Posted on 12/01/2003 3:41:44 PM PST by TexKat
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Officials have identified the two bombers in a suicide attack that killed 17 people at a Riyadh housing compound, the official Saudi Press Agency reported Monday.
The agency, quoting an unnamed Interior Ministry official, said DNA tests confirmed that Ali bin Hamid Elmabady Alharbi and Nasser bin Abdullah bin Nasser Alsiary attacked the housing complex of mostly Arab and Muslim residents, injuring 120 people.
The agency said the two men, both of them Saudis, had been wanted by Saudi authorities in other security-related cases. It did not elaborate.
The official was also quoted as saying that authorities had identified the group behind the attack, but he did not name it.
The two suicide attackers drove into the compound Nov. 8 shortly after accomplices in a separate car had lobbed hand grenades and fired at the guards posted at the gate.
The official said the attackers planned the operation at a house in the Dar al-Baida' neighborhood in Riyadh. He said machines used to spray paint cars were found at the site.
"...quoting an unnamed Interior Ministry official, said DNA tests confirmed that Ali bin Hamid Elmabady Alharbi and Nasser bin Abdullah bin Nasser Alsiary attacked the housing complex of mostly Arab and Muslim residents, injuring 120 people."
That's Prince Nayefs department. After hearing him blaming Jews for 9/11, Im shocked, repeat SHOCKED, that anything spewed out of those people could be so untrue.
Perhaps we shold give the attackers a break now, after all it sounds like they were mearly performing their "religious duties."
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