Responses in the national medias of countries that are on the new list of states whose citizens will receive heightened security attention entering the US in the wake of the Flight 253 attack.
Pakistan:
In forcing the administration to be reactive and blindly discriminatory in the aftermath of the bombing attempt, Al Qaeda may have scored an even more significant ideological victory than would have been afforded by an attack on a plane.
Lebanon:
[Quoting an American analyst] “The vast majority of the Lebanese have nothing, and want nothing, to do with terrorism. And we should want them and welcome them here in the United States,” he said.
Saudi Arabia:
The extra check means, he said [Abdul Rahman Al-Zamil, president of the Riyadh-based Export Development Center], Saudi companies would not be able to send their executives and representatives to the US easily.
“No doubt, the new measures will also affect delegations that play a big role in boosting trade ties,” he said.
Al-Zamil said most countries would avoid participation in exhibitions or conferences in the US in order to avoid a possibility of their officials and representatives being harassed and getting into trouble in the US.
“This measure is going to affect major projects in the Kingdom, as some products related to these projects are being manufactured in the US and engineers from Saudi Arabia have to go there to inspect them. Importing these products from other countries will affect the standards set by the projects,” he pointed out.
