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| Leader of Riyadh bombers returned after Tora Bora |
| 2003-05-14 |
| Terrorists who killed scores of people in three car bombings in Riyadh were part of an al-Qaeda cell whose hideout was raided by Saudi police on May 6. Interesting that they knew the raid was coming, isn't it? Formed after the September 11 attacks on the United States and led by Khaled Jehani, the terror cell's safe house was located near the three expatriate housing compounds that were hit by car bombs late Monday, Saudi officials told the Washington Post. Saudi officials told the daily that nine charred bodies found at the bomb site are believed to be those of the attackers. DNA samples from the bodies are being compared to relatives of members of the terrorist group whose locations were raided May 6. The 50 to 60-member al-Qaeda cell was formed by Jehani, a Saudi national who went abroad at 18, fought in Bosnia and Chechnya, and returned to his homeland after the US-led attack against an al-Qaeda stronghold in the Tora Bora mountains in Afghanistan in December 2001, Saudi officials said. Chechnya and Afghanistan seem to be a common link between most of these guys. Most of the terror group's weapons were smuggled through Yemen, they added. Saudi officials believe that after the US-led war on Afghanistan, hundreds of al-Qaeda fighters were told to return to their home countries and plan independent attacks on US, Jewish and other Western interests, officials said. He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day. Jehani has been on the US Federal Bureau of Investigation list of al-Qaeda suspects since January 2002, the Post reported on Wednesday. The terror cell had planned numerous attacks in Saudi Arabia in the last year, all thwarted either because of strict security around the intended targets or because captured members of the cell revealed their plans, Saudi officials said. We could hope the Saudis expend a little more effort in picking these guys up. I'm afraid it's a faint hope. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #7 That's why I can't figure out why they keep"repatraiting"forign fighters.When these wackos are captured and sent home all you've done is created an experinced,battle tested terrorist. These are illigal combantants are buy definition are murders.If caught bearing arms,after determining thier country of origin,they should be stood aginst the wall and shot. |
| Posted by: w_r_manues@yahoo.com 2003-05-15 07:43:29 |
| #6 Yeah, I think we have to take the "Swordfish" approach. Hit em hard, deny it. Hit 'em harder, deny it. Go for the leadership. It's always the best way. |
| Posted by: R. McLeod 2003-05-15 01:55:54 |
| #5 Shout it loud, Lucky. Many seem to think preachers get to have 'king's x' or something. I believe hitting those who send is the moral choice. |
| Posted by: Scott 2003-05-14 11:34:58 |
| #4 50 to 60 members is a damn big cell! In typical clandestine groups a cell consists of about 3 to 4 members, with only the cell leader knowing the cell members. Each cell member is expected to lead and recuit members for a new cell. Fellow members of a cell wouldn't even know each other, so they couldn't rat each other out if caught. That's the benefit of a cell structure. If you've got 50 to 60 members it's NOT a cell - more like a full-fledged brigade, or army! |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2003-05-14 11:32:28 |
| #3 What the Soddies have to admit is that the Khaled Jehani cell had help from 'insiders'. For one, I don't see how the Soddies got close enough to identify all the nationalities but still didn't capture any of the cell members unless there was someone on the inside. For another, they had help expediting their entrance into the foreign compounds. Of course, the Soddies have a hard time admitting any wrongdoing (I presume there is already a big movement to blame the bombings on Israel or Franklin Graham)> |
| Posted by: mhw 2003-05-14 11:26:32 |
| #2 Yeah. Interesting that they raided the cell, and managed to arrest no one. And, oh, yeah, there are no al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia. The House of Saud has said so many times. |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-05-14 11:18:03 |
| #1 The best way to deal with these shitheads is to take out some of the holy men who teach them. Just blow up their palacial homes. With them in it. Four or five in one day. Then deny it. Not us. Then do four more the next day. "hey not us, besides it is only a few". It wont take long for the scoundrels to be preaching a different form of peace, love and understanding. I know its bad but a zit needs to come to a head. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2003-05-14 11:13:36 |