How Did Saudi Terrorists Escape?
From CBS News
Excerpt: The No. 1 question in the oil-rich kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday was how three terrorists who killed 22 people were able to escape from a walled compound surrounded by hundreds of police officers...

American Contractors Involved in Chalabi Raid
From the Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette
Excerpt: When Iraqi police raided the Baghdad home and offices of politician Ahmad Chalabi on May 20, U.S. officials hurried to distance themselves, saying the operation was an Iraqi affair and no U.S. government employees were involved.
But eight armed American contractors paid by a U.S. State Department program went on the raid, directing and encouraging the Iraqi policemen who eyewitnesses say ripped out computers, turned over furniture and smashed photographs.

Some of them helped themselves to baklava, apples and diet soda from Chalabi's refrigerator, sitting in a garden outside to enjoy the looted snacks, according to members of Chalabi's staff who were there.

The contractors work for Dyn-Corp, a subsidiary of California-based Computer Sciences Corp. and the company in charge of training and advising the Iraqi police on a State Department contract. A State Department official confirmed the DynCorp workers' presence during the raid. A DynCorp spokesman declined to comment.

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