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Arabia
King Fahd crackdown may spur mujahidin
2003-09-01
King Fahd's attempt to stamp out what he calls extremist preaching from his Saudi kingdom's mosques could backfire, warned clerics and analysts.
"No, no! Better to just leave them alone. They don't kill that many people..."
Critics say the clampdown will only serve to drive young Saudi men to Iraq to fight in a holy war against the American "satan".
"Yasss... Better to keep them here, where they'll stay out of trouble. You know how excitable those Americans are..."
King Fahd's warning for clerics to stop preaching militant messages was seen as a response to accusations last week by US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage. Armitage said that some of those attacking occupying forces in Iraq were coming into the country from neighbouring Saudi Arabia. However, in an official statement on Sunday, Saudi Arabia said there was no proof yet that any of its citizens were involved in the bombing in the Iraqi Shiite holy city of Najaf. The statement challenged those who made the accusations to deliver concrete proof.
"And then we'll deny it's proof..."
Hours earlier, the leading cleric Mohsen al-Awajy said: "Most youth think the only safe road is to go to Iraq. They are trapped between the international campaign against terrorism and this campaign at home. The only safe haven for them is to go to Iraq. We are hearing stories of families who get mobile phone messages from their sons saying they're going to Iraq."
It's beyond possibility, of course, that they could consider giving up killing people and blowing things up, maybe even get jobs...
Awajy said thousands of Saudi veterans of the war against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s, who at that time were supported by the government, were now being targeted. The Saudi crackdown intensified after the May bombings in Riyadh, which killed 35 people, including nine Americans. Authorities have arrested more than 200 militants believed linked to al-Qaida. .
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#7  And where are their American mercenaries supplies by the Bush administration to their oil allies?
Posted by: Not Mike Moore   2003-9-2 5:12:05 AM  

#6  .com your killing me man. Motel 6 is planning on expanding into the magic kindom soon. They want to take advantage of the low gas prices and all the auto tourist that will flock there. That will efectively use up all the foreign workers not already employed buy the mufties. The young guys can then go to work building, creating and thinking great thoughts.
Posted by: Lucky   2003-9-1 9:09:36 PM  

#5  There are drugged out dudes living in their parents basements that can demonstrate more initiative, creativity and personal responsibility than these Saudi 20 year olds. Can't we assmeble whatever is left of the Grateful Dead and have them tour around Saudi Arabia to give these shiftless dudes something to occupy their time.
Posted by: Super Hose   2003-9-1 9:05:36 PM  

#4  the leading cleric Mohsen al-Awajy said: "Most youth think the only safe road is to go to Iraq. They are trapped between the international campaign against terrorism and this campaign at home. The only safe haven for them is to go to Iraq. We are hearing stories of families who get mobile phone messages from their sons saying they're going to Iraq."

[digesting...............................ding!]

He's saying that the youth HAVE to do the jihadi thing. No choice. Nope. Gotta do it. And, given this moonbat decision, the only question in this moron's tiny little mind is where do they fight it out. And he concludes they are better off facing the American SF, Army, AF, and Marines rather than the ill-trained, witless, sympathetic Saudi police? Uh, am I missing something here? Naw, guess not. He and his sick ilk take these fucked-up kids provided by the Wahabbist Saudi Education system, convince them to do their duty to Islam Friday after Friday after Friday with virulent spew, and the little fuckwads respond as per the programming - and now he's lamenting this obvious result? Only an Islamic Cleric, a "leading" (is that funny, or what?) one, could be so disingenuous, self-serving, and asinine.

Time to ambush 'em at the border. Don't we have a few million Claymores laying around and some trip wire? I also picture using the Blackhawks creatively... rising up from the waddis to cut them down 10 or 20 at a time... and use the bodies to create the missing fence / wall that these desert shitholes always neglect. Or just dust the border with some very unhappy chemicals and post signs... "If you can read this, you're dead."

Saudis, pfeh. Islamic clerics, squirrels. Saudi Islamic clerics, moonbat city. Leading Saudi Islamic clerics, alien smacktards.
Posted by: .com   2003-9-1 8:25:20 PM  

#3  get jobs? Soddy blood ticks working for a living? Where are the Paki/Filipino/Indian laborers? Why should the Soddys get their hands dirty?
Posted by: Frank G   2003-9-1 6:58:03 PM  

#2  Think like this: polarization is good because it makes chosing between friends and enemies much easier. I guess that makes too much sense for the sand-hoppers.
Posted by: anonon   2003-9-1 6:10:46 PM  

#1  Think like this: polarization is good because it makes chosing between friends and enemies much easier. I guess that makes too much sense for the sand-hoppers.
Posted by: anonon   2003-9-1 6:07:17 PM  

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