Riyadh: an advertisement campaign in 19 American states on being a US ally

Saudi Arabia is planning to launch a radio advertising campaign in 19 US states aiming at challenging the criticism addressed to its role in fighting terrorism. The campaign will be based on the report of the Congress committee of September 11, which indicates the role played by Saudi Arabia as " faithful ally " in the war against al-Qaida organization.

The advertising campaign indicates the conclusion reached by the Congress to that the Saudi government did not finance al-Qaida. One of the two advertisements says that Riyadh disclosed in 1998 a plan to attack the American forces, while the second advertisement testifies what the report had said that any of the Saudi citizens did not leave the US following September 11 events and before the American authorities opened up of the American airspace. The campaign does not tackle the criticism addressed to Saudi Arabia in the report. The campaign says that in 1998, Riyadh disclosed a plan for the leader of al-Qaida organization Osama Bin Laden to attack the American forces by shoulder- borne missiles and secretly detained many suspects.

The spokesman for the Saudi embassy in Washington Adel al-Jubeir said that the report of the committee " is in contradiction with many of the accusations addressed to us, and we want to make sure that people know that." He added that it was decided the campaign to be via the radio so as to be able to reach the largest group of the Americans inside and outside the USA.

It is, however, decided that the campaign will start next Friday and continue until September 6th.