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Arabia
Soddy king announces get-out-of-jail free-card Amnesty
2006-06-27
Riyadh, 27 June (AKI) - King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has announced an amnesty for Islamist terrorists, Saudi newspaper reports said on Tuesday.The monarch revealed his plan for a new amnesty during a cabinet meeting in Jeddah on Monday, the daily Arab News reported. The announcement comes amid a crackdown on extremism in the kingdom. Forty suspected terrorists have been arrested in the last two months. Last Friday, six suspects and one policeman were killed in a gun battle between the police and extremists.

A similar amnesty two years ago encouraged six extremists within al-Qaeda cells in Saudi Arabia to give themselves up to police within the space of one month. They were released after five months.
"Go forth and sin no more!"
Since the al-Qaeda terrorist network launched a series of attacks on Saudi Arabia three years ago, 150 people - including foreigners and police officers - have been killed in bomb attacks and shootings. More than 130 suspected terrorists have also been killed.
Posted by:Steve

#4  "It offers a chance for these people to return to God,” he said.

I know a way they can do that too. It's a lot different then this one...but it is quicker.
Posted by: tu3031   2006-06-27 21:45  

#3  we need to be toppling the Suadi's as well as Saddam
Posted by: bk   2006-06-27 20:22  

#2  we need to stop all Saudi visas to the US
Posted by: Frank G   2006-06-27 10:02  

#1  Sheikh Ahmed Al-Ghamdi, acting director of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in the Makkah region, said that it gives these deviant men a chance to seek redemption. “It offers a chance for these people to return to God,” he said.

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=84418&d=27&m=6&y=2006

Posted by: Besoeker   2006-06-27 09:28  

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