Stardate 20011208.1233 (On Screen): Prince Faisal, the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia, says that if any Saudi citizens are captured after having fought for al Qaeda in Afghanistan then they should be turned over to Saudi Arabia for punishment. Given how the Saudi government has been blowing hot and cold about this war (and generally about its attitude toward and relations with the US), I'm not so sure that the US will rubber-stamp this idea. After all, if a given prisoner is a member of a rich and powerful family then he might be able to buy his way out from under. On the other hand, such prisoners might actually get much more harsh punishment from Saudi Arabia than from us, such as public decapitation.
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