The State Department's Saudi Problem

(Wall Street Journal) - Editorial The story of Sarah Saga affords two timely lessons: The first is that Washington is fully capable of arranging the liberation of our women and children held in Saudi Arabia against their will, with the right backbone. The second is that someone needs to light some firecrackers under the State Department if the many others still trapped there - including Ms. Saga's two young children - are ever to taste their freedom. How about linking American visas for any Saudi citizens to the freedom of innocent Americans in Saudi Arabia?


2003-07-03 00:00:00

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