170 Terror Suspects Arrested in Saudi Arabia
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“Their leader had apparently selected them while they were going around the Kaaba in Mecca, as Muslim pilgrims do during Hajj. “
Saudis ‘hold 170 terror suspects’
More than 170 terror suspects have been arrested in Saudi Arabia, officials there have said.
Those detained are said to be both Saudi and foreign nationals, Interior Ministry spokesman Gen Mansur al-Turki told local media.
Large amounts of weapons and $5.33m (£2.67m) in cash were also seized.
Some of the suspects were training as pilots and planning attacks on oil installations and military bases, according to the interior ministry.
“Some have begun training on the use of weapons, and some were sent to other countries to study aviation in preparation to use them to carry out terrorist operations inside the kingdom,” a ministry statement read out on state TV channel al-Ekhbariya said.
The station broadcast footage of various types of weapons which were said to have been buried in the desert.
Saudi Arabia has been battling al-Qaeda-linked militants since a 2003 wave of suicide attacks on foreigners.
27 April, 2007 at 10:58 am
Time to ship saws over to the Saudis. They’ll need them for the decapitation festival that these fine fellows will be attending.
Maybe the US should supply protection for those oil fields. While they’re at it, seizing those fields might not be such a bad idea. After all, who found that oil and developed those fields anyway?
27 April, 2007 at 2:07 pm
I think they should have a big group stoning in that place with the big black rock in the middle. They could invite the Stones to play on top of it, and have Hell’s Angles provide security while they all run around throwing rocks at these goobers.
Oh, and then we could have a camel beauty pageant.
27 April, 2007 at 2:13 pm
Blackdog,
With or without the wet t-shirts???
27 April, 2007 at 2:31 pm
Of course!
And hooters camels serving bad coffee or something.