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Soddies arrest 4,047 hard boyz along Yemeni border?
This is AFP via the Hindustan Times, but this strikes me as rather implausible.Saudi authorities, who are engaged in a massive crackdown on Islamic extremists, have arrested more than 4,000 "infiltrators" in the south of the kingdom along the border with Yemen, state media said on Saturday. Most folks I know would call that an army ... The official SPA news agency said 4,047 "infiltrators" were arrested and a large quantity of weapons and ammunition were seized in Najran province. However, it did not say when the arrests and seizures were made. So if theyâre hard boyz and armed to the teeth, how the hell did the Soddy coppers nab âem without getting overwhelmed, at the very least from sheer numbers? Also seized were a large quantity of dynamite sticks and detonators, as well as "a quantity of alcohol (which is banned in Saudi Arabia), hashish and qat (a narcotic shrub widely used in Yemen)," according to SPA. So thatâs where all of the damned alk runners went after the Riyadh bombings! That must be one hell of a keg theyâre bringing in too, if they need 4,000 guys to haul it ... Saudi authorities, who in the past reported arrests and arms seizures along the border with Yemen, have stepped up the hunt for Islamist militants blamed for a series of suicide bombings in Riyadh in May and November that left more than 50 people dead. Hundreds of terror suspects have been rounded up. Of which at least 300 have now been released ... Posted by: Dan Darling 2003-12-27 |
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