After 9/11, U.S. gave more visas to Saudi students

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Source: MSNBC

Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, the Saudi student arrested Thursday on charges that he planned to build bombs for terror attacks inside the United States, was granted a U.S. student visa after qualifying for a generous scholarship sponsored by Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, according to the indictment against him.

Aldawsari was one of more than 10,000 Saudi students granted student visas in 2008, an NBC News analysis of the visa program shows.

Indeed, the number of Saudi students approved for entry into the United States has jumped more than fourfold since 15 young Saudis helped carry out the attacks on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. At the same time, visas granted to other Middle East nations dropped often precipitously or remained at the same level.

The analysis shows that 26,744 Saudi students received US F-1 and F-2 visas in 2010, up from 6,836 in 2001. The numbers have steadily increased as the Kingdom has provided financing for students, believing the students' exposure to the U.S. and its education system would help US-Saudi relations.



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[SpiralHawk]

1. "Smirk." - xCommander AWOL Bush (R)

"What's oily for the RepubliCrony goose is oily for the RepubliCrony gander, or whatever."

- xCommander AWOL Bush (R)

[Grassy Knoll]

2. .

ERRR...Fool me how many times ?

[Alcibiades]

3. Let's not forget Hani Hanjour

So, no grandmother has never hijacked a plane with knitting needles, no baby has ever blown it up with breast milk, and no federal agent has ever used their weapon to take over a plane. These sorts of people, and many others, get hassled regularly by the TSA. Plus, they took my big-ass tube of toothpaste.

I get hassled. You get hassled. Hassles for everybody! Plus, now they have to see you naked.

But more visas for Saudi students, despite the fact that the suicide pilot of American Airlines Flight 77, Hani Hanjour, came to the US on a student visa.

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4. After 9/11, U.S. gave more visas to Saudi students

They're not stupid. Having these terrorist in our midst is essential to establishing a police state.