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| Fatwah on Weapons of Mass Destruction |
| 2003-07-31 |
| Recently, a well-known Saudi cleric issued a religious edict (Fatwa) granting legal legitimacy to the use of weapons of mass destruction against the US and Britain and against their citizens. Sheik Nasser bin Hamd al-Fahad is recognized as one of the senior Muslim clerics in Saudi Arabia and is associated with Bin Laden’s al-Qaida organization. I wonder if we should put this in Senator Graham’s reading file. Sheikh al-Fahad’s edict, was published on one of the websites identified with al-Qaida and the global Jihad, in reply to a question regarding the Islamic religious basis underlying al-Qaida’s intention to use weapons of mass destruction against the US. Any questions, boys, on where these guys are going with this? I think rational person would recognize that we cannot ever risk letting a |
| Posted by:SOG475 |
| #3 Now lets see if the Saudi Royals do anything about this madman. |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-8-1 7:39:48 AM |
| #2 Put the Sheik on the list to buy one. Right in the middle of his forehead. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-7-31 10:20:20 PM |
| #1 Sounds to me like he has ordered a nuclear attack against the US. It also sounds like he's a de-facto member of the government of Saudi Arabia. In the very least, we should state that if his fatwa is carried out, we will treat it as an act by Saudi Arabia. |
| Posted by: Dishman 2003-7-31 9:21:14 PM |