IRAQ: Saudi Al-Qaeda split prelude to terror chief's death

AKI ^ | 2005 jun 27

[Wiz]

Dubai, 27 June (AKI) - An influential Saudi al-Qaeda leader, Abdullah Muhammad Rashid Al-Rushud, reported killed recently in Iraq, travelled there after serious split within the al-Qaeda leadership, a recent statement posted on Internet Islamist forums suggests. It provides detailed argument regarding divisions within the leadership of terror network which, it argues, were behind al-Rushud's decision to goto Iraq. Last week, a message signed by the Jordanian militant, Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, announced the death of al-Rushud, one of Saudi Arabia's 26 most wanted suspects, at al-Qaim.

"Important truths about Sheikh Abdullah al-Rushud on the Arab peninsula with the mujahadeen" is the title of a message appearing on Islamist internet forums, signed by Ahmad al-Khilaila.

Al-Rushud was famous for his January 2004 declaration challenging the legitimacy of Saudi government in terms of Islamic law and was featured on the 26 most wanted list issued by the security authorities. When he disappeared from Saudi Arabia last summer, there was intense speculation about his whereabouts and what that meant.

"Sheikh Saud al-Oteibi split from the leader Salih al-Oufi because of differences over how to carry out military operations because Sheikh Saud al-Oteibi wanted to follow the path of Abdelaziz al-Muqrin, who wanted to strike the crusaders and fight them," the message explains, talking about other leading Saudi militants on the most wanted list.

The first part of the statement outlines the clear division within the Saudi cell over tactics and refers to one of the last audio messages of the late local al-Qaeda leader, Abdelaziz al-Muqrin, killed in a gun battle with police in Riyadh on 18 June 2004. Al-Muqrin had called on his followers not to go to Iraq, but to concentrate on fighting the presence of American soldiers and diplomats in their country.

[Wiz]

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[an amused spectator]

"George Bush is stupid." "George Bush is a liar." "The war in Iraq is a failure." "Our soldiers, who are evil torturers, are being killed senselessly."

Pay no attention to all the dead al-Katie leaders. Rend your clothes and wail, for you are an EVIL AMERICAN.

[alnick]

An influential Saudi al-Qaeda leader, Abdullah Muhammad Rashid Al-Rushud, reported killed recently in Iraq

An influential Saudi al-Qaeda leader, Abdullah Muhammad Rashid Al-Rushud, reported killed recently in Iraq

An influential Saudi al-Qaeda leader, Abdullah Muhammad Rashid Al-Rushud, reported killed recently in Iraq

An influential Saudi al-Qaeda leader, Abdullah Muhammad Rashid Al-Rushud, reported killed recently in Iraq

I'd like to beat leftists on the head with the above words.