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| Learn from fight with intruders, Prince Khaled tells troops |
| 2010-10-01 |
| [Arab News] Prince Khaled bin Sultan, assistant minister of defense and aviation for military affairs, urged Saudi armed forces Wednesday to learn lessons from last year's military encounter with Yemeni intruders in order to avoid mistakes in the future. Addressing senior military officers and commanders, the minister also emphasized the importance of training to improve the combating capabilities of Saudi forces as well as their physical fitness. He reassured the officers that Crown Prince Sultan, deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, is in good health and is spending his vacation outside the Kingdom. He emphasized the Saudi leadership's desire to strengthen armed forces by acquiring advanced weapons. "Efforts are under way to modernize the various branches of the armed forces in the coming days," the prince said while commending the efforts of the military in defending the Kingdom's borders. Prince Khaled saluted the valor displayed by Saudi forces in fighting Yemeni infiltrators who attacked a border post and occupied some villages in Jazan last November. He paid tributes to the Saudi officers who were killed and injured while fighting the rebels. "We have sent some injured officers abroad for advanced treatment. I am personally following up on their condition," he said. Meanwhile, ...back at the ranch... the Finance Ministry announced recently that it had spent about SR900 million on food and accommodation for Jazan's displaced people after the Yemeni intruders attacked Saudi villages along the southern border. "We have taken a number of measures to provide housing to all the displaced people," the ministry said in a statement following reports that some of these displaced people have been asked to vacate hotels and furnished apartments by the end of Ramadan. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 apparently being fat and incompetent trumped being part of the Master Race™ when it came to battling armed rustics. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-10-01 08:31 |