Tuesday, October 25, 2005

You may remember the January 2005 report by the Center for Religious Freedom on the distribution of Saudi government approved hate material in American mosques.

This led to the introduction of the Saudi Arabia Accountability Act of 2005 in the Senate on June 6, with the main purpose being, "To halt Saudi support for institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any other way aid and abet terrorism, and to secure full Saudi cooperation in the investigation of terrorist incidents, and for other purposes." The bill was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. A similar bill was presented in November 2003.

In addition, the Senate Judiciary Committee was scheduled to meet today to discuss the topic, “Saudi Arabia: Friend or Foe in the War on Terror?”. However, the meeting was canceled and has not been rescheduled. Israpundit has an Action Alert with a list of Senators on the Committee who you can contact to make your feelings known about the importance of this topic. More here from the Washington Times.

I couldn't find any other mention of this news in the mainstream press.

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