LIN: As we speak, Saudi officials are going out of their way to reassure Americans and other westerners that they are safe and welcome inside the kingdom. But what do the Saudi people themselves think? Kathleen Koch has been looking into Saudi perception of the U.S.</s>AL-JUBEIR: Nobody -- no person with the sense of decency and humanity can support murders.</s>KATHLEEN KOCH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Saudi officials insist their citizens oppose terrorism and are outraged by the brutal murder of Paul Johnson. Yet, a recent poll of Saudis conducted last year and interviewing more than 15,000 found nearly half had a favorable opinion of the sermons and rhetoric of Osama bin Laden. Only five percent thought he should be president. Fifty-seven percent had an unfavorable view of strong and close relations with the United States.</s>NAWAF OBAID, SAUDI NATIONAL SECURITY CONSULTANT: The alarm here is about how a sizable amount of the Saudi population actually find in bin Laden's words some form of hero.</s>KOCH: Bin Laden was born in Saudi Arabia. And 15 of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 were also Saudi. There's been widespread concern that the Saudi government has been slow to crack down on terrorist organizations.</s>ROBERT JORDAN, FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO SAUDI ARABIA: The Crown Prince, within the last two or three days has said that they have had a patience with this sort of terrorist activity and that patience has worn out.</s>KOCH: Some experts believe the Saudi regime is one of many in the Arab world that has found radical fundamentalism and anger against the west useful distractions for a young population facing high unemployment and eager for reform.
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