[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 243 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 243

Providing that Saudi Arabia should cooperate fully to find and bring to 
justice those involved in the terrorist attack of May 13, 2003, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 2003

Mr. Fossella submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                the Committee on International Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Providing that Saudi Arabia should cooperate fully to find and bring to 
justice those involved in the terrorist attack of May 13, 2003, and for 
                            other purposes.

Whereas on May 13, 2003, a terrorist attack in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia claimed the 
        lives of 34 people, including 8 Americans;
Whereas the attack deliberately targeted a community widely known to be heavily 
        populated with civilian Westerners;
Whereas the terrorist attack is believed to be connected to the war on terror;
Whereas the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has renewed its pledge to participate in the 
        hunting down and eradicating of terrorists and terrorist organizations; 
        and
Whereas the cooperation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the war on terror has 
        been called into question due to a series of disturbing events and 
        coincidences, including that--

    (1) United States agencies, during their investigation of the 1996 
Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 United States 
servicemen, reported uncooperative behavior by officials of the Saudi 
Government;

    (2) Saudi Arabia was the host country for a telethon in 2002 which sent 
millions of dollars to the families of suicide bombers, and since September 
11, 2001, Saudi diplomats, members of the Saudi royal family, and other 
Saudi subjects have been connected to funding for ongoing terrorist 
activities; and

    (3) the Saudi Government was informed by United States Government 
officials that terrorist attacks were imminent just days prior to the May 
13, 2003, terrorist attacks in Riyadh, and the Saudi Government does not 
appear to have made serious efforts to increase alert levels: Now, 
therefore, be it

    Resolved, That--
            (1) the House of Representatives expresses its sympathy to 
        the families of those killed in the terrorist attack in Riyadh, 
        Saudi Arabia, on May 13, 2003; and
            (2) the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia should cooperate fully to 
        help track down and bring to justice all those who carried out 
        or abetted the carrying out of this attack.
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