The intensity of the war on terror..; I keep thinking what new alliances or better alliances could have been put together, the theatre of the war has been shifted to the hinterland of Iraq and Saudi and Pakistan, that where this war originated that where it has to end..; the containment of this war is the biggest credit of the present government, Mr Kerry should have acknowledged it in his speech;; He will depend on this very alliances once if voted to power.; It was for this reason he was mum on condemning the war and in my opinion it is a strategic error to provoke Saudis who have for their own safety launched a major offensive from global proliferation of message of extremist Wahabism that they unashamedly sponsored for decades, Mr Bush strategy has put them in line to act, to provoke them is not necessary.;
<<Saudi security forces arrested a foreign resident in possession of weapons and explosives in a Riyadh district, including rocket-propelled grenades, the interior ministry said Saturday.
"Security forces, in searching for members of the deviant group, succeeded in arresting a (foreign) resident in a Riyadh district," a ministry official said, quoted by SPA news agency.
The official did not give the man's name or nationality.
"He was found in possession of weapons and explosives, including two rocket-propelled grenades, nine highly explosive blocks, four hand grenades, and an AK-47 machine-gun with over 1,000 bullets, in addition to forged documents and electronic devices," the official said.
Saudi Arabia is fighting a fierce battle against a wave of terrorism, blamed on sympathizers of the Al-Qaeda network, that has claimed some 90 lives and wounded hundreds since May 2003.
A one-month royal amnesty offered to Al-Qaeda-linked extremists on June 23 appealed only to six militants who turned themselves in before it expired. Only one of those figured on the kingdom's 26-strong most-wanted list issued in December.
Twelve militants on the list remain at large. The others have either been killed in clashes with security forces or surrendered.
Saudi is "rear base" of US operations in Iraq: purported Al-Qaeda bulletin
(Updated at 2230 PST)
DUBAI: A statement attributed to an Al-Qaeda group and posted on Islamist websites said Saturday that Saudi Arabia had become a "rear base" for US military operations in Iraq.
"The Arabian peninsula (Saudi Arabia) has become the rear base of the US invader of Iraq," said the "Al-Qaeda in the Arabian peninsula" group, Al-Qaeda's Saudi branch, in the 15th edition of its purported Internet bulletin "Muaskar al-Battar."
"After receiving (US Central Command chief General John) Abizaid, the despot Abdullah (bin Abdul Aziz, Saudi Arabia's crown prince) hosted Iyad Allawi, prime minister of the subservient Iraqi government, followed by (US) Secretary of State Colin Powell," said the text, whose authenticity could not be verified.
"They gathered in the peninsula to discuss ways of killing the children of Iraq and Afghanistan," it said.
The group vowed to "carry on the struggle against the apostates and their crusader masters," urging its followers to "rise up to defend their honor and drive the infidels out of the Arabian peninsula."
Suspected Al-Qaeda sympathizers have waged a campaign of terror in Saudi Arabia that has killed some 90 people and injured hundreds since May 2003, triggering a government crackdown on suspected Islamist militants.
Extremists who failed to surrender will be 'annihilated': Saudi crown prince
(Updated at 2230 PST)
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's crown prince and de facto ruler Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz warned Saturday that suspected Islamist extremists who had failed to surrender under a royal amnesty would be "annihilated".
"We had given the deviant group a month in the name of the king and the people," the official SPA news agency quoted him as telling local guests.
"Unfortunately, (just a few) turned themselves in, while others remained (at large) and, God willing, will be annihilated," he said.
Saudi Arabia is fighting a fierce battle against a wave of terrorism, blamed on sympathizers of the Al-Qaeda network, that has claimed some 90 lives and wounded hundreds since May 2003.
Only six militants responded to a one-month amnesty offered by King Fahd to Al-Qaeda-linked extremists on June 23 before it ran out.
Just one of those figured on the kingdom's 26-strong most-wanted list issued in December. Twelve militants on the list remain at large, while the others have either been killed in clashes with security forces or surrendered.>> |
