I wouldn't hold out much hope for this dude.
And the more gruesome they make it, the greater chance that Westerners will decide to unass Saudi.
Glad I don't work out that way anymore.
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US engineer 'kidnapped in Saudi'
A statement said Mr Johnson was kidnapped on Saturday
A search has been launched for an American man who has gone missing in the Saudi capital amid purported claims that al-Qaeda has kidnapped him.
If confirmed, it would be the first abduction of an expatriate since the start of the current violence in Riyadh which has seen three Westerners killed.
A message on a website posted by an alleged al-Qaeda group also claimed the earlier killing of an American.
Saudis say there is no crisis but other nations have told citizens to leave.
The US state department confirmed that an American man had been reported missing by his family on Saturday.
"We heard that an Islamic website was making a claim but we have had no direct contacts with any organisations or persons claiming responsibility. We are not releasing the individual's name," spokesman Stuart Patt said.
'Videoed killing'
Various websites said to be used by Islamic militants carried a message by a group calling itself "al-Qaeda Organisation in the Arabian Peninsula" which named the captured American as Paul Marshal Johnson.
The message included photos of various identity documents indicating Mr Johnson is an aeronautical engineer working for Lockheed Martin, a US military manufacturer.
12 June - US national gunned down in al-Malaz district
8 June - American working for a US defence contractor killed in al-Khalij district
6 June - BBC cameraman killed and BBC reporter seriously injured in al-Suwaydi suburb
The statement said Mr Johnson, born in 1955, was one of four experts in Saudi Arabia working on developing Apache helicopter systems.
It said the kidnapping was to avenge the mistreatment of Muslims by the US and threatened to treat him in the same way as detainees at US prisons in Baghdad and Guantanamo Bay where abuses have been alleged.
The website also posted a video allegedly showing the killing of a US security contractor last Tuesday.
An apparently Western man can be seen falling to the ground in front of a garage as two men run towards him amid the sound of gunshots.
The message claimed it was "the murder of the Jewish American Robert Jacob, who worked for the Vinnell espionage firm".
Caution urged
Mr Jacob was shot dead on 8 June, two days after a drive-by shooting on a BBC team left cameraman Simon Cumbers dead and security correspondent Frank Gardner seriously injured.
Another man, American Kenneth Scroggs, was shot dead on Saturday, apparently as he parked his car in the al-Malaz suburb of Riyadh.
Saudi police sealed off the area where Mr Scroggs was shot
The US embassy has reiterated a warning to Americans in Saudi Arabia to leave the kingdom.
US ambassador James Oberwetter said "those Americans who choose to remain here should exercise the utmost caution as they go about their daily life".
Similar warnings have been issued by Britain and Germany.
And British Airways is now instructing its flight crews not to stay overnight in Saudi Arabia.
Staff on flights from London will leave the plane at Kuwait, while another BA crew takes the aircraft on to Saudi, according to a spokesman.
That crew will remain in the airport while the plane is refuelled, and will not stay in the country overnight.
Saudi Minister for Islamic Affairs, Saleh bin Abdulaziz al-Shaikh, said that, despite the recent attacks, security in the kingdom "has not reached a stage of crisis".
Attacks on foreigners have been blamed on radical Islamists with links to al-Qaeda.
The kingdom's Islamic militants want to oust the ruling al-Saud family, and to drive out all Westerners, correspondents say.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3802035.stm
And the more gruesome they make it, the greater chance that Westerners will decide to unass Saudi.
Glad I don't work out that way anymore.
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US engineer 'kidnapped in Saudi'
A statement said Mr Johnson was kidnapped on Saturday
A search has been launched for an American man who has gone missing in the Saudi capital amid purported claims that al-Qaeda has kidnapped him.
If confirmed, it would be the first abduction of an expatriate since the start of the current violence in Riyadh which has seen three Westerners killed.
A message on a website posted by an alleged al-Qaeda group also claimed the earlier killing of an American.
Saudis say there is no crisis but other nations have told citizens to leave.
The US state department confirmed that an American man had been reported missing by his family on Saturday.
"We heard that an Islamic website was making a claim but we have had no direct contacts with any organisations or persons claiming responsibility. We are not releasing the individual's name," spokesman Stuart Patt said.
'Videoed killing'
Various websites said to be used by Islamic militants carried a message by a group calling itself "al-Qaeda Organisation in the Arabian Peninsula" which named the captured American as Paul Marshal Johnson.
The message included photos of various identity documents indicating Mr Johnson is an aeronautical engineer working for Lockheed Martin, a US military manufacturer.
12 June - US national gunned down in al-Malaz district
8 June - American working for a US defence contractor killed in al-Khalij district
6 June - BBC cameraman killed and BBC reporter seriously injured in al-Suwaydi suburb
The statement said Mr Johnson, born in 1955, was one of four experts in Saudi Arabia working on developing Apache helicopter systems.
It said the kidnapping was to avenge the mistreatment of Muslims by the US and threatened to treat him in the same way as detainees at US prisons in Baghdad and Guantanamo Bay where abuses have been alleged.
The website also posted a video allegedly showing the killing of a US security contractor last Tuesday.
An apparently Western man can be seen falling to the ground in front of a garage as two men run towards him amid the sound of gunshots.
The message claimed it was "the murder of the Jewish American Robert Jacob, who worked for the Vinnell espionage firm".
Caution urged
Mr Jacob was shot dead on 8 June, two days after a drive-by shooting on a BBC team left cameraman Simon Cumbers dead and security correspondent Frank Gardner seriously injured.
Another man, American Kenneth Scroggs, was shot dead on Saturday, apparently as he parked his car in the al-Malaz suburb of Riyadh.
Saudi police sealed off the area where Mr Scroggs was shot
The US embassy has reiterated a warning to Americans in Saudi Arabia to leave the kingdom.
US ambassador James Oberwetter said "those Americans who choose to remain here should exercise the utmost caution as they go about their daily life".
Similar warnings have been issued by Britain and Germany.
And British Airways is now instructing its flight crews not to stay overnight in Saudi Arabia.
Staff on flights from London will leave the plane at Kuwait, while another BA crew takes the aircraft on to Saudi, according to a spokesman.
That crew will remain in the airport while the plane is refuelled, and will not stay in the country overnight.
Saudi Minister for Islamic Affairs, Saleh bin Abdulaziz al-Shaikh, said that, despite the recent attacks, security in the kingdom "has not reached a stage of crisis".
Attacks on foreigners have been blamed on radical Islamists with links to al-Qaeda.
The kingdom's Islamic militants want to oust the ruling al-Saud family, and to drive out all Westerners, correspondents say.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3802035.stm
