Zitat:US personnel under fire near Riyadh


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Riyadh, June 2 - US military personnel who train the Saudi national guard came under fire outside the Saudi capital on Wednesday, but none were hurt, the US embassy said. ... ...

Zitat:Saudi Militants Fire at Americans, Oil Off Peak
Wed Jun 2, 2004 08:02 PM ET
By Samia Nakhoul
RIYADH (Reuters) - Suspected militants shot at U.S. military personnel in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, adding to fears over stability that have sent oil prices to record highs since 22 people, mostly foreigners, were killed in an al Qaeda attack.

Saudi forces also killed two militants linked to the weekend shooting and hostage-taking spree on oil firms and Western compounds in the eastern oil city of Khobar, officials said.
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Zitat:Riad - Nach dem Terrorangriff in Khobar haben saudiarabische Behörden dreien der Täter freies Geleit zugesichert und die mutmaßlichen El-Kaida-Terroristen flüchten lassen. Nachdem bereits zehn Geiseln getötet worden seien, hätten amerikanische Behörden dazu geraten, um weiteres Blutvergießen zu vermeiden, verlautete am Mittwochabend aus Sicherheitskreisen in Riad. Das Innenministerium hatte zunächst erklärt, die Extremisten hätten bei ihrer Flucht am Sonntag Geiseln als menschliche Schutzschilde benutzt.

Bislang eine Festnahme

Nach Angaben des Gewährsmannes verließen die drei das Gebäude in der Nacht, bevor Spezialeinheiten die Wohnanlage stürmten. Die Täter seien anschließend in einem gestohlenen Wagen geflohen. Einen vierten Komplizen hätten sie zurückgelassen, in der Meinung, er sei getötet worden. Der Mann wurde verletzt festgenommen...........

Zitat:Irish cameraman shot dead in Saudi capital
Sun 6 June, 2004 21:36

By Samia Nakhoul

RIYADH (Reuters) - An Irish cameraman has been shot and killed and a British journalist wounded after gunmen fired on them as they filmed in an Islamist militant area of the Saudi capital Riyadh, security sources and diplomats say.
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Zitat:American Shot to Death in Saudi Arabia

Jun 8, 10:22 AM (ET)

By DONNA ABU-NASR

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - An American citizen was shot and killed Tuesday in Saudi Arabia, a U.S. Embassy official said, the second deadly shooting of a Westerner in the kingdom in three days.

"We can confirm that an American has been killed in Riyadh," a U.S. Embassy official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. He provided no further details.
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Zitat:Wahabi vs. Wahabi

By Walid Phares
FrontPageMagazine.com | June 8, 2004

"And remember," said Osama bin Laden in his February 11, 2003 audio tape to al Jazeera, "those who deal with the infidels will be treated as infidels." The master of al Qaeda, angry with his former friends of the 1980s, blasted the Saudis for not cutting their relationship short with the US and its allies.
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Zitat:SAUDI-ARABIEN

Sympathie für Landsmann Bin Laden

Eine Umfrage bringt das saudische Königreich in Verlegenheit. Fast die Hälfte ihrer Untertanen stimmt demnach den Hasspredigten von Osama Bin Laden zu. Die Saudis mögen, was der Terrorist über den Irak, Afghanistan, die USA und Israel zu sagen hat.
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Zitat:American Shot and Killed in Saudi Capital

Sat Jun 12,12:29 PM ET Add Top Stories - AP to My Yahoo!

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - An American was shot and killed Saturday in the Saudi capital, police said, in the third slaying of a Westerner in the kingdom in a week.
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Zitat:Al-Qaida Claims U.S. Slaying and Hostage

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - A purported al-Qaida statement Saturday claimed the terror group had kidnapped one American man in the Saudi capital and killed another American. It threatened to treat the captive as U.S. troops treated Iraqi prisoners.
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Zitat:Saudi Qaeda tape says shows killing of American
12 Jun 2004 23:35:08 GMT

DUBAI, June 13 (Reuters) - A purported al Qaeda videotape posted on an Islamist website on Sunday claims to show the killing of a U.S. employee in the Saudi capital Riyadh last week.

"The murder of the Jewish American Robert Jacob, who worked for the Vinnell espionage firm," a statement announcing the video on the Website says.
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Zitat:Commander of the Khobar Terrorist Squad Tells the Story of the Operation

The 18th issue of the Al-Qa'ida-identified journal 'Sawt Al-Jihad' included an interview with Fawwaz bin Muhammad Al-Nashami, commander of the Al-Quds Brigade that took responsibility for the May 29 attack at Khobar, Saudi Arabia, in which 22 people were killed. The following are excerpts from the interview: [1]

Planning the Operation
Sawt Al-Jihad: "Praise be to Allah … and gratitude be to Him … and prayer and peace upon him [the Prophet] who, when asked, 'What on the part of man makes the Lord happy?' answered, 'That he [the believer] should engage in face-to-face combat with the enemy while unarmored.'
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Zitat:U.S. Urges Americans to Exit Saudi Arabia

Tue Jun 15, 5:33 AM ET Add White House - AP Cabinet & State to My Yahoo!


By PAULINE JELINEK, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The U.S. government is renewing its call for Americans to leave Saudi Arabia after the recent terrorist attacks, saying the safety of U.S. workers was more important than any effect on oil supplies or the Saudi economy.
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Zitat:Islamic Group Shows Tape of U.S. Hostage

Jun 15, 7:19 PM (ET)

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - An Islamic Web site showed videotape Tuesday of a blindfolded American hostage in Saudi Arabia, and said abductors threatened to kill him unless Saudi authorities free al-Qaida prisoners within three days.

Paul Johnson, 49, of Stafford Township, N.J., was abducted Saturday by a group calling itself al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. The organization is believed to be headed by al-Qaida's chief in the kingdom, Abdullah-aziz al-Moqrin, who was identified as speaking on the tape.
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Zitat:Saudi Officials Reinforce Crown Prince Abdallah's Accusation that Zionists Are Behind Terror Attacks in Saudi Arabia

At the Saudi embassy in Washington D.C. on June 2, 2004, U.S. and Saudi officials held a news conference to announce stricter Saudi government oversight of charitable organizations which have been accused of supporting terrorism.
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The officials were asked by the media about comments made by Crown Prince Abdallah in reaction to the May 1, 2004 terrorist attack in Yunbu, Saudi Arabia, in which seven people were killed. On the day after the attack, Crown Prince Abdallahstated at a gathering of Saudi dignitaries that "Zionists" were to blame: "This is seduction. You all know who is behind it all. Zionism is behind it. It has become clear now. It has become clear to us. I don't say, I mean… It is not 100%, but 95% [certain] that the Zionist hands are behind what happened. But I tell you that you can be 100% sure that, Allah willing, this country will be victorious, whoever the faction that turns against it may be. But we are convinced that Zionism is behind everything.
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