| DEBKA would seem to come through again... |
The Saudi branch of the Al-Qaeda terror network said on Tuesday that a car bomb attack targeting the interior ministry in Riyadh last week had aimed to kill the Saudi interior minister and his son, according to a statement posted on the Internet. "The Al-Muqrin squad (of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian peninsula) prepared a difficult operation to kill the chief apostate in the Arabian peninsula, Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, and his son," said the statement, whose authenticity could not be confirmed.
| Guess they hosed it, since neither seems to be noticeably dead... |
Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz is Saudi Arabia's interior minister, while his son, Mohammad bin Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, is assistant interior minister for security affairs. Prince Nayef was outside Saudi Arabia when suspected Al-Qaeda militants carried out twin suicide bombings in the Saudi capital last Wednesday targeting the interior ministry and a special forces base.
"Mahmoud! Did you kill the Chief Apostate™?"
"No, effendi! He's in Luxembourg!"
"Well, who'd you bump off?"
"The gardner, I think..." |
Authorities said the blasts killed only the five suicide bombers although an unspecified number of people were injured. The "Al-Muqrin squad" refers to Al-Qaeda's former local chief in Saudi Arabia, Abdul Aziz al-Muqrin, who was killed by security forces in Riyadh last June.
| Now but a fond memory and a lingering odor... |
The statement said the same squad "then went on to hit the training center of the 'special forces'. This major operation left a number of the crusader trainers dead or wounded."
"How many'd you kill, Mahmoud?"
"Well, effendi, we haven't counted them all up yet..."
"How many?"
"Ummm... One."
"One of the crusader trainers?"
"Yes, effendi! He was driving a taxi." |
It said the attack against the interior ministry left a number of people slightly wounded in "this center of apostasy." The statement announced "the martyrdom of five heroes: Abdullah al-Subaiei, Mohammad al-Osaimi, (Nasser Ali Saad) al-Motairi, Abdullah al-Baqmi, Sultan al-Otaibi and other free souls."
| ... now freely cavorting with 72 virgins in a warm climate. |
Subaiei and Otaibi both figured on a list of most wanted militants. The former was one of the suicide bombers who targeted the interior ministry while the latter was killed in clashes with security forces, according to official Saudi accounts. "We are determined to reorganize and prepare new qualitative operations to expel the infidel Christians and Jews from the Prophet Mohammad's peninsula," the statement added, suggesting the killing of the militants had dealt a blow to the group. |