For the U.S.' benefit, of course!
Also see: "Al-CIA-Duhs" Catch-and-Release Program
"Saudis round up suspected terrorists" by Abdullah Shihri/Associated Press November 29, 2007
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia announced yesterday that it had arrested 208 suspected terrorists in six cells and thwarted several planned attacks in the kingdom's largest terror sweep to date.
Among the plots, the Interior Ministry said, the capture of eight Al Qaeda-linked suspects "preempted an imminent attack on an oil installation" in the country's east, which is home to most Saudi petroleum reserves. A ministry statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency said the eight were led by a non-Saudi man, who was among those arrested.
You mean, THIS "Al-CIA-Duh?"
Eighteen other suspects led by a non-Saudi missile expert were arrested for "planning to smuggle eight missiles into the kingdom to carry out terrorist operations," the statement said.
The kingdom, which is the birth place of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, has been waging a heavy crackdown on Al Qaeda militants since a 2003 wave of attacks on foreigners here.
Doesn't it make you laugh, readers?
The largest previous sweep by Saudi authorities was announced in April. It netted 172 militants, including pilots allegedly trained for oil refinery attacks using civilian planes.
Yesterday's announcement indicated that Al Qaeda and other Islamic extremists were still actively attempting to destabilize the monarchy, which holds a quarter of the world's proven oil reserves.
In other arrests, the Interior Ministry said:
112 Saudis were taken into custody for links and "coordination with outside circles" to assist in smuggling them to "troubled areas" - Saudi shorthand for Iraq and Afghanistan - for training, after which the men would have come back for attacks inside the kingdom.
Yeah, those insurgents! Saudi is sending them there!
32 Saudis and non-Saudis were arrested for providing financial aid to Al Qaeda operations here.
Funding "Al-CIA-Duh," huh?
22 people were arrested for allegedly supporting Al Qaeda and plotting to assassinate the country's religious leaders and security officials.
16 men were detained in the holy city of Medina for colluding to issue a publication propagating "misleading ideology" and criminal acts. The group also worked on helping volunteers go fight in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The statement said security authorities seized a "large quantity of [terrorist] material" in the sweep but declined to elaborate.
In early October, Saudi's top religious leader, Sheik Abdel-Aziz bin Abdullah al-Sheik, issued a religious edict prohibiting sending people to Iraq to take part in the anti-American insurgency there in the name of Islamic jihad, or holy war."
But go ahead, anyway (wink, wink, nudge, nudge)!
"Saudis Arrest 208 in a Sweep to Head Off Terrorist Attacks" by RASHEED ABOU-ALSAMH
JIDDA, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 28 — Saudi Arabia announced Wednesday that it had arrested 208 people across the country who were suspected of having ties to Al Qaeda and had been planning attacks on oil facilities in the Eastern Province and killings of clerics and security forces.
Tired of the bullshit propaganda being catapulted into shit-chewing Amurkn mouths!
The Saudi Press Agency quoted a statement from the Interior Ministry that said the arrests had taken place over the past several months. The suspects had formed six cells, one of which plotted to attack a logistical oil facility, according to Gen. Mansour al-Turki, an Interior Ministry spokesman.
So why the announcement now?
Twenty-two of the suspects arrested were part of a group that planned to kill clerics and security forces. The arrests included a “media cell” of 16 in the holy city of Medina, which aimed to promote “takfiri thinking” — the ideology of Sunni Muslim extremists that supports violence against Muslims accused of being infidels and apostates.
Among others arrested were up to 112 people who the ministry said were in a cell responsible for recruiting Saudis to be trained in Iraq and Afghanistan with insurgents so that they could later return and initiate attacks within Saudi Arabia.
“As many as 112 suspects were arrested for coordinating with foreign parties to facilitate the travel of militants to disturbed regions,” General Turki said.
Also arrested were Saudi and foreign financiers of terrorism networks, who provided financial assistance to Qaeda-linked militants, the spokesman said.
A Western diplomat told Reuters that the latest arrests were not alarming, as the Saudi government had already dealt a heavy blow to the most dangerous terrorists.
“These are people caught by monitoring Web sites and looking at financial flows,” the diplomat said. “The hard core is really decimated already.”
So you gotta go looking for 'em, huh?
I'm tired of the FRAUDULENT WAR on "TERROR" when it is SAUDI MONEY FUNDING THIS SHIT!
Reader, it is GOVERNMENTS that are CARRYING OUT "TERROR" ATTACKS!
Muslims "terrorists" are simply their PATSY ASSETS!
Including the DEAD bin Laden!