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2009-07-08 Arabia

Saudi tribunals convict 330 of al-Qaeda links

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Posted by tipper 2009-07-08 11:42|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 yet this is the same country that funds radical schools etc. the dysfunction is deep with the nation.

Posted by Don Vito Crolutle2068 2009-07-08 15:39|| 2009-07-08 15:39|| Front Page Top

#2 That's an understatement. Among countless divisions, something has got to give. Hopefully the Sauds will wise up and replace the Wahabbis with some saner sect, before the whole country implodes.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-07-08 16:29|| 2009-07-08 16:29|| Front Page Top

#3 The Bureau of Investigation gave no details on any individuals, but they are believed to be among 991 suspected militants arrested during an al-Qaeda campaign of attacks and assassinations of both Saudis and foreigners around the country between 2003 and 2006.

The miscreants have been in Saudi prisons for 3-6 years before being brought to trial? It seems the arrest was functionally the conviction, the trial merely necessary to complete the paperwork.

Y'all will note the miscreants were convicted of plotting attacks inside the country with Al Qaeda. The House of Saud has no problem with them going off to cause trouble elsewhere, it's just when they shoot up foreigner compounds which also house connected Saudis that there's a problem. Those caught causing trouble abroad get sent through rehab, no doubt a vary different experience than this lot has been having.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2009-07-08 18:20|| 2009-07-08 18:20|| Front Page Top

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