Posted on 06/18/2004 2:45:01 PM PDT by M. Peach
Just reported on Fox News
Yep, about right now he is looking around wondering where his 72 virgins are and trying to figure out why its so damn hot?
More playmates for Mohammed.
It is possible -- possible -- that the Saudi's didn't want to go in while there was a hostage for fear that they would kill him. Once the hostage is dead, there's no fear of collateral damage. The Saudis hate this, non-Arabs run the country and they will be leaving or demanding more money to stay.
purely defensive AND NIBBLING AROUND THE EDGES of a proper response!
Hey-I don't know why some of you are unhappy.
There is now one less terrorist in the world.
I for one am thanking God!!!
May he reincarnate as a pig -
If the Saudi government wanted to get on the good side of a lot of Americans they would release the terrorist hostages from their prisons now. HEADS FIRST!
If the terrorists have the tracking system, those kidnap targets would be sitting ducks.
I meant the terrorist mastermind, not Mr. Johnson.
That was exactly my reaction. According to a late news report I caught on local news radio here in L.A., the perpetrators were caught in the act of dumping the body. Hmmmm...
I'm hoping he was sprinkled with some bacon grease. This is a good start. I tell you, I am in an intemperate mood and thoughts of internment camps for Muslims here doesn't seem so bad right now.
Finally, somebody with a rational thought.
Ern,
When has Mansoor's inside info ever turned out to be true, other than his alleged offer from Sudan to Clinton of UBL?
Isn't it pretty sad that Rita Cosby gets more scoops than Mansoor?
Close to what?
Wonderland with Alice?
How is it that the Saudi's found the killers now after they killed Johnson? Why not before hand? And is there proof he and the others are dead? Too bad they didn't behead them. Perhaps the Saudis should take 20 0f the terrorists for every one American...we couldn't do that the Saudis can however..
"Uh huh. They had how many days to find him and failed, but found the assassin in four hours!
The only thing more amazing is the number of people here that buy in on this propagandistic B.S."
More than likely Johnson was killed days ago because the animals knew we would not negotiate.
Sorry, but I don't completely trust the Saudis after they did such a poor job a couple of weeks ago. Most of the terrorists got away...the ones that were killing foreigners/hostages who admitted to being Christian. Remember?
Judge Napolitono said something to the effect that this maggot also trained recruits in Bosnia/Kosovo. Thats just great, ol slick willy providing air support for alQueda.
Yep it just never ends....
Here is the FOX News report of the story :
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,123117,00.html
Saudi Al Qaeda Leader Killed in Riyadh
Friday, June 18, 2004
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia The leader of Al Qaeda (search) in Saudi Arabia (search) was believed killed in a raid in the capital Friday, hours after his group claimed the beheading of an American engineer, Saudi security officials said.
A U.S. official confirmed that Abdulaziz al-Moqrin (search) has been killed. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the information.
To establish identities, one Saudi official said forensic tests would be conducted on three bodies of militants killed in a shootout in a downtown neighborhood shortly after the discovery of Paul M. Johnson Jr.'s (search) body.
The killing of al-Moqrin, 31, would be a coup for the Saudi goverment, which has been under intense pressure to halt a wave of attacks against Westerners in the kingdom.
The Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya satellite station, which first reported al-Moqrin's death, said two other militants were also killed in the raid, and another was wounded and arrested. All three dead militants were on Saudi Arabia's list of most wanted men, security officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Two suspects escaped, he said, said one Saudi security official who took part in the raid.
Al-Moqrin, who trained with Usama bin Laden (search) in Afghanistan, is believed to be the leader of the group calling itself Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which claimed responsibility for Johnson's beheading.
Al-Moqrin's group has also claimed responsibility for most attacks against Westerners in Saudi Arabia in the past two months.
FOX News just now reports that U.S. Intel confirms this report.
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