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| Security man, militant killed in Riyadh shootout | |||
| 2004-04-13 | |||
A member of the Saudi security forces was killed, a militant was gunned down and four security personnel were wounded during a clash in the eastern neighbourhood of Riyadh on Monday evening.
Gunfire and the thud of explosions were heard from the area where security forces had chased suspected militants. Residents said, "A confrontation between security patrols and a group of wanted militants began at 6:30pm after dozens of police cars sped to the area. "Heavy gunfire as well as blasts, apparently resulting from rocket-propelled grenades and hand-grenades were heard," residents of the Sley district said.
A militant was gunned down and another was wounded in a gun battle between security forces and presumed extremists in the same area on April 5.
Many suspects as well as security personnel have been killed in clashes in Riyadh, while Saudi authorities are continuing crackdown on suspected | |||
| Posted by:Steve |
| #4 do they tell the cop (that's going to die) what his part in the play is beforehand? I think it's the same as on Star Trek, if there's a new guy on the away team, he ain't beaming back up. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-04-13 11:20:46 AM |
| #3 Frank -- why not? He's dying for the jihad. If, that is, anyone's dying at all. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-04-13 10:58:18 AM |
| #2 do they tell the cop (that's going to die) what his part in the play is beforehand? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-04-13 10:42:54 AM |
| #1 More exciting details from Arab News: âPatrol police identified a car carrying two terror suspects and tracked it down to the Al-Faiha neighborhood, and the two opened fire on security officers as they stopped in front of a villa they were using as a hide-out,â the official said. âMeanwhile a group of militants came out and started firing arms including rocket propelled grenades.â âThis resulted in an exchange of fire and the deaths of a militant and a security officer,â he added. Eyewitnesses said the terrorists fled into a villa after being chased by security officials, leaving their jeep in front. âThe terrorists blew up the vehicle and took cover,â they said. Dozens of police cars were seen speeding to the area. Security forces blocked off access to the neighborhood, keeping crowds of curious onlookers at bay. Arab News saw dozens of bullet-ridden cars in the area where the shootout took place. Floodlights mounted on Civil Defense vehicles lit the entire district, focusing on the terrorist hide-out. Security forces later in the night recovered a number of hand grenades left behind by the terrorists. The whole area smelled of the gasoline leaking from vehicles in the vicinity whose gas tanks were pierced by ricocheting bullets, witnesses said. Witnesses said the terrorists managed to escape the dragnet. They then forced the driver of a Caprice at gunpoint to part with his car and escaped to Al-Naseem district. The last in a series of gunbattles between security forces and suspected militants occurred in the capital a week ago, when security forces gunned down a militant and wounded another on April 5, also in the same district. Both were wanted on terror-related charges, but neither was on a list of 26 most-wanted suspects â since reduced to 22 after the death or capture of four of them â issued after the November 2003 bombings in Riyadh. So once again, security forces trail bad guys to their lair. Bad guys see cops following them, open fire. More bad guys pour out of lair, join in the fun. Cops are outnumbered and outgunned, bad guys blow up jeep to cover escape. Police backup arrives too late, mill around aimlessly. Bad guys carjack getaway car, speed off into the night, never to be seen again. I think they use the same script for each shootout and just change the date. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-04-13 10:22:51 AM |