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Saudi memorial weekend terror rampage Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/8805634.htm http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/8805634.htm Questions remain after Saudi attack By DAVE MONTGOMERY Knight Ridder Newspapers The Associated Press Supported by relatives, Rana Samir (center), the sister of Egyptian Rami Samir, who was killed in the attack at oil company offices in Khobar, Saudi Arabia, grieved as she arrived at Cairo airport Monday. KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia — At 7 a.m. on Saturday, Frank Floyd walked through the foyer of the five-story Khobar Petroleum Center and greeted security guard Saleh al Shaya with customary cheeriness. He then headed upstairs to his second-floor office to begin signing paychecks for employees. A little more than 30 minutes later, four black-clad men with assault guns stormed the building, demanding to know the whereabouts of non-Muslims and forcing the stunned security guard onto the floor. The next time al Shaya saw Floyd, the lifeless middle-aged executive was slumped over his desk. Floyd, an expatriate from Kentucky who spent more than a quarter century in Saudi Arabia, was one of the first victims and the lone American killed in a terrorist rampage over the weekend that left 22 dead and ended with a dramatic Saudi commando assault early Sunday. Details as well as questions continued to emerge from the 25-hour ordeal on Monday as security forces hunted for three escaped militants and prepared to prevent and defend against further terrorist assaults. Khobar was awash in rumors as residents swapped unconfirmed reports of other terrorist outbreaks through the region. Security forces sealed off a section of nearby Dammam as they closed in on a suspected al-Qaida hideout. Day-after accounts from Saudi officials, eyewitnesses and international press reports described a horrific wave of violence that roiled from two office buildings, through Khobar's streets and into the Oasis residential compound. The list of victims included an Egyptian schoolboy trapped in a burning van and a British executive who was fatally shot and dragged behind a car, according to witnesses. During the commando assault, the alleged ringleader was wounded and taken into custody while the three others escaped, using hostages as human shields, according to the Saudi Press Agency. There were lingering questions over how the three were able to break through such an immense wall of security.

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