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Arabia
Blaze at Saudi jail
2004-12-23
Four inmates suffered smoke inhalation after an overnight blaze at a top-security jail in Saudi Arabia, security officials said yesterday.
That's one way to deal with some unwanted pests.
The fire at the Al Hail facility, in which a number of Al Qaeda terrorists are incarcerated, is the third such incident in 18 months and was probably started by inmates, officials said. The blaze was brought under control by firefighters.
Wonder if anyone stopped them like at that girls' school a while back.
Security had been stepped up at the prison, located south of the Saudi capital Riyadh, to thwart "possible planned unrest". Three inmates were injured in a fire at the prison in April of this year, while 68 people were officially reported killed in a September 2003 inferno during which a significant number of prisoners are alleged to have escaped.
Nice to see that the prison security in the Magic Kingdom works as well as everything else there.
"Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Da witnesses is all dead!"
"Oh, yeah?"
"[Hack! Caff!]"
Posted by:Steve White

#4  Alk-runners spontaneously combusting. Happens all the time
Posted by: Frank G   2004-12-23 8:57:51 AM  

#3  No doubt a group of malcontents arrested for deviant behavior and crimes aqainst islam.
Posted by: Steve   2004-12-23 8:22:33 AM  

#2  I wonder who they were kiling off this time?
Posted by: N Guard   2004-12-23 2:13:05 AM  

#1  Well, with stone buildings in a setting of sand and rocks, with precisely zero likelihood of lightening strikes, it's a fair assumption that humans caused it and it's an inside job, heh. Prolly only 6 or 7 combustible items in the whole place... Of course, with Nayef running things like this, it could've been a dry run, too.
Posted by: .com   2004-12-23 2:02:32 AM  

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