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Story Archives of 'Saudi Arabia'
Rehab for Terrorists
By Virginia Prescott on Tuesday, October 27, 2009.President Obama said today that he won’t be rushed into sending more troops to Afghanistan. Last night he told a crowd in Miami that he is serious about shutting down the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The question of what to do about the Taliban insurgency and the remaining Gitmo detainees has yet to be answered. America might consider taking a page from Saudi Arabia’s treatment of extremist militants. The home country of Osama bin Laden and 15 of the 19 9/11 hijackers is not known for its leniency, which makes the Saudi government’s terrorist rehabilitation program even more extraordinary.
The rehab program includes religious re-education, art therapy, buying cars for former extremists, and even helping them find wives. Saudi officials claim they’ve "reformed" more than a thousand terrorists, and that the program has been 95 percent effective. But in January, the Saudi kingdom disclosed that eleven graduates of the program were rearrested for joining militant groups.
Max Fisher at The Atlantic has been tracking the Saudi program, and joins us with more.
The Atlantic: Applying Saudi Counterterrorism To The Afghanistan War
The Atlantic Wire: Seeking Fissures Between Taliban and Al Qaeda
The Christian Science Monitor: How effective are terrorist rehabilitation programs?
(Photo by Mushroom and Rooster via Flickr/Creative Commons)
Saudi Arabia
By Laura Knoy on Monday, April 28, 2003.The strategic relationship between the two nations goes back over 60 years, characterized by mutual economic interests and mutual distaste. We'll examine this complicated relationship and how it's holding up in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks and war in Iraq. Our guest is Dr. David E. Long, author of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia www.upf.com, and retired Foreign Service officer who served in Saudi Arabia.
Eleven September & A Physician to the Bin Ladens
By John Walters on Sunday, September 30, 2001.JON NOLAN plays with the Newmarket based group, Say Zuzu. His reaction to the events of September eleventh was to write a song to the melody of an old hymn. "Eleven September" chronicles what happened that day. You can download the song at www.elevenseptembersong.com.
TERRY BENNETT is a Rochester doctor. In the late seventies and early eighties, he practiced in Saudi Arabia and some of his patients were members of the bin Laden family. He talks about his time there and what he learned about Middle Eastern and Islamic culture.
