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| Police kill Saudi ’most wanted’ | |
| 2003-12-08 | |
| The Saudi authorities say security forces have shot dead a suspected Islamist militant in a gun battle at a petrol station in the capital, Riyadh. The interior ministry said Ibrahim al-Rayes was listed among 26 most wanted terror suspects last week. Security services said they attempted to arrest him after residents provided information as to his whereabouts. The authorities had offered a reward of more than $1m for the capture of any of the 26 suspects on the list. Guess somebody’s gonna get paid. A statement by the interior ministry read on state television, said the security forces had shot al-Rayes after he opened fire on them. That’s handy, don’t have to worry about any embarassing questions being answered. The statement said false identification papers, a hand grenade, ammunition and pistols had also been seized. Witnesses said three other people were also detained in the raid by the security forces. However the security forces have declined to comment on this. "We can say no more"
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #2 Sam on his Hammorabi blog reports that: One of the 26 Saudis wanted by the Saudi Police left a letter for his family telling them that he went to Iraq for Jihad against the infidels! Gosh! This indicates that many others have done the same and it is some thing accepted or even blessed by them. We are sure that the CPA and GC will increase their efforts to watch the borders with KSA especially during the Hajj season. Some of the Qaida members may be smuggled after Hajj. Get ready to catch them. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2003-12-8 4:52:52 PM |
| #1 Update: Saudi security forces killed one of the country's most wanted terrorist suspects and a second militant in a gun battle Monday on the southern edge of the capital Riyadh, the Interior Ministry said. The dead man was identified as Ibrahim Mohammed Abdullah al-Rayes, a Saudi who was on a list of the country's 26 most wanted men that the ministry released Saturday. Earlier, a security official speaking on condition of anonymity said a second militant was killed in the clash in the Sweidi neighborhood on the capital's southwest. He was not identified by authorities. The security forces tried unsuccessfully to persuade the two militants to surrender, the official said. The official did not say whether anyone was captured, but witnesses told The Associated Press that one man was arrested.The witnesses, who would not give their names, said gunfire had erupted, then special security forces stormed a building in the area. They said helicopters flew overhead after the gun battle, apparently searching for other militants who may have escaped from the building. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-12-8 10:04:24 AM |