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Arabia
Al-Qaeda names new Saudi head
2004-06-20
The Saudi cell of al-Qaeda has chosen former prison guard Saleh al-Oufi to replace killed leader Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin. Al-Oufi is a former prison guard, and is at number five on Saudi Arabia’s list of most wanted terrorists.
Bingo. Vidicates my speculation below. I wonder if the U.S. knows who the real heads of AQ in the Arabian Peninsula are? I suspect they do...
Posted by:Dan Darling

#6  It nice of the enemy to make known whomever the new head thug is since it makes it easy to remove them.
Posted by: Mark Espinola   2004-06-20 6:09:43 PM  

#5  BTW, does anyone else here find the following two things about this situation absurd?

1) AlQ announces that their "leader" has been killed and that it's a great blow to them

2) AlQ announces the name of their new "leader"

Hey, call me cynical, but methinks this is bullshit, folks, purest Saoodi disingenuous bullshit.

Nayef Grade A primo #1.
Posted by: .com   2004-06-20 12:53:40 PM  

#4  So he'll get a raise, some Wayfarers, bigger house, faster car, longer-range tracking device, satellite phone, all the goodies that Nayef's chosen Hard Boyz can expect. His wife would be happier, however, if this didn't mean the Life Ins Policy is automatically cancelled. Well, you can't have it all, I guess.
Posted by: .com   2004-06-20 12:41:09 PM  

#3  Haven't heard Louie's name lately, have we?
Posted by: Fred   2004-06-20 12:27:14 PM  

#2  Louis Attiyat Allah was listed on one of the MEMRI articles as the replacement for Yousef al-Ayyeri, who was the first declared big cheeze in the Magic Kingdom. My guess is that Louis is the one doing the grand strategy at the behest of his masters in Tehran and that al-Muqrin and Co are just yokels in the grand scheme of things.
Posted by: Dan Darling   2004-06-20 12:13:32 PM  

#1  I would like to request that iffin our spooks get a hold of this guy, he never sees the inside of any prison.

Further I would like to see Lyndie England privately contracted to be placed in charge of interrogating this prisoner.
Posted by: badanov   2004-06-20 12:04:25 PM  

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