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| 3-5,000 Soddies fighting in Iraq |
| 2005-06-28 |
| Several commanders of the Al Qaida movement in Saudi Arabia have transferred their operations to Iraq in an effort to fight the U.S.-led coalition. Islamic sources said the movement of scores of leading Al Qaida fighters from Saudi Arabia has hampered operations against the Saudi regime. They said the Saudi members of Al Qaida have become aides and financiers of Abu Mussib Al Zarqawi in Iraq. About 3,000 to 5,000 Saudis have been fighting the U.S. military in Iraq. Over the past few months, about 200 Saudis returned to the kingdom. On June 23, a leading Saudi operative was reported to have been killed in a battle with U.S. troops in Al Qaim, near the Iraqi border with Syria. The operative was identified as Abdullah Al Rashoud, who was No. 24 on the Saudi Interior Ministry's list of top 26 fugitives. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #8 Increase in Saudi Jihadis in Iraq probably coincides with Summer Recess for Saudi students. Saad: "Hey Ahmed! School is over, let's go kill kufurs in Iraq ... Ahmed? Are you okay?" Saad looked sad as he realized his childhood friend and adolescent buggering-pal was shaking in his chair. |
| Posted by: Omavitch Cravitch1380 2005-06-28 19:30 |
| #7 After living in Saudi Arabia, being shot to pieces by Marines probably *is* a good idea. |
| Posted by: Spacemuppet 2005-06-28 15:36 |
| #6 Return? I say root out those 3-5,000 and kill 'em all. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-06-28 14:15 |
| #5 Maybe if we're lucky they'll give Iraq up as a lost cause and 7-10,000 "insurgents" will return to Soddy land. |
| Posted by: Gruns Phong1349 2005-06-28 13:22 |
| #4 C'mon in, boys, plenty of room in the kill box for you. |
| Posted by: Mike 2005-06-28 12:51 |
| #3 Now explain to me again how 3,000 to 5,000 Saudis can be 'insurgents' in Iraq? [L. insurgens, p. pr. of insurgere to rise up; pref. in- in + surgere to rise. See Surge.] Foreigners do not 'rise', they invade. So does that make Coalition forces insurgents too? |
| Posted by: Omise Sholuting9208 2005-06-28 12:08 |
| #2 More targets for the good guys. It's awfully nice of alQ/Arabia (I assume they wouldn't want it to be referred to as Saudi Arabia) to announce this, so we'll know when we've got them all. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-06-28 12:08 |
| #1 Groovy. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2005-06-28 11:42 |