Saudi Arabia appeared to threaten Canada with a 9/11-style attack in a feud over human rights
The graphic warned of "Sticking one's nose where it doesn't belong!" and included the text: "As the Arabic saying goes: 'He who interferes with what doesn't concern him finds what doesn't please him.'"
Last week, Global Affairs Canada tweeted that it was "gravely concerned" about a new wave of arrests in the kingdom targeting women's rights activists and urged their immediate release. Saudi Arabia has expelled Canada's ambassador and frozen all new trade and investment with Ottawa in response to the criticism.
- Saudi Arabia's state media on Monday tweeted a graphic appearing to show an Air Canada airliner heading toward the Toronto skyline in a way that recalled the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
- Saudi Arabia expelled Canada's ambassador after an official account called for the release of detained women's rights activists in the kingdom.
- Fifteen of the 19 September 11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia, and Osama bin Laden, the attacks' mastermind, was a Saudi citizen who has family there.
- The Saudi account deleted the tweet and reposted another without the airliner.
The graphic warned of "Sticking one's nose where it doesn't belong!" and included the text: "As the Arabic saying goes: 'He who interferes with what doesn't concern him finds what doesn't please him.'"
Last week, Global Affairs Canada tweeted that it was "gravely concerned" about a new wave of arrests in the kingdom targeting women's rights activists and urged their immediate release. Saudi Arabia has expelled Canada's ambassador and frozen all new trade and investment with Ottawa in response to the criticism.