The Kingdomâs security situation is reassuring despite Saturdayâs bombing at a Riyadh compound that claimed at least 18 lives and injured 120 others, Interior Minister Prince Nayef said.
| That's some heavy recreational medication he's using... |
âI want to tell everybody that if I were not satisfied with the security situation in my country I would not have come here,â Prince Nayef told reporters in Tunisia.
| Uhhh... Prince? Somebody bombed the crap out of your capital on Saturday... |
âIf the security situation was not satisfactory, the Saudi leadership would not have allowed the minister in charge of security to travel abroad in the first place,â he pointed out.
| Unless they wanted to get him out of the way. Hope your plane doesn't go down on the way home... |
âI would like to inform our brethren in Tunisia that Saudi Arabia is in good shape and that what had happened will not cause any harm to it,â he said.
| "Other than a few corpses, of course..." |
The interior minister reiterated that no leniency would be shown to criminals trying to tamper with the Kingdomâs security.
| "Yup. Yup. All we gotta do is catch 'em..." |
Meanwhile, experts say planned foreign investment may be held up for some time after the bombing, but the attack will have little impact on the Kingdomâs broader economy. They say one aim of the attackers is to discourage investors and drive away foreign workers, undermining the countryâs economy and security. âFor investors already here, the bombing wonât have any effect. But for those who were thinking about investing here, they will probably delay now for a few months in order to assess the situation,â a European-based banker said.
"How many months?"
"720."
"That's... ummm..."
"60 years oughta do it." |
|