More than a dozen Saudi servicemen training at US military installations will be expelled from the US after a review that followed the deadly shooting last month at a base in Pensacola, Florida, sources tell CNN
The Saudis are not accused of aiding the 21-year-old Saudi Air Force second lieutenant who killed three American sailors in the December shooting, two sources said, but some are said to have connections to extremist movements, according to a person familiar with the situation.A number are also accused of possessing child pornography, according to a defense official and the person familiar with the situation. Spokespeople for the FBI and Justice Department declined to comment.
About a dozen Saudi trainees at the Pensacola base had been confined to their quarters as the FBI investigated the shooting as a potential terror attack, and the Pentagon initiated a review of all Saudi military trainees in the country, numbering around 850 students.The Justice Department is expected to conclude that the Pensacola shooting was in fact an act of terrorism, according to a US official.
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