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Re:Welcome, ACLU by freehunter on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @12:35PM (#13532920)
You mean the Saudi Arabia that was so complicit in 9/11 that Republicans in Congress passed a law saying private citizens could sue the government of Saudi Arabia for damages caused by 9/11?

That's your definition of "keeping a lid" and "maintaining internal security"?

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Re:Welcome, ACLU by freehunter on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @08:18PM (#13537258)
Has the leadership in Saudi Arabia changed? Because it's not just "some Saudi guys" who did it. It was the government of Saudi Arabia. That's why Republicans said Americans are allowed to sue them.
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Re:Welcome, ACLU by mschuster91 on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @07:48PM (#13537036)
> There is no reason to believe they are a current threat.

Saudi-Arabian nationals provide the ideological standing that IS leaders use, and Saudi-Arabian money financed the rise of IS. And I believe that there's a large number of SA-origin IS fighters, but can't remember where I read that, so take it with a grain of salt.

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