Date :9/20/01 10:54:42 PM
  No.: 40
 
SPA -40- POLITICAL / BUSH RECEIVES SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER 2WASHINGTON

HE EXPLAINED THAT ACTION WAS AS MUCH DIRECTED AGAINST THE U.S. AS THE ISLAMIC WORLD AND AIMED AT DRIVING A WEDGE BETWEEN THE ISLAMIC WORLD AND ALL OTHER CIVILIZATIONS, A GOAL SOUGHT BY INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.

PRINCE SAUD ALFAISAL EMPHASIZED THAT THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA AND THE UNITED STATES AGREE ON THE NEED FOR COMBATING THAT GOAL BECAUSE NO DOUBT IT IS NOT IN THE INTEREST OF ISLAM AND MUSLIMS TO HAVE A STRUGGLE AMONG INTERNATIONAL GROUPS.

REGARDING THE LIST PUBLISHED BY THE MEDIA OF THE SUSPECTS IN THE ATTACKS AGAINST THE U.S. AND THE LIST'S INCLUSION OF SAUDI NAMES,HE SAID, 'I THINK THERE IS A GENERAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THERE WAS HASTE IN SOME SUSPICIONS AND SOME NAMES WHICH APPEARED AND ACTUALLY IT WAS PROVED THAT FIVE OF THE SIXTEEN NAMES INCLUDED IN THE LIST HADNOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT HAPPENED. WE VERY MUCH HOPE THAT BEFORE BEINGPUBLISHED, INFORMATION, NAMES AND PICTURES WILL BE VERIFIED.'

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