Trusting Muslims to guard Muslims is putting the fox in the henhouse. Bruce
http://www.comcast.net/news/international/index.jsp?cat=INTERNATIONAL <http://www.comcast.net/news/international/index.jsp?cat=INTERNATIONAL&fn=/2 006/07/08/429972.html&cvqh=itn_7terrorists> &fn=/2006/07/08/429972.html&cvqh=itn_7terrorists 7 Suspected Terrorists Flee Saudi Prison By ABDULLAH SHIHRI, Associated Press Writer 3 hours ago UPDATED 2 HOURS 50 MINUTES AGO RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Seven suspected terrorists escaped from a prison in the Saudi capital, officials said Saturday _ a rare jailbreak in the tightly controlled kingdom and U.S. ally in the war on terrorism. The Saudi Interior Ministry described the fugitives as religious extremists and said they had been arrested in separate incidents during the past year. "They are extremists, they believe in the takfiri thoughts," spokesman Mansour al-Turki told The Associated Press. The radical takfiri ideology is followed by radical Sunni Muslims bent on killing anyone they consider an infidel, even fellow Muslims. Al-Turki would neither confirm nor deny media reports that the fugitives were linked to al-Qaida, saying only they had been arrested on suspicion of terrorism. One of the escapees had been detained for giving shelter to a wanted Moroccan militant, who was later killed in a firefight with Saudi forces, a security official said on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. Al-Turki said the men _ six Saudis and a Yemeni _ escaped "a few days ago." The Interior Ministry urged the fugitives to turn themselves in to avoid a postponement of their trial and to benefit from "the king's generosity," state-run Al-Ekhbariya television reported. The network said the fugitives had been arrested for "security-related issues," a term used by Saudi authorities to describe terrorism charges. The ministry and state television said the men escaped from Malaz, one of the main prisons in Riyadh, and warned the population against giving them shelter or assistance. Al-Turki said the prison was located in a residential area. In May, the pan-Arab television station Al-Arabiya aired a video of a man identifying himself as an al-Qaida member and saying he had escaped from a Riyadh prison. Standing in front of a map of Saudi Arabia, the man described his escape, saying he was able to "take advantage of the situation" and slip out of an interrogation room when an argument erupted between investigators and prison guards. Saudi officials declined to comment on the May 15 tape, and no al-Qaida detainees were reported missing from Saudi prisons at that time. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
