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Saudi Arabian National Guard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Saudi Arabian National Guard or SANG (aka White Army) is one of five branches or services of the Saudi Arabian Defence Forces /military. The SANG's communications and chain of Command is completely separate from regular Saudi Arabian military channels with a senior member of the royal family as its head. The SANG is the King's private army consisting of personnel drawn from tribes loyal to the King and Royal Family. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saudi_Arabian_National_Guard

Encyclopedia: Saudi Arabian National Guard The Saudi Arabian National Guard or SANG (aka White Army) is one of five branches or services of the Saudi Arabian Defence Forces /military. The United States National Guard is a significant component of the United States armed forces military reserve. The SANG is the King's private army consisting of personnel drawn from tribes loyal to the King and Royal Family. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Saudi-Arabian-National-Guard

National Guard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia National Guard (France), active during the French Revolution National Guard of Panama, see History of Panama This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Guard

Saudi Bombing - A Calculated Act With a Political Message The Saudi Arabian National Guard, by extension, was seen as a de-facto American military force. In 1995, the terrorists attacked the Saudi National Guard Headquarters, where the Guard was trained by Vinnell. The corporation was instrumental in the American “Twin Pillars” strategy, whereby both the Saudi Arabian regime and the Shah of Iran would serve as U.S. surrogates in the Gulf region to protect American interests against the possible incursion of the Soviet Union. www.informationclearinghouse.info /article3403.htm

Military of Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Although Saudi Arabia is exceptionally religious and defers to religious authorities on many issues, the behavior and legitimacy of the Kingdom is under constant rhetorical attack from both liberal and conservative groups. The most important threats now are from tribesmen in Yemen who cross the frontier at will (as they have for centuries) and whose presence threatens Saudi territorial integrity. The military is a major employer, and so it provides some relief to the nation's huge unemployment problem by bringing many young men into the defense of the government. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_of_Saudi_Arabia

title They were eventually absorbed into the Saudi Arabian National Guard. Saudi Arabia took no part in the war, but toward its end the exploitation of oil was resumed. The spread of Wahhabism originated from the alliance that was formed between 'Abd al-Wahhab and Ibn Sa'ud, who, by initiating a campaign of conquest that was continued by his heirs, made Wahhabism the dominant force in Arabia since 1800. www.electric-america.com /02/Saud_encyclopedia.htm

Vinnell Corporation - SourceWatch While the American military provides direct assistance to the mainstream Saudi army, virtually all of the National Guard training is contracted by Vinnell. In this sense the Guard is a direct descendant of the Bedouin warriors who helped the Saud clan take control of their country early in the twentieth century. Hiring out the Guard training mission to Vinnell is an effort to avoid the perception that the royal family's autocratic internal policies are being implemented and supported by the American military. www.sourcewatch.org /wiki.phtml?title=Vinnell_Corporation

What Really Happened When Al Qaeda Attacked (Riyadh on May 12) While variously called an attack on SANG (Saudi Arabian National Guard) Headquarters or the “US trainers” by the media, it was actually an attack on the Office of the Program Manager for the SANG Modernization Program. The executions at the Al-Hambra compound and the killing of a National Guard soldier at the other compound demonstrated a willingness to kill Saudis. The first attack, in November of 1995 was on a National Guard headquarters in the capital, Riyadh. www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/973953/posts

King Fahad National Guard Hospital Saudi Arabian National Guard Hospitals Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. King Fahad National Guard Hospital became operational in 1982 with the goal of providing the highest tertiary medical care to National Guard personnel, eligible dependents, and cancer treatment, end stage renal and liver disease, cardiac care, diabetes and major trauma to all Saudi citizens. King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia www.kfnghosp.8k.com

Al-Qaeda link to Saudi national guard - theage.com.au Problems in the Saudi Arabian National Guard are not new, the officials say, and past audits of its armouries have revealed that weapons were missing. Saudi authorities are investigating suspected illegal arms sales by members of the country's national guard to al-Qaeda operatives in the country. The weapons were seized in a May 6 raid on an al-Qaeda safe house and were traced to national guard stockpiles, US and Saudi sources said. www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/05/19/1053196523425.html

Saudi Arabian National Guard Although not subordinate to the minister of defense and aviation and frequently referred to as a paramilitary or an internal security force, the national guard came to be regarded as a integral part of the Saudi military establishment with the modernization of its active units and its role in the Persian Gulf War. The SANG is not a reserve component similar to the national guard of the United States; at least part of it was an active-duty armed force existing parallel to, but separate from, the regular military service branches. SANG units were actively involved in the liberation of Kuwait that quickly led to the resounding defeat of Iraqi forces, demonstrating that SANG is not strictly an internal security force, but an integral element of the total defensive capability of the Kingdom. www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/gulf/sang.htm

Articles - National Guard The Saudi Arabian National Guard - A military force directly loyal to and responsible to the Saudi Royal Family. The Kuwaiti National Guard- same duties as the Saudi Arabian National Guard A National Guard existed in Nicaragua during the rule of the Somoza family, serving as the country's defensive military force. www.lifevalley.com /articles/National_Guard

King Abdulaziz Medical Cities - Saudi Arabia - MedHunters The hospital was built to meet the growing population of Saudi Arabian National Guard employees in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia. All fours hospitals service the Saudi Arabian National Guard and their dependents. KAMC-RIYADH, formerly known as the King Fahad National Guard Hospital, was founded in 1982 and is a 600+ bed tertiary-care hospital. www.medhunters.com /employers/29752.html

Israel - Saudi Arabia: Continued Modernization of the Saudi Arabian National Guard Saudi Arabia: Continued Modernization of the Saudi Arabian National Guard Israel - Saudi Arabia: Continued Modernization of the Saudi Arabian National Guard This sale will contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a friendly country that has been and continues to be an important force for political stability and economic progress in the Middle East. www.kokhavivpublications.com /2003/israel/11/0311242143.html

Saudi Arabia Country Analysis Brief In addition, the Saudi National Guard, regular Saudi military forces, and Interior Ministry officers are tasked with protecting oilfields, pipelines (the country has around 10,000 miles), ports (Ras Tanura, Al Juaymah, Yanbu), refineries, and other oil facilities (gathering centers, gas-oil separation plants, etc.). Saudi Arabia had stated that it wanted AOC and Japan to increase their investments in Saudi Arabia (including more than $1 billion in a railway linking remote mining areas to export terminals), as well as their purchases of Saudi oil, as a condition for renewal of AOC's drilling rights in the Divided Zone. Saudi Arabia's rapidly growing population and artificially low power prices (as a result of low, government mandated tariffs and consumer subsidies) are increasing demand on electric utilities, as power demand grows by 7% or more each year (see graph). www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/cabs/saudi.html

Modern Saudi Arabia Legacy Saudi law prevents non-Saudis from questioning any prisoners and during the resulting investigation American investigators accuse their Saudi counterparts of frustrating the case by withholding crucial evidence. Saudi Arabia was crucial to the success of Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, allowing U.S. troops to deploy inside its territory in preparation for the 1991 attack on Iraq. The Saudi Government has shown duplicity over the last three decades in their dealings with the U.S. Also, the Royal family is tied extremely closely through their religious beliefs to a virulent anti-American, anti-western, and anti-semetic form of Islam, the Wahhabi sect. www.milnet.com /saudi-legacy.html

Articles - National Guard The Saudi Arabian National Guard - A military force directly loyal to and responsible to the Saudi Royal Family. The Kuwaiti National Guard- same duties as the Saudi Arabian National Guard A National Guard existed in Nicaragua during the rule of the Somoza family, serving as the country's defensive military force. www.greensky.biz /articles/National_Guard

How a U.S. Company Props Up the House of Saud The Saudi National Guard is a 55,000 man military force [now in excess of 80,000—Ed.] whose main job is to protect the Saudi monarchy from its own people, using arms from the United States and training supplied by roughly 750 retired US military and intelligence personnel employed by the Vinnell Corporation of Fairfax, Virginia. With peaceful means of expressing disagreement with the current Saudi ruling circle so systematically blocked, violent outbursts like the bombing of the Saudi National Guard headquarters are more likely to occur, and to be met in turn by violent repression by Saudi Arabia& Vinnell-trained internal security forces. On August 11, 1995, the Saudi government beheaded Abdalla al-Hudhaif, a supporter of CDLR who was convicted by a secret tribunal of offenses ranging from firearms possession to distributing critical leaflets to allegedly throwing acid at a security officer. baltimorechronicle.com /jun03_hartung.html

Intra-Islam tensions - The Washington Times: Commentary The Saudis know the War on Terror is an intra-Islam and Arabian Peninsula war writ large. The Saudis certainly understand the intersection of theology and psychological warfare, and are exploiting ideological-theological cracks in al Qaeda that are extremely difficult for the United States to leverage. Saudi society is a tribal society, high-tech feudalism powered by petrodollars. www.washtimes.com /commentary/20040115-085004-3075r.htm

9/11 commission staff statement  No. 15 - Terrorism & Security - MSNBC.com In his “Declaration of Holy War on the Americans Occupying the Country of the Two Sacred Places” (Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia), Bin Ladin called on Muslims worldwide to put aside their differences and join in deadly attacks against U.S. forces to compel their withdrawal from the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia has long been considered the primary source of al Qaeda funding, but we found no evidence that the Saudi government as an institution or senior officials within the Saudi government funded al Qaeda. The Saudis televised confessions of three perpetrators indicating that their actions had been influenced by Bin Ladin, but there was no charge that Bin Ladin was directly involved. msnbc.msn.com /id/5224036

Survivors deserve day in court - The Washington Times: Editorials/OP-ED - May 26, 2005 As employees of the Vinnell Corp., we were hired by the Saudi royal family to train and modernize the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) so it could effectively safeguard the kingdom against the growing threat of terrorism. No security cameras monitored the compound, SANG officers were unarmed, Saudi citizens entered freely to use the mosque, and authorities refused to upgrade security after they received clear warnings that Islamic militants were in the final stages of planning for a terrorist attack against Americans in Saudi Arabia. Even though al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack, the Saudi terrorists were able to execute their evil plans by capitalizing on the negligent security procedures at the compound.Many Saudi officials have judged their actions in regard to this disaster. www.washtimes.com /op-ed/20050525-090951-2856r.htm

Office of the Special Assistant The invitation to return to Saudi Arabia was extended to Bernard Rostker, special assistant for Gulf War illnesses, and his team when they met with Saudi Arabian National Guard officials during a Gulf War coalition fact-finding trip in November 1997. "The purpose of the trip was to discuss the feasibility of using the Saudi National Guard health database to examine whether changes had occurred in the health status of the Guard or their families since the Gulf War," said Kilpatrick. At that time, Saudi Arabian officials indicated they had not observed any change in the medical condition of their Gulf War veterans. www.gulflink.osd.mil /news/na_usexplores_study_012999.html

Crown Prince calls for cultural programs to combat deviant ideas The board meeting discussed the progress of the Saudi Arabian Encyclopedia project, which will serve as an authentic reference work on the Kingdom, containing information on each province of the Kingdom, its historical sites, natural resources, ancient history, and cultural traditions as well as its achievements in health, education, industry and communications. Deputy Prime Minister and Commander of the National Guard Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has called for measures to combat deviant ideas by carrying out cultural and educational programs that explain the true teachings of Islam and drive home the merits of moderation and tolerance. All contents on this web site is copyrighted ©2005 Information Office of the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington DC. www.saudiembassy.net /2005News/News/NewsDetail.asp?cIndex=5201

Our Private Army: Vinnell Corp. trains the Saudi Arabian National Guard Vinnell Corp. trains the Saudi Arabian National Guard A fellow Vinnell adviser angrily told him that a Saudi National Guard commander had suddenly notified him that they were leaving the compound to perform night manouvers. "Someone in the upper echelons of the Saudi National Guard knew the bombing was imminent." privatearmy.blogspot.com /2004/06/vinnell-corp-trains-saudi-arabian.html

Contract Support to the Saudi Arabian National Guard 1975 — Military training began with Saudi Arabian National Guard contract Contract Support to the Saudi Arabian National Guard In 1902 Abd al-Aziz Ibn SAUD captured Riyadh and set out on a 30-year campaign to unify the Arabian Peninsula. www.vinnell.com /ArabiaRecruiting/recruiting.htm

Saudi Arabian National Guard Health Affairs goes live with largest-ever Sun Microsystems EMEA desktop deal Sun Microsystems Middle East Saudi Arabian National Guard Health Affairs goes live with largest-ever Sun Microsystems EMEA desktop deal Sun Microsystems Middle East and North Africa today announced that the elite Saudi Arabian National Guard Health Affairs (SANG-HA) has gone live with the largest-ever order of SunRay desktop systems and StarOffice licenses in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region. Saudi Arabian National Guard Health Affairs goes live with largest-ever Sun Microsystems EMEA desktop deal www.ameinfo.com /58876.html

Security Assistance for Force Modernization - The Saudi Arabian National Guard Program - Storming Media It provides a brief overview of the modern Saudi Arabian National Guard's capabilities to include unit organization and equipment. Abstract: The study provides an overview on the modernization of the Saudi Arabian National Guard. Security Assistance for Force Modernization - The Saudi Arabian National Guard Program www.stormingmedia.us /05/0528/A052851.html

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CIA - The World Factbook -- Saudi Arabia Land Force (Army), Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Force, National Guard, Ministry of Interior Forces (paramilitary) The first major terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia in several years, which occurred in May and November 2003, prompted renewed efforts on the part of the Saudi government to counter domestic terrorism and extremism, which also coincided with a slight upsurge in media freedom and announcement of government plans to phase in partial political representation. The continuing presence of foreign troops on Saudi soil after Operation Desert Storm remained a source of tension between the royal family and the public until the US military's near-complete withdrawal to neighboring Qatar in 2003. www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/sa.html

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