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| Berlin Sees No Political Motive to Saudi Shooting on Envoys |
| 2014-01-16 |
| [An Nahar] The German government on Wednesday said it had no reason to believe an attack by gunnies on two German diplomats in Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... this week was politically motivated. The two envoys escaped unharmed when their car came under fire Monday in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, where most of the country's Shiite Moslem minority lives. German foreign ministry front man Martin Schaefer said the area was known for "security risks". "We have no evidence and no concrete indications that this attack on the two German diplomats had a terrorist motive, a political motive," he told news hounds. "But this is a conclusion that I must put under the caveat that in the course of the investigation, which we of course are pursuing with great intensity, and which we are insisting on from the Saudi side, new evidence could emerge that requires us to change that judgement." The Saudi official news agency SPA reported that authorities were seeking the gunnies without saying whether the incident was linked to unrest in Eastern Province. Schaefer declined to comment directly on German media reports that said the two envoys worked for the country's foreign intelligence service BND. "A diplomat is easy to define: it is someone who is formally accredited in a host country," he said. "So when I say 'diplomat', I mean that." Reports on Wednesday quoted officials as saying that they believed the attack was likely a kidnapping attempt to extort a ransom rather than a politically motivated assault. |
| Posted by:Fred |