Saudi Government Funds Aviation Scholarships for Students to Study in U.S.

"Gee, it wasn't bad enough that several of the 15 of 19 hijackers on 9/11 were Saudis who studied aviation here in the U.S. Now, Saudi Arabia, our "ally on the War on Terror" (the "ally" which is actually fomenting the Terror), is sponsoring AVIATION SCHOLARSHIPS for Saudis to study in the U.S. Hello? . . . . Haven't we been there, done that? Isn't it about time that we restrict aviation training in the U.S. to nationals of non-terrorist-linked nations? And shouldn't the Saudis still be ashamed (not that they ever were) of their U.S.-aviation-educated countrymen who murdered nearly 3,000 Americans? Well, why should they be--with the way the Bush Administration panders to them?!" says Debbie Schlussel. "And, by the way, we've already written about Mana Saleh Almanajam and Shaker Mohsen Alsidran, two of the Saudi men already here 'learning English' on similar Saudi scholarships. They're the two men who went on the 'joy ride' on a Tampa school bus, one in a trench coat on a hot Florida day, in an apparent dry run for a terrorist attack."

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