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Saudi Explains How Al-Qaeda Used Him for Terror Operation
 Ahmad ibn Abdullah Al-Shayie, a 21-year-old Saudi who escaped a bomb explosion in Baghdad on Dec. 25, 2004, has returned to the Kingdom to tell the story of how Al-Qaeda militants helped him enter Iraq and later used him to carry out a terrorist operation. Ahmad expressed regret for killing 12 innocent Iraqis, including seven members of the same family in the operation, adding that Al-Qaeda arranged the bombing in Baghdadâs Al-Mansour neighborhood without his knowledge. The young man was luckily ejected from the tanker by the force of the blast, Al-Watan Arabic daily said.
| 12 people dead, never to breathe in and out again, never to grow old, never to smile or laugh or weep. Doesn't shariah call for Ahmad to be killed unless the families of the dear departed forgive him? Or is that only for young women from Assir who kill Saudis who try to rape them? |
Ahmad who sustained severe burns all over his body was arrested by Iraqi police who later handed him over to Saudi authorities. He told how Al-Qaeda was recruiting young Arabs to fight alongside insurgents in Iraq, adding that he had entered Iraq through Syria with the help of smugglers. Ahmad said he had gone to Iraq out of a conviction that he should do something to help his Iraqi brothers though he had not consulted scholars about his plans and in fact ignored the advice of his parents and family.
| So the esteemed scholars, as anyone can see, are innocent of inciting him to his deviant actions... |
He said he was taken to an Al-Qaeda cell in Doura district in the south of Iraq where he was trained to drive an oil tanker. On the day of explosion, he was told to take the tanker to the Al-Mansour neighborhood. âThey asked me to stop the tanker near a concrete barrier, saying someone would come to receive the tanker from me. But no sooner had I stopped the tanker than it exploded,â he said. Ahmad, who was born in Buraidah in 1984, is now undergoing treatment at a hospital in Riyadh. Saudi authorities have allowed his family to visit him. In a TV program which will focus on Ahmad, a number of security, social and Islamic experts will also take part.
| I'm sure it'll all be very edifying. I do hope they show his fried carcass to the young Soddies who want to run off and do similar heroic things. Maybe it'll drive home to them that if they fail in achieving their goal of 72 flat-chested 12-year-olds in the afterlife, there aren't going to be any waiting for them here to change their colostomy bags and attend to their wants. Though if they move to Denmark, no doubt the government will send a civil servant by once a month to drain the old build-up... |
Posted by: Fred 2005-09-18 |
