Let me defend you or I will kill you
Friend-and-Ally update. "Al-Qaeda helps curb Saudi unrest," from Press TV, December 7:
Saudi security services have formed a military militia loyal to Saudi Arabia comprised of al-Qaeda members, according to opposition sources.In many ways, if true, this is a victory for al-Qaeda, and bin Laden in particular. What caused the original rift between the latter and the Saudi monarchy is the fact that, when Saddam invaded Kuwait, bin Laden offered to mobilize his mujahidin (i.e., al-Qaeda) to defend the monarchy. The latter refused, opting to rely on U.S. -- that is, infidel -- military aid, causing bin Laden, and many other Muslims, to accuse the monarchy of apostatizing. Yet here is the Saudi monarchy, after all, enlisting the aid of al-Qaeda in order to defend itself against "foreign threats."The militants are being used to support Saudi Arabia against domestic revolts and foreign threats, according to reports by opposition Saudi sources.
Saudi officials reportedly formed the military militia after recent polls conducted in Bahrain and northern parts of Saudi Arabia revealed that people in the area will support Iran in the event of a possible US or Israeli attack on the Islamic Republic. The implication is that any aggression against Iran could paralyze the oil-rich country.The word for "conquest" here, fatah, not only means "conquest" (or more literally, "openings"), but is the classic Arabic word used to describe the initial Muslim conquests that annexed thousands of miles of infidel land, and thus connotes offensive jihad. Just for the record.It was suggested that activities by the al-Qaeda militia could threaten reformist movements inside the country.
Saudi Arabia has been accused of forging such links before, for example, documents have been discovered which reveal Saudi Arabia formed a group in Yemen in an attempt to crush unrest in the country.
Confessions by members of the group 'Conquest of Islam' revealed that they were in contact with Saudi officials and were financially supported by them.
The radical Sunni Islamist group, also known as Fatah al-Islam, was first formed in November 2006. The group was initially supported by Saudi-related political movements in Lebanon, but clashed with the Lebanese army at Nahr al-Bared refugee camp for three months in 2007, killing dozens of people.As yet, no protest has been made by al-Qaeda to oppose the move by the Saudi security officials.
Ray,
Did you consider that the source for this (PressTV) is the English-language TV outlet for the Iranian government and funded by them? Hence the .ir URL. Not the most reliable.
"...military militia loyal to Saudi Arabia comprised of al-Qaeda members."
From the article.
Before traveling too far down this road SA should read and ponder the history of the Janissaries.
For other reasons, the Saudi government is still apostate. Helping the Saudi government against revolts makes Al-Qaeda apostate too.
Ray
So Arafat's party 'Fatah' means 'Conquest'? We all knew that he was doing taquiyya when he pretended that he was about co-existence with Israel, but this gives away even more. I mean why would even a pandering Leftist Israeli government consider doing business with a party named 'Conquest'? Granted, they are anti-Israel, but if Israel ceased to exist, so would Labour, Kadima and other like minded parties.
The unspeakable Saudi regime using ex AQ terrorists, whom it spwaned in the first place with its hateful ideology of Wahabbism turning them against their comrades whom it also spawned and unleashed on unsuspecting world.
But lets remember the Reagn government whom many of you rightwingers and evangelicals loved so much, in cahoots with sauudi arabia - trained, funded and supported Bin Laden and his Wahabbist friends to fight against a poor, decent, peacefil secular govt that did America no harm. Its sin? it was Marxist and therefore has to go.
BTW the current Bush government is also using `turned' Ex AQ in Iraq.
The ironies here could fill a double decker bus and leave still space for the mother of all hypocrisies.