http://xrdarabia.org/2007/02/17/hyping-fear-of-saudi-arabia/ Informed comment and commentary about Saudi Arabia, reform, and its relations with the US Tue, 22 May 2012 20:17:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://xrdarabia.org/2007/02/17/hyping-fear-of-saudi-arabia/comment-page-1/#comment-2314 Global Voices Online Mon, 19 Feb 2007 03:26:05 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=2711#comment-2314 [...] Since I’m a Saudi college student in the US, I should emphasize the significance of the following to me. Crossroads Arabia has recently published a very insightful post about a newly released article by CNSNews.com, the Cybercast News Service; the organization was born as the “Conservative News Service.” The article hypes fears of the large number of recently-admitted Saudi students in the US. The post responds to the article, which put more emphasis on spin than content: This is a fine piece of Saudi-bashing put out by the Cybercast News Service. The organization, born as the ‘Conservative News Service’ tends to represent the more fringe-y elements of conservative America, putting more emphasis on spin than content. This piece, for example, tries to suggest that the students mentioned are somehow related to either the 9/11 attackers or are part of a new Al-Qaeda plot. What’s the substance of the link? The students’ Saudi nationality. [...] [...] Since I’m a Saudi college student in the US, I should emphasize the significance of the following to me. Crossroads Arabia has recently published a very insightful post about a newly released article by CNSNews.com, the Cybercast News Service; the organization was born as the “Conservative News Service.” The article hypes fears of the large number of recently-admitted Saudi students in the US. The post responds to the article, which put more emphasis on spin than content: This is a fine piece of Saudi-bashing put out by the Cybercast News Service. The organization, born as the ‘Conservative News Service’ tends to represent the more fringe-y elements of conservative America, putting more emphasis on spin than content. This piece, for example, tries to suggest that the students mentioned are somehow related to either the 9/11 attackers or are part of a new Al-Qaeda plot. What’s the substance of the link? The students’ Saudi nationality. [...]

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