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  • al-Qaida Leader in Saudi Arabia Killed

    08/18/2005 1:51:27 PM PDT · by Petey139 · 20 replies · 805+ views
    AP (Via Yahoo) ^ | 18th Aug. '05 | ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI
    RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Police raids touched off fierce gunbattles Thursday that killed six Islamic extremists, and authorities said the dead included al-Qaida's leader in Saudi Arabia, whose hideout was found to hold the head of a murdered American last summer. Saleh Mohammed al-Aoofi, the kingdom's top fugitive, had led local al-Qaida operations since his predecessor was killed by police a year ago during a crackdown on religious militants in the homeland of Osama bin Laden and most of the Sept. 11 suicide hijackers. Al-Aoofi was believed involved in the June 2004 kidnapping and beheading of engineer Paul M. Johnson...
  • Saudis: Country's Al Qaeda Leader Killed in Shootout

    08/18/2005 6:14:09 AM PDT · by sure_fine · 73 replies · 3,852+ views
    foxnews.com ^ | August 18, 2005 | AP writer
    RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Al Qaeda's leader in Saudi Arabia was killed Thursday during clashes with police in the western city of Medina (search), the Interior Ministry said. Saleh Mohammed al-Aoofi (search) was among six Al Qaeda-linked militants reported killed during police raids on numerous locations in that holy city and the capital, Riyadh, Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour al-Turki (search) told The Associated Press.
  • Qatari theatre hit by explosion

    03/19/2005 12:40:11 PM PST · by myddf · 31 replies · 2,143+ views
    bbc ^ | 3/19/04
    <p>An explosion has rocked a British school near the capital of the Gulf state of Qatar, Arabic television and witnesses have said. The blast is reported to have happened during a performance at a theatre, although it is unclear whether this was at the school or nearby.</p>
  • Anti-Western Sentiment on Rise in Qatar

    03/20/2005 1:02:08 PM PST · by Nachum · 5 replies · 489+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | Mar 20, 2005 | JIM KRANE, Associated Press Writer
    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Qatar and other energy-rich countries of the Persian Gulf are some of the most crime-free places on Earth and among the most friendly to U.S. interests. Even so, anti-Western feelings are on the rise, and with a Saudi crackdown on terror pushing militants into neighboring countries, observers say the Gulf states must act fast to prevent more bombings like Saturday's theater blast in Doha to halt serious damage to the region's appeal to Western tourists, residents and business. "If the Qataris can dismantle this cell quickly and prove they are effective, I don't think this...
  • Saudi Arabia Al-Qaida Cell Acknowledges Deaths of Three Members; Battle Was to Defend Leader's Wife

    07/26/2004 7:16:38 PM PDT · by nuconvert · 15 replies · 631+ views
    AP ^ | July 26, 2004
    Saudi Arabia Al-Qaida Cell Acknowledges Deaths of Three Members, Says Battle Was to Defend Leader's Wife By Sarah El Deeb/Associated Press CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A message purportedly from an al-Qaida cell in Saudi Arabia surfaced Monday with the acknowledgment that three of its militants were killed in a shootout last week with security forces. In the statement, which was found on Islamic Web sites, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula gave its own account of the July 20 raid on a house in Riyadh, describing it as battle to defend the wife and family of their leader. The house was...