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AQ Persian Gulf Ops Chief Killed in Saudi Arabia...
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| 3/15/04
Posted on 03/15/2004 5:25:04 PM PST by Cheetah1
Breaking...
TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: abuhazim; abuhazimalshair; alhajj; almezeini; alshair; haj; hazim; khaledalihaj; saudiarabia; terrororistkilled
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To: Mr. Buzzcut
And is being introduced to his 72 Ho's.
21
posted on
03/15/2004 5:38:19 PM PST
by
kylaka
(The Clintons are the democRATS crack cocaine. They know they're bad for them, they just can't stop.)
To: Mr. Buzzcut
22
posted on
03/15/2004 5:40:39 PM PST
by
Happy2BMe
(U.S.A. - - United We Stand - - Divided We Fall - - Support Our Troops - - Vote BUSH)
To: kylaka
no....sodium pentathal treatment...
we need to get to all of these assasins and the sooner the better
23
posted on
03/15/2004 5:42:22 PM PST
by
cherry
To: cherry
Um. Pentothal won't work. He's dead.
24
posted on
03/15/2004 5:44:37 PM PST
by
FrogMom
(There really ARE barbarians at the gate!)
To: Dog
One less terrorist polluting the world. Let's hope the scumbag had a programmed cellphone and a loaded computer zip disk nearby.
25
posted on
03/15/2004 5:55:46 PM PST
by
Coop
("Hero" is the last four-letter word I'd use to describe John Kerry)
To: Argus
Pictures of his head on a pike, please. Don't know what the Saudis do with the severed head, don't think they put it on a pike, but that is their method of capital punishment, IIRC.
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posted on
03/15/2004 6:21:11 PM PST
by
El Gato
(Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
To: Lijahsbubbe
For the life of me, I can't ululate. It's a good thing I'm not Muslim or ME.
27
posted on
03/15/2004 6:23:01 PM PST
by
tiki
To: Lijahsbubbe
Present and ululating!!
also ROFL
To: Cheetah1
I hope this guy was celebrating the Spanish elections when this happened.
29
posted on
03/15/2004 6:26:00 PM PST
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: Cheetah1
Donning tin-foil bonnet: He probably knew that Al-Qaeda really was not responsible for 3/11. It was a hit by socialists of the planet to keep him quiet. Or some such theory.
To: Cheetah1
Unfortunately, this raises more questions than it answers.
/sarcasm
To: All
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040316/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saudi_militants&e=1&ncid= RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi security forces killed two militants, including one considered al-Qaida's chief of operations on the Arabian Peninsula, in a shootout in the capital of Riyadh on Monday, U.S. and Saudi officials said.
A Saudi Interior Ministry statement said the two were killed in the al-Nasseem neighborhood, in eastern Riyadh, in an exchange of fire with security forces on Monday afternoon.
Abu Hazim al-Sha'ir, a Yemeni believed to be about 30, was the senior al-Qaida figure in the region, a U.S. counterterrorism official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. The official said his death represented a "major, very significant blow" to al-Qaida. "This guy was involved in ongoing terrorist planning and plotting," the official added.
The Saudi Interior Ministry identified the dead as Khaled Ali Haj, a Yemeni, and Ibrahim bin Abdul-Aziz bin Mohammed al-Mezeini, a Saudi. Haj is another named used by Abu Hazim, according to the U.S. counterterrosim official, who ranked third on the government's list of 26 most wanted militants. The other dead militant's name was not on the list.
The suspects were riding in a vehicle and refused to stop for a spot identification check by members of the security forces. The suspects began shooting at the security forces, who returned fire, killing the two, the statement said.
The Saudi statement said six hand grenades, two AK-47 assault rifles, three 9mm pistols and $137,000 in cash were found in the vehicle. The security forces took no casualties, according to the statement.
Abu Hazim is believed to have trained in al-Qaida's Afghan camps in 1999 and later to have served as bin Laden's bodyguard. Before Sept. 11, he traveled frequently to the Arabian peninsula, to southeast Asia and to Afghanistan.
U.S. officials have also tied him to the May 12 bombings of residential complexes in Riyadh and possibly to some Saudi-based planning of operations targeting the United States.
The Saudi government's list of 26 militants are wanted in connection with Riyadh bombings last year that killed 51 people.
The deputy Saudi interior minister, Ahmed bin Abdul-Aziz, said last month an unspecified number of those on the list are now in custody.
The government is offering a reward of $267,000 for information leading to the arrest of any suspect on the list.
Two militants from the list were killed last year in clashes with the security forces. Only one suspect on the list is known to have surrendered to authorities after it was made public in December.
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posted on
03/15/2004 7:07:40 PM PST
by
saquin
To: El Gato
This is looking good.
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posted on
03/15/2004 7:10:35 PM PST
by
txhurl
To: alley cat; Lijahsbubbe
Ululatin' NOTHIN'!
Let's just commence to yellin' a good ol' Texas YEEEEEEEE-HAAAWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!
To: Cheetah1
Just keep killing 'em baby!!!! Soon there won't be enough of 'em left to keep a camel happy.
35
posted on
03/15/2004 8:21:46 PM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Any day you wake up is a good day.)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
good news bump
36
posted on
03/15/2004 9:06:00 PM PST
by
amom
To: amom
WOO HOO!
To: Cheetah1
We should have shared ideas with him before we killed him.
To: Cheetah1
Make it so!!!
39
posted on
03/15/2004 9:20:43 PM PST
by
dennisw
(“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.”)
To: Cheetah1
Are we not surprised that the Saudis didn't take him alive. Dead men tell no tales.
The Saudis know that the US and the EU are getting worried over the successful al Queda operation in Spain (election stealing through mass murder) and would need to quickly show the public some spectacular win in the war on terror. The Saudis probably had this guy under surveillance (if not protection) and waited until they needed a big trophy catch to pacify the West, before they sent him to meet Allah.
Want to take odds on whether or not the Saudis turn over the corpses for finger print and DNA testing? The real AQ operative could have just been "erased" with some poor schmo that happens to look like the guy substituting for his corpse.
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posted on
03/15/2004 10:39:14 PM PST
by
anymouse
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