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| Embassy raid 'planned in Saudi Arabia' |
| 2006-10-07 |
| THE attack on the US embassy in Damascus last month was planned in Saudi Arabia and the four Syrians who carried it out had no links to al Qaeda, a Syrian investigation has said. Three of the four assailants, 31-year-old Abdel Raouf Saleh, Bilal Saleh, 25, and Samir Saleh, also 25, were close relatives who followed the teachings of a preacher in Saudi Arabia where they had worked, the Interior Ministry report has said. They started preparing for the operation in 2004, according to the report. "An investigation into the attack has been concluded. The group planned to blow an embassy door, storm the compound and kill whoever was inside. It had no links with extremist organisations outside Syria," the report has said. "They attended lessons by a Saudi man of religion. Their extremism deepened due to the political situation shaking the region and US bias toward Israel." The report has said the group "had planned to broadcast a video statement after the operation in the name of Abu Musab Zarqawi Brigade, although they had no link to al Qaeda". It has said they were inspired by Zarqawi, the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq who was killed in a US air strike in June. Syrian security forces killed the four men who attacked the embassy on September 12, in a gun battle that lasted about 30 minutes. A Syrian guard and a Syrian bystander were also killed. Twelve people were wounded. No Americans were hurt. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #12 One correction to the thread - these were Syrians who had been working in Saudi Arabia, not Saudis. I'd believe they'd been "encouraged" by the wahabbi "holy man" they'd been listening to, so there is still some fault with SA. It's still enema time in the magic kingdom. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-10-07 14:34 |
| #11 It was December 7, 2004 |
| Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-10-07 13:54 |
| #10 *Consulate* |
| Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-10-07 13:52 |
| #9 #2: Saudis travel to Syria to attack an American embassay. Wouldn't it have been more convenient for them to attack one of our embassies in Saudi Arabia? Posted by: Super Hose Ummm ... well, they sort of did when they attacked the American Cousulate in Jeddah back around December of '04 or '05, I forget which year exactly. |
| Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-10-07 13:51 |
| #8 Are we believing Syria here ? Not I said the fox. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-10-07 12:28 |
| #7 I'll confess that I quite possibly am. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-10-07 10:58 |
| #6 Optimist. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-10-07 10:22 |
| #5 As long as they've all that oil, nothing can shred their plausible deniability. I call bullshit. Just one more 9-11 and the House of Saud will be a smoking crater. NO sitting president could ignore such provocation. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-10-07 10:20 |
| #4 It would shred their last tatters of any plausible deniability. As long as they've all that oil, nothing can shred their plausible deniability. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-10-07 09:57 |
| #3 Wouldn't it have been more convenient for them to attack one of our embassies in Saudi Arabia? It would shred their last tatters of any plausible deniability. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-10-07 03:01 |
| #2 Saudis travel to Syria to attack an American embassay. Wouldn't it have been more convenient for them to attack one of our embassies in Saudi Arabia? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2006-10-07 01:28 |
| #1 Those wacky Saudis are at it again. Who gives a shit about al Qaeda? Somehow, the Saudis just keep popping up on radar wherever we turn. Time to bust loose some salvoes on them once we're finished with Iran and Pakistan. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-10-07 00:22 |