AT least two explosions have been heard in the Saudi capital and have started a fire in a compound housing US nationals, witnesses said. They said the blasts were in eastern Riyadh and that at least one of them occurred inside the compound. An interior ministry source would not confirm the explosions and said only that an official statement would be issued later.
FOLLOWUP:
Residential complexes housing Westerners in the Saudi capital of Riyadh were bombed Monday, injuring an unspecified number of people, Fox News has learned. Americans were living in at least one of the three targeted buildings, according to State Department officials. The American embassy in Riyadh told Washington that there was no word of any American casualties. Fox News and Reuters news service were reporting that the attack involved three separate bombs on different residential buildings. The Associated Press reported that a car packed with explosives crashed into a compound and blew up. Saudi security officials said there were injuries but it was not known how many were wounded. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the car exploded after slamming into a residential compound in the eastern part of the Saudi Arabian capital.
Guess we know what happened to the 19 Bad Guys they were looking for last week. Radio said they shot it out with the Soddy security guards...
More followup:
FoxNews/AP reports a fourth explosion. At least 50 casualties taken to a single hospital... Sounds like Riyadh's under attack... Powell says he's going to go through with his planned visit tomorrow.
#1
"Major Strasser has been blown up by alk runners - round up the usual suspects"
Posted by: Frank G ||
05/12/2003 17:35 Comments ||
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#2
Time to bring honor/shame into it -
"if you Soddys can't control your own country, why are we dealing with you?"
Sharpen the executioner's sword
Posted by: Frank G ||
05/12/2003 19:27 Comments ||
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#3
Shades of the strong horse. Now that the America has demonstrated it's strength in Afganistan and Iraq, the Soddi's suddenly look weak. Amazing what a little use of power will create.
Posted by: john ||
05/12/2003 19:46 Comments ||
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This is where most of the 9-11 dirt bags came from. I guess it is getting too hot in other parts of the world.
Posted by: Douglas De Bono ||
05/12/2003 20:35 Comments ||
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A chief prosecutor called on a Kuwaiti court to issue the "maximum penalty" against a Kuwaiti on trial for killing an American civilian early this year. "We call on you, in the name of society, to return safety and security to this society by hitting hard against everyone who considers threatening it," Hussein Al-Huraiti said in his closing statement. He urged the court to hand down the "maximum penalty", without specifying the sentence terms, against 25-year-old Sami Al-Mutairi when it issues its verdict on June 4. Murder is punishable by death in Kuwait.
Mutairi is accused of carrying out a highway ambush in January that killed Michael Rene Pouliot and seriously wounded David Caraway, both contractors for the US army. Kuwaitis Badi Cruz Al-Ajmi and Khalifa Hilal Al-Dihani are also on trial for selling Mutairi the Kalashnikov assault rifle and ammunition used in the attack. The shooting was the second fatal attack against Americans in the country since last October and the first to target civilians. "Because of this crime, confidence in the country's security and stability was shaken," Huraiti said. He claimed Mutairi had planned the crime two months before carrying it out, watching the area and singling out his prey as they stopped at an intersection on their way back from the camp. Mutairi shot the two men and then went to a mosque to pray before he headed for his office where he heard on satellite television that his attack was a success, the lawyer added. After stashing the weapon and ammunition at his work place, he fled to Saudi Arabia where Saudi border guards arrested him two days after the attack, Huraiti said.
Posted by: Fred Pruitt ||
05/12/2003 05:02 pm ||
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