Saudi Arabia faces terrorism by employing women; One Irish journalist killed, one British injured
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 6/7/2004

One Irish photographer was killed and a British was injured in a new attack against foreigners in Saudai Arabia.

This was in a fire launching in one of the popular quarters in Riyadh, while Saudi analysists said that the Saudi government is heading towards using the economic weapons to withstand the increasing wave of terrorism in the Kingdom, with permitting Saudi women to get jobs with the aim to increase the Saudi family's income.

A Saudi security official said that the killed Irish photographer is working with the BBC. For its part, the British embassy said that the killed man is not British. A spokesman said that the embassy is still contacting the Saudi authorities.

A fire was exchanged near the residence of the wanted Saudi, Ibrahim al-Rayes, who was killed during fire exchnage with the Saudi police forces several months ago in the same area.

Witnesses said that they found the body of a foreign citizen in al-Sweidi quarters to the south of Riyadh. This quarters witnessed in the past confrontations between the security forces and gunmen.

Earlier, the Saudi foreign minister Prince Saud al-Faisal called on the foreign governments to hand over split saudis living abroad accused of being involved in violence. Al-Faisal defended the decision of the security forces to give interest to the safety of hostages in al-Khober operation and its hesitation in breaking into the building of fears that the kidnappers will kill the hostages. A matter which some say led to the fleeing of the kidnappers.

Meanwhile, the economic advisor of the commercial People's Bank, Nahed Taher, said that the decision to employ Saudi women taken by the cabinet last week " will reduce social and economic pressures on man who is no longer able alone to meet all requirements of the family as a result of income reduction." She added " this decision has a security aspect in confrontation of terrorists in the Kingdom where the solution is no longer merely security one."

The Saudi cabinet took a historical decision by permiting women to get licenses to practice all economic activities in their own names after this used to be a taboo and they were used to practice economic activities under the names of their relatives of men. The decision enables the Saudi women of getting jobs in various sectors after all these fields are forbidden for them.

The chairman of the Middle East center for strategic and legal studies Anwar Ishqi said that the decision explains the effective role that can be played by the economy in facing terrorism. He explained " terrorism can not be separated from the economy or the debt." However, the third round of the " national dialogue " which will be held on June 12 and 14 in al-Madina al-Munawarra is allotted to discuss the issue on the " rights and duties of the woman."

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