Saudi Arabs in the US operate under the cloud of 9/11, when 15
Saudi nationals were involved in the attacks. Eleven years is
not sufficient to erase memories, nor, sadly, to raise the
shadow of suspicion.  Early reports following the bombing of the
Boston Marathon finish line were intensely focused on a Saudi
student, Abdul Rahman Al-Harbi, who was under police protection
at a local hospital. There were reports that he had been tackled
by a bystander for ‘behaving suspiciously’ by running away, but
running away from a bomb scene strikes me as not only pretty
normal behavior, but pretty wise behavior as well.  Authorities
in Boston stated yesterday that Al-Harbi was not a perpetrator
of the bombing, but was just one of the nearly 180 victims. A
student in the Boston area, he did what many tens of thousands
people did: take advantage of the local Patriots’ Day holiday
and attend the famous Boston Marathon. He got caught in the
explosion and the chaos that ensued.  The Washington Post runs
an article — mining de