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Soddy kop dies in Qatif shootout

2017-03-17

Damam- Saudi interior ministry announced that security officer Fahid Qaeid al Rowaili was shot dead after a police shootout near a Qatif’s central hospital, in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. Rowaili’s body was moved to the eastern province’s Jawf region, his birthplace. The security patrol came under fire at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday when it tried to stop a suspicious car near the Qatif Central Hospital, the Interior Ministry said in a statement circulated by Saudi Press Agency. Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki, Interior Ministry spokesman, said the incident took place after a police patrol suspected a vehicle carrying two men and asked the driver to pull over. Instead of complying with security forces, the driver initiated a shootout, killing one officer. Police stopped the vehicle but the suspects managed escaping “while shooting randomly”. They made their getaway after stealing the car of a doctor, the ministry added. Security agencies are searching for the culprits. Investigations revealed that the terrorists’ vehicle, a Toyota Prado model, was reported stolen in Dammam on April 4 last year. Upon searching the car, police found Molotov cocktails ready for use, Turki said, adding that the culprits had swapped the license plate with one from another car. “The incident confirms the extent of the criminal behavior and the deviant ideologies of terrorists, who have no regard for innocent lives, patients visiting the hospital or passers-by,” Turki said. He added that the car intercepted by police belonged to wanted terrorist Mustafa Ali Abdullah Al-Madad, who was killed by police on Saturday when he opened fire on authorities in Awamiya. The ministry previously announced the names of wanted terrorists who had targeted civilians, security men and public institutions in Qatif. The list included Mohammed Al-Ammar and Ali Al-Hamad, both Saudis

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Arabia

Saudi security forces closing in on ISIS networks

2016-07-11

[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Saudi security authorities are tightening the noose around ISIS snuffies by pursuing those involved in the recent terrorist blasts and uncovering the coordination between them after the coppers’s vigilance thwarted the destructive impact that the snuffies wanted to achieve. Security Spokesman of the Ministry of Interior Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki said he does not rule out the existence of contacts between the perpetrators of the recent terrorist bombings in Jeddah, Qatif and Madinah, as the substance used in making the explosive vests is the same in the three blasts. Furthermore, there is evidence on the existence of coordination between them, especially between the Qatif and Madinah incidents, as both attacks took place at Maghreb prayer time. Maj. Al-Turki further said that there are suspicions that the 12 Paks, who it was announced were detained on Thursday, have connections with the Jeddah blast. Al-Turki said one of the perpetrators of the Qatif blast, Abdulrahman Saleh Muhammad Al-Imir, were tossed into the calaboose twice earlier for taking part in riots demanding the release of detainees involved in terror cases. On announcing the detention of 12 Paks, the number of those involved in terror crimes in Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , and are holding Pak nationality has reached 41. Imams of mosques in the majority of the region’s countries have dedicated their Friday sermons to denouncing terrorism and violating the sanctity of the Prophet’s Mosque. They warned snuffies that they would not achieve their goals in Saudi Arabia and the other regional countries.

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Arabia

Saudi Arabia denies funding ISIS in Fallujah

2016-06-20

[RUDAW.NET] The Kingdom of Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... froze 117 bank accounts and jugged Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! 240 suspects as part of its efforts to curb the financing of terrorism through private charity groups amid suspicions that it has overlooked terror financing on its soil. "The kingdom has always been serious in its efforts in confronting terror financing. We are monitoring all transactions to banks," said Major General Mansour Al-Turki, a front man for the Saudi Interior Ministry, on Wednesday. French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has also supported this claim. "Saudi Arabia is a partner in the fight against ISIS," Ayrault stated at a presser at the United Nations ...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... in New York on June 10. The Iraqi central government, however, has raised questions of Saudi Arabia’s possible connections with ISIS. Baghdad is demanding an explanation from Saudi Arabia after a senior Saudi official admitted to fundraising in the kingdom for ISIS murderous Moslems fighting in the Iraqi city of Fallujah. "We are waiting for a clarification from the Saudi Government regarding its front man’s press statements regarding the collection of financial donations for ISIS within the kingdom due to the compassion of some people with it," reads a statement from Iraq’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "This case is considered as an obvious violation to the Security Council’s decisions." Turki responded by claiming that any fundraising on behalf of Fallujah was for the "children of Fallujah." Other critics of Saudi Arabia and their relationship with ISIS have been slow to relinquish their critique of the Kingdom. PixelHELPER, a Germany-based arts activist group against the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... and the countries suspected of funding the terrorist network, believe that Saudi Arabia is in fact funding the Islamic group and is thus responsible for the refugee crisis overwhelming the EU. In May of 2016, the group projected an ISIS flag with a caption reading "ISIS Bank" on the Saudi Arabian embassy in Berlin. The Saudis, and other Sunni Gulf monarchies, have been accused of overlooking the activities of private charitable organizations within their borders which are suspected of sending money to terrorist groups. Turki has sought to disprove this suspicion and has pointed out that the Saudis have been targets of attacks by ISIS. Turki also said Riyadh seeks to clamp down on the financing of terrorist groups by banning private fundraising by charitable organizations or sending money abroad. All donations must now go through the state-controlled King Salman ...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, Cutodian of the Two Holy Mosquesand Lord of Most of the Arabians.... Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center which has been involved in relief services throughout the Middle East, including territories of the Islamic State and Houthi-controlled Yemen. Additionally the government is increasing its monitoring of internet and television use for anyone they suspect of raising funds to support such terrorist groups and has set up a hotline for people to report anyone who they suspect might be raising funds for terrorists.

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Arabia

Suspected bombers die in Soddy security operation

2016-05-08

The Saudi Ministry of Interior revealed yesterday that an operation carried out by security forces in the Makkah region resulted in two terrorists being killed and two others blowing themselves up. It has become clear that the four terrorists were part of a cell involved in the bombing of five mosques in eastern and southern Arabia. Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman Major General Mansour Al-Turki explained that the security services swooped on and besieged the terrorist cell’s hideout which was located in Wadi Noman between the holy city of Makkah and the city of Taif in the Makkah province. This led to two terrorists being killed and two others blowing themselves up with suicide belts. After searching the cell’s hideout, special security forces defused 15 explosive devices that were found there, and seized four guns, two pistols, safes and a wide range of ammunition. Informed sources that Asharq Al-Awsat spoke to suggested that previous operations carried out by security forces revealed the existence of a cluster of cells that ISIS is preparing. This is contrary to the “lone wolves” who have previously operated in the region. Meanwhile, the Makkah Region Police announced the “martyrdom” of one of its employees who used to work at the Al-Qaree police station in the province of Taif. Corporal Khalaf bin Lafi Al-Harithi was killed whilst he was working at the police station on Thursday night, and police said that he was shot at by an unknown source which resulted in his “martyrdom”. Police did not disclose whether the murder was a criminal act or a terrorist one that targeted security officials after they swooped on the terrorist cell hideout in Wadi Noman.

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Arabia

4 dead in raid on 'terror' cell near Makkah, says Saudi ministry

2016-05-06

[DAWN] Saudi police rubbed out two suspected gunnies and two others blew themselves up during a raid near the holy city of Makkah on Thursday, the interior ministry said. "The gunnies started shooting towards security, which they responded to", leading to the deaths of a pair of suspects while the others "did away with himself by blowing themselves up with suicide belts", the ministry's front man said in a statement. Police had surrounded the suspects' hideout between the holy city of Makkah and Taif on Thursday morning when the shootout occurred. A simultaneous raid occurred on a hideout in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, where two people were tossed in the slammer Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! , "and they are being investigated for their involvement in this cell", the front man said. He added that the raids were part of surveillance and followup, "including to what happened in Bisha on Friday". At that time, two suspects died in a shootout with security forces who foiled a boom-mobileing in Bisha, southwestern Aseer region. A third suspect, Iqab Mujab al-Otaibi, fled but was later arrested wearing an explosives belt, the ministry announced last Sunday. According to the ministry, Otaibi allegedly took part in a deadly shooting at a Shia mosque in 2014 and a bombing that targeted security forces at a mosque in Aseer last year. Both attacks were among several bombings and shootings claimed by the self-styled Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group since late 2014 in Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... Aawsat adds: Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency late Friday that security forces tried to stop two cars but the drivers fled and took refuge in nearby mountains before one of the cars exploded. Al-Turki said the two continued firing at security forces, but were eventually killed with the help of a helicopter gunship. And from Khaleej Times: State-owned Al Arabiya TV re-ported that the security forces surrounded the group in the Wadi No-man area south of the city, showing images of police trucks mounted with machine guns around a walled compound. No civilians or security forces were killed or wounded, the ministry said.

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One arrested, two killed as Saudi police foil terror attack

2016-05-02

[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The Saudi interior ministry announced on Sunday that it had locked away Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! one of the kingdom’s most wanted murderous Moslems Oqab Al-Otaibi and revealed the identities of two others killed in a foiled terror attack in the southwestern Bisha province on Friday. During a presser, Ministry of Interior front man Major General Mansour Al-Turki said Otaibi had remained on the lam for some time for his involvement in the attack on worshippers at Al-Mustafa mosque in Al-Dalwa village on Nov. 3, 2014. The front man also said two terror suspects were killed during a shootout with security forces in Bisha last Friday. The casualties were identified as Abdulaziz Ahmed Muhammad Al-Bakri Al-Shihri, 35, and Yasir Ali Yusef Al-Hoodi, 22. Al-Shihri was wanted for his part in a kaboom at a mosque used by members of a the local emergency forces in Asir last August. The attack claimed the lives of 12 emergency security officers and three others who were employees at the site. Al-Shihri was heavily armed at the time of the shootout and was laden with explosives which he carried and wore in a suicide belt. Al-Houdi, who was an expert in explosives, was also involved in the killing of Brig. Gen. Kattab Al-Otaibi, the front man added. Security forces also said they found arms, ammunition and cash from the possessions of the two suspects.

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Saudi Interior Ministry: Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan Funded by Saudi Money

2016-02-03

[ALMANAR.LB] Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... 's Major General Mansour Al-Turki, Ministry of Interior front man, admitted on Monday that the Saudi money has been used to fund al-Qaeda terrorist group in Afghanistan with billions of dollars. During an interview with the BBC British news network, Turki justified sending the Saudi petrodollars to al-Qaeda by claiming that certain individuals have convinced Saudi nationals to offer money under the title of charity grants, "[Saudi] People had been convinced they were providing money to help the poor when in fact the funds were going to finance al-Qaeda in Afghanistan," Turki said. The Saudi General Administration for Financial Investigations announced earlier that it had received acknowledgements in 2014 about cases of suspected money laundering and terrorism financing crimes. It said that 88% of the acknowledgments received were related to financing terrorism. Turki denied that Saudi Arabia has ever funded any terrorist organization, but claimed there had been a "misuse of our financial system." According to WikiLeaks report issued in 2010 citing leaked US diplomatic cables, private individuals in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states friendly to the United States are the chief source of funding for al-Qaeda, the Taliban and other terrorist groups in the Middle East region.

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Arabia

Soddy kops seize Iranian Weapons, Currency and Forged Documents in Al-Qudaih

2015-11-21

The security spokesman for the Saudi Ministry of Interior Major General Mansour Al-Turki said that security forces have seized Iranian currency, weapons and live ammunition during raids and search operations in Al-Qudaih, Al-Qatif yesterday. Major General Al-Turki added in a statement to “Asharq Al-Awsat” that security forces also seized military equipment and forged documents in a raid. He added that wireless communication equipment was also seized. On Wednesday, the Saudi Ministry of Interior announced the “martyrdom” of two security personnel: Sergeant Jabir Al-Miqadi and Lance Corporal Ashirari who were fired on by unknown sources in an agricultural area near the city Saihat in eastern Saudi Arabia. Prince Fahd bin Badr bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Al-Jouf region led prayers for the deceased Lance Corporal Ashirari who was killed in service in the Asharqiyya province, in the Mosque of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques located in the Al-Qurayyat province, northern Saudi Arabia. Operations targeting security forces continued in the Saudi Al-Qatif governorate recently when an unknown group targeted a traffic patrol in the Al-Khuwaylidiyyah neighbourhood around ten days ago which resulted in an assistant head patrol and two passersby of Indian nationality being injured, and the damage of a citizen’s car. The Saudi Ministry of Interior announced a list of 23 wanted persons in January 2012 against the backdrop of terrorist attacks and criminal acts that the village of Al-Awamiyah in the Al-Qatif governorate witnessed. 17 people on this list have been found whilst security forces are still looking for the remaining 7.

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More than forty Saudi women have joined ISIS in Syria

2015-09-06

[ARA] Saudi authorities revealed that more than 40 women have left the country to join the radical group of Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) in Syria since 2011. Mansour Al Turki, front man for the Saudi Ministry of Interior, said that a total of 46 Saudi women have joined ISIS, some of them were accompanied by their children. According to media reports, the most recent of the 46 Saudi women to join ISIS crossed into Syria in July along with her children and several other women. The 40-year-old woman has reportedly twitted that she intends to carry out a suicide kaboom soon. Woman's lib, jihadi style. Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... launched a crackdown on ISIS supporters in the kingdom after two separate attacks by loyalists to the bad boy group killed scores of people earlier this year, Al Arabiya reported. "Of the 1,677 suspects detained by authorities and charged with supporting ISIS, 1375 are Saudi while 302 are foreign residents from 31 countries." Saudi authorities enjugged Book 'im, Mahmoud! in July more than 430 people accused of having links with the hard boy group.

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Saudis announce bounty for Daesh suspect

2015-04-25

Riyadh -- Saudi Arabia said Friday it had foiled a bomb plot by the Daesh group and blamed the terrorists for shooting dead two policemen in the capital earlier this month. A Saudi man arrested at a farm north of Riyadh on suspicion of carrying out the shooting has confessed that he was following orders received from Daesh in Syria, the interior ministry said. He was identified as 23-year-old Yazid bin Mohammed Abdulrahman Abu Niyan. The authorities offered a one-million-riyal ($267,000, Dh979,466) bounty for a second suspect, another Saudi identified as Nawaf bin Sharif Samir Al Anzi, wanted on twelve systems over several other criminal cases. During their investigation the authorities seized seven cars, “three of them booby-trapped”, as well as suspected bomb-making materials and tools, said the statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency. They also discovered machineguns, ammunition, money and several mobile telephones which revealed an exchange between the attackers and “terrorist elements in Syria”, SPA said. So they were just heavily-armed elk hunters... The two policemen were killed in an April 8 drive-by shooting in an eastern district of Riyadh. The ministry said that Abu Niyan allegedly carried out the shooting while his partner, Anzi, drove the car and filmed the attack. According to Abu Niyan, Daesh supplied them with the weapons, ammunition and money to carry out the shooting through a “third party whom they did not meet”, the statement said. The shooting was the fifth attack on security forces and foreigners in Saudi Arabia orchestrated by Daesh, according to interior ministry spokesman General Mansour Al Turki.

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Arabia

Terrorists kill security officer in Awamiyah

2015-04-07

[ARABNEWS] A security officer was killed and three of his colleagues injured in a gunbattle with holy warriors during government raids in Awamiyah in the Eastern Province on Sunday, the Interior Ministry said on Monday. Cpl. Majed Al-Qahtani was critically maimed and died in a local hospital. Three other security officers, a citizen and expatriate were maimed in the incident, said Mansour Al-Turki, front man of the Interior Ministry, in a statement. During the raids on various locations, the police tossed in the calaboose Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! four Saudi suspects and seized a large cache of weapons, ammunition and communication devices. Al-Turki said the officers came under heavy fire as they moved between buildings during the operation. The injured are in a stable condition. Investigations are under way, he said. Bahrain, meanwhile, slammed those responsible for killing the officer in Awamiyah, according to a report by the Saudi Press Agency. It said Bahrain supports the Kingdom's fight against holy warriors and criminals, to secure the country. Bahrain extended its condolences to the family of the officer who died, and wished the injured a speedy recovery.

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Arabia

Fourth Arar attacker identified

2015-01-12

[ARABNEWS] Saudi security forces on Sunday identified the fourth krazed killer who took part in the Arar border attack that killed four coppers including a top Border Guard commander. Salim Mohammed Fehaid Al-Shammari, a Saudi national, is the fourth attacker who died in a suicide kaboom last Monday morning in the northern border of the Kingdom, said Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki, front man of the Interior Ministry.

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