Al Qaeda Issues First Public Threat Against Saudi Royals

Wolrd Tribune Breaking News and Middle East Newsline ^ | May 30, 2003 | special report staff

[ewing]

For the first time, Al Qaeda has openly threatened the Saudi Royal Family.

An Al Qaeda statement said it would take revenge on the Royal family of they kill Saudi clerics aligned with the group.

So far, 2 Saudi imams, or preachers have been killed during a Saudi crackdown in Riyad, according to Islamic sources.

Al Qaeda has sent an e-mail to Arabic newspapers that relayed the threat against the Royal family.

The emails content was published in the London based Al Quds Al Arabi, one of the few major Arabic dailies not owned by the Kingdom.

The Kingdom has arrested 11 suspected Al Qaeda members connected to the May 12 suidice bombings in Riyad,a dn said the two imams were among them, Middle East Newsline reported.

[sharktrager]

Al Quesa has always been opposed to the House of Saud. I would even argue that these aren'tthe first threats, as they have openly supported taking the necessary steps to get the US out of Saudi Arabia, and to remove from power those who allowed such a thing to happen.

All along, bin Laden's primary objective has actually been to become the ruler of an Islamic republic in Saudi Arabia.

This may be the most blunt they have been, but the message has always been out there.

[prisoner6]

we're some kind of elite club with code language only "members" understand.

You mean you DIDN'T get your FR Mystery Decoder Ring? Hmmm....maybe you're still on probation or TPTB found something icky in your background check.

prisoner6

[Aquinasfan]

This reminds me a lot of the situation in Russia before the Russian revolution of 1917.

[Aquinasfan]

How many times can 'vey', 'hugh', 'series', etc. be funny?

Or moose and cheese. Really funny stuff.

[Magic Fingers]

"I find it to be infantile."

I couldn't agree more. I love good laugh, but "vey, hugh, series, etc.," weren't that funny to start with - and they REALLY aren't funny after the umpteen thousandth time.

[OldFriend]

Just your typical sibling rivalry!

[conservababeJen]

Well, I hope you didn't spill the beans to the newbies about AYBABTU.

Ooooh, Oh, ohhhhhhhh...I know this one, I know this one!! *jumps up n down*

Do I get to be part of the cool/elite crowd now? Huh, huh, do I, do I ?

[conservababeJen]

I forgot to say puhleeze.

I will otherwise be "deeply saddened".

[rabidralph]

Do I get to be part of the cool/elite crowd now? Huh, huh, do I, do I ?

Ooooh, I'm sorry, Jen. Based on your registration information, you are no longer considered a newbie. But thanks for playing. We have some lovely parting gifts for you. Buh-bye :-)

[conservababeJen]

well, frig :/

[cake_crumb]

"Could be hugh. These guys are no dumbies. I wonder if they've plasted anyone lately?"

ROFLOL...didn't take long for 'plasted' to make it into the FR lexicon! I'm series!

[cake_crumb]

"Looking forward to a lot of Wahhabi Islamofascist/kazi heads on pikes decorating the main road of Saudi Land."

Don't hold your breath....

[reagan_fanatic]

Plasted

[cake_crumb]

'These things crack me up when I read them, but I wonder how many newbies are wondering if we're some kind of elite club with code language only "members" understand'

I'm sure a lot of them think that. I suspect that's where the left's sudden, paranoid obsession with VRWC keywords came from.

Newbies ask all the time what this stuff means. Somebody usually 'splains it to them. I'd rather we kept them as inside jokes as much as possible...I really love the effect some of FR poster's cryptic remarks have on the wingnuts.

[Tunehead54]

Funny but with all the inside joke banter nobody's mentioned this:

In a related development, Iran is said to have arrested the spokesman for Al Qaida, Suleiman Abu Gheith. The London-based A-Sharq Al Awsat daily reported on Friday that Iran informed the United States of Abu Gheith's arrest.

Abu Gheith, a Kuwaiti national, had publicly warned the United States of additional attacks in wake of the suicide strikes on New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001. The newspaper reported that Iran has arrested several Al Qaida members and extradited to Saudi Arabia citizens of the kingdom.

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I believe this guy was actually calling for attacks on the US - not just "warning" us. Nice catch.

[sarasota]

Yes please.

[Dog]

Iran has Suleiman Abu Gheith.

Look at post 55...

[hchutch]

Guess Rumsfeld's constant mentioning of Iran made the mullahs nervous...

SecState has a much easier job now. "Look, you can deal with me, or Rumsfeld will deal with you."

[Dog]

Angelus here is the arab paper Tunehead is talking about....can you translate what it says about Sulieman..

Sulieman in Iranian custody...

[Dog]

Good find!