[thackney]

I worked in Yemen a while back. Saudi is hardly the worse, most dangerous place to work. I interviewed for Aramco but it didn’t work out, the timing was bad (Sept 2001).

It isn’t all tax free, but the first $97,600 (in 2013) is tax free.

http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Foreign-Earned-Income-Exclusion

[cloudmountain]

I worked in Yemen a while back. Saudi is hardly the worse, most dangerous place to work. I interviewed for Aramco but it didn’t work out, the timing was bad (Sept 2001).

It isn’t all tax free, but the first $97,600 (in 2013) is tax free.

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Ah yes, that was WAY back when $97,000. was a ton of money. Won't buy a house where I live...or a condo.

We felt very safe in Saudi. At the time RaeDik DaeLim was a standing army of South Korean regulars who did construction work for the KSA.

You could tell they were military. They were SOLDIERS and looked like it from a distance. Up closer they all had "a look" -- hard to describe, confidence, whatever. Their "camp" was spotless, everything whitewashed.
The men were just VERY short.

They played a "fun" game of softball with our guys. It was HILARIOUS.