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2007-07-10 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Saudi terrorists killed in North Lebanon

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Posted by Fred 2007-07-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Fatah al-Islam

#1 KSA seems to have a working plan - export their Islamist militants to get killed someplace other than KSA. That way the royals get rid of potential enemies without 'martyrdom' rallying new recruits against the royals.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-07-10 07:21|| 2007-07-10 07:21|| Front Page Top

#2 So can we apply their plan to Mikey Moore and Sean Penn? And Alec Baldwin, too.

Posted by Bobby 2007-07-10 07:41|| 2007-07-10 07:41|| Front Page Top

#3 I think it's more convoluted than that.

Prince Nayef, the uncle of the current king, has been interior minister since 1975. He's the one who retires to a Bedouin tent for a few months a year, lives a relatively austere life and has personally bankrolled much of the Wahabist expansion.

He's a behind the scenes political enemy of Prince Sultan, who is more worldly and better at subtle politics but who is also in ill health now.

His hold on the mutawa (religious police) and his support from the extremist imams makes him formidable, but he can only go so far publicly in attacking the power bases of the other princes.

His approach to Iran recently, followed by Shia-Al Q. cooperation in Iraq, is aimed as much at forwarding his political point of view within the Kingdom as it is aimed at exporting their troublemakers IMO.

Posted by lotp 2007-07-10 08:39|| 2007-07-10 08:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Surprise meter?

Posted by gromgoru 2007-07-10 17:44|| 2007-07-10 17:44|| Front Page Top

#5 "Prince Nayef ... retires to a Bedouin tent for a few months a year, lives a relatively austere life and has personally bankrolled much of the Wahabist expansion"

Anybody got GPS coordinates on that tent....?

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