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Saudi bomb ’ringleader’ caught on video
2003-05-15
This being the Guardian, I'm surprised the headline isn't 'Bomb' 'ringleader' 'caught' on 'video'.
Khaled al-Jehani, named by Saudi officials as leader of the cell that carried out the Riyadh bombings, appears with his Kalashnikov in a video recovered from a compound in Afghanistan belonging to Mohammad Atef, an aide to Osama bin Laden, and made public at the beginning of last year. Jehani is believed to have been made al-Qaida's chief of murder and terror operations in the Gulf after the capture of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the USS Cole bombing suspect, last November. With him in the videos, authorities identified, among others, Ramzi Bin al-shibh, a Yemeni national now in US custody named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the September 11 terrorist attacks. US attorney general John Ashcroft told reporters at the time that the five men in the videos were "suspected of planning additional attacks against innocent civilians". The videotapes' sound was not made public, but Mr Ashcroft said that audio analysis suggested the men could be trained "and prepared to commit future suicide terrorist acts".
"Hey Ramzi!"
"Yeah Khaled?"
"Wot say we chop off someone's head?"
"Who you have in mind?"
"Well there's this kids who saw me boffing his little sister; he oughta go."
"Sure, no probs, but I need more of a challenge."
"Well then, let's go bomb something."
"Yeah, bombs, great idea! Just remember, the red wire ..."
"Yeah, yeah, I know, I know!"

He said the public's assistance was requested for "further identifying and locating the individuals on the tapes so that additional investigation can be made".
"Ramzi, who's that with you?"
"This is cousin Achmed, and cousin Mahmoud."
"Great! Say boys, feel like bombing something?"

After the videos appeared, Jehani's father, Mohammad, was quoted as telling Kuwait's Al-Watan newspaper that his family believed he was dead. They had "received several anonymous calls from people who described themselves only as 'Khaled's brothers in Islam', offering condolences".
Express all you want. He's still dead, and he's not in Paradise.
Posted by:Steve White

#3  Anyone who takes the name of Khalid should automatically be treated as a jihadi. Khalid al-Walid was a mercenary who served under the ersatz "prophet" Mohammed (may allah piss down his throat), after his army had defeated the Muslims (THANKS FOR NOTHING ALLAH) in the Battle of Uhud, and peddled himself to Mohammed's bandits. If you find that your Muslim neighbor has named a child Khalid, you should report it to counter-terror authorities.
Posted by: Anonon   2003-05-15 06:36:31  

#2  When I first saw that video I thought that rather than being potential 'martyrs', they were more likely to be the next generation of al-qaeda leaders.
And if I was as ugly as these guys, I might be a terrorist too.
Posted by: Paul Moloney   2003-05-15 03:54:00  

#1  'Saudi' 'bomb' ’ringleader’ 'caught' 'on' 'video'

There. 'That' looks better. That 'looks' better. That looks 'better'.
Posted by: john   2003-05-15 03:07:14  

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