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2006-12-03 Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 139 suspected militants detained

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Posted by Fred 2006-12-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Tomorrow's headline.
Saudi Arabia: 189 suspected militants released

Posted by gromgoru 2006-12-03 00:24|| 2006-12-03 00:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Needed: Revolving Door image.

Posted by Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-12-03 01:55|| http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]">[http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp] 2006-12-03 01:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Actually, the Saudis have an interesting take on this. Most of the militants are pretty ignorant, and are impressed by high-ranking Imams. So when they capture a militant, he gets an extended series of meetings with a non-militant senior Imam, who tries to persuade him of the error of his ways.

If they are true fanatics, they will insist on violence, so it's off to prison. But if they are open to persuasion, and they haven't done anything illegal yet, the Saudis give them a second chance to behave.

Unfortunately, they don't publish recidivism rates, so no idea if it works. I suspect that it might, since a lot of these bucks fell under the influence of some young, radical cleric, and once they are separated from him their programming rapidly wears off. Especially under the influence of someone they respect.

The naivete of young men is well known to the recruiting sergeant around the world. Were they not so dense, there would have been a lot fewer wars.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-12-03 08:15|| 2006-12-03 08:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Moose, that might work, if they followed up and publicly killed the radical young cleric who fires the rubes up

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-12-03 08:43|| 2006-12-03 08:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Were they not so dense, there would have been a lot fewer wars.

Were you not so dense (BTW

Posted by JFM">JFM 2006-12-03 09:15|| 2006-12-03 09:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Moose I'm not sure you understand the promised rewards of Muhamhead pedophilic heaven and Muhamhead's instructed violence required to get there.

The militants were not Saudi nationals

Well not the ones they arrested. I'm willing to bet the Saudi Muslim terrorist are funded by their own. Caused after all by USA's foreign policy against Islamic terrorism.

Posted by Icerigger 2006-12-03 10:00|| 2006-12-03 10:00|| Front Page Top

#7 The little they said of the policy, I gather it was for Saudis only. Now, another good reason is that these young men are probably connected, which would create all kinds of ill feeling if they were sent to prison, unless they were clearly unredeemable.

So the government is always judicious when it comes time to summon the headsman (literally), or to give these young men serious prison time.

Foreigners, on the other hand, are under much stricter rules, so I wouldn't expect much slack be given to them.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-12-03 10:35|| 2006-12-03 10:35|| Front Page Top

#8 Moose just where are the Saudi's going to get non-militant Whahabi Imams?

I'm not certain where you got your info but to be politely blunt I find it lacking. The Saudis were pretty quick to behead the Saudi bombers of the Marine barracks. But feel free to post your sources.

By the way it's not recruiting sergeants that bring the soldiers in. 9-11, Pearl Harbor, the Maine, the Alamo, York Town. I could go on but the point is refuted.

Posted by Icerigger 2006-12-03 12:00|| 2006-12-03 12:00|| Front Page Top

#9 The bottom line is that the instigating Imams must go. Who does it is open to question---if the Saudis do it, then fine. If they are not willing to do it, then someone else must. The Saudis are producing an army of robots in the madarasas that they finance. Cut off the money which means the financiers, and cut of the instigators, which means the Imams, and then the pressure will be off. We are wasting too much treasure and too many good military people on treating the symptoms. All we need is the will.

Too much wealth and power are in the hands of a few in Saudi. They have proven that they are incapable of responsibily handling such unprecidented wealth.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-12-03 14:05|| 2006-12-03 14:05|| Front Page Top

#10 what other religion gets their holy? men to preach hatred and violence??????

ISLAM IS NOT A RELIGION BUT A DEALTH CULT!!!!

Posted by Flatch Hupeper5396 2006-12-03 14:18|| 2006-12-03 14:18|| Front Page Top

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