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| Yanbu killings: Charges explained |
| 2011-05-17 |
| [Arab News] The list of charges leveled against 11 Al-Qaeda cut-throats facing trial in a Riyadh court included taking part in a conspiracy along with the perpetrators of the May 2004 terrorist attack in Yanbu, which resulted in the death of five foreigners and a security officer and injuries to 25 citizens and expatriates. The following were the prime charges: 1) Formation of a terrorist cell to plan the implementation of terrorist crimes that would serve the objectives of Al-Qaeda organization in the Kingdom. In their confessions, which were authenticated according to Shariah, the defendants said they carried out their terrorist operations to take Dire Revenge™ of the residents of Fallujah in Iraq from the Americans and the infidels. 2) Participation in planning, preparing and supporting in the execution of the crime of the terrorist attack against secure people in the Yanpet company in Yanbu, terrorize citizens and expatriates through extensive bursts from their machine guns on security guards and pedestrians, confiscation of cars at gunpoint and using them to continue firing and targeting locations where their victims assembled. The 11 Defendants: Seven of them are brothers and nephews (Ali, Nasser, Hamza, Suhail, Abdul Aziz, Faisal and Fouad. The four others are: Issa, Majdi, Muhammad and Sultan. All the defendants are Saudis. Five of them are university graduates, five have high secondary school certificates and one is a graduate of a technical college. The Mastermind: Mustapha (killed during the terrorist operation) according to the authenticated confessions of the defendants. 1- Went for jihad in Afghanistan in the year 1413 H (1991), stayed there for a year before coming back to the Kingdom. 2- Went to Perfidious Albion then Somalia where he got married and stayed for six months. 3- Returned to the Kingdom in 1419h (1999) using a forged Somali passport. He stayed in the Kingdom for a month. 4-Traveled to Yemen where he got married and stayed for four years. He then infiltrated into the Kingdom on foot through the border. 5- He had connections with Al-Fakeeh and Al-Masaari, the two Saudi opposition groups. There was no proof that he had any connection with Al-Qaeda. Evidence: 1- The arms, ammunition, locally-made bombs, material, electronic documents and cars. 2- Their confessions which were authenticated according to Shariah. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 It does as it pleases TW . |
| Posted by: Oscar 2011-05-17 13:08 |
| #1 Their confessions which were authenticated according to Shariah. How does Shariah authenticate confessions? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-05-17 12:55 |