US sends home 21 Saudis as probe finds shooting was 'terrorism'US Attorney General Bill Barr said 21 Saudi air force officers training in the United States would be sent home in the wake of the "terrorist" shooting on December 6 in Florida by one of their colleagues. WASHINGTON - The United States will send home 21 Saudi military trainees after an investigation into the "jihadist" killing of three American sailors last month, the Justice Department announced Monday. The shooting threatened a decades-old military training program crucial to the US-Saudi relationship, which involves billions of dollars of military sales to the kingdom. There are around 850 Saudis among the 5,000 foreign military personnel undergoing training in the United States. Barr said the shooting "perfectly illustrates" why US law enforcement should be able to demand cellphone makers' cooperation to unlock phones in appropriate circumstances.

Source: Bangkok Post January 13, 2020 21:45 UTC