Major terrorist cell busted in Saudi
April 27th, 2007 at 1:57 am . by nuke
Breaking news: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Fox News is reporting that a major operation by Saudi authorities has uncovered a plot to destroy Saudi oil fields. Large caches of weaponry and money were discovered, some buried in the desert sand. Fox reports the arrest of 172 terrorists in the operation.
~Developing…updates to follow
Update from BBC: 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.
Comment posted by SwampWoman
at 4/27/2007 3:49:08 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Troops captured four suspected members of a secret terrorist training network in Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
The network takes militants from Iraq to Iran for training, and transports explosives from Iran into Iraq, the military alleges.
“Intelligence reports also indicate the secret cell has ties to a kidnapping network that conducts attacks within Iraq.” the military said.
The suspects were arrested in the Baghdad Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, where support for Iran is high. The Bush administration has long insisted that Iran is helping insurgents create chaos in Iraq.
Many of the powerful, improved explosive devices used in Iraq, and the parts used to make them, have been coming out of neighboring Iran, the U.S. military said.
I wonder what ties will surface connecting Iran to this story?
Comment posted by no2liberals
at 4/27/2007 9:35:48 AM
I don’t know, I could graze on a little cabrito, while traveling between Oasises.
/henh
Swamps, with these global hirabah types, logic doesn’t enter into it, except for that which is applicable to deranged mufsidun.
It’s all about the ummah, and the caliphate, and some such as that there.
Comment posted by SwampWoman
at 4/27/2007 9:13:31 AM
Drat. I had declared this a no news day, and looks like I’m gonna have to look.
This is odd, though. Since it is oil money that plays a big part in the funding of terrorist operations plus being 45% of GDP (and 90% of exports) for Saudi, it seems a little counterproductive if it is a homegrown effort and, really, haven’t they noticed that without oil revenues, food would be really, really hard to come by for that population? The population at @ 22 million (plus 5 and a half million imported workers) has passed the point at which it would be workable for everybody to graze goats between oasises.
Comment posted by no2liberals
at 4/27/2007 9:11:42 AM
QUAGMIRE!!!!
We must immediately implement a strategic redeployment from SA.
/oh…wait
