Friday, February 09, 2007

From the speech of Khalid Mish`al in Mecca:
"We have come to this blessed place at the kind invitation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques [King Abdallah Bin-Abd al-Aziz], may God preserve him and compensate him well on our behalf. All of us, as brother Abu-Mazin has just said, thank the Kingdom [of Saudi Arabia] and its leadership, headed by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques HM King Abdallah Bin-Abd al-Aziz, may God reward him and his brothers and the leaders of the kingdom well." (The BBC version; thanks Jon)