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| Prince Nayef calls on all Soddies fighting in Iraq to come home |
| 2005-11-14 |
| Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz has called on all countries who have forces in Iraq to hand over any Saudis who went there to take part in the insurgency or commit suicide bombings. In a press conference in Al Baha region, he also called on Iran and Syria to cooperate with Saudi Arabia in this respect. Prince Nayef did not rule out the possibility of the return of the so-called Arab Afghans' phenomenon, where fighters are recruited from the Arab world to fight a common foreign invader and expressed his determination to deal severely with any Saudi found involved in the escalation of the situation in Iraq. "We will take all matters into consideration and will minimise the number of Saudis leaving for Iraq," he said. He added that Saudi Arabia could not control the whole situation as there are some Saudi citizens who leave for other countries and may go from there to Iraq. As for applying tight measures around hotels in Saudi Arabia to prevent terrorist acts such as those in Jordan, Prince Nayef said that his ministry made all necessary precautions against such explosions. He noted that the precautions are not limited to hotels, but cover also all hospitals, ministries and several other facilities. Prince Nayef reiterated that his country would spare no efforts to fight terrorism affirming that it would contribute with all its sources to stem out all forms of international terrorism. He pointed out that the campaigns staged by his ministry against illegal residents are very costly and called on all Saudi citizens to contribute to the effort. He disclosed that there is a plan to expand the administrative regions in Saudi Arabia. But he did not give any further details about the number of the new proposed administrative regions. As to whether Saudi Arabia has taken any special measures following the decision to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO), he said the government has set up a mechanism that its WTO membership would not affect its beliefs or national sovereignty. Meanwhile, the Saudi National Guard has revealed that it seized over the past nine months 163 weapons, six rocket launchers, 53 revolver pens, 14,090 explosive bundles, 67kg of explosives, 14,050 dynamite sticks, 11 bombs and 513,667 bullets. According to a statistical report released yesterday, the seized items also include two vehicles, nine motorcycles, 308,823 Iraqi dinars, $556, 44,611 Yemeni riyals, SR1,013,585. In addition 2,765 smugglers and 393,067 infiltrators were arrested. The report revealed that 8,891 drug tablets, 3,727,824kg of Qat, 42,270 captagon tablets and 3,340 bottles of wine were seized. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #17 Veggie Copenhagen dip |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-11-14 21:56 |
| #16 Qat And, so I've heard, the users drool green. Ick. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-11-14 21:45 |
| #15 Um, 4 million kilograms of Qat?? In humans, it is a stimulant producing a feeling of exaltation, a feeling of being liberated from space and time. It may produce extreme loquacity, inane laughing, and eventually semicoma. It may also be an euphorient and used chronically can lead to a form of delirium tremens. Galkin and Mironychev (1964) reported that up to 80% of the adult population of Yemen use khat. Upon first chewing khat, the initial effects were unpleasant and included dizziness, lassitude, tachycardia, and sometimes epigastric pain. Gradually more pleasant feelings replaced these inaugural symptoms. The subjects had feelings of bliss, clarity of thought, and became euphoric and overly energetic. Sometimes khat produced depression, sleepiness, and then deep sleep. The chronic user tended to be euphoric continually. In rare cases the subjects became aggressive and overexcited. |
| Posted by: KBK 2005-11-14 21:33 |
| #14 No, I had a Revolver Pen when I was about 10. It had four ink barrels (black, red, blue, and green). |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-11-14 19:48 |
| #13 Shia in SA? No more Paleos or "Flips" to do the menial tasks? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-11-14 18:38 |
| #12 Wait the Shia in Saudi Arabia are getting upset, you 're attacks on Shia are upsetting them and the magic kingdom could use your talents here beating them back down. There will be time for Iraq, but the oil comes first. /translated from the Arabic |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2005-11-14 17:36 |
| #11 Cake! We have cake! Yellow, I presume? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2005-11-14 16:30 |
| #10 Cake! We have cake! |
| Posted by: Prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz 2005-11-14 15:43 |
| #9 I have plans for you that require your not being dead. Well, at least not until we strap this lovely new vest on you. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2005-11-14 15:10 |
| #8 Come back -- the infidel is killing you off too quickly, and I have plans for you that require your not being dead. |
| Posted by: docob 2005-11-14 14:52 |
| #7 isn't Nayef a Salafi? All he has to do is to cut the money or as I'll continue saying: get rid of one or two bankers and one or twto of the mullahs.............. |
| Posted by: Whinesh Omelet6007 2005-11-14 14:25 |
| #6 Calls on Soddies to return home? Does that mean that summer recess is over and its time to get back to studying in the Wahhabi schools? |
| Posted by: The Happy Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2005-11-14 13:44 |
| #5 Wonder what he said in Arabic? |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-11-14 12:35 |
| #4 A revolver pen is like a shutter gun, only smaller. Much smaller. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2005-11-14 12:30 |
| #3 "Ollie ollie oxen free!" |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-11-14 11:21 |
| #2 blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah, blah. Did the good prince say something? Hmmm. Nobody seems to be listening. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-11-14 11:08 |
| #1 308,823 Iraqi dinars Holy currency! thats almost 211 USD. Whadda crackdown. By the way, what is a revolver pen? |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2005-11-14 10:27 |