Archived material Access restricted Article
Rantburg

Today's Front Page   View All of Mon 05/31/2004 View Sun 05/30/2004 View Sat 05/29/2004 View Fri 05/28/2004 View Thu 05/27/2004 View Wed 05/26/2004 View Tue 05/25/2004
1
2004-05-31 Arabia
Daring Raid Frees Hostages
Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.
Posted by Fred 2004-05-31 11:33:56 AM|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 "daring"

*snicker*

Fred - great in-line commentary! Lol!
Posted by .com 2004-05-31 12:15:41 PM||   2004-05-31 12:15:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 when will the left realize that you cannot force a person to like you..that sometimes extreme measures are needed in dealing with people like this..these aholes view us as weak - especially with a the politics surronding abu-ghrab...we need to let the dirty work happen and help people like see if there are 72 virgins waiting..
Posted by Dan 2004-05-31 1:46:11 PM||   2004-05-31 1:46:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 "...redoubled determination."

Twice zero is still zero.
Posted by PBMcL 2004-05-31 1:52:17 PM||   2004-05-31 1:52:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 â€œWith every desperate act of violence, our effort and resolve to destroy the terrorists only grows.”

I don't think America or the remaining world has any such luxury of waiting around to see if Saudi efforts at combatting terrorism will actually "grow." It will take quite a while (as in, a geological age) for the subatomic particle known as Saudi "resolve" to accrete further material gains.
Posted by Zenster 2004-05-31 1:58:06 PM||   2004-05-31 1:58:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Watching the news clip of the daring helicopter raid, I swear a couple of those Saudi commandos were pushed or fell out of the copter.
Posted by john  2004-05-31 2:16:35 PM||   2004-05-31 2:16:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I can understand not putting the weight of the copter on the roof, but your right john, why didn't they use ropes for a fast descent? I think the pilot needs skill honing, unless the wind was too high!
Posted by smn  2004-05-31 2:34:45 PM||   2004-05-31 2:34:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 this is getting close to the Royal pocketbook - wonder what Prince Naif's standing is in the "family"....maybe he needs to go for a picnic in the desert a la Arabian Fredo
Posted by Frank G  2004-05-31 2:36:06 PM||   2004-05-31 2:36:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Knowing the Saudis, they were kicked out.
Posted by Pappy 2004-05-31 2:36:31 PM||   2004-05-31 2:36:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Did anyone ask about helicopter skills:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/landing.asp#photo
Posted by ed 2004-05-31 3:22:06 PM||   2004-05-31 3:22:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 But Ed, that's an AMERICAN helo pilot!
Posted by Steve White  2004-05-31 3:34:07 PM||   2004-05-31 3:34:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Something really smells about this "raid." Besides three of the four terrorists managing to get away clean, we have this account of the beginning of the raid from Nizar Hajazeen, a Jordanian Christian who saved himself by claiming to be a Muslim:
Hajazeen, 32, had tried to call a cab to go to work on Saturday but the phone lines were jumbled.
"I went down and the Filipino receptionist told me there were terrorists in the compound and gunshots were heard," he told Reuters.

He tried to help security guards close the hotel entrance gate but the lock did not work and a manager recommended he hide, Hajazeen said.
[emphasis added]
Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-05-31 3:58:29 PM||   2004-05-31 3:58:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#12  Leave aside the inability to capture terrorists who are surrounded.How did the car escape?There were helos in area,nobody thought to have one follow car?Nobody could set up a roadblock?Were the human shields also in the get-a-way car?If not,why didn't anyone shoot at car?If yes,should we asume they will be killed after showing up on some video?

Atomic Conspiracy,you are right,something really stinks.
Posted by Stephen 2004-05-31 4:48:43 PM||   2004-05-31 4:48:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 If I were Mr. Hajazeen, I would be taking the fastest available plane, car, or donkey back to Jordan as soon as possible.
Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-05-31 5:04:22 PM||   2004-05-31 5:04:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 something really stinks

As in, the entire Saudi Arabian nation, it's people, police, mosques, schools, military, legal system, their royal family and every d@mned grain of sand they ever set foot upon. Did I leave anything out?
Posted by Zenster 2004-05-31 5:04:28 PM||   2004-05-31 5:04:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 yea and their damn camels too:)
Posted by djohn66 2004-05-31 7:42:28 PM||   2004-05-31 7:42:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 A deal was cut...
Posted by Frank G  2004-05-31 8:15:23 PM||   2004-05-31 8:15:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 GK posted it on another thread, but The Religious Policeman has an excellent bit on the Khobar debacle. Worthy!
Posted by .com 2004-05-31 8:37:48 PM||   2004-05-31 8:37:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 Here's another photo of how to do the Chinook drop--assuming you are serious about getting the bad guys as opposed to staging a show for the media.
Posted by Classical_Liberal 2004-05-31 10:55:37 PM||   2004-05-31 10:55:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 Nice photo #18!! I didn't know our Boys could do that. I bet they could put them in windows with that technique!
Posted by smn  2004-05-31 10:59:46 PM||   2004-05-31 10:59:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#20  “We only want to hurt Westerners and Americans. Can you tell us where we can find them here?” Al-Hakawati said he told the man he was new in the compound. The gunman said goodbye and left.

Al-Hakawati had the survival instinct switch on. At least he did not give them directions, so things are looking up.
Posted by Alaska Paul in Cooper Landing, AK 2004-05-31 11:13:23 PM||   2004-05-31 11:13:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#21 More evidence that the Saudi government colludes with al-Qaeda.
Posted by Tresho  2004-06-01 12:12:52 AM||   2004-06-01 12:12:52 AM|| Front Page Top

15:05 jules 187
14:23 jules 187
08:56 Anonymous4617
05:58 rkb
05:48 JFM
05:13 Phil B
03:22 Zenster
03:21 Mike Sylwester
03:19 Mike Sylwester
01:15 Tresho
01:11 .com
01:06 Phil B
00:26 Mark Espinola
00:21 Tresho
00:12 Tresho
00:05 Atomic Conspiracy
00:05 Desert Blondie
23:56 Zenster
23:48 Anonymous4617
23:48 Zenster
23:46 Tresho
23:37 Phil B
23:36 The Doctor
23:33 Zenster









Paypal:
Google
Search WWW Search rantburg.com