US will send home 21 Saudi military trainees after the investigation into the killing of three American sailors by a Saudi cadet last month – Justice Department
Riyadh will withdraw its cadets receiving military training in US following an investigation into a Saudi officer's fatal shooting of three Americans at a naval base that US Attorney General William Barr branded"an act of terrorism."
The trainees who are being removed had "jihadist" or anti-American sentiments on social media pages or had "contact with child pornography," including in internet chat rooms, officials said. Despite the misconduct, US officials have said they want to continue training pilots from Saudi Arabia, an important ally in the Middle East.
Law enforcement officials left no doubt that Alshamrani was motivated by militant ideology, saying he visited a New York City memorial to the attacks of September 11, 2001, over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend and posted anti-American and anti-Israeli messages on social media just two hours before the shooting. Last September 11, Barr said, Alshamrani posted a message that said: "The countdown has started.
Alshamrani, who was killed by a sheriff’s deputy during the rampage at a classroom building, was undergoing flight training at Pensacola, where foreign military members routinely receive instruction.
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