Saudi envoy blasts UK for ignoring terror threat
Saudi Arabia's outgoing ambassador to Britain blasted the British government for ignoring constant Saudi warnings on Muslim extremists, a British newspaper reported yesterday.
Prince Turki al-Faisal, a former chief of Saudi intelligence, told The Times he had been "going round in circles" with British authorities over the threat posed by Saudi dissidents in Britain.
The prince, 60, has been ambassador to London since January 2003 but is soon to transfer to Washington.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. He said his warnings had been passed around government departments.
The situation got so bad that crown prince Abdullah, now king, warned British ministers relations between the two nations would be damaged if no action was taken, the ambassador said.
"When you call somebody he says it is the other guy," the prince told The Times.
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