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Saudi's U.S. ambassador reported in seclusion Saudi Arabia's long-time ambassador to the Untied States, Prince Bandar Bin-Sultan Bin-Abd-al-Aziz, is in seclusion and has not worked for weeks. The London Al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper quoted Arab diplomats as saying Bandar was "in seclusion." The report also stated that Bandar had submitted his resignation but stayed on to escort Crown Prince Abdullah to President Bush's ranch in Texas in April. July 5: Sudden departure of longtime Saudi ambassador to U.S. called resignation, vacation The Saudi government denied Bandar has resigned and said he is on vacation. Bandar did not participate in talks in Riyadh with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and is said to be upset at not being appointed to the post of Saudi intelligence minister, the report said. The newspaper quoted sources close to Bandar as saying that he was frustrated after the January resignation of intelligence chief Prince Nawaf Bin-Abd-al-Aziz. When Prince Abdallah did not offer Bandar the intelligence post, he realized his prospects for a cabinet position were slim and he went into seclusion. U.S. sources say Bandar may be viewed as having been too close to the U.S. government and thus may be opposed by more hardline Saudi officials. -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
