Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida terror network said Friday it will continue fighting Saudi authorities, a day after five security force personnel were killed in a raid in the Saudi capital Riyadh. In a statement, al-Qaida said "the mujahedeen will continue on the path and force the infidels out of the Arabian peninsula ... and promise to take revenge on anyone who fights the faith and its people, or stands as a line of defense for the crusader forces." On Thursday, Saudi security forces raided a house in eastern Riyadh after receiving a tip. In addition to the five security members killed, a civilian was slain and two other security personnel were wounded in the shootout. The statement said a number of suspects were arrested, without providing details.
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The slain civilian was the father of a suspected terrorist, it said. Al-Qaida’s account of the raid said six security personnel were killed, and two of its members were slightly wounded. It said one of its members, Khaled al-Juwaiser al-Faraaj, was detained with his wife and son. Al-Faraaj’s father was critically wounded in the shootout. Other al-Qaida’s members escaped, the statement said.
So Khaled was the al-Qaida thug who lost his dad. I’m sure he’s all broken up over it.
According to the Interior Ministry, police found two grenades, two automatic rifles and five pistols in the house. |