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...family have gone public with accusations that he was tortured while in Saudi custody. During his first appearance in a Virginia court, he offered to strip down and show his scars. The U.S. and Saudi Arabia reject the accusations. In a brief filed by the U.S., prosecutors say neither consular officials and FBI agents who visited Abu Ali in detention nor an American doctor who examined him after the Saudis handed him over saw any signs of mistreatment. On the 20-hr. journey to Washington on the FBI's G-5 jet, a U.S. official says, agents reported he looked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rough Justice of War | 2/28/2005 | See Source »

...American diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia. Riding in a car emblazoned with a banner reading there is no god but god, ringleader Fayez bin Awad al Juhaini and his terror cell shot their way through the gates, tore down and burned an American flag, and spent two hours stalking consular staff. The five victims were third-country nationals employed by the consulate, and two American staff were among the 12 wounded. In the ensuing shootout with embassy guards and Saudi security forces, Al Juhaini and three other militants were killed and one was captured. The raid constituted the first major...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terror Returns to Saudi | 12/12/2004 | See Source »

...square's Bourbon Street restaurant boasts an award-winning cajun-creole menu raved about by the U.S. consular corps?but everything else in the area is for the serious boozer or bold, cultural tourist. At the square's straining heart nestles the Texas Lone Staar (sic) Saloon, a favored hangout of grizzled Vietnam vets and supposed former CIA spooks. The bar's tag line, FOOD, WIMMIN, LIKKER, is painted across its windows, though the emphasis is almost exclusively on the latter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Splendor | 7/5/2004 | See Source »

...Baghdad had expected trouble all morning. At about 11 a.m., they evacuated the city's convention center, a three-story building inside the fortified Green Zone where officials hold daily briefings. Inside the convention center, American soldiers charged with guarding the building - which also houses the U.S. and British consular offices -charged through the passage. One shouted: "Everyone needs to evacuate! There's a suspicious package...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Insurgents Strike Across a Wide Swathe | 6/24/2004 | See Source »

...part of the visa process that has proved a hassle is the requirement that all international students, except those coming from the member countries of the European Union and a few other areas, must attend a consular interview at embassies at home. Lines can be long, and the wait can be frustrating, CGS Vice President of Research Peter Syverson and Casey said...

Author: By Laura L. Krug, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Foreign Graduate Applications Decline | 3/12/2004 | See Source »

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