Israel’s Military Chief of Staff warned Tuesday against Al Qaeda attempts to recruit Saudi pilots that would take off from the Tabouk air base, which is relatively close to Israel, with the aim of carrying out attacks such as those committed on September 11, 2001.
Saudis on suicide missions, now where have I heard that before?
According to the Yediot Aharonot daily, army chief Moshe Yaalon said Israel was concerned about the possibility that Saudi F-15 pilots, based in Tabouk, would carry out such missions on behalf of Al Qaeda. Yaalon told a conference held near Tel Aviv that "From interrogations the United States is conducting with al Qaeda detainees, we know that the network is trying to recruit Saudi pilots to carry out aerial suicide missions against Israel, similar to the September 11 attacks on US cities". According to Yaalon, "Such an attack may be carried out by an F-15 plane or a civilian plane originating from the Tabouk air base."
Trying to fly into Israel is the surest form of suicide I know of. I’ll lay money Israel knows the second anyone goes wheels-up from these bases. |