American Consulate Jeddah

12-7-2004

Jeddah: a chosen is Alfqeh Faysal said a seeker looking for his family, the cousin of the special American consul driver (55 years) 

The cousin met his end inside the American consulate in Jeddah yesterday by the terrorists. He had contact with his cousin after the breakthrough of the consulate, his cousin answered his cell phone, and the confusion appears clear in the tones of his sound and by his prevention from the speech what was occurring. And he added by saying: at that time she asked it: are you by a wealth? . When He answered the phone: he softened, and the talk was very short and ended mixed with confusion and he warned then the conversation ended. But the worry is its incitement to the resumption of the contact, then an unknown person ( one of the terrorists ) answered with a severe tone and a violence : He then cursed, closed the speaker, then closed the mobile system finally . 

And Faysal added to the homeland saying after that he made sure that his cousin was among the hostages and to contact his sister. She is the daughter-in-law of his uncle Ali at the same time asked for the reassurance and ask questions, then she was informed by to the response to them in the beginning before he closes the telephone totally. Then he sent one of his sons to look in the hospitals and ask question about his cousin. After the news of the breakthrough of the American consulate spread, starting from Suleiman 's hospital the scholar of the nearer hospital to the consulate, where the wounded and dead started the arrival of at this hospital. 

However, he did not arrive to any information that relates to his father. And then he was pointed toward the king Fahd's hospital after the declaration of the official authorities the end of the operation, and the mention of information about the accident victims it then became clear that its cousin met its death during the breakthrough for it . And he adds the cousin arrived at the refrigerator for the dead, there he watched the body of its cousin, and it became clear that he was dead. 

Moreover, after that he thought about the ways of how he would notify the family and broke into tears about breaking it to his old mother. Then he had notification that his mother knew of his cousin's death from the news. He mentioned that the victim had three sons of the males and five girls and he was from the Yemeni nationality and stays in Saudi Arabia since forty years, and works as a special driver in the American consulate since 25 years. He made it clear the American consul does not move by his car except with the company of this driver. And the American consulate has informed him the night of the day before yesterday about the arrival of the American Consulate in the morning. 

The Consulate contacted him to be ready for the arrival to the consulate starting from at ten in the morning, but it hurried and it hurried in the departure for the consulate since at eight in the morning. And said Faysal in his family that this behavior raised the wonder of his family, but it appears that he was on a date with destiny. And he describes then maintains close relations with its cousin who was religious, polite and is distinguished by the reverence and the goodness.