Nine Americans are currently imprisoned in Saudi jails, with eight detained in the past three months, according to a website belonging to Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry.
The state-linked newspaper al-Watan reported Saturday that the eight recently detained Americans are being investigated for terrorism-related crimes.
The detainee list shows four Americans were arrested in November and December of 2015 and another four Americans were detained on Jan. 25. It says the eight are being investigated, but does not provide details about their alleged crimes or where they are being held in the kingdom.
The names, ages, genders and other personal details of the U.S. detainees were also not listed, however the website shows one U.S. citizen was arrested in March 2007 and convicted and has the right to appeal, though the details of the case are not provided.
The latest update to the official list, which includes 5,158 detainees who are mostly Saudi nationals, was made on Monday. The list of detainees is posted on the Interior Ministry’s Nafetah website, which helps relatives communicate with detainees.
It shows that five of the Americans were in Saudi Arabia on resident visas, According to the prisons’ website, three others are listed only as U.S. passport holders, suggesting they could be dual-nationals or were visiting the kingdom at the time of their arrest.
U.S. State Department officials say they are looking into reports of the arrests.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
I don’t understand why the government keeps calling the Saudis our allies. They are not our friends, and never have been.
Dixie Belle>Getting their Open-Hand Filled By Isitreal..And A Few Other ..Places.. >>For Just AS Long AS They Can Keep The Wool Pulled Over Our EYES..They Will Continue Filling Their Coffers..And Using THEIR Dual-Citizenship To THE Limit . Who ARE THE Big Fools HERE ?? One Guess. With “Allies ‘ Like Them..Who Has Room for Enemies ???
For some Strange Reason..The Top Half of MY ‘comment’ Was Not Printed. Can`t Be too hard to understand ..that I Must have Hit a Nerve Somewhere ! DO understand..That it was GWBush who Clearly Named Turkey, Saudia Arabia…And YES..North Korea…as Our Friends and Allies !!! Why Did He Do That ? This was Said.. shortly Before This Country ( With the full Instigation of ISITREAL ) Invaded Iraq..On False Charges. Was he Trying to Line up Assistance In this Venture >> just in Case ?? Of course..We realize Now..After The Fact..Just How Taken IN We really Were.
iT IS WEIRD TO BELIEVE THAT SAUDIA Arabia WAS our FRIEND..( before OR after >>9 / 11 > ) WHY Would That Be a Possibility ? WE Don`t behead people. Or call Anyone who does.. ‘Friends .’ Can someone Clear This Up for me ?
we got the gas chamber electrec chair firing squad take you pick ?
It would be a good idea to find out more information such as names and charges before getting too worked up about this. It’s a known fact that several Americans have aligned themselves with ISIS. The arrested Americans may be among those who are trying to destroy civilization on behalf of the Islamic State.