Friday, 4. June 2004
Topic: Terror - on June 4, 2004 at 4:30:00 PM CEST
US advised freeing of Khobar gunmen says Saudi
THE United States advised Saudi authorities to give safe passage to three suspected al-Qaeda gunmen after they killed ten of the hostages they were holding at a hotel in the oil hub of Khobar, a senior Saudi security official has claimed.
The official said that on hearing hostages had been killed during the standoff last weekend, US officials advised the Saudis that letting the militants go would avert a bigger catastrophe.
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