Hati hati kemungkinan pengadudombaan oknum asing terhadap Al qoeda, sehingga lebih dilihat keburukan oleh dunia. Perlu ada kekuatan mengajak mereka kembali ke tempat aspirasi dan dukungan bersama dengan kedamaian.
wassalam, --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "peace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Al qoeda lebih mengaitkan masalah Islam dengan meneror, padahal > Islam adalah agama rahmat, damai, solusi dan tujuan hidup. Bila Al > qoeda ingin meneror, sebaiknya menunggu saja panggilanNya yang > sebenarnya. Karena Al qoeda tidak dapat bertanggungjawab atas > peneroran terhadap masyarakat dunia. > > Masyarakat dunia selalu diberi kekuatan memberi aspirasi secara > damai. > > > wallahu allam, > > ----------------------------- > Saudi Forces Hunt Militants After Attack > > DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia - Suspected Islamic militants sprayed gunfire > inside two Saudi oil industry compounds on the Persian Gulf, killing > at least six people � including one American � before taking hostages > at a nearby expatriate housing complex. > > Saudi security forces stormed the housing complex in search of the > militants and opened fire, though a police officer told The > Associated Press that all hostages had been freed and negotiations > were under way. > > British and Filipino citizens and Saudi guards were reportedly among > those killed at the oil industry compounds, as well as a 10-year- old > Egyptian boy whose father worked there. There were reports the death > toll could reach 15. > > It was the second deadly assault this month targeting the oil > industry in Saudi Arabia. Previous terror attacks in Saudi Arabia, > the world's biggest oil exporter, have been blamed on al-Qaida, which > has vowed to undermine the Saudi kingdom for its close ties to the > United States. > > While the attacks were under way, a statement posted on an Islamic > Web site apparently referred to them under the title, "A gift to al- > Moqrin and his heroic brothers" � a reference to AbdulAziz al- Moqrin, > believed to lead al-Qaida operations on the Arabian Peninsula. The > text of the statement was deleted, however, and it was unclear if the > posting was a claim of responsibility. > > Official Saudi statements said only that "militants" had "randomly > opened fire" and killed and wounded an unspecified number of people. > A Saudi security official, however, said the method of the attack > was "definitely inspired by al-Qaida." > > The shooting rampage started Saturday morning in the Gulf city of > Khobar, about 60 miles east of Dammam in an eastern region 250 miles > northeast of Riyadh. > > Guards at the oil industry compounds, which hold offices as well as > employee apartments, said four gunmen in military-style dress opened > fire, and then engaged in a shootout with Saudi security forces > before holing up inside the Oasis residential compound down the > street and taking hostages. > > Saudi forces fired shots inside the Oasis, officials said, speaking > on condition of anonymity. At least 10 ambulances were seen outside > the compound, an upscale complex owned by a Saudi businessman. > Hundreds of policemen surrounded the Oasis, and helicopters hovered, > witnesses said. > > At least one of the companies housed in the compounds was believed to > be Apicorp, or the Arab Petroleum Investment Corp., the investment > arm of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Companies. > > The boy who was killed was the son of an Apicorp employee, said > Mahmoud Ouf, an Egyptian consular officer in Riyadh. Apicorp had no > immediate comment. > > Other oil companies believed to be housed in the compounds included > Royal Dutch/Shell Group; Total SA; Lukoil Holdings of Russia; and > China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., or Sinopec. > > Executives from those four companies said none of their employees was > killed or injured in the attacks, a Saudi oil industry official told > AP by telephone from Dhahran. > > "They're all safe," Yahya Shinawi, in charge of operations the > eastern province branch of the Saudi Ministry of Petroleum and > Mineral Resources. > > A report carried by the official Saudi Press Agency, attributed to an > unidentified senior Interior Ministry official, said four militants > fired randomly at a company and at a residential compound at about > 7:30 a.m., then entered a residential compound "where the security > forces surrounded them in one of the buildings. They are currently > being dealt with." > > Witnesses said they saw three men with Western features lying on the > ground covered with newspapers. Those bodies were taken away in > ambulances, they said. > > The U.S. Embassy said one American was confirmed dead. The British > Foreign Office in London was investigating reports that a British > citizen also was killed. Philippines officials in Manila said they > were checking unconfirmed reports that three Filipinos were among the > dead. > > The pan-Arab satellite television network Al-Arabiya showed the body > of a man, apparently shot dead, in the driver's seat of a car and the > burned-out frame of a sport utility vehicle. Bullet holes were > visible in other vehicles shown, some with windows smashed and blood > staining the seats. > > Two security guards were believed to be dead, according to a Western > diplomat who spoke on condition of anonymity. > > Inside the Oasis compound, a police officer who identified himself > only by his rank, a major, told AP there were no more hostages but > that authorities had surrounded the gunmen and "are negotiating > certain demands." He denied reports there was shooting there. > > Lebanon's ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Chammat, told AP that > five Lebanese hostages had been released. He did not know the > nationalities of others who might have been taken captive. > > "The gunmen barged into the homes of the Lebanese at Oasis compound > and took them hostage," he said. "The gunmen began by attacking > Apicorp then they moved to the petroleum company. They were being > pursued by Saudi police, so they went into the (Oasis) compound and > took hostages." > > Witnesses, all of whom spoke on condition they not be identified, > said the militants who apparently carried out the attack used a small > car and were accompanied by another sports utility vehicle. > > Saudi Arabia launched a high-profile crackdown on terrorists after > attacks on Riyadh housing compounds in 2003, and claims to have > foiled dozens of terror plots in the kingdom. > > The most recent attack targeted the offices of Houston-based ABB > Lummus Global Inc. in the western city of Yanbu on May 1, killing six > Westerners and a Saudi. > > Saudi Arabia relies heavily on 6 million expatriate workers to run > its oil industry and other sectors. Many decided to leave, at least > temporarily, after the Yanbu attack. Then, U.S. Ambassador James C. > Oberwetter advised Americans to leave the country � a move that was > criticized by Saudi officials. > > Fears of whether Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil producer, can > protect its oil industry from terrorists were partly blamed for > recent oil price spikes to new highs. > > In April, attackers bombed a security building in Riyadh, killing > five people and injuring 148 more. > > A week ago, a German who worked as a chef for Saudi Arabia's national > airline was shot and killed by unknown assailants. Authorities are > investigating whether the attack was linked to terrorism. > > In 1996 in Dhahran, an eastern city just outside Khobar, a truck > bombing killed 19 American military personnel at the Khobar Towers > barracks ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. 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