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dalton99a

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3. The Saudi government does not recognize U.S. citizenship for dual citizens

Reply to Yosemito (Original post)

Sat Mar 2, 2019, 12:41 PM

Mar 2019

A State Department official who declined to speak for attribution said: “We routinely request consular access to all American citizens that have been detained in Saudi Arabia. In cases where the detainee possesses both Saudi and United States citizenship, the host government often does not recognize United States citizenship and denies consular access.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/21/world/middleeast/saudi-american-prisoner-walid-fitaihi.html

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Saudi Arabia Is Said to Have Tortured an American Citizen [View all] Yosemito Mar 2019 OP

Why not? Fat Donnie gave them a pass with Khashoggi's murder. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2019 #1

He really is weak ck4829 Apr 2019 #25

Senate Majority Leader McConnell is the only person in USA who can coerce SaudiAgent-45 to NCjack Mar 2019 #2

As long as MitchMcFuckstick is in office I'm avoiding Kentucky as much as possible. 47of74 Mar 2019 #7

I drove through part of Kentucky to help a friend drive her son back to his dad in fl. Volaris Mar 2019 #18

The Saudi government does not recognize U.S. citizenship for dual citizens dalton99a Mar 2019 #3

And in turn, Republicans don't recognize U.S. citizenship for anyone named Walid Fitaihi sandensea Mar 2019 #5

I vote for the day when we manufacture enough solar and wind power domestically Volaris Mar 2019 #19

Hasn't that dependency changed? Grasswire2 Mar 2019 #21

That's part of it. The acceptance of Iran as a regional player Volaris Mar 2019 #22

it's not that they have oil, stevesinpa Mar 2019 #23

White House has declared madashelltoo Mar 2019 #4

Just another example of how weak and uncaring trump really is, duforsure Mar 2019 #6

Saudi Arabia has killed more American citizens than any Central or South-American dictator Devil Child Mar 2019 #8

Boy, that Jared is really an effective ambassador for our country. llmart Mar 2019 #9

Another new meaning to a night at the Ritz. nt miyazaki Mar 2019 #10

Thank god that they didn't have a bone saw readily available...scary. NT SWBTATTReg Mar 2019 #11

Get ready for trump to deny it ever happened. mwb970 Mar 2019 #12

There's no explanation in the OP as to why this doctor is being held FakeNoose Mar 2019 #13

I was wondering the same thing, not that it matters. defacto7 Mar 2019 #17

I hope that dr. left Saudi Arabia immediately and doesn't return. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #14

Unfortunately... kag Mar 2019 #15

K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Mar 2019 #16

They deny it and I believe them lame54 Mar 2019 #20

Oh my... ck4829 Apr 2019 #24

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2019 #26

Tell you one thing, I wouldn't be caught dead in Saudi Arabia. Nt raccoon Apr 2019 #27

Greenwald and Scahill were unavailable for comment Blue_Tires Apr 2019 #28

"RETREAT TO OUR FIVE-STAR RIYADH HOTEL IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA" brooklynite Apr 2019 #29