LGF - Saudis: "What Kind of Jihad is This?
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The LA Times showcases Islamic supremacism in Saudi
Arabia, as Saudis are shocked and outraged that the
jihadis are killing Muslims in the home of Islam. Kill
Jews, no problem. Kill Americans, business as usual. Kill
Muslims, and suddenly Jihad Hits Home in Saudi Arabia.
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Abdelaziz Raikhan was fuming Saturday, standing alongside his pickup and surveying the abandoned shops and blasted apartment buildings of downtown, a zone still littered with twisted cars and chunks of rubble from the suicide bombing of a police headquarters.
“They’re mentally ill, this crowd,” he said of the Islamic militants who killed at least five people and wounded 148 on Wednesday. Raikhan, 30, works as a maintenance man for the Saudi security forces; luckily, he was on the other side of town when his office was blown up.
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“There’s not one American in this entire area,” he said, sweeping an arm to take in a neighborhood eerily still, its streets laced with police tape. “Not one! What kind of jihad is this?”
Throughout the Saudi mainstream, the call has risen: This insurgency is not a jihad, because a jihad, or sacred struggle, does not kill fellow Muslims, let alone Saudis. Wednesday’s attack, plainly meant to kill Saudi police and civilians milling through the tightly wound streets of downtown at rush hour, has infuriated Saudis.
This ascetic, oil-rich kingdom is stuck between the religious ideal of jihad, still widely embraced, and the bloody, nerve-wracked reality of a nation targeted by militants. Saudis curse the U.S. troops in Fallouja, Iraq, and praise Hamas suicide bombings in Israel even as they pass through metal detectors and steer their cars through the checkpoints that choke Riyadh’s traffic to a standstill.
Many people here who have praised and supported jihad around the world are shocked to find themselves on the receiving end of a violence fueled by religious extremism.
“This is not against invading armies like Afghanistan or Iraq. This is against a legitimate system, against civilians and traffic officers,” said Khaled Batarfi, an analyst at Saudi Arabia’s Arab News and a childhood friend of Osama bin Laden. “We don’t see this as jihad. We have the ability to differentiate between what’s jihad and what’s not.”
“Doctor” Khaled Batarfi was featured at LGF last week for a completely deranged rant in the Arab News, ending with threats against America: Sweet Reems and Dr. Batarfi.
This barking moonbat is designated by the LA Times as
an “analyst.” But it’s not surprising to discover that
he’s a jihad buddy of Osama’s. |
