The State Dept issued a warning on the 10th of a possible terrorist attack on the 11th.

Source?

Osama wants the Saud family dead. I don't think they're in cahoots on this. And, what's your source?

My source is employees @ the racecourse

Naw, Rush lost all that weight. They couldn't 've been in Him. Not enough room anymore.

About 8 years ago I had some business dealings with the royal familiy of Saudi. I never met them as I worked through their people but I can say that they love the United States and I would bet a lot of money they had nothing to do with this. They were very kind to me and I can only say good things about them. They are very pro USA as the USA sends over to Saudi a lot of military goods as well as domestic products.

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Where is the Keeneland horse auction? What warning from the State Dept.?

Forgive my ignorance, but I was out of the country during the attack and not privy to all of the news.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/other/la-000073808sep13.column?coll=la-headlines-sports-other

"...At Keeneland in Lexington, Ky., the September horse auction resumed Wednesday after the sale was suspendedTuesday.

Another Arab, Prince Ahmed Salman of Saudi Arabia, said he had been advised to leave the sale, but stayed Wednesday and bought two horses for $1.2 million.

"America is home to me," Salman said. "I am a businessman. I have nothing to do with the other stuff. I feel as badly as any American and I am extremely astonished by [the terrorism]. We have had terrorism in Saudi Arabia and we know how painful it is, but I have great confidence in the American government and the American people."..."

I thought this was interesting.

You might find post 10 interesting.

amom's research into published articles seems to contradict your anecdotal account supplied by racecourse employees...please check into this further so we may be apprised of the real facts.

I'm from Lexington. The Saudis own many horse farms there and have poured millions into them. I was there 2 years ago and toured one of them - it was beautiful and very expensively built and maintained. They have huge investments in the U.S. thoroughbred industry. There may well be some Saudi nationals involved in the mass murders but I doubt that any of those involved in the horse business did. However, they are very security conscious and it is conceivable that their security people got a tip and they left to avoid any trouble or detention by US authorities.

On the other hand, there is a great deal of resentment of the Saudis in some circles in and around Lexington, and it would not surprise me to see some envious people start false rumors about them to taint their reputation.

I don't recall what day airport operations were resumed here (Lexington, KY) last week but early morning (guessing 7 AM) a Saudi or UAE 747 took off headed east. We live within a mile of the airport and so are aware of many flights both inbound and outbound.

My guess is their security people wanted them out of the U.S. given the chance of further terrorist acts. Perhaps Saudis or UAE leaders were possible targets?

These good people buy many high-priced horses here and we are glad to have them active in our market. They also own several large horse farms in the area and are good neighbors.

Thanks for that link. Very good to see. I hope more folks take make use of it.

There may well be some Saudi nationals involved in the mass murders but I doubt that any of those involved in the horse business did.

Understand and agree.