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| Saudis ready for another round of booms |
| 2004-07-13 |
| Saudi Arabia has been quietly preparing for another round of Al Qaida attacks against Westerners. Saudi security sources said Al Qaida has demonstrated signs of renewing its effort to abduct and kill Americans, Britons and other Westerners in the kingdom. They said authorities have already received reports of gangs of suspected Al Qaida operatives or supporters surveying Saudi companies for Westerners. On July 7, three Saudis held a guard at gunpoint at the Al Zamil Group's construction facility in Dammam and demanded that he take them to Western employees. The gunmen drove off after the guard convinced them that there were no Westerners on the premises. Later, a German national who served as a consultant to Al Zamil fled Saudi Arabia. The incident was the first reported since the death of Al Qaida network chief Abdul Aziz Al Muqrin. Al Muqrin was killed in a shootout in Riyad hours after his group executed a U.S. engineer, Paul Johnson, an employee of Lockheed Martin. Al Qaida's new chief in Saudi Arabia was identified as Saleh Awfi, 33, a former Saudi security officer who fought U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #8 Frank, You are not too far from the truth. By biggest and sharpest kitchen knives are strategically distributed/hidden around the house. We always have a spray bottle filled with jalapeno juice or clorox at hand, too. My son's baseball bat is next to our bed and every window in that house is obstructed with something meant to make noise or trip. |
| Posted by: Anonymous4617 2004-07-13 11:17:57 PM |
| #7 not if the fight is taken to them...boggling would wear a table cloth and a couple fan belts, then, I bet |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-07-13 10:07:19 PM |
| #6 AP - That's not the only flaw you can point to, I'd bet! Amazing. This is the touchstone, the source that all the Wahhabis look to for marching orders. Boggles. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-07-13 10:01:09 PM |
| #5 Lol - you're hardcore, Frank! Of course, others say if we were only more sensitive, then we would be forgiven for our stupidity and could have a world-wide group hug. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-07-13 9:57:16 PM |
| #4 .com---Mr. Confidence Imam there in the pic has a bad bicuspid on the top starboard side. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-07-13 9:54:45 PM |
| #3 not as much as a Barrett .50 center-ring-on-a-bad-royal response for every gringo sacrified |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-07-13 9:50:40 PM |
| #2 I'm sure that this guy has helped immensely by moderating his sermons and calling for peace - among Muslims, anyway. Inspires confidence, doncha think? |
| Posted by: .com 2004-07-13 9:45:13 PM |
| #1 well, at least their spin machine is ready....if I was a western ex-pat, I'd keep large kitchen cutlery and an escape route handy at all times. When will we put a royal in the sniper's scope for every American killed? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-07-13 9:32:09 PM |
