Posted on 12/21/2007 1:55:52 PM PST by knighthawk
Saudi security forces have arrested al Qaeda members suspected of planning to carry out attacks during the current haj pilgrimage, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television said on Friday. The television quoted an unnamed security official as saying the suspects aimed to cause "security confusion" during the pilgrimage, in which more than 2.5 million Muslims are taking part.
They were arrested in various cities in the kingdom days before the start of the pilgrimage on Monday, the official was quoted as saying. The report did not say how many were being held.
Ping
..don’t worry they’ll release them if they promise to be nice
And guess who they intended to blame it on.
Al-Qaida wanted to bomb people at the hajj? Funny, some people on FR wanted to do the same....
So if you take over a plane on its way to Mecca is it a “haj-jacking?”
The 19 who brought down the towers are the “hajjakirs”....
Saudi Arabia: 28 men arrested in connection to plots to attach holy sites
Saudi security agents have arrested 28 men for allegedly planning to attack holy sites around Mecca and Medina during the recently finished hajj pilgrimage, the kingdom’s Interior Ministry said Sunday. The announcement comes two days after the ministry said it detained an unknown number of men after security forces foiled a plot to carry out a terror attack on holy sites outside Mecca. But Sunday’s statement did not say whether the two were arrests were related.
According to the AP, the ministry said 27 of the men were Saudi nationals and one was a foreign resident. “Thanks to God, the security forces managed to detain members of the deviated group who have links with elements outside (the kingdom) while planning to carry out criminal acts inside,” a statement by the Interior Ministry statement said.
http://www.albawaba.com/en/news/220294
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