you go to riyadh which is where i will be in about three or four days, and you stay in the hotel and the ground floor of the hotel is a shopping mall that has a saks fifth avenue and once i come a planet hollywood on the other side, starbucks in the middle, and mcdonald's across the street, a pizza hut the other way and you get the picture? kids walking through the mall wearing jeans and basketball jerseys with american basketball player names and chicago white sox or new york yankee hats. i don't know why they don't wear anybody else's but they like those. they are kind of cool. our culture has become universal and people like you. they want a little piece of us and it is something we don't understand or something we don't relate to as we ought to. similarly when we asked them what they want in their lives, they want jobs and they want improved health care and they want education. sound familiar? it is like us. there really is no difference, difference in that regard so this notion that we have is the arabs go to bed at night hating americans and spend the day in a mosque learning t

there are other times when we way over riyadh, -- over react, like a few months ago, which was an extreme overreaction by 1 unreasonable neighbor, so we have not done a good job of getting it right. it is not in forestall sometimes, and sometimes it is way, way over in force. i would like to see consistent enforcement so that bars and restaurants as well as neighbors know what is ok and what is not ok and be confident that enforcement is appropriate and not overreacting. in terms of this case in this narrow seek what issue, i agree with the motion and will be supporting it. president chiu: supervisor c ohen? supervisor cohen: i will also be supporting this, and i would like to say to the business owners here today, you will probably hear from neighbors, so i does want to say to check out the third district court were were allied is live and open for business. that fee. -- thank you. president chiu: any of the discussion? ok, colleagues, a roll call vote on supervisor farrell's motion. secretary: on the motion from supervisor farrell -- [reading roll] supervisor kim. kim, aye. supervisor m

but i was at riyadh maleki the palestinian foreign affairs minister now there will be a much more from him in an in-depth interview he gave to us that early next week and still to come in the program a new way into slavery. thousands of chinese workers head to israel in the hope of finding a better life but for many the reality in the jewish state is far from their dream job plus. a roller coaster ride for one plane crew as the pilot apparently struggles to regain control of. military service is not an easy task but in russia young recruits often face horrific bullying when they joined the army and human rights organizations have been lobbying in attempts to help eradicate the problem but as artie's jacob grieves reports in some cases it's simply too late now we must warn you that this report contains footage of graphic violence. it's a disturbing sight and one that's on the right in the russian army. it's called hazing ability or it's too familiar with its consequences you can hear that in the reports about forges suffering physically and mentally are coming in every day. she runs the

spending following the assassination of enemy number one and american lawmaker called for an increase in riyadh safety funding and the creation of a no ride list as u.s. officials warn of more terror threats following than laden's death many americans remain concerned others are left wondering about the dangers of for seeking too much liberty for security. are he or. for seeking liberty for security is very hard and i support too just this month the u.s. supreme court chucked out the case of an airline accused of providing planes with a controversial extraordinary addition program the practice of terror suspects allegedly being transferred secret cia prisons abroad for interrogation and. torture us military attorney eric montalvo told me that this case could have been tried but the u.s. stance on the program prevented the process. there been several attempts to go after me administration through you know various legal avenues this one is trying to call a private company is being involved in a legal or operations with the u.s. government and the u.s. government's primary defense to this is the s

the guy but that obama was going to terminate strike until the united states and he was not there riyadh back in washington d.c. once he got that number he wouldn't come back in his town. were not true that he went to florida i was very high richard clarke he said that once bush came into office there's nothing actually he could have done to put in place to probably stop the terrorist action from happening as he spoke for congress but my point is that what he wanted to pakistan that was actually a very bush might like move didn't notify the pakistanis it took a unilateral action to go in there and that's why i for eyes yes you are depleted uranium on the ground he leave and he denies that he indeed has the u.n. he didn't ask nato he wanted it good for obama he deserves credit for that courageous but you know what kind of is a what you not something you would think he would have but now when it continues to threaten the bush administration's policy so absolutely everybody gets credit ok well why not you know because the argument he has such because he. wasn't eligible to run because relax

osama was born in 1957 here in this riyadh neighborhood. he was the only child his mother had with mohammed bin laden before they divorced. then bin laden and his mother moved to jeddah and lived here apart from the other wives and children. mohammed bin laden died when osama was just 10 years old. >> the school was abuzz with the news that mohammed bin laden had been killed in a plane crash. >> reporter: with so many siblings, it's hard to say how close osama was to his father or how the loss affected him. this photograph from the early 1970s show some of the many the bin laden brothers and sisters on vacation in sweden. osama was quiet and shy. his teacher says he rarely spoke up in class. >> he didn't show any particular signs of being a leader amongst men. >> he was a shy boy. he wouldn't talk unless he needed to. he would listen more. i'm khaled batarfi. i met mr. osama bin laden in the early 1970s when we lived in this neighborhood. >> reporter: this nondescript middle class jeddah neighborhood is where batarfi, then age 12, and bin l

. >> born to great wealth in 1957 in riyadh, saw saudi arabia, oa bin laden, the 17th of 52 children of muhammad bin laden, the country's richest mogul.uction mocon when his father dies he inherits about $30 million. he is just 13 years old. 7 years later despite the soviet invasion of afghanistan the young man joins the religion based insurgency that later becomes the taliban. after the the soviet's defeat, returning to saudi arabia a folk hero he creates al-qaeda around 1988. his extremist views catch the attention of saudi arabia's conservative monarchy. targeted as a troublemaker he flees underground. december, 1992 al-qaeda's first attack against americans. bomb aimed at u.s. soldiers in a yemen yemeni hotel instead ks two austrian tourists. he strikes the america homeland for the first time. a truck bomb, aimed at the iconic target that obsesses him. the world trade center. the shaken tower is whole but tiks die. >> how far were you from the blast itself? >> the bomb went off. it was a very loud blast and i was thrown i would say anywhere between 8 to 12 feet across the room. t

attending riyadh is a close and reliable ally by relying on the saudis and endangers the economy feet ever larger share of the evermore out of control federal that. in addition to the saudis over the past 30 years have built the highly attractive lobby in the united states which is as pernicious and corrupting the more quiet than and settle. the lobby employee former ambassadors coming general san senior intelligence officers argue the case from a warehouse, the congress and the media and especially the "wall street journal." needless to say the lobbies work his assisted by a the oil and corporations whose concerns have less to do with u.s. security in making sure we keep our seats on the saudi gravy train back a hallway another $60 billion worth of u.s.-made arms. due to the factors they don't tell the truth about the kingdom which the boom started the enormous transfer of wealth to the peninsula they have quietly exported sunni islam that has radicalized much of the historic we defined suni middle east region that is near but not -- now and near the arab populations like indonesia a

in november 1995, a bomb exploded at the saudi national guard training center in riyadh killing fivericans. the bombers made videotaped confessions saying they were inspired by bin laden. >> translator: we look at these young men as great heroes and martyrs who follow the steps of the prophet. please be upon him. we called and they answered. >> our special coverage of osama bin laden's death continues in just a moment. >> you're watching "world news now." >>> tonight i can report to the american people and to the world that the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda, and a terrorist who's responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children. n's death continues in just a moment. >> you're watching "world news now." h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@a >>> tonight i can report to the american people and to the world that the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda, and a terrorist who's responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children. >

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to expatriate saudi preachers islamic ngos and direct funding by riyadh from local islamic organizations, the saudi's have created muslim communities in most areas of the world that are alienated and even had -- alienated from and hateful toward the west, and so these communities are continual environments for hosting an al qaeda presence. in the balkans, in india and bangladesh, in the north caucasus in south asia, in north america and europe and in sub-saharan africa. .. >> i'm going to read for a little bit, and then take questions just like at every other reading you've ever been to. [laughter] why is there a glob of macrony salad next to the japanese chicken in my plate lunch because the ship left boston harbor with the first boat load of missionaries bound for hawaii in 1915, and they serve chicken four days a week. a banon in wakiki is a great spot for a sunburned tourist to ponder the lukewarm box of takeout because none of us belong here, not me, not the macrony, not the chicken soaked in soy sauce, and not even the tree. like a lot of people and things in these islands, banons

he's in riyadh in saudi arabia.may be about to collapse and that quite possibly the gulf cooperation council has been so involved in trying to mediate this crisis in yemen, they withdraw it completely and it may be dead altogether now. >> let's talk about what's taking place in the country you're in, aefk. there was a suicide attack yesterday. another one today. what's happening with all that? what's at the root of all in? >> reporter: fredricka, today in close providence in eastern afghanistan, four suicide bombers entered a traffic police station. they were dressed as afghan police. there was a lengthy standoff with policemen that were at that station. a lengthy shootout. lasted we're told over eight hours. in the end those officers were killed. at least ten others, one civilian. the taliban did claim responsibility for this attack. yesterday there was attack yesterday at a military hospital. two suicide bombers entered that military hospital in kabul. one detonated his explosives. at least six people killed in th

he joins us from riyadh, soud rainbow yeah. it's intere -- saudi arabia. in a mansion surrounded by women and children, as he's sending people off on a mission to give themselves up, their lives up for a cause. when you knew him, did you ever see him perform an act of kindness? >> oh, he was just one in the crowds, endangering himself just like any other soldiers. but at that time, he was mainstream, following the guideline of proper islamic jihad. you don't kill innocent people, you don't commit jihad. bin laden did a damaging sect to islam. two important things, the indis-christmas nit killing of innocent people, a big taboo, a big mistake in islam. and the other thing, suicide attacks. suicide attacks is killing us the muse limbs, damaging us the muslims. and i just don't understand how he could tolerate sitting in his house in islamabad and hear about a young muslim entering a mosque and blowing up himself. that's totally absurd in islam. it's totally absurd by killing the innocent muslims and killing yourself.. it's just -- i would never imagine sitti

our elite deceitfully pretend that riyadh is a close and reliable loy. it keeps america's security energy dependent on its enemies by relying on the saudis to play a pro-u.s. role in the u.s. oil market and it endangers our economy by allowing the saudis by buying an ever larging share of our out of control federal debt. in addition, the saudis over the past 30 years have built a largely effective lobby which is as pernicious and corrupting as opec but more quiet and subtle this. it employs u.s. ambassadors, generals and senior intelligence officers to argue its case in the congress and the media and the "wall street journal." needless to say it's assisted by our oil and arms-making corporations whose concerns have less to do with u.s. security than in making sure they keep their seats on the saudi gravy train, that is even now hauling away another $60 billion worth of u.s.-made arms. due to these factors, u.s. leaders never tell americans the truth about the kingdom, which is that since the 1970s oil boom started an enormous transfer of western wealth t

in november 1995, a bomb exploded at the saudi national guard center in riyadh killing five americansthe bombers made videotaped confessions saying they were inspired by bin laden >> translator: we look at these young men as great heroes and martyrs who follow the steps of the prophet. please be upon him. we called and they answered. >> our special coverage of osama bin laden's death continues in just a moment. >> you're watching "world news now." my name's reggie.e. just recently, my wife and i took in her sister's children. now, we already had 4, sso i went from becoming a family man to a man with a bigger family. and you can't eat love, so i don't know how i'm going to feed them tonightht. how was that, reg? i think i look more likike denzel. that's cold, maman. anuncer: play a role in ending hunger. visit feedingamerica.org/hunger and find your local food bank. >>ght i can r >>> tonight i can report to the american people and to the world that the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda, and a terrorist who's responsible for the

we talked about that on a flight from riyadh to baghdad inside the "silver bullet," gates' airborne officean airstream trailer strapped to the floor of one of his military planes, a c- 17. >> welcome to the bullet. >> couric: we asked about the meeting he had just had in saudi arabia with king abdullah. >> gates: i don't pull any punches, and neither does he, and... and it goes back to the very first time i ever met him. and i said, "you know, i'm an old c.i.a. guy. i'm not a diplomat, so i'm just going to tell you what i think and you tell me what you think, and maybe that's a better way to go forward." >> couric: and did he like that? >> gates: yeah, absolutely. >> couric: robert gates started in the c.i.a. as an analyst in the '60s, and he worked his way up the intelligence ladder in the johnson, nixon, ford, and carter administrations. he has spent years studying highly classified and frequently disturbing information. what scares you the most? what worries you? >> gates: i think what i-- and most of us-- would say, it would be a terrorist with a weapon of mass destruction. >> couric:

country and we pay for it, and, of course, no one wants to see pakistan move closer to beijing and riyadht to recognize that we've got to make a guy because india is going to force us to do this. just last week they ruled us out of their $10 billion fighter contract and relations have cooled in the obama administration. this isn't something we can be friends with both. we have to make a choice. >> isn't an imperfect relationship with a very important strategic ally in the war against terrorism, an imperfect relationship better than cutting ties all together? >> well, clearly we have tried to work with the pakistani intelligence services and with the pakistani military, and we've been -- we're doing this for over the course of more than two decades, and really the most important issues in the world, nuclear proliferation and terrorism, but things have only gotten worse on both fronts so it really hasn't gotten us anywhere, and that's why i'm questioning the relationship with pakistan because in many ways it inhibits our ability to deal with these important issues because we're trying to en

as a gay jew, i'm not planning to move to riyadh. things we care about are not very well protected. we have the lunatics in north korea, we have mugabe. yes, we can express our disapproval, but using physical force to reform every bad government in the world would exhaust us financially and be useless. >> do you see any evidence that the effort at nation building is working? >> none. >> we have seen vast sums of money. >> well, i think it's worse off than it was before. we are spending large amounts of money. again, with pakistan, and i agree with dana, he may be a little harsh on pakistan, but they clearly are not the support we need to do this. and by the way, when did nation building become our responsibility? we didn't go there to make kabul safe for the american civil liberties union. we went there to get a mass murderer. we have now killed th ed thaed murderer. and the notion that we would uproot every last terrorist there, even if we did -- >> the president says we'll begin the drawdown of troops this july. that's coming upon

once you go out of washington and into the field, into baghdad, into kabul, into riyadh, then i think the role of the ambassador becomes critical. and the essential role becomes that of the ambassador. and we know that the ambassador is not necessarily someone from the state department. again, the president decides how he is going to be represented. but oftentimes, it is a state department professional. and then if you're in a situation like yemen or where there's a terrorism threat, you better get pretty smart on the issue. you better get pretty smart about al-qaeda or the other terrorism organizations because one of the biggest mistakes you can make is to delegate this to your chief of station or to your defense establishment. there's going to be no substitute for the ambassador herself or himself taking the lead on this broad effort that is going to be required. >> my follow-up question for that was, that i thought there might be an opportunity that if diplomacy was understood to be critical to effective counterterrori counterterrorism, that it might be the way to make diplomacy mo

. >> reporter: streets of riyadh and jeddah are full of cars driven mostly by men, segregation by sexto get around women hire expensive drivers or taxis. it is a daily frustration for a single mother. she describes getting stuck after dark trying to make it home last month to her 5-year-old son. >> i had to walk in the street for half-an-hour looking for a cab. i was harassed by every single car. most cars pass by harassing me because it was late at night and i was walking along. kept calling my brother, his phone was off to come pick me up and i was crying in the streets. i'm a grown woman, 32-year-old woman, a mother and i was crying like a kid on the street because i couldn't find someone to pick me up to take me back home. >> reporter: so she and dozens of other women decided it was time to take the wheel. she and other women with international licenses are also offering driving lessons in saudi's rural areas. manal took this video of giving her first lesson. but this is only a small step on a long road. women still do not have the right to vote in saudi arabia. any woman wanting

military advisory facility in riyadh, saudi arabia. in june of 1996, 19 u.s. airmen were killed in the bombing of towers in saudi arabia. in november of 1997, 62 people were killed by gunmen in the massacre at luckser in egypt. in august of 1998, 223 people are killed when the u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania are attacked. in october of 2000, 17 u.s. sailors aboard the u.s.s. cole were killed in a ship-born suicide bombing while the ship was docked in yemen. in september 11, 2001, 2,974 americans and others were killed when eye jacked planes are flown into the -- hijacked planes are flown into the world trade centers and the pentagon. in december of 2001 attempted bombing of an american airlines flight from paris to boston by al qaeda operative richard reid, a.k.a. the shoe bomber. in october of 2002 200 people killed and 240 injured in a series of bombings in the tourist district of bali, indonesia. in november of 2003, 57 people kill and 700 injured by four truck bombs in istanbul, turkey. in february, 2004, 116 people killed in the bombing and subsequen