| Sunday, June 27, 2004 Saudi envoy's
Zionist claims 'are offensive' By Christopher
Hart THE Saudi ambassador to London
has reinforced controversial claims by the
kingdom's royal family of a link between "Zionists"
and recent al-Qaeda terror attacks in the
country. In a television interview, to be broadcast
today, Prince Turki al-Faisal is asked about
comments made by Crown Prince Abdullah,
Saudi Arabia's de facto leader, that "Zionist
hands" have been behind the attacks. The ambassador replies: "When you're under
attack by people who come and kill your countrymen
and visitors to your country, and you see at the
same time an attack on the kingdom from the
outside, from Zionist circles, it is natural to
make a connection."  He
declined to expand on his remarks yesterday but his
comments were condemned by Lord Janner of
Braunstone, the former Labour MP (right).
"In my view it is highly offensive and he must
realise that the statement is totally
unfounded."
"No terrorism serves the interests of Zionism.
The allegation by the Crown Prince was rubbish and
he must know that." Prince Abdullah made
his original remarks when he addressed a
conference of leading Saudi officials and academics
last month after an attack on contractors at the
Yanbu oil facility that left six Westerners --
including two Britons -- dead. "Zionism is behind it," he said. "It has become
clear now. It has become clear to us. It is not 100
per cent, but 95 per cent that Zionist hands are
behind what happened." In his interview today, Prince Turki contends
that Saudi Arabia has been subjected to concerted
attacks by "so-called 'experts' with Zionist
connections" for 50 years, and particularly since
the terror atrocities of September 11, 2001. "Is it beyond any comprehension or understanding
that such attacks come at us from the Zionists on
one side and from al-Qaeda on the other side and
not make connection between them?" he asked. The ambassador also says that the families of
victims of terror attacks committed in Saudi
Arabia, including Westerners, can still insist on
the death penalty for their killers under Islamic
sharia law, despite the offer of a state amnesty to
terrorists who surrender in the next month. He
insists that the regime is doing everything it can
to root out terrorists and rejects claims that the
Saudi royal family's days are numbered. © Copyright of
Telegraph Group Limited 2004. 
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