How Did Saudi Terrorists Escape?

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The No. 1 question in the oil-rich kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday was how three terrorists who killed 22 people were able to escape from a walled compound surrounded by hundreds of police officers.

The suspected al Qaeda militants went on a shooting rampage at the Oasis, a luxurious residential and resort complex over the weekend. The terrorists rounded up at least 50 hostages.

The gunmen targeted non-Muslims, and most of the victims were foreigners working in the oil industry. One American, identified as Frank Floyd, a former Kentucky resident, was killed.

An official Interior Ministry statement said the three militants who escaped used hostages as human shields until they fled in a truck, leaving the hostages behind. A fourth attacker who was wounded was also left behind. He was taken into custody.

But an Oasis employee, speaking on condition of anonymity, relayed an account from a hostage who said there wasn't much shooting heard toward the end of the standoff because a deal had been reached.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/29/terror/main620280.shtml

CBS is the only American news source asking questions?

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1. Saudi Gunmen Tricked Way to Freedom Deal -Adviser

By Mark Trevelyan, Security Correspondent

BERLIN (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia struck a deal to free three hostage-takers in a suspected al Qaeda attack at the weekend because it feared accomplices could blow up an entire housing compound, a Saudi security adviser said Tuesday.

Nawaf Obaid said the hostage-takers led authorities to believe the compound in the eastern oil city of Khobar was rigged with explosives and that they had fellow militants outside who could blow it up at the touch of a button.

"The threat was that if they killed (the hostage-takers), their so-called brothers from the outside would basically press the button and have the whole building go down. That's what they had threatened," Obaid said in a telephone interview.

"It was on that premise that they agreed to do the bargain deal."

http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=YZL0YDSU3UTPECRBAEZSFFA?type=worldNews&storyID=5314285

A lot of 'Tricks' going on in the Repuke's Party here too. But then it's so easy to 'Trick' the Boy King.