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| Saudi prisoners suspected of al-Qaeda links on hunger strike | |
| 2003-01-04 | |
| Middle East Online More than 40 prisoners suspected of links with the al-Qaeda network have been on hunger strike in a Saudi jail for the past week, a prison source said Friday. Hey, I'm all for it! The source confirmed a report by the London-based opposition Islamic Movement for Reform in Saudi Arabia of the strike in the Ruays prison in Jeddah. That'd be a "legitimate" al-Qaeda front operating from London. The "reform" they want would involved killing off the princes, establishing a khalifate and taking over the world.
The group's spokesman, Saad Al-Faqih, quoting medical sources, said the detainees, aged 19 to 40, were accused of cooperating with Osama bin Laden's network and slandering the Saudi regime. He said they had launched a hunger strike because since their interrogation, in which they had allegedly been tortured, they had not been tried or released. "Several of them, suffering from dehydration and fainting fits, were recently taken to hospital for emergency treatment," Faqih said. "The authorities then set up a medical centre so as not to have to take the sick to hospital and avoid any information leaking out about the hunger strike." I'd be happier if they were burial details... The prison source, who refused to be identified, said 106 people accused of links with al-Qaeda had been held in the jail for nearly 15 months. On November 20 Saudi Interior Minister Nayef bin Abdel Aziz said the authorities were still interrogating more than 100 Saudis from among hundreds rounded up for questioning about their experiences fighting in Afghanistan. "The Saudi authorities have already questioned nearly 700 Saudis who came back from Afghanistan," Prince Nayef told reporters here. "Those who are still being held for interrogation number more than 100." When these 40 kick off from starvation, that'll leave just 60 to worry about. | |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 Brian, these guys play by no rules and will stab us in the back the moment they can. We have enough "friends" like these in Europe that we don't need any more... |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-01-04 16:46:22 |
| #1 Our interests converge, however, when it comes to liquidating the princes...How goes it, the enemy of my enemy is my friend? ;-) |
| Posted by: Brian 2003-01-04 15:32:05 |