You have commented 358 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Submit your comments on this article
Arabia
Al-Awamiyah instigator arrested
2012-07-09
[Saudi Gazette] The Interior Ministry said a "seditious instigator" in the Eastern Province town of Al-Awamiyah was locked away
Please don't kill me!
 Sunday following a shootout.
Place your bets, ladies and gents: oppressed native Saudi Shiite or unregistered visitor from Iran?
Nimr Baqir Al-Nimr and his followers opened fire on security officers who tried to arrest them at around 4 P.M. Sunday, said Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki, security front man of the Ministry of Interior. They were locked away
Please don't kill me!
 after the vehicle they were escaping in crashed into a patrol car, Al-Turki said.

He said Al-Nimr was maimed when officers responded to the gunfire. He was locked away
Please don't kill me!
 and taken to hospital. Al-Nimr will be prosecuted on charges of sedition, Al-Turki added.

The security forces will not tolerate instigators of sedition and disorder who become tools in the hands of the enemies of the homeland," he added.
Posted by:Fred

00:00