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| 2 Soddy cops wounded by gunmen |
| 2005-06-02 |
| Two Saudi policemen were lightly wounded Wednesday as they came under fire from gunmen in a car north of the capital, interior ministry said. A highway patrol came under fire as it chased a car that was speeding on the Riyadh-Qassim road, 210 kilometres (130 miles) north of the capital, interior ministry spokesman General Mansour al-Turki said. "The windshield was smashed and the two policemen who were in the car were injured," he said. The gunmen escaped, and security forces are combing the area in search of them, he added. According to official figures, 90 civilians, 41 security personnel and 110 militants have been killed since the violence began in May 2003. Interesting statistics, if true, given that the Soddies have claimed in their official news accounts to have killed a great deal more than that. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #2 What are the odds that the two gunmen in this case were simply men who didn't feel like being hassled for speeding, rather than terrorists or anti-Saudi agents of whatever flavour? This article did not have the feel, to me at least, of Al Qaeda v. Loyalists. Nobody was surrounded, for one thing. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-06-02 17:33 |
| #1 The Saudis,under pressure from GWB, started their anti-terror campaign with a list of a whopping 26 wanted millitants. A list that has never been added too. They act like when they get the 26 guys, most of whom are dead or in custody now, that their terror war is over and we can get off their backs. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-06-02 16:24 |