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| Kingdom Makes Remarkable Headway in Fight Against Terror: Naif |
| 2004-11-11 |
| Saudi Arabia has made remarkable headway in its war on terrorism as it has succeeded in stripping terrorists of their capabilities to carry out major attacks, Interior Minister Prince Naif said. The government has moved beyond reacting to the militants "to stripping the terrorists of all means of carrying out criminal acts," Okaz Arabic daily quoted the minister as saying yesterday. The minister's statement came after security forces killed one suspected terrorist and arrested three others in a shootout early on Tuesday in Jeddah. The three included a foreign national. Prince Naif said the government was successful in "exposing the ideology and lies" of the deviant group, a reference to sympathizers of the Al-Qaeda terror network in the Kingdom. "Protecting citizens from terrorist thinking is a religious and joint duty," he said and urged families, Islamic scholars and educational institutions to play their role. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Yep the clerics are more of a long-term danger then the terrorists. Problem is half the Saudi house is Islamist and probably good buddies with those scholars. |
| Posted by: BillH 2004-11-11 9:40:02 PM |
| #4 Prince Naif. What can we say? Any comments, Your Excellency, on the scholars who issued a fatwa against our guys in Falluja? A real Elliot Ness. |
| Posted by: chicago mike 2004-11-11 9:21:21 PM |
| #3 to stripping the terrorists of all means of carrying out criminal acts, Sure. Just pass an Assault Weapons ban. That'll work... |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-11-11 6:49:33 PM |
| #2 Whenever Prince Naif sez something, I imagine myself in a salt mine. He's the über-wahhabi amongst wahhabis. The only thing that bugz him is when someone thinks he is more wahhabi than Naif himself. No such a thing can be allowed, Be a good boy and you can expect a check, Chain of command must be followed, Try pulling a renegade and he'll smite your neck. |
| Posted by: Cornîliës 2004-11-11 5:49:57 PM |
| #1 Yeah, c'mon Islamic scholars! Step up to the plate and take a coupla swings. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-11-11 5:07:53 PM |