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Saudi Nationals Join Fighting Against US In Iraq [Funded by Royal Family]
World Tribune Breaking News and Middle East Newsline ^
| June 11, 2003
| Speical Report Staff
Posted on 06/11/2003 5:52:46 PM PDT by ewing
Saudi Nationals have joined the Sunni insurgency against United States Troops in Iraq. At least one US Soldier daily has been killed over the past few weeks.
Meanwhile a US based Saudi opposition organization has reported that two Saudi Nationals have been killed in the sporadic fighting Middle East Newsline reported.
Last week, the US Armys Third Division sent its 2nd Brigade to launch an operation in several Sunni cities to quell the insurgency.
US Officials confimed that Saudi nationals have financed and participated in the Sunni insurgency. They said elements in Saudi Arabia view the US Military presence in Iraq as that of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the late 1980's.
Western diplomatic sources said that that members of the Royal Family have helped to finance the Sunni insurgency against Iraq. They said they have helped purchase weapons and send Saudi nationals to fight in Iraq.
More than 100 Saudi nationals have been sent to help the Sunni insurgency in Iraq, the sources said. They said this includes the Saudis who have played a role in attacks on US combat forces in Faluja, located 65 kilometers west of Baghdad and regarded as the center of Sunni resistance.
On Wednesday, the London based Al Hayat daily reported the US Troops captured nearly 400 suspected Iraqi insurgents in a search operation in several Sunni cities.
(Excerpt) Read more at worldtribune.com ...
TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cfr; chalabi; fallujah; faluja; foreignrelations; funding; iia; interimauthority; iraq; iraqifreedom; orha; rebuildingiraq; royals; saudi; saudiarabia; sunni; war
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Those Saudi Royals had better consider their next actions extremely carefully..
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posted on
06/11/2003 5:52:46 PM PDT
by
ewing
To: ewing
Why, they've gotten away with more than murder so far.
Who's going to say boo to them?
To: swarthyguy
8-11 US Army Divisions on their borders?
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posted on
06/11/2003 5:54:52 PM PDT
by
ewing
To: ewing
Hmmmm. ~grin~
To: ewing
Quit treating the World Tribune like it's a reputable news source. It's horrible. It is agenda reporting at best.
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posted on
06/11/2003 5:58:41 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: ewing
Like this is any surprise, why they supported Osama and Al-Queda, who in turn gave us 9/11...
Trust our Arab allies, I'd rather trust the Clintons
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posted on
06/11/2003 6:21:08 PM PDT
by
cavtrooper21
("..he's not heavy, sir. He's my brother...")
To: Dog Gone
Ok! That's good enough for me. Lets just drop the subject. Comletely ignore this source. Thanks for the direction.
Will someone please call the FBI & CiA and inform them of this move.
Gees!
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posted on
06/11/2003 6:23:26 PM PDT
by
chachacha
To: cavtrooper21
Werent 18 of the 9/11 boys Saudis?
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posted on
06/11/2003 6:27:09 PM PDT
by
ewing
To: chachacha
This is good news if an Arab paper in London is reporting that 400 Sunnis have been captured by US Troops.
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posted on
06/11/2003 6:28:17 PM PDT
by
ewing
To: swarthyguy
I like the smell of 500 captured Sunnis in the morning.. sells like victory!
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posted on
06/11/2003 6:29:51 PM PDT
by
ewing
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And, as the reports put it, "Arabs of undetermined origin", ie Syria, Jordan, Egypt, the West Bank and Gaza.
They're just looking for a home.
G.I.'s in Iraqi City Are Stalked by Faceless Enemies at Night
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posted on
06/11/2003 6:58:25 PM PDT
by
SJackson
To: ewing
"400 Sunnis have been captured by US Troops." Tsk, tsk, off to GITMO. If the Royal Family is behind this, we can arrange to reduce their income by the occupation of their oil fields and refineries. Who knows, it may also reduce the price of gasoline to 10 cents a gallon.
To: chachacha
You're right. Please feel free to believe the World Tribune.
It's not fair for me to hold them accountable for their previous "news" stories.
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posted on
06/11/2003 7:02:49 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: seamole
"Saudi Arabia's STATE-SUPPORTED clergy has encouraged Saudi nationals to volunteer to fight in Iraq against the United States. Several of the clerics have termed anti-U.S. operations a religious duty."
OK, so the theocratic mouthpieces for the Saudi monarchy have declared war on the United States. In all likelihood, Saudi nationals have had a hand in killing members of the U.S. force of liberation in Iraq since the conclusion of the war.
Memo to President Bush: Skip the lectures to Israel on its self-defense policies. Instead, tell the bandit princes in Riyadh to muzzle their imams. Otherwise, Saudi Arabia might just become the more accident-prone nation on earth.
If they don't get the hint, it's because they're too arrogant or too stupid.
Sort of like Saddam ... the former ruler of Iraq.
To: ewing
Yes sir, and some were connected to Saudi VIPs to boot...
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posted on
06/11/2003 7:13:05 PM PDT
by
cavtrooper21
("..he's not heavy, sir. He's my brother...")
To: ewing
And what are we doing with these 400 Sunnis? Letting them go never to do it again? Why don't we just get rid of them to show everyone we mean business? And Fallajah needs a parking lot worthy of the entire city! I've lost my patience with all of these neanderthal specimens.
To: ewing; swarthyguy
U.S. to Repatriate More (Saudi) Guantanamo Inmates-Powell Oh yeah - Those Saudis are real scared of the Bush Administration. They blow away 3,000 Americans on 9-11, travel to Afghanistan to kill U.S. soldiers, go to Iraq to kill more U.S. soldiers, blow up American civilians in Saudi Arabia - and get away clean with all of it.
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posted on
06/11/2003 7:58:58 PM PDT
by
dagnabbit
(Tancredo for President 2004)
To: SJackson
Please include me on your ping list.
To: ewing
World Tribune
:Western diplomatic sources said that that members of the Royal Family have helped to finance the Sunni insurgency against Iraq. ewing:Those Saudi Royals had better consider their next actions extremely carefully.
I make no conclusions based on unnamed sources. Appearently, you do.
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posted on
06/11/2003 8:08:13 PM PDT
by
FreeReign
(V5.0 Enterprise Edition)
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