WHY WERE 12 SAUDI SERVICEMEN EXPELLED FROM U.S. MILITARY BASES?
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WHY WERE 12 SAUDI SERVICEMEN EXPELLED FROM U.S. MILITARY BASES?
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More than 12 Saudi servicemen who were training at various American military facilities will be expelled from the United States after officials conducted an investigation after the December Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting.
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On December 6 gunman Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, an aviation student from Saudi Arabia, opened fire at the Florida base and killed three Americans – Airman Apprentice Cameron Scott Walters, 21; Mohammed Haitham, 19; Joshua Kaleb Watson, 23; and injured eight others.
He was participating in a training program sponsored by the Pentagon in a security cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia that teaches English, basic aviation and initial pilot training.
More than 850 Saudi nationals are in the US participating in that program, a Department of Defense official stated.
Following the attack, the FBI and the Pentagon began a review into a slew of Saudi trainees studying at US military installations across the nation and now more than a dozen will be expelled after some were found to be linked to extremist movements, CNN reported Saturday evening.
Additionally, some were found to be in possession of child pornography.
CNN reports that none of these trainees being expelled are accused of being co-conspirators with shooter Alshamrani.
After the December 6 attack about a dozen Saudi trainees were confined to their quarters in Pensacola while the FBI investigated the shooting as a possible terror attack.
‘In the wake of the Pensacola tragedy, the Department of Defense restricted to classroom training programs foreign military students from Saudi Arabia while we conducted a review and enhancement of our foreign student vetting procedures. That training pause is still in place while we implement new screening and security measures,’ the Pentagon said to Fox News in a statement.
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…but the article does not mention the students who photographed the shooting and seemed delighted…Lord, we ask for justice.
“Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.” (Psa. 127:1) Lord, we declare our dependence on You for our protection and safety. We pray for our military, security, and law enforcement agencies and personnel for their wisdom and protection and effectiveness. We look to You to enable them to protect us and our country. Amen.
Father God, we ask you to give all our government and military leaders wisdom regarding issues dealing with those who might have motive to destroy our citizens and country through terrorism. We ask that you would protect all of our leaders and troops that fight to keep us free, and bless them beyond measure. We ask that you shine light on all those who try to destroy America, that they will be exposed before they can do harm. In the name of Jesus, we thank you for hearing and answering our prayers. Amen.