Plus another warning about the dangers of the face veil. "Saudi concern rises over Al Qaeda activity in Yemen," by Caryle Murphy for The Christian Science Monitor, October 19 (thanks to Sr. Soph):
The discovery by Saudi police of two Al Qaeda extremists wearing explosive vests in preparation for an "imminent" suicide attack underscores yet again the rising threat to Saudi Arabia from the deteriorating security situation in neighboring Yemen.The target of the foiled Oct. 13 attack is not yet known, Ministry of Interior spokesman Gen. Mansour Al Turki said Monday. But equipment found in the men's car last week, including explosives, machine guns, grenades, and two additional vests, suggests that the operation would have been significant - potentially resulting in the loss of many lives.
The men, one of whom spent several years in the US detention facility in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, had been sent to Saudi Arabia by an Al Qaeda affiliate based in Yemen, according to a Saudi Interior Ministry statement. Their foiled attack was the second close call for Saudi security forces in less than two months involving Saudi militants from the Yemen-based group, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
Made up largely of Saudis and Yemenis, AQAP is reportedly being reinforced by veteran jihadi fighters from Iraq and Afghanistan, according to some analysts. It is able to work in relative freedom in Yemen because of the Yemeni government's preoccupation with its own more pressing issues, namely a full-blown rebellion in the north and a secessionist movement in the south. Another reason the Yemeni government tolerates the group's presence may be because the jihadi fighters sometimes assist Yemeni forces in military operations against the rebels, a Western diplomat said - all of which make the precarious state a potential haven for militants. [...]
The two fighters discovered last week, Rayed Abdullahi al-Harbi and Yousef Mohammed al-Shihri, were both on a Saudi government most-wanted list issued in February. Al Shihri is a former Guantanamo detainee, and the brother-in-law of Saeed al-Shihri, the Yemen-based deputy commander of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula who also was at Guantánamo, spokesman Turki said.
Dressed like women, their faces hidden by veils, Harbi and Shihri were stopped at a highway checkpoint last week in the southern province of Jizan near the Yemen-Saudi Arabia border last week.
When police on duty asked a policewoman to check the identities of the "women," the militants began firing. In the shoot-out that ensued, the would-be suicide bombers and one policeman were killed, the government statement said....
Another former Gitmo detainee returning to jihad? That's just like a fish taken out of the water going back to getting oxygen through its gills once it's been returned its natural environment.
Another former Gitmo detainee returning to jihad? That's just like a fish taken out of the water going back to getting oxygen through its gills once it's been returned to its natural environment. I suppose there isn't anything else to expect from such mahoundians, is there?
Dressed like women, their faces hidden by veils...
What a way to meet your 72 virgins! Do you suppose a brave "fighter" in paradise is allowed to behead a disrespectful member of the harem for giggling at them?
Wait! Something's wrong here. Radical, violent, Wahhabist, oppresive, anti-woman, anti-democratic, cultist jihad is not welcome in the Saudi? How can this be? THEY STARTED IT!! Why, these boys just wanted to come home. Imagine! After all those years of living in the decadent comfort of an American prison, these poor sons of ullah were just tryin' to make it back to the house. And they didn't receive a hero's welcome? I'm SHOCKED! SHOCKED, I tell you! Wait 'til the crown prince hears about this....
I wonder if the Saudis will realize that it is there Ideology fueling the Jihad. If they want to stop the Jihad in their country, will they give their Ideology up? Will they make it more moderate? The Saudis are playing a double game here by fighitng (or pretending) and fueling it.
Ban the burqa! Ban the veil! They are weapons of the jihad!
I wonder if the Saudis will realize that it is there Ideology fueling the Jihad. If they want to stop the Jihad in their country, will they give their Ideology up? Will they make it more moderate? The Saudis are playing a double game here by fighitng (or pretending) and fueling it.
Al Qaeda is turning its attention to Saudi Arabia - and this is a bad thing?
If Al Qaeda could take over Saudi Arabia, why with all that oil and those palaces they'd be able to give up Jihad. They just want to win MegaBucks without buying a ticket!
I wonder if the Saudis will realize that it is there Ideology fueling the Jihad. If they want to stop the Jihad in their country, will they give their Ideology up? Will they make it more moderate? The Saudis are playing a double game here by fighitng (or pretending) and fueling it.
The sad thing is that this information is not even considered when the dems talk about moving these bastards to the states. Just unbelievable that people JUST DON'T GET IT! (or seem to care).
Hallelujah! Yes to what tanstaafl said. And a ban also on all other cultish behaviors of muhummud's followers of ullah and izlum! Hey, wait! Why don't we start by legislatively recognizing that izlum is a violent cult and NOT due the respect of a 'religion'? I know, such legislation is a faint hope but it is a hope...
Chickens coming home to roost. Saudis are the ones fueling the worldwide jihad with the surplus petro dollars. Let them have a taste of what they have created.
... one of whom spent several years...
no gratitude at being set free by Muslim sponsors, even. so much for the code of hospitality; now it's Muslim against Muslim, one house against another. no peace in the land of the religion of peace.
so, imprisonment, like at Gitmo, is only a stage for hardening to become the better warrior. the warrior may just appear to be subjugated and have no identity. deception (lying) is ok. bring chaos. Satan's MOS.
only permanent incarceration will work for the jihadi as regards anyone's safety.
a more final solution would be appropriate for these morally insensate, yet, complete Muslims. thus, these killed by fellow Muslims, are they to be hero material?
Poor cross dressers. They tend to overdo the make-up. A sure giveaway. Especially with a beard.
I would release all the Gitmo detainees to Yemen
and next time take no prisoners
BUT-should prisoners happen to be taken, send to Egypt for interrogation and then forget about them
If I had been locked away and tortured in Gitmo I would have done the same thing.
Dark Knight: That is one funny comment [I am assuming that you are being ironic/sarcastic; if you meant it you need a spell in Gutmo yourself].
Dark Knight: That is one funny comment [I am assuming that you are being ironic/sarcastic; if you meant it you need a spell in Gutmo yourself].
Dark Knight: That is one funny comment [I am assuming that you are being ironic/sarcastic; if you meant it you need a spell in Gitmo yourself].
Robert, a class-action lawsuit needs to be brought against the criminally-negligent and incompetent politicians who foisted this lunacy upon the American people for their malfeasance in office and for failing their sworn oath to defend the nation and the Constitution.
You are perfectly position to bring it.
I'll be glad to second it and put my name to any petition, and can guarantee hundreds more, easily.
Someone in power needs to be held accountable for this deadly folly.