Gunmen opened fire Monday at a U.S. diplomatic car near the U.S. consulate in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia but there were no injuries, a Western diplomat said. The diplomat told Reuters that the occupants of the car escaped unhurt. "The preliminary information received an hour ago indicates that shots were fired at a U.S. consulate car. Everyone in that car is in good health," the diplomat told Reuters. | Their underwear is another matter. |
He did not give any details about the car's occupants or their number. Security sources told Reuters that an unidentified gunman opened fire at the car carrying one passenger plus the driver, both of whom escaped unhurt. There were no further details but militants loyal to Saudi-born Osama bin Laden have been waging a 15-month campaign of suicide bombings and attacks against Western citizens and oil sites. Some 90 police officers and civilians, many of them foreigners, have been killed. Since April militants have blown up a Riyadh security headquarters, shot dead five Westerners in the Red Sea port of Yanbu, gone on a killing spree in the Gulf city of Khobar and killed three Americans in Riyadh. | Other than that, it's a paradise. |
On June 23 the government declared a one-month amnesty for militants who turned themselves in. Al Qaeda rejected the offer. |