As fires still burn in Riyadh, the Saudi Arab News has posted a story about the latest from Kuala Lumpur: “Malaysia criticized the United States yesterday for issuing a safety warning to Americans in the country, saying security nationwide is adequate and ruling out fears that it will hurt foreign tourist arrivals.”
After U.S. intelligence correctly predicted trouble in Saudi Arabia yesterday, this is a particularly inopportune time to take American officials to task for such warnings.