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| Saudi Militant Urges War on U.S. in Appeal Before Death |
| 2004-07-09 |
| An al Qaeda operative killed by Saudi police last week urged Muslims in a message taped before his death to join al Qaeda ranks to expel "infidel" Westerners from Saudi Arabia and topple the kingdom’s pro-U.S. monarchy. "The battle is between Islam and crusaders, good and evil, God’s soldiers and those of the devil, between the mujahideen, led by Sheikh Osama bin Laden and his party of God, and the infidel Americans and their allies in the party of Satan," said the tape purportedly from Fahd bin Ali al-Dakheel al-Ghabalan. "The mujahideen will continue to fight the infidel Americans whatever the price and fighting them is a duty for all Muslims," said the audio tape on the latest edition of "Sawt al-Jihad," the online publication of the Saudi al Qaeda wing. The 39-minute-long tape began with a brief introduction about Ghabalan, saying he had fought in Afghanistan before and after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States and that he had been involved in several clashes with Saudi police. Security forces killed Ghabalan in a shootout in the Saudi capital Riyadh last Wednesday. He was not on a wanted list of 26 top militants but Saudi security sources said he was in charge of overseeing the smuggling of arms and explosives into the kingdom for attacks. "Victory is near and all Muslims should fulfil their duties by praying to God, supporting us and providing information about where the enemy is located," said the man on the tape, available on Friday. He accused the Saudi royal family of stealing the country’s oil riches, being Washington’s lackey and betraying Islam by "opening its airports to Americans and giving them military bases and heavily-guarded, luxury residential compounds." He said al Qaeda would continue its battle until a "real Islamic state" emerged in the ultra-conservative kingdom, which enforces strict Islamic sharia law. A separate statement on Sawt al-Jihad said last month’s killing of their leader in Saudi Arabia, Abdulaziz al-Muqrin, would only increase the group’s determination. It dismissed a limited one-month government amnesty for militants to surrender, under which two militants have turned themselves in. |
| Posted by:Anonymous4724 |
| #2 From the article: A separate statement on Sawt al-Jihad said last month’s killing of their leader in Saudi Arabia, Abdulaziz al-Muqrin, would only increase the group’s determination. Of course it will. Just as the Sudanese Mahdi's death increased the determination of the men annihilated by Lord Kitchener 100 years ago. Just as Yakub Beg's execution by the Chinese made Uighurs more determined almost 200 years ago. Dream on... |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-07-09 11:15:52 PM |
| #1 wonder what he'll say in the sequel......oh |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-07-09 7:55:33 PM |