Riyadh bombing mastermind said in Saudi custody

Reuters | By Carol Giacomo and Toby Zakaria

[Admin Moderator]

AP Update.

[Angelus Errare]

According to the Saudis, Jehanni is dead ...

http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.asp?D=6/7/03&ID=15207

One of the perpetrators of the Riyadh bombings was said to be Khalid ibn Muslim al-Arawi al-Juhani, aka Khalid ibn Mohammed al-Jehanni. If the Saudis are now saying that he's alive, then either somebody resurrected him or we have yet another contradiction from the Saudis.

Also, per ganeshpuri89, the Saudis have threatened al-Ghamdi's family if he didn't surrender:

http://alphabetcity.blogspot.com/2003_06_15_alphabetcity_archive.html#95779766

[Uncle Miltie]

"Al-Ghamdi" is the surname of two of the 19 9/11 hijackers.

[BOBTHENAILER]

This guy could be hearing the theme song from "Barney the Dinosaur" early - and often. Heh heh heh.

If the Saudi's follow precedent, this puke will soon be publicly losing his mind......at the neck.

[Southack]

"Al-Ghamdi" is the surname of two of the 19 9/11 hijackers."

Not quite. I'm pretty certain that "Al" in Arabic means "from" in English, so "Al-Ghamdi" would mean "from Ghamdi", as in a city or district called Ghamdi, sorta like Occam of Occam's Razor fame was William of Occam, as in, from the British city of Occam.

[Southack]

"The Saudi-related source said the suspect, Ali Abdul Rachman Al-Gamdi, also known as Abu Bakr al-Azdi..."

I don't speak Arabic, so take this with a grain of salt, but so far as I know "Ali" means "Great" and Adbul means "slave", so Ali Abdul Rachman would be "Great Slave Rachman", and Ali Abdul Rachman Al-Gamdi would be Great Slave Rachman from Gamdi.

Likewise, since "Abu" means "father" then "Abu Bakr al-Azdi" would mean "Father of Bakr from Azdi".

So this is how so many Muslims have more than one name. The guy has his childhood name and then he has his post-marital name. He's not just Great Slave Rachman born in Gamdi, but now he is the Father of Bakr who was born in Azdi.

[Uncle Miltie]

"from Ghamdi", as in a city

"Sergeant, load up a MOAB."

[Southack]

Negative, we need the Intel.

[FreeReign]

According to the Saudis, Jehanni is dead ...

Who is the "official source"?

[Southack]

Cool!

[dagnabbit]

...a source close to the Saudi Embassy in Washington

[Angelus Errare]

Run by our good pal Prince Nayef, who thinks the Jews were behind 9/11.

[Imal]

The Saudi-related source said the suspect, Ali Abdul Rachman Al-Gamdi, also known as Abu Bakr al-Azdi, a senior Saudi-based al Qaeda operative, surrendered to Saudi authorities. But the U.S. official said the man was "captured."

Sheesh! The Saudis are better at psyops than we are, and this example proves it.

It is much better to announce a surrender than a capture. A surrender of a key leader can devastate the morale and motivation of the enemy, while a capture may merely inform and embolden him.

So what the bloody hell, then?

[Angelus Errare]

Much obliged, Robert.

[Coop]

Now that I have time to look at this article, this guy - Ali Abd al-Rahman al-Faqasi al-Ghamdi - appears to be the same one reportedly captured back in late May:

CBS Story

Hmmmm. Any thoughts?