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| Saudi Arabia triple attacks ‘purposeless’ and fail to intimidate citizens |
| 2016-07-08 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] After a series of terror attacks in several cities in Moslem countries during the last week of the holy month of Ramadan, the triple bombings that recently occurred in Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... are considered purposeless and "immature", according to several Saudi experts. "From what we’ve seen in the three varied attacks in Saudi Arabia, there are no clear political or religious goals to their suicide kabooms," says Dr. Khalid Abualkhair, political media lecturer at Taibah University and documentary director. The US consulate in Jeddah, where the first attack that took place nearby at around 2 a.m., was unoccupied at the time except by security officers guarding the site. Abualkhair says further steps need to be taken when treating prison inmates affiliated with ISIS. In addition to counseling them, he says, there needs to be scientific investigation by psychologists to study their profiles. "These young teenagers are obviously programmed to execute these operations and are not fully aware when they choose to risk their lives in this way and launch such violence and terrorism." "Much evidence from previous cases have even shown that many of them are not even religious," he added. Knowing the suspects’ backgrounds, education levels, their history, and social life is crucial in order to find the roots of such extremism, according to political science professor at King Abdulaziz University Dr. Sadiq Almalki. "Only when expert psychologists are fully engaged to analyze these cases individually will there be a basis for knowing which policies to implement afterwards," he told Saudi Gazette. While these suicide attempts did not succeed in killing civilians or the large crowd of pilgrims and visitors at the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, ISIS is making a statement that it stands undefeated despite its weakening position, says Saudi-US relations’ expert Ahmed Alibrahim. "It’s symbolic, they wanted to get airtime in the news and make themselves visible to the world to emphasize that ISIS is still there. They want to hold on to their legitimacy but we all know the coalition is closing in on ISIS." The manpower of the Saudi security forces and police have been successful in capturing ISIS-affiliated terrorists, he adds. "They diverted their plans to attack. Saudi Arabia is beefing up security and there will be a lot of monitoring especially during Haj. But regional powers like Iran who want to destabilize security is why Saudi Arabia is going to make sure they’re prepared and going to maximize security." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 the triple bombings that recently occurred in Soddy Arabia are considered purposeless and "immature", according to several Saudi experts. Alternatively, the message to observers and other victims of 'sudden jihadi' emotional triggers is that statement bombings without consequence to the perps are possible. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-07-08 23:57 |