Posted on 07/15/2007 2:46:27 PM PDT by Victory111
Dubai: Hundreds of Saudi militants are either on trial or detained in Iraq for insurgency, officials said yesterday amid a report that Saudis constitute nearly 45 per cent of the foreign fighters in the country.
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Some day, in the not too distant future we will see them leaving in droves with truckloads of petro dollars on their way to whatever country will have them.
And all our petro dollars are fueling this hatred because we are to idiotic to drill for more oil in the North Slope and the many proven offshore deposits that could be accomplished with the stroke of an executive pen.
And when their oil runs out they will going back to being goat herders.
The true parties to the fight are in the arena now-Saudi Arabia and Iran are fighting to the end. Who will control the Middle East? Who will be the countrweight to Israel? It has been Saudi Arabia—now Iran want to make a bid for power..........
If the insurgents are forced to recruit nearly 1/2 of their strength from outside Iraq, it demonstrates that they are desperate.
The US has these people on the run. We cannot pull out now.
Another year or six months should finish off the insurgents.
President George Bush today commented on the recent terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia and efforts to fight terrorists in the kingdom. He once again commended Saudi Arabia for its work with the United States in combating global terrorism. The president was participating in a White House ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the “All-Volunteer Force.”
Regarding Saudi Arabia’s war on terrorism Bush said:
“...are among many governments that understand the threat of terror and are determined to root it out.
“After the terrible attacks in Riyadh on May the 12th, the government of Saudi Arabia has intensified its longstanding efforts against the al Qaeda network. Recently Saudi’s security services apprehended Abu Bakr, believed to be a central figure in the Riyadh bombing, and killed a major al Qaeda operational planner and fundraiser, a man known in terrorist circles as “Swift Sword.”
“Saudi authorities have also uncovered terrorist operations in the holy city of Mecca, demonstrating once again that terrorists hold nothing sacred and have no home in any religion. America and Saudi Arabia face a common terrorist threat, and we appreciate the strong, continuing efforts of the Saudi government in fighting that threat.
“The war on terror also continues in Iraq..
Saudi Arabia: Sri Lankan teenager faces beheading within days
Posted: 06 July 2007
A Sri Lankan teenager in Saudi Arabia faces beheading within days after being convicted of murder, despite having had no legal representation at her trial and reportedly being only 17 at the time of the alleged crime.
Rizana Nafeek, a domestic worker, was sentenced to death on 16 June for the alleged murder of an infant in her care. She was arrested in May 2005, had no access to lawyers either during interrogation or at her trial and was believed to have confessed to the murder during police questioning. She has since retracted her confession. Despite facing imminent execution she still has no legal representation.
In Saudi Arabia court proceedings routinely fall far short of international standards for fair trial, and take place behind closed doors. Defendants normally do not have formal representation by a lawyer and are often convicted solely on the basis of confessions obtained under duress, torture or deception.
Rizana Nafeek is believed to have appealed against her sentence, but if her appeal is unsuccessful she could be executed within days.
Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said:
‘The death penalty is always wrong but it is an absolute scandal that Saudi Arabia is preparing to behead a teenage girl who didn’t even have a lawyer at her trial.
‘The Saudi authorities are flouting an international prohibition on the execution of child offenders by even imposing a death sentence on a defendant who was reportedly 17 at the time of the alleged crime.
‘Rizana’s execution must be stopped and she must be allowed proper legal representation. Saudi Arabia should also freeze all further executions and stop what has become a torrent of judicial killing in recent months.’
Rizana has apparently informed the authorities that she was born in February 1988, but the Saudi authorities have reportedly ignored this on the basis that her passport indicated that she was born in 1982. According to information available to Amnesty International, no medical examination is believed to have been carried out to ascertain her age, nor was she given the opportunity to present her birth certificate, which reportedly shows that she was born in 1988.
In January 2006 Saudi Arabia assured the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child that no children had been executed in the country since the children’s convention came into force in Saudi Arabia in 1997. This is a weaker commitment than is required by the convention, which demands that no one is executed for crimes committed when they were under 18, no matter how old they are now.
Amnesty International is raising urgent concern over the plight of Rizana Nafeek at a time when executions in Saudi Arabia have increased rapidly. In the first six months of this year nearly 100 people in the Kingdom have already been executed, including three women. Half of these have been foreign nationals, mostly from poor countries like Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Iraq.
In 2006 Saudi Arabia was known to have executed 39 people (though the true figure may have been higher), the seventh highest number in the world. This year the execution ‘rate’ is approximately five times higher than last year’s, and Saudi Arabia is now likely to have one of the highest execution tolls for 2007 of any country in the world.
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Isn’t Mecca in Saudi Arabia?
The Iraq government should outdo the Saudis for beheadings this year.
It's ALWAYS been the Saudis. They've been funding terrorism against the USA for over 25 years - maybe longer.
"...Some day, in the not too distant future we will see them leaving in droves with truckloads of petro dollars on their way to whatever country will have them..."
The entire Saudi Royal Family all have mansions and palaces all over the world, and a private fleet of the best jet aircraft standing at-the-ready to get them out at a moments notice.
Oddly, Switzerland is quite popular with them - probably because the money is stashed there, like Arafatso ..................... FRegards
The Saudis must be really afraid of a Shiite dominated Iraq. More so than they are afraid of Al Qaeda. But why get into gun fights with Al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia when you can instead export the group to countries that you don’t like?
Where did you read that nearly 1/2 of the insurgency comes from outside Iraq?
I read, in the article, that 45% of the foreign insurgent fighters come from Saudi Arabia. I didn't see it claim what % of the insurgency comes from foreigners.
You may have a point. I read that only 10% of the suicide bombers come from Iraqi insurgents.
Why aren't we stomping the hell out of them?
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