IP: Saudis and Indians Cast Doubts on Identities of Accused

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Saudis and Indians Cast Doubts on Identities of Accused

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Officials in both Saudi Arabia and India are saying that some of the men 
detained in connection with the terror attacks on the World Trade Center in 
New York were traveling under false passports, casting doubts on the 
indentities reported American law enforcement.

Saudis say their nation has been unfairly accused because their 
compatriots' names have been broadcast around the world as suspects in the 
Sept. 11 terror attacks in New York.

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The Saudi paper al-Medina quoted Saudi pilot Waleed Alshehri, who is 
currently abroad on a training course, as saying that he will file a case 
against CNN for slandering him.

Alshehri's father, a Saudi Foreign Ministry diplomat, Ahmed Alshehri, 
complained to al-Medina of an ``obvious American haphazardness in throwing 
accusations at innocent people,'' saying that ``many of those mentioned as 
suspects appeared to be still around and there was no truth in what was 
spread about them.''

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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/20WIRE-SUSPECTS.html



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