#2 Fred posts this kind of article because it's his site.
Because Rantburg is a roundup of events in the War on Terror.
Because even a story of the arrest of a couple of cannon fodder militants operatives has much information that is relevant; the area of town where they're caught, the importance of the official spokesman, whether or not there was a protracted gun battle or secondary explosion of a weapons cache. Sometimes, what's not said in the article is more important than what gets published.
A note here: Fred used to be in military intel; he 'splained part of the process to us once: the analyst reads a document, makes his notes on post-it notes, and sends it around the office. Eventually it comes back with more notes attached, and more analysis is done. Rantburg works a lot like that...every contributor has the option of adding his observations to the article before posting, and the other analysts (the Rantburg readership) add their commentary.
This site only came into existence because of 9/11/01; we are the 93rd Volunteer Civilian Wing of the DIA, if you will.
But back to your question, Fred posted this article because, well, he can. |
Saudi security forces arrested two wanted militants after an exchange of fire in a district of eastern Riyadh early Saturday, an interior ministry spokesman said. "Two militants wanted by security authorities were arrested after an exchange of fire at dawn today, during which one of the two was lightly wounded," Mansur al-Turki told AFP. The shootout occurred when security forces raided a suspected hideout in the Al-Khaleej district, he said. Two other suspected militants were arrested in a separate operation early Tuesday in Tamir, 90 kilometers (55 miles) north of Riyadh, Turki said. 