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2005-04-04 Arabia

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Posted by Fred 2005-04-04 00:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Command peformance Fred. ***** + + + + +

Posted by Clereng Thereper1968 2005-04-04 12:32:17 AM|| 2005-04-04 12:32:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 When do they start raiding the "devant" princes that are supporting al-Qaida?

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-04-04 12:32:45 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-04-04 12:32:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 My view... Picture Nayef as The PuppetMaster and the guys getting caught in shootouts mainly as stray bin Laden-believers - basically free-lancers and unconnected hotheads who got caught up in some hardcore imam's bin Laden cult.

If ya wanna pack heat in the World's Largest Ashtray, and maintain 98.6, ya gotta have a Princely sponsor - one that's connected. The bin Laden Caliphate Boyz have accomplished nothing other than drive out the families of expats by bravely murdering unarmed civilians. I dunno how many there are, but they don't have the resources Nayef commands - so they're toast.

Now the funny thing is that old Nayef is definitely playing the other side, too, in a slow-burn Clan war with Abdullah. I think the paltry number of captures (that live very long) after fairly successful attacks (those requiring planning and resources and escape routes, hint, hint) sort of makes this case. Those that take direction well (are smart enough to attack only whom they're told, when they're told) live a little longer - until he needs to show some bodies for political cover. The dumbest ones get served up on the evening news at the first opportunity. The pattern of surrounded guys getting away, wounded captives dying before anyone else (other than Nayef's State Police) can question them, etc. makes it as clear as it ever gets in Arab internecine affairs. That's my take, anyway.

Posted by .com 2005-04-04 5:51:54 AM|| 2005-04-04 5:51:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Thanks for the background, .com.

Posted by Spot 2005-04-04 8:17:40 AM|| 2005-04-04 8:17:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 This little encouter lasted 1.5 days. How many Bad guys dead? Who were they aligned with?

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-04-04 1:25:55 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-04-04 1:25:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Current body count of dead al-Qaeda "militants" stands at 7, maybe 8, with one critically wounded captured.

Posted by Steve 2005-04-04 2:28:43 PM|| 2005-04-04 2:28:43 PM|| Front Page Top

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