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| Saudi terror suspects flee, one killed | |
| 2004-08-12 | |
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Three Saudi terror suspects managed to escape from police grip in Mecca after one of their colleagues was killed in a shootout, reports said Thursday.
Official sources said the incident occurred Wednesday night when police raided the suspects' hideout in the al-Aziziya neighborhood in the holy city of Mecca after monitoring their movements for several days. The suspects managed to flee from the city toward a desert area between Mecca and Taif, but were chased by police, who killed one of them after being attacked by hand grenades. "The remaining three suspects managed to escape after stealing another car at gunpoint, but police are still conducting a manhunt to catch them," the sources said. They said police seized arms, explosives and ammunition from the suspects' hideout and the car they left behind. Additional: Police had tried to persuade the militant, in his mid-20s, to surrender, but were forced to open fire after he hurled the grenade, a security source said. The source said the man, identified as Saleh Al-Badrani, was not on the Saudi list of 26 most wanted terrorists, 11 of whom are still on the run. | |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #6 two words: worm holes |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-08-12 6:23:06 PM |
| #5 Pie charts, Paul. Don't forget the pie charts. MMMmmmm...pie. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-08-12 6:09:24 PM |
| #4 dreadnought---forgot about that one. I thought both of Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry. I even thought of Hilbert space. But I plumb forgot the Non-Euclidean envelope stuffed with cash theorem. Especially grevious of my omission was that it was a product of Islamic thought from long ago when Hector was a pup. Silly me. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-08-12 6:05:08 PM |
| #3 AP, I believe you've forgotten the non-Euclidean envelope stuffed with cash theorem. |
| Posted by: dreadnought 2004-08-12 4:58:32 PM |
| #2 Better yet, how the hell do you escape into the desert? If my geography is correct, there aren't a lot places to hide in a desert. |
| Posted by: Anonymous6060 2004-08-12 13:59 |
| #1 I am trying to work out the "escape from being surrounded by Saudi police" geometry. So far the possibilities are: over, under, and through. I am going through each possibility carefully, and I will issue a technical paper to Rantburg, complete with details, diagrams, figures, and tables when I am done. And don't forget the appendices. Anyone want to whip up a clever cover for the report? |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-08-12 12:08 |