[Al Arabiya Latest] Al-Qaeda on Sunday identified a militant who tried to kill Saudi Arabia's security chief on Thursday as Abdullah al-Asiri, a wanted suspect who entered Saudi Arabia from Yemen.Another al-Arabiya story, quoted here, said al-Assiri hid the explosives in his bum, which'd kinda explain how he got 'em past security. When she blew, the force of the kaboom was toward the floor, rather than toward the target, while the rest of him splattered the ceiling.
Gave Mr. Methane a run, did he ...
A suicide bomber posing as a repentant militant blew himself up in the Jeddah office of Prince Mohammed bin Nayef in the first known attack on a member of the Saudi royal family since al-Qaeda began a violent campaign in the world's top oil exporter in 2003.
" The hero martyr on the list of 85 wanted persons Abdullah Hassan Tali' al-Asiri, known as Abul-Khair, managed to enter his palace, pass his guards and blow up a package "Qaeda Jihad Organization in the Arab Peninsula |
The statement suggested Asiri was apparently flown to Jeddah from Najran near the Yemeni border after entering from Yemen to give himself up to the Interior Ministry. "He managed to get through all the inspections at Najran and Jeddah airports," it said, accompanied by a picture of Asiri. It was not possible to verify the statement.
Yemeni Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi told Al Arabiya that Asiri travelled to Saudi Arabia from the Yemeni region of Mi'rib, stating he wanted to hand himself in.
The bomber was the only casualty. Prince Nayef, who is responsible for battling terrorism in the kingdom, was receiving guests at the end of the day's fasting during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said.
The 23-year-old Asiri nsisted on meeting the prince to give himself up but then detonated his explosives. He also had a brother, Ibrahim, on the wanted list.
The Saudi and Yemeni branches of al-Qaeda merged early this year to form al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. They regrouped in Yemen after a vigorous counter-terrorism campaign led by Prince Mohammed, deputy interior minister, that badly damaged militants in Saudi Arabia.
| As Mr. Asiri managed only to commit solo suicide instead of actually taking his enemy with him in a most dramatic fashion (for some reason the "laughing gas" scene from Disney's Mary Poppins comes to mind, as they had their tea bobbing gently just under the ceiling, for which I most heartily apologize), does that mean he will end up roasting his intestines in hell instead of playing with virgin girls and beautiful boys in paradise? What will it do to the number of jacket wallah volunteers when this tale gets out? |