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| Saudi Arabia Says Mecca Group Linked to Al Qaeda | |
| 2003-06-18 | |
That's reasonable, they were most likely a seperate cell. Stung by U.S. charges that it had not done enough to prevent the bombings of three Western compounds in Riyadh which killed 35 people, Saudi Arabia has gone on the offensive against suspected militants, raiding houses and combing areas where they might be hiding. More likely it was the direct threat to the Saudi royals He said that Saudi Arabia was still seeking "about six suspects" wanted by authorities. The Interior Ministry said on Tuesday 12 people, including seven Saudi nationals, were arrested in Mecca after Saturday's shootout. Their flat in the middle class al-Khalidiya district was "booby trapped and ready to explode" it said. Police seized 72 pipebombs and a number of booby trapped copies of the Koran, the ministry said, as well as rifles, revolvers and ammunition. Booby trapped copies of the Koran, huh? Those may have been intended for other members of the Religion of Peace(tm). They could also have been for the suicide boys. Prince Nayef told the newspaper it was not clear whether the threat of further attacks had diminished. "Perhaps it has declined, but we cannot be absolutely certain of this," he said. Agreed, keep looking. Try a few mosques. King Fahd told a cabinet meeting Monday that his country was "facing fierce attacks" against the kingdom and vowed to crush the militants with an iron fist. Saudi newspapers showed pictures on Wednesday of security forces stopping cars on the outskirts of Mecca for security checks. In Riyadh, cars queued for half an hour to pass a police checkpoint outside the city's diplomatic quarter. | |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #5 My off-the-cuff idea on what the Saudi g-men are doing right now is that they are going after the gunnies and boomers, and maybe some of the lower leadership. tu3031 brings up ye olde "follow the money" bit of wisdom. That, of course, leads to members of that very large bunch of overfed and under worked members of the Saudi royal family. I am sure that many g-men see where they have to go. I am not so sure that the top leadership is ready to bang heads of the royal family yet, though that is where they (AND WE) need to go to get their (AND OUR) terrorism issues solved. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-06-18 18:25:39 |
| #4 Good point, AP. The way you attack a crime family is from bottom to top. Pick off the soldiers, find out what they know, and work your way up the ladder. How fast do they want to climb the ladder to where we all know it's going to end up? That's the 64 dollar question. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-06-18 22:31:17 |
| #3 Booby trapping Korans certainly sends a message. |
| Posted by: Pink & Fluffy 2003-06-18 12:39:47 |
| #2 When will they start raiding the Royal palaces? Follow the money... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-06-18 10:06:13 |
| #1 This may be the key to revising Wahabism into something more akin to the rest of Islam. If so, it's a good thing. If not, it's a good thing, because the different groups may become so involved with one another, they'll ignore the rest of us. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-06-18 16:12:58 |