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Saudis Release 1,500 Al Qaeda Terrorists on Promise to Be Good
2007-11-27
All it took was a promise not to wage jihad on the Arabian Peninsula for the Saudi royal family to free 1,500 imprisoned Al Qaeda members, declaring they had been "reformed."

The kingdom's Interior Ministry released the terrorists last weekend, according to the Saudi newspaper Al Watan as reported by the New York Sun.

Click here to read the complete story in The New York Sun.

In an interview with Al Watan, Muhammad al-Nujaimi, a member of the special committee to reform jihadists, said the Al Qaeda terrorists have pledged to end their campaign to rid the Arabian Peninsula of infidels.

"After several graded sessions with the committee, and having been convinced of their misguided vision, they renounced their erroneous ideologies, including the concept of driving out all infidels from the Arabian Peninsula," al-Nujaimi said, according to The Sun.

The 1,500 had been rounded up in crackdowns that began in 2003.

Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC

#5  I suspect that the Iraqis are losing patience with Saudis who make trouble up there, and will start disappearing them.

A great many Saudi sons have disappeared permanently in the maw of Iraq, these last few years. Of course, most of those died in terror attempts of one sort or another. Not so much of that any more... I wonder how many are in Iraqi jails, nowadays.
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-11-27 17:44  

#4  Did the deal include one way tickets to Iraq?
Posted by: Swamp Blondie   2007-11-27 15:14  

#3  Lots more to this story. I imagine lots of these mucks were just the usual suspects rounded up on general principle, then called jihadis to make the authorities look good. If they are young, they are going to be released to their families on probation, who will look after them or else.

I suspect that the Iraqis are losing patience with Saudis who make trouble up there, and will start disappearing them.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2007-11-27 14:30  

#2  So, have the imams made a ruling on whether Iraq is on the Arabian peninsula?
Posted by: mrp   2007-11-27 10:35  

#1  "Arrrrrrrrrrgghhhhh!"
-- Charlie Brown,
Remarks on the Present Attempt to Kick a Football
Posted by: eLarson   2007-11-27 10:32  

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