By Andrew L. Jaffee

Saudi Arabia said Friday that it had arrested 172 suspected terrorists over the past several months from a network that was planning suicide attacks — including the use of airplanes — on the kingdom’s oil industry, military installations and other targets.

- Washington Post

Well… good for the Saudis, almost. They’ve suffered from many terrorist attacks, but they’ve created the culture of Islamist terrorism. Can’t have it both ways — and here’s a reminder why:

• Osama bin Laden was born in Saudi Arabia and is a member of the royal family.
• Fifteen of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers were Saudis.
• There are reports that the 9/11 hijackers received money from the Saudi royal family here in the U.S.
• Apparently, the Saudi ambassador to the U.S., Ambassador Bandar bin Sultan, helped members of Osama bin Laden’s family leave American soil right after 9/11.
• The Saudis funded both the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
• The Saudis held a telethon to raise money for Palestinian homicide bombers. They routinely support the terrorist group Hamas.
• Saudi officials prevented FBI agents from interrogating suspects in the Khobar Towers bombing (on Saudi Arabian soil, which killed American citizens).
• Saudi princes have been linked to funding the horrific Bali bombing.
• Saudi Arabia has been criticized by the U.N. for its use of torture.
• Government-sanctioned Muslim clerics in the Saudi kingdom regularly preach in support of terrorism.
• A prominent Saudi cleric called Jews the “the scum of humanity.”