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Saudi Police Wait to Quiz Wounded Leader of Attack
NY Times ^ | 5-31-04 | NEIL MacFARQUHAR

Posted on 05/31/2004 7:34:46 AM PDT by treeclimber

KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia, May 31 — The Saudi police were waiting today to question Nimr Al-Bigami, the critically wounded ringleader of the four gunmen who terrorized a luxury residential compound for foreigners over the weekend in a kidnapping and killing spree that left 22 people dead and 25 wounded.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: attack; compound; khobar; oil; saudi; saudiarabia
This isnt passing the smell test with me....
1 posted on 05/31/2004 7:34:47 AM PDT by treeclimber
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To: treeclimber

Sorry, but only article available if you are registered with the Times


2 posted on 05/31/2004 7:36:43 AM PDT by treeclimber (still waiting for a liberal to logically explain their viewpoints)
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To: treeclimber

I found it on Google news


3 posted on 05/31/2004 7:37:51 AM PDT by treeclimber (still waiting for a liberal to logically explain their viewpoints)
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To: treeclimber

Gee! I hope that they don't mistreat him or take his clothes.


4 posted on 05/31/2004 7:38:10 AM PDT by Piquaboy
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To: treeclimber

My guess is that he won't be wearing womens underwear on his head while being led around on a dog lease.

It'll probably be a little bit more unpleasent than that.


5 posted on 05/31/2004 7:38:36 AM PDT by jerod
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To: treeclimber
I hope they start the 'smell test' by draping a pair of these over the perp's head:
6 posted on 05/31/2004 7:38:50 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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Or these:
7 posted on 05/31/2004 7:40:25 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: treeclimber
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8 posted on 05/31/2004 7:41:12 AM PDT by csvset
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To: Piquaboy

They can get this guy to talk if they put grannie panties on his head.


9 posted on 05/31/2004 7:41:14 AM PDT by AngieGOP (I never met a woman who became a stripper because she played with Barbie dolls as a kid)
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To: treeclimber

If he's in a coma as the article states, I don't see how the police have much choice but to wait.


10 posted on 05/31/2004 7:41:17 AM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: treeclimber
The Saudi police were waiting today to question Nimr Al-Bigami, the critically wounded ringleader

I would say the prognosis for his recovery of the ability to speak is poor

VERY poor.

11 posted on 05/31/2004 7:43:19 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Now you go feed those hogs before they worry themselves into anemia!)
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To: csvset

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12 posted on 05/31/2004 7:43:47 AM PDT by Rome2000 (Foreign leaders for Kerry!!!!!)
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To: BenLurkin
Yep.....just what I was thinking.......King Fahds nickers on this tangos head will make him talk ! Oh the horror !! Actually I think the saudis will not be asking Mzzz England to hold the leash as this weenie will be worked on by professionals. He'll be reciting the gettysburg address before it's over and I doubt he ever read it.

Stay Safe !

13 posted on 05/31/2004 7:45:32 AM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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To: treeclimber
This isnt passing the smell test with me....

Or me. Their waiting for him to die before the question him.

14 posted on 05/31/2004 7:45:48 AM PDT by null and void (If you think more government is the solution to every problem, North Korea should be your paradise!)
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http://news.google.com/news?q=Saudi%20Police%20Wait%20to%20Quiz%20Wounded%20Leader%20of%20Attack&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&sa=N&tab=wn


15 posted on 05/31/2004 7:47:29 AM PDT by kcvl
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To: csvset
Thank you......I have saved this valuable site!

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16 posted on 05/31/2004 7:50:15 AM PDT by Lando Lincoln (GWB in 2004)
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To: Dog Gone
If he's in a coma as the article states, I don't see how the police have much choice but to wait.

If.

OTOH, lots of bad things can happen to someone they don't want to be around implicate Saudi government officials. A bit too much morphine, potassium in his IV drip, etc.

No investigation if he dies, Saudi police and military count coup on him and get credit for their actions, and no one important get exposed...

17 posted on 05/31/2004 7:50:16 AM PDT by null and void (If you think more government is the solution to every problem, North Korea should be your paradise!)
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Mr. Bigami was hospitalized in a coma today, a police spokesman said, and it was unclear when interrogators would get to question him.

The militants had held the resort overnight, apparently picking off victims as they encountered them.

"They were found all over the place, some of them in the corridors and others near the entrance and some on the steps," one Saudi witness said.

"The gunmen were going through the compound and either shooting people or letting them go," the Western diplomat said. "They shot non-Muslims and they let the Muslims go."

18 posted on 05/31/2004 7:50:57 AM PDT by kcvl
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Saudi security forces 'allowed kidnappers to go free'
19 posted on 05/31/2004 8:05:01 AM PDT by null and void (If you think more government is the solution to every problem, North Korea should be your paradise!)
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To: null and void

Thanks!


20 posted on 05/31/2004 8:09:40 AM PDT by kcvl
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To: treeclimber
Waiting?

The most important intelligence gathering occurs immediately after capture, before the other cells have time to change plans, locations, codes, etc.

21 posted on 05/31/2004 8:10:32 AM PDT by True Capitalist
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Let me get this straight.

There were four terrorists.

One terrorist, the "ring leader" was captured alive.

Three other gunmen held hostages at gunpoint and used them as cover to escape in a stolen car. It was unclear what happened to those hostages, but checkpoints set up on major highways around this city on the Persian Gulf were examining all cars.

Tell me again how effective the Saudi military is!

Someone please tell me how 3/4 of the terrorists escaped while being surrounded with helicopter support to track the escaping vehicle??


22 posted on 05/31/2004 8:26:56 AM PDT by BlackRain
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To: BlackRain

Muqrin should be cooling his heels in a Saudi jail instead of leading jihad in the Kingdom.

In 1997 Al-Muqrin was fighting against Ethiopa in the Ogaden province when he was captured by Ethiopian authorities and extradited to Saudi Arabia at the Kingdom's request. He was sentenced to eight years in prison. In the summer of 2001, having served half his sentence, the Interior Ministry released Muqrin for having memorized the Koran.

If he had served the full eight years Muqrin would have been on ice until the summer of 2005.

http://alphabetcity.blogspot.com/2004/05/khobar-with-stand-alone-and-in-post.html


23 posted on 05/31/2004 8:34:12 AM PDT by ganeshpuri89 (alphabet city)
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To: treeclimber

"OFF WIT' HIS CLOTHES!!!" "TAKE NAKED PICTURES OF HIM!!!"


24 posted on 05/31/2004 8:44:29 AM PDT by DainBramage
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To: treeclimber

Nope. They'll cut his head off, then try to get him to talk.


25 posted on 05/31/2004 8:49:47 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (STAGMIRE !)
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To: treeclimber

I'm betting that these guys have had contact with OBL.


26 posted on 05/31/2004 8:54:50 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Quiz is such an odd word in this comtext:

"What is the fastest animal in the world"

"Who is buried in Grant's Tomb!"

"What is the longest River on Earth!"


27 posted on 05/31/2004 8:58:12 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (This is a tag: </> This is a Line ---------)
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