 Police have arrested three radical islamists, believed to be the brains behind the Umm Al-Haiman terrorist attacks, reports Al-Qabas daily quoting a high-level security source.
| "Hokay! Which of youse guys is the brains of the outfit?" |
The three men are identified as BK, AK Al-Enezi and MS Al-Ajmi.
| Oboy! Another Enezi for our collection! Kids! Collect the entire set! |
| Are they kinda like Pokémon cards, only with turbans? |
The same source said M.S. Al-Ajmi - who had earlier been arrested and released some time before the shoot-out in Umm Al-Haiman - is an ex-policeman and has admitted to being the leader of the Umm Al-Haiman cell. He also told police he and Al-Enezi escaped in two stolen cars which were parked in front of Adan Hospital.
| "Nyah, coppers! We had da getaway cars waitin'!" |
| "Drat! And we had them surrounded!" |
The source added the parents of Fawaz Al-Otaibi - who was killed during the shoot-out in Maidan Hawalli - had earlier filed a missing persons report on their son and provided police with information about nine persons - Ahmad M., Mohammd S, Hamed A., Salah Sh., Mohammad A., Amer Kh., Bandar M., Kanaan and Mohammd Sh. - who maintained contacts with Fawaz. They also guided police to a tent in Subbiya where the victim and his friends held meetings.
| Ahah! The old tent in the desert trick! |
Sources believe the suspects might be using the tent to plan their strategies and to conduct military training. Former preacher of Malek Bin Auf Mosque in Jahra, identified as A Kh Al-Enezi and a prominent cleric Hamed A. allegedly visited the tent several times before the incident.
| Well, shucks. That's never happened before. Has it? |
| Time to start a rumor about Kh and Hamed in a tent, alone ... |
A brother of one of the fugitives told police on one occasion he followed his brother wherever he went and saw him meeting the preacher of the mosque who used a laptop computer inside his vehicle. The source also said 16 key suspects are in police custody and police have launched a manhunt for 35 others, whom the authorities have described as "very dangerous." Meanwhile, personnel from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) have provided the State Security men with more than 100 fingerprints lifted from various sites. The police have handed over to the CID some of the suspects to match the fingerprints.
| "Dose ain't our fingerprints, coppers! Dose fingerprints was planted!" |
In other news Al-Anba daily said Kuwaiti security authorities had received warnings from their Saudi counterparts two months ago about the likelihood of terrorist attacks on Kuwaiti soil by Saudi elements. Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz was quoted by Saudi daily "Okaz" as saying the sources of terrorism in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are one.
| Whoa! Who'da ever guessed that! |
The same source quoting Prince Nayef added Saudi Arabia has not received any reports from Kuwait about the involvement of Saudi citizens in terrorist operations in Kuwait, however, he added the Saudi Interior Ministry expects to receive such reports soon.
| ... since they have the carcasses and all. |
On the other hand, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Dr Adel Al-Falah described the recent bloody events in Kuwait as "frightening", reports Al-Anba daily.
| "I'm very frightened! I hope none o' them fingerprints is mine!" |
Al-Falah said the radicals who have been brainwashed by vested interests are tools in the hands of the enemies of Islam. Al-Falah admitted radicalism must be eradicated and the ministry is planning to prepare preachers and experts who can intimidate, rather than hold official dialogues with persons who embrace such unscrupulous and unsound ideas. | Have you considered shooting them on the spot? |
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