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Arabia
Saudi Police Battle Suspected Militants
2004-06-01
Saudi security forces fought a gunbattle with suspected militants in western Saudi Arabia Tuesday, official sources said. Confirming a report on Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television, a government source said the shootout occurred near the city of Ta'if, which is near the Muslim holy city of Mecca. Gunmen fired on police a check-point in the mountainous region.
I'll put my money on the gunmen getting away.
Saudi Arabia has tightened security around Western targets after a weekend rampage by Islamic militants on the opposite side of the vast country which killed 22 civilians in the eastern city of Khobar. Three of the attackers escaped. It was not immediately clear if there was any link between Tuesday's gunbattle and the weekend's events.
Nothing is clear in Saudi.
Posted by:Steve

#7  (BANG) (wheet)

Watson, I suspect that these chaps are militants.

BRILLIANT!
Posted by: mojo   2004-06-01 3:39:36 PM  

#6  Check out this bit from the report:

Saudi Arabia has been locked in battle in the past year with militants linked to Saudi-born Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network, which is trying to bring down the U.S.-backed monarchy.

Unreal.
The Sods are only our puppets--Who knew?
As usual, it's all our fault.
OBL used to be mad because the U.S. was "defiling the holy lands of Arabia" by having the Prince Sultan airbase.
Well, we shipped everyone out of there.
Now, it's because we "keep" the Sauds in power?
I thought it was because we supported Israel and the Sods "let" us.
al-Rooters needs to get their kuffi'r/infidel/GreatSatan story straight.
Posted by: Jen   2004-06-01 3:23:13 PM  

#5  Good old al-Reuters and their "militants."
Even Arab News says they're terrorists.
I suppose it's escaped noone's notice that this a different group than the one in al-Khobar...
Posted by: Jen   2004-06-01 3:17:05 PM  

#4  elarsn - only if militants is a word with actual meaning, rather than a euphemism for terrorists.
Posted by: Liberalhawk   2004-06-01 3:07:45 PM  

#3  If they are battling... wouldn't that pretty much make them militant?
Posted by: eLarson   2004-06-01 2:49:50 PM  

#2  If the Saudis let 3 out of 4 loose after the previous attack, it is quite evident that the Road-to-Hell Curve™ for SA is getting out of the psuedo straight section and getting to the exponential part. The jihadis will build upon their success like compound interest.

Oops, sorry, compound interest is a sin in Islam. My apologies, please accept my apology. Uh, I didn't mean it....
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-06-01 2:47:22 PM  

#1  Saudi Police Battle Suspected Militants

How do they distinguish one from the other?
Posted by: Zenster   2004-06-01 2:26:19 PM  

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