudi Arabia from November 2005 to November 2006 and again from April 2008 to April 2009, a Saudi Embassy statement released late Friday said.

Masood had a work visa during those times, and then he returned for six days in March 2015 on a trip booked through an approved travel agent, the embassy said. Saudi security services didn't track him and he didn't have a criminal record there.

Before taking the name Masood, he was known as Adrian Elms. He was known for having a violent temper in England and had been convicted at least twice for violent crimes.

Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/saudi-embassy-confirms-uk-attacker-had-been-in-saudi-arabia/ar-BByIuEd



Is Saudi Arabia on Trump's Muslim ban list?
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Saudi embassy confirms UK attacker had been in Saudi Arabia (Original Post) TomCADem Mar 2017 OP
Nope! Next...! nt EarthFirst Mar 2017 #1
Thank you, Tom saidsimplesimon Mar 2017 #2
Bingo. DK504 Mar 2017 #4
No, nor should it be as there shouldnt be such a list at all. nt. cstanleytech Mar 2017 #3
Not on the list cuz Dumpty has business interests there - hotels, golf courses... iluvtennis Mar 2017 #5

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
2. Thank you, Tom
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 01:09 PM
Mar 2017

Quell Surprise! The majority of 9/11 haters were from Saudi Arabia. Their leader was a member of the extensive Bin Laden family. Thank you American oil men for treason, I don't think so.

DK504

(3,847 posts)
4. Bingo.
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 02:08 PM
Mar 2017

No one checks for alias' or criminal records? That sounds like a pretty big security hole.

I wonder if the UN has ever thought about coming down on the Saudi Royal family for their funding of Madrassa's ?? Any one ever think about that?

iluvtennis

(19,833 posts)
5. Not on the list cuz Dumpty has business interests there - hotels, golf courses...
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 06:05 PM
Mar 2017

...and I agree with you all, there should be NO DAMN LIST at all.

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