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Islamist group claims Riyadh bomb attack
A radical Islamist group called the Brigade of the Two Holy Mosques claimed responsibility Wednesday for blowing up a Saudi security officerâs car outside his home in Riyadh and threatened more attacks. The claim appeared in a statement posted on several Islamist websites including www.qal3ah.org and www.alpalsam.com, which warned "the officer and those like him against pursuing their war against Islamists," in the kingdom. "In the framework of our plan to assassinate the infidel imams and the soldiers of tyranny, we announce that we are responsible for the explosion which targeted intelligence service lieutenant-colonel Ibrahim Al-Dhaleh... after we verified the crimes committed by this apostate against the mujahedeen" guerrillas, said the statement."Yeah, we dun it! Weâd have been really proud if he had been in the damm car but you take what you can get." The officer escaped unharmed on Monday night when civil defence chief General Saad bin Abdullah al-Tuijri announced that only the vehicle had been damaged. Pretty lame attack. The New York Times reported on Tuesday Saudi Arabiaâs top counterterrorism official was moderately wounded in an assassination attempt earlier this month. The newspaper, citing unidentified senior US officials, said Major General Abdelaziz al-Huweirini, the No. 3 official in the Saudi interior ministry, was shot on December 4. The shooting has not been acknowledged by Saudi officials, but the Brigade of the Two Holy Mosques claimed earlier this month that it had carried out the attack. Or at least took credit for it. The Times said the generalâs brother was seriously wounded in the shooting. The paper did not say where the attack took place. Posted by: Steve 2003-12-31 |
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