MP Mohammad Al-Saqr has requested the government to disclose names of MPs who recently met senior officials in the Ministry of Interior with the offer to accept the surrender of fugitive radical Islamists on condition they will not be treated as suspects but state witnesses, reports Al-Seyassah daily. Al-Saqr says these MPs must be referred to the Public Prosecution after stripping them of their parliamentary immunity.
| Picked up on the Soddy holy men's trick, did they? Only it's not Soddy Arabia... |
Meanwhile, interrogations with Amer Khlaif Al-Enezi, believed to be the leader of the so-called Peninsula Lions revealed the two fugitives Mohsen Al-Fadhli and Khalid Al-Dosari played key roles in offering protection and logistic services to members of terrorist cells by providing them food, ammunition and moving them from place to place. Amer also admitted to issuing a fatwa to his followers on the need to kill security forces if they attempt to arrest them saying it justifies the death of their 'comrade' Fawaz Al-Otaibi who was shot by a member of the cell on Jan 10, 2005, during a Maidan Hawalli shootout between security forces and terrorists. A State Security policeman also died in the incident.
| Otaibi was friendly-fired? Hadn't heard that. Can't be too good for recruiting... |
Shaikh Farhan Obaid from the Islamic Heritage Revival Society described Amer Khlaif as a fanatic and a radical "who has misunderstood the concepts of Islam," reports Al-Rai Al-Aam daily. Obaid said the society with the approval of the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs earlier held a seminar and the participants were surprised to learn Amer Khlaif and some of his followers were humiliating lecturers accusing them of cowardice for forbidding jihad in Iraq.
| He sounds like a real subtle kind of guy, doesn't he? |
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