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April 27, 2007

Saudi Terror Sweep Nets 172

More good news. The Saudis have made a huge bust. They say the terrorists included non-Saudis and some were trained as pilots. Was Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi among them or caught while fleeing these raids? I'm not sure but some are speculating that may be the case.

The captured booty includes plastic explosives, handguns and rifles, ammunition and over 32 million dollars.

Apparently they were well informed of al-Qaeda's plans, it is reported that Al-Ekhbariah television showed images of security forces uncovering items hidden beneath floors and digging up weapons caches in the desert.

AP Via Yahoo News: RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Police arrested 172 Islamic militants, some of whom had trained abroad as pilots so they could fly aircraft in attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil fields, the Interior Ministry said Friday. A spokesman said all that remained in the plot "was to set the zero hour."
"They had reached an advance stage of readiness and what remained only was to set the zero hour for their attacks," Interior Ministry spokesman Brig. Mansour al-Turki told the Associated Press in a phone call. "They had the personnel, the money, the arms. Almost all the elements for terror attacks were complete except for setting the zero hour for the attacks."

Captain Ed has more here. It appears the plans of the terrorists match al-Qaeda to a T. It is similar to goals and operations that al-Zawahiri planned against Egypt after his imprisonment there.

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1 Does anyone here really trust the Saudis enough to believe this shit? Not me. This was probably staged to make them look like they are fighting terrorists, and as soon as the cameras were off they probably gave them a pat on the back and showed them the door. I'm calling BS on this one. I take anything that comes out of the Middle East with a grain of salt.

Posted by: Jack's Smirking Revenge at April 27, 2007 11:03 AM (ptO0I)

2 True, but al-Qaeda dislikes the Saudi government as well. We have a common enemy/problem.

Posted by: Darth Odie at April 27, 2007 11:27 AM (YHZAl)

3 ABC is reporting he was captured in late 2006 and the Saudi operation is claimed to be a nine month long operation.

Posted by: Darth Odie at April 27, 2007 11:57 AM (YHZAl)

4 Wahhabism is the dominant form of Islam in Saudi Arabia. The very same Wahhabism that literally interprets the tenents of Islam to such an extent that music is illegal, photographs are illegal, progressivism is illegal etc. This is on top of the subjugation of women, corporal punishment for homosexuality, submission of everyone (or death) to Islam etc., i.e. Islam vanilla. Basically an extreme form of something already very extreme.
Why is Saudi Arabia an ally of the US? I seriously can't think of a single concrete reason. Even the 'I have to make friends with the least scummy of these scumbags,' argument doesn't hold much sway.
I guess the headline could read, 'Saudi Arabia arrests 172 Saudi citizens,' or something.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahabi

Posted by: Infidelsalwayswin at April 27, 2007 12:29 PM (HEbmd)

5 Yep, the chickens always come home to roost as my gandpappy likes to say.

Posted by: Darth Odie at April 27, 2007 12:33 PM (YHZAl)

6 If people would stop messing with the long range plan, S. Arabia would get straightened out a lot sooner. IMO.
USA, all the way!

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7 Looks like the Saudi's have done a better job at stopping their 9/11 than we did.

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