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Topic: Gunfight in Madeenah?
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 Moosaa
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As-Salaamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullaah
Does anyone in Madeenah or elsewhere know anything about this?
CNN claims:
Unofficial Saudi sources told CNN on Wednesday the eight were arrested after a gun battle Tuesday in the Muslim holy city of Medina in western Saudi Arabia.
Moosaa Richardson
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سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك
أشهد أن لا إله إلا أنت
أستغفرك وأتوب إليك
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| amr.basheer
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Riyadh Blasts Mastermind, 10 Others Held
Mohammed Alkhereiji, Arab News Staff
JEDDAH, 29 May 2003 ? Interior Minister Prince Naif yesterday announced the arrest of 11 wanted persons including three religious men who allegedly instigated terrorist attacks. The arrests took place in Madinah during the past two days.
?Yes, they included Ali Fahd Al-Khudair, Ahmed Hamoud Mufreh Al-Khaledi and Nasir Ahmed Al-Fuhaid, who claim they are muftis and sheikhs... but they are far from it and they don?t have any standing,? he told reporters.
Addressing a press conference in Tabuk in the north, Prince Naif also disclosed that Saudi security agents had identified six of the nine suicide bombers who carried out the May 12 terrorist attacks in Riyadh.
?Four of the six are from the 19 men whose names were announced earlier,? the minister said, referring to the list of Al-Qaeda suspects published by the Interior Ministry on May 6.
Saudi sources yesterday revealed that the arrested persons included an Al-Qaeda suspect who allegedly masterminded the May 12 suicide attacks that left 34 people dead and some 200 injured.
But Prince Naif did not confirm that report. ?It is better if we depend on statements based on facts... We?ll provide you with all the details when investigations are completed,? he said.
?I would like to tell you that security officers arrested 11 persons in Madinah yesterday and today. One of them tried to escape but was stopped on the Madinah-Makkah Road. There were three non-Saudi women with him and it appears they are the wives of some of the arrested persons,? the prince said.
Prince Naif denied reports that some suspects had been killed during the arrest. ?I want to clarify that none of them have been killed. They are all alive. No one was hurt as the arrests took place without use of weapons.?
The minister estimated the total number of suspects arrested following the Riyadh bombings at 21. ?We?ll give more details about the arrests shortly,? he said.
According to Al-Watan newspaper, the arrests took place at an Internet cafe in Madinah and the arrested suspects included Ali Abdul Rahman Al-Ghamdi, who is believed to be the mastermind of the Riyadh bombings.
US officials have said Al-Ghamdi is one of the top Al-Qaeda men in the Kingdom. Al-Watan also quoted witnesses at the Internet cafe as saying that Al-Ghamdi arrived at the cafe first and was joined later by two companions.
The three reportedly performed Zuhr prayers with workers at the cafe. Police, who had surrounded the area, arrested them while they were leaving the cafe, the paper said, adding that they did not resist.
Al-Ghamdi?s name was among the 19 men wanted in connection with a cache of weapons and explosives found in Riyadh in May.
Al-Ghamdi, 29, was born in Riyadh. He studied economics and business management at King Abdul Aziz University, but dropped out before obtaining a degree. He traveled to Afghanistan several times, Al-Watan reported.
Asharq Al-Awsat, a sister publication of Arab News, said the 11 arrested were Al-Qaeda members.
High-level Saudi sources told the Arabic daily that some of the suspects were staying at a house in the Khalediya district of Madinah. It also reported that police had confiscated an unspecified quantity of explosives ready for use.
The sources said Al-Ghamdi and his three companions were arrested on Tuesday afternoon as security officers stopped their vehicle at a checkpoint in Riyadh. Saudi authorities are investigating whether the four planned to attack the posh Faisaliya commercial complex in the capital as they were found close to the facility.
The sources described the arrest of Al-Ghamdi as ?a major event,? adding that it would facilitate the investigation of the Riyadh bombings.
In his wide-ranging press conference, Prince Naif said the gun attacks in the northern Jouf region over the past months were not organized crimes.
?They are individual operations and not linked with any organization,? he said. However, he suspected that the persons who targeted security officers might have links with some groups.
?But all these things are now under investigation,? he pointed out.
AL-HAMDULILLAH. MAY ALLAAH PRESERVE PRINCE NAAحF AND GIVE HIM STRENGTH TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT THESE DOGS UPON THE KHAARIJI MANHAJ.
WE WERE WITH SHAYKH UBAYD LAST NIGHT WHEN WE HEARD THE ABOVE TOOK PLACE IN MADEENAH. THEY WERE TRYING TO SEND EMAILS TO THEIR ASSOCIATES BUT EVERYTHING WAS BEING TRACKED AND THEN THE POLICE CAME QUICKLY TO ARREST THEM.
ALI AL-KHUDAYR IS ONE OF THEIR SCHOLARS WHO SHAIKH UMAR AL-HARBI REFUTED LAST YEAR.HE HAS VARIOUS BOOKS SPREADING HIS TAKFIREE MANHAJ AND IS ONE OF THE MAJOR PLAYERS IN SPREADING FITNAH IN AL-QASEEM. HE HAS THOUSANDS OF FOLLOWERS AND NOW, ALHAMDULILLAH, THIS MAY NOW KEEP THESE EVIL PEOPLE QUITE FOR A WHILE AND ALL THOSE WHO CALL TO THIS WAY EVEN IF THEIR STEPS DIFFER. THE END CALL IS THE SAME! ESPECIALLY NOW IF THE AUTHORITIES DECIDE TO EXECUTE THE MAIN CULPRITS.
THIS WAS EXCELLENT NEWS FOR AHL US-SUNNAH AND THE DAWAH IN THIS REGION. AND WE ASK ALLAAH TO REWARD THOSE FIGHTING THESE INNOVATORS.
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| Moosaa
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AAMEEN
Jazaak Allaahu khayran akh Amr
Alhamdulillaah that this country recognizes who is making the fitnah and is going after them. I have been stopped and my car has been searched a number of times recently. When they find you are salafi, they have no problem with you. May Allaah reward all of these police and government officials for their long hours of work protecting the Muslims, and may He correct their affairs and guide them to what He loves best.
And we should make du'aa especially for Prince Naa'if, that Allaah increases him in strength and determination to rid this country once and for all of the takfiris and their literature. May Allaah aid him and grant him success in safeguarding the land of the Muslims.
Moosaa Richardson
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سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك
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"whoever is not thankful to the people is not thankful to Allah."
May Allaah reward and bless the Prince in this world and the next and give him the strength to fight these corruption makers, and may Allaah aid him in protecting the wealth, lives, and honour of the Muslims.
Aslam
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28-05-2003 @ 7:34 PM
29-05-2003 @ 5:12 PM