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2003-07-29 Arabia

Details on Shootout at the al-Ghamdi Corral

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-07-29 00:08|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Just think about it. Prior to the Riyadh bombing on May 14 (IIRC), none of this was happening. Of course not. Here? No way. Whatever the squirrels wanted to do, they did with impugnity utterly unmolested by the "police" much less the Special Emergency Forces.

Then some stooopid phool decides to go after a hoity-toity housing compound - and those that really are expensive and swank always contain about as many Saudis as foreigners. Hey, the Saudis that can afford it would like to "get away" from the average run of the mill Saudi, too. They can afford to travel and, once they know better, well...

So some morons bomb a swank joint and kills a few Saudis.

Mein Gott! Sacrebleu! Holy Shit! Allah aramalamadingdongdowadiddy!

The Saudis get an instant woodie for internal terrorism. Take their first look around and... Oh fuck!

Now its daily news. Tons of munitions and cellphones and arms and every kind of shit. Shootouts. Hords or terrorists. Right in the heart of the Kingdom - because they never had to hide before May 14th. Now, they can't round 'em all up fast enough. Tip of the iceberg.

I think of it as turning on the kitchen light for the very first time to discover millions of cockroaches... and I hear Allah say "Doh!" - and mean it.

Posted by PD 2003-7-29 3:37:26 AM|| 2003-7-29 3:37:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 But,but couldn't they have been captured.The had no right to treat them the way those evil Merkins did poor Uday and Qusai.

Posted by raptor 2003-7-29 6:57:22 AM|| 2003-7-29 6:57:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Now, they can't round 'em all up fast enough.

Maybe this is just so they can say they're doing something, to get the American heat off of them. The real tell-tale sign is when they actually start chopping heads off.

Posted by Rafael 2003-7-29 8:30:00 AM|| 2003-7-29 8:30:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Given the prevalence of incest in Soddi, do the "Special Emergency Forces" ride the short bus?

Posted by Chuck 2003-7-29 8:36:14 AM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2003-7-29 8:36:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Incest? Or are you referring to their legendary male homosexuality? Hey, if your prospects are not the brightest, you won't be getting married until well after 30, if then. A sad, pathetic lot is their life and society.

Posted by PD 2003-7-29 8:47:57 AM|| 2003-7-29 8:47:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Saudi Arabia's wanted man, Ahmad Naser Al-Dakheel was killed in Monday's shootout between a group of armed men and police forces in the town of Gadhi, in the region of Qasim, a Saudi security source was quoted Tuesday as saying by Okaz daily.

Posted by Steve 2003-7-29 9:40:29 AM|| 2003-7-29 9:40:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 PD: While in Saudi, I always had the feeling that the authorities could go after whomever, whenever. So many illegal (we'd call them normal) activities go on. So, there's no mystery why weapons and terrorists are turning up at a record clip. There are NO secrets in that society; yet, it's a place where secrets abound. Contradiction? Absolutely. That's why it's called the Magic Kingdom.

Posted by Michael 2003-7-29 10:59:30 AM|| 2003-7-29 10:59:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Michael - Magic is right! The "law" is whatever the highest ranking Royal that chooses to respond wants it to be. That's about the best definition I can come up with.

Posted by PD 2003-7-29 6:57:06 PM|| 2003-7-29 6:57:06 PM|| Front Page Top

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