Saudi Arabien

[Seccad]

Saudi forces comb Riyadh district


01:09:37 È.Ù
Riyadh, June 13 - Saudi security forces closed off a district of Riyadh on Sunday in the hunt for insurgents and arrested a man, residents said.

Dozens of police and special forces vehicles cordoned off the Al-Maseef district in the northern sector of the capital starting 6:30 am (0330 GMT) and asked shopkeepers to close, one witness said.

http://www.iribnews.ir/Full_en.asp?news_id=205854

[Erich]

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Interview
"Saudi-Arabien zensiert am ausgefeiltesten"

Der Professor für Arabische Sprachen und Kultur, Albrecht Hofheinz, untersucht seit zwei Jahren die Nutzung des Internets im Sudan, in Ägypten und Marokko. Seine überraschende Erkenntnis: Als politisches Diskussionsforum wird das World Wide Web in diesen Ländern kaum genutzt.
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Die Leute gehen nicht ins Internet, um demokratische Aktivitäten zu entfalten, sondern um zu chatten.
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Dennoch werden die Nutzer in den arabischen Ländern sozialisiert, in einer neuen Weise mit Informationen umzugehen. Indem sie nämlich als einzelne Nutzer das Gefühl bekommen, selber auszuwählen, was sie sich angucken und wie lange und wie oft. Das gibt dem Nutzer ein Gefühl größerer Selbstbestimmung bei der Auswahl von Informationen. Das betrifft besonders stark die 10- bis 25-Jährigen. Die empfinden es als selbstverständliches Recht, dass man über seine Informationsauswahl selbst bestimmen darf.

"Zensiert wird auf unterschiedliche Weise"
tagesschau.de: Experten sagen, die arabischen Staaten wollen das Internet nicht mehr verbieten, aber sie wollen es kontrollieren. Deckt sich das mit ihren Erfahrungen, und wenn ja, wie wirkt sich das aus?
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[Erich]

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05. Juli 2004
SAUDI-ARABIEN

Dschihad gegen den Terror

Der Kampf gegen al-Qaida spaltet das Herrscherhaus: Hardliner fordern die Vernichtung der Bin-Laden-Anhänger. Doch deren Parolen erreichen auch viele Bürger, die nicht unter der Fuchtel der Islamisten leben möchten. Sie fordern mehr Mitsprache und Distanz zu Amerika.
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Mit der gleichen Energie - und der gleichen Brutalität -, mit der al-Qaida gegen die USA und ihre Verbündeten vorgeht, will die Terrororganisation auch die Regenten des Wüstenreichs stürzen. Die kämen, heißt es auf den Propagandaseiten der Terrororganisation im Internet, ihrer vornehmsten Aufgabe, Mekka und Medina, die beiden heiligsten Stätten des Islam, zu schützen, nicht länger nach und versäumten es, "die Arabische Halbinsel von den Ungläubigen zu reinigen".
Seit dieser Kriegserklärung steht das Herrscherhaus vor einem kaum lösbaren Dilemma: Um sich gegen die Vorwürfe zu wehren, sie seien nur Lakaien des Westens, müssen die Prinzen ihre rigide wahhabitische Version der Staatsreligion Islam aufrechterhalten - und gleichzeitig die Beziehung zu Amerika pflegen, dem wichtigsten strategischen Partner. Doch Washingtons Irak-Politik und seine Parteinahme für Israel stoßen bei immer breiteren Schichten der Saudi-Araber auf Unverständnis. Lauter und dringlicher fordern die nun Mitsprache. Die Unzufriedenheit der Bevölkerung lässt wiederum zumindest die Parolen - wenn auch nicht die Taten - der Gotteskrieger immer attraktiver erscheinen.
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[Skywalker]

U.S. PANEL URGES NEW TIES WITH SAUDIS


WASHINGTON [MENL] -- A presidential commission that examined the Al Qaida suicide strikes on New York and Washington in 2001 has urged a revision of U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia.

The report by the commission also cited an Al Qaida plot to attack Israel with a fighter-jet from the Saudi Air Force. The plot was not executed.

The commission that investigated the Sept. 11, 2001 Al Qaida strikes against the United States did not cite any involvement by the Saudi royal family. The report did not find any evidence of Saudi government financing or operational aid to Al Qaida.

But the 10-member bipartisan commission termed Saudi Arabia a "problematic ally" in the war against Al Qaida and aligned groups.

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[Skywalker]

SAUDIS MAINTAIN F-15 SQUADRON IN TABOUK


TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Saudi Arabia has maintained a squadron of advanced F-15 fighter-jets in the northwestern city of Tabouk near the Israeli border.

Israeli officials said Saudi Arabia has ignored Israeli and U.S. appeals to remove the F-15S from the air force base in Tabouk. They said the deployment of the F-15S or other models of the F-15s in Tabouk marks a violation of an agreement by Riyad to the United States in 1978.

The Saudis bought the F-15 and there was a very clear agreement," Israeli Air Force commander Maj. Gen. Eliezer Shkeidy said. "When the Saudis bought it, it was agreed that the F-15 would not be in Tabouk. The fact is that there is a squadron of F-15s in Tabouk."

This was the first time Israel reported the number of F-15s in Tabouk. In September 2003, U.S. officials said Saudi Arabia had transferred about 50 F-15S aircraft, or two squadrons, to Tabouk, about 150 kilometers from the southern Israeli port of Eilat.

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[Merowig]

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Saudi Armed Forces Journal on the Jews: 'The Fabricated Torah, Talmud, and Protocols of the Elders of Zion Command Destruction of All Non-Jews for World Domination'

A journal titled "Al-Jundi Al-Muslim" (The Muslim Soldier), which is published by the Religious Affairs Department of the Saudi armed forces, published an antisemitic article in its "Know Your Enemy" section. The article was written by Ma'ashu Muhammad and was titled "The Jews in the Modern Era." The following are excerpts from the article:

'The Majority of Revolutions, Coups D'etat, and Wars … are Almost Entirely the Handiwork of the Jews'
"The majority of revolutions, coups d'etat, and wars which have occurred in the world [in the past], those that are occurring, and those that will occur, are almost entirely the handiwork of the Jews. They [the Jews] turned to [these methods] in order to implement the injunctions of the fabricated Torah, the Talmud, and the 'Protocols [of the Elders of Zion'], all of which command the destruction of all non-Jews in order to achieve their goal - namely, world domination.
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"The Jews caused the outbreak of World War I and World War II, after they deceived the English into believing that they would be the sole beneficiaries of the First World War. The wealthy Jews made fantastic profits, paid for by the blood of millions of Englishmen, Americans, French, etc.
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In addition, it succeeded in glorifying all of the pictures of bravery surrounding the Jew Mustafa Kemal, who represented the head of the Jewish snake, and caused it to bite deadly bites which brought on the destruction of the Islamic Caliphate.
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Hoffentlich wird das Koenigshaus mal gestuerzt - und sei es von Alquaida ( was dann halt ne Reaktion des Westens zur folge hat...)
Sowas kann man nur noch als krank bezeichnen....

[Skywalker]

U.S. SAYS SAUDIS KILLED QAIDA LEADERS


WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has assessed that Saudi Arabia has eliminated most of the leadership of Al Qaida's network in the Arab kingdom.

Officials said many of the Al Qaida leaders in Saudi Arabia were killed or arrested over the last three months. They said Saudi security forces, with support from U.S. intelligence and law enforcement, raided Al Qaida strongholds in Buraida, Mecca, Jedda and Riyad.

"Saudi Arabia is working hard to shut down the facilitators and financial supporters of terrorism, and they have captured or killed many first-tier leaders of the Al Qaida organization in Saudi Arabia," a White House statement on Sept. 11 said. "Today, because Saudi Arabia has seen the danger and joined the war on terror, the American people are safer."

The statement largely echoed an earlier assertion by Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz. In August, Abdullah said Saudi authorities have eliminated virtually the entire Al Qaida leadership and has now moved to searching for lower-level operatives.

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[Jacks]

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Saudi pilot dies in F-15 crash

RIYADH (AFP) - A Saudi air force pilot died when his F-15 aircraft crashed in the Eastern Province, a defense source told AFP.

The aircraft plunged in an area between Al-Ahsa and Buqayq, around 300 kilometers (185 miles) east of Riyadh, during an exercise, the source said, requesting anonymity.

An official at the defense ministry announced later that the aircraft fell at 11:40 am (0840 GMT) in the King Abdul Aziz airbase "while participating in a joint exercise, Gulf Spears, with air forces from other member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)", the official SPA news agency reported.
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[Skywalker]

DESPITE ATTACKS, SAUDIS STILL FEED JIHAD


HERZLIYA, Israel [MENL] -- Saudi Arabia, despite a vigorous military campaign against Islamic insurgents, was said to have continued financing the Al Qaida-inspired war against the West.

Several leading analysts and former officials echoed this assertion during a conference last week by the International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism in Herzliya, Israel. The analysts said Saudi Arabia has maintained funding to ensure the spread of Al Qaida-inspired ideology abroad even as authorities fight the movement within the kingdom.

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[Skywalker]

U.S. REDUCES OIL IMPORTS FROM SAUDIS


WASHINGTON [MENL] - The United States has been steadily reducing oil imports from Saudi Arabia.

Oil analysts said the United States began reducing Saudi oil imports in 2002 in wake of the Al Qaida suicide strikes on New York and Washington in which 3,000 people were killed. They said the trend has continued over the last two years.

James Placke, a researcher at Cambridge Energy Research Associates, said by the end of 2004 Saudi Arabia would lose its position as one of the top five oil exporters to the United States. Placke said the result has been a sharp drop in U.S. energy dependence on Riyad as well as increasing criticism by Washington of the kingdom. He cited the State Department decision last week to designate Saudi Arabia a "country of particular concern," which could result in sanctions on Riyad.

"What we're seeing is not punishment or retribution, but a realization that the special relationship is not so special any more," Placke said.

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SAUDIS ESTABLISH NEW SECURITY FORCE


ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Saudi Arabia has established a new security force to battle Al Qaida.

Saudi officials said authorities have established a rapid reaction force to confront a range of operational scenarios. The officials said the force established by the Civil Defense Directorate would be trained and equipped to respond to insurgency attacks and natural disasters.

"We now have a special force whose members are highly-trained and equipped with the most sophisticated equipment to deal with terrorist attacks," Maj. Gen. Saad Al Tuwaijri, director of the new force, said.

Al Tuwaijri said most of the members of the new security force received what he termed advanced training abroad. He said the members were trained in duties that included a response to chemical attacks, bombings, fires and natural disasters.

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[Skywalker]

SAUDI DEFENSE MINISTER RETURNS TO DUTIES


ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Saudi Defense Minister Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz has returned to his duties.

After months of medical treatment and convalescence, Sultan has returned to making public appearances. They began with small meetings and later expanded to visits of Saudi defense facilities.

On Sept. 19, Sultan launched several projects at the Royal Saudi Air Force base in Riyad. It was the defense minister's first tour of the facility in 2004.

The official Saudi Press Agency did not specify the projects. But the agency said the 76-year-old Sultan laid the foundation stone for a housing project for air force personnel. The housing complex comprises of three buildings, with an area of 1,360 square meters each.

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[Shahab3]

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SAUDI-ARABIEN

Tödliche Schüsse auf Franzosen

Nach einigen Tagen relativer Ruhe ist in Saudi-Arabien die Gewalt gegen Ausländer wieder aufgeflammt. In der Nacht wurde in der Hauptstadt ein Franzose auf offener Straße angegriffen und getötet. Möglicherweise handelt es sich um einen Mitarbeiter der französischen Botschaft.

Dschidda - Zunächst war unklar, ob es sich wieder um einen Terrorakt von al-Qaida-Extremisten handelt. Gleichwohl erinnerte schon die Vorgehensweise der Täter an die Morde, die in den vergangenen Monaten die Stabilität in Saudi-Arabien sehr gefährdet hatten. Wie damals lauerten die Täter dem Ausländer auf einem Parkplatz vor einem Einkaufszentrum im al-Zahra-Viertel auf und erschossen ihn sofort.
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[Shahab3]

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RIAD

Polizei und Terroristen liefern sich Schießerei

Im Süden der saudiarabischen Hauptstadt Riad haben sich mutmaßliche islamistische Terroristen in der Nacht an einer Straßensperre eine Schießerei mit der Polizei geliefert.

Kairo - Wie die staatliche Nachrichtenagentur SPA unter Berufung auf das Innenministerium berichtete, nahmen die Sicherheitskräfte dabei einen Verdächtigen fest. Arabische Medien stellten den Zwischenfall zum Teil anders dar. So berichtete der Nachrichtensender al-Arabija, alle drei Angreifer hätten fliehen können. Bei dem Schusswechsel sei ein pakistanischer Chauffeur verletzt worden.
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[Seccad]

2 killed in clash with Saudi police


08:19:38 Þ.Ù
Riyadh, Oct 12 - Police killed two suspects in an armed clash early Tuesday in Riyadh.

The confrontation took place at 3:00 AM (midnight GMT) near a luxury residential complex in the east of the Saudi capital where western expatriates live.

The Seder complex was the target of a grenade attack on October 3. Two persons carried out the attack, but no one was injured.

The assailants fired shots in the air from automatic weapons before fleeing.

http://www.iribnews.ir/Full_en.asp?news_id=212105

[Skywalker]

SAUDIS KILL AL QAIDA LEADER


ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Saudi Arabia said it has killed a member of the Al Qaida leadership.

Saudi officials said Abdul Majid Bin Mohammed Abdullah Al Muni was a member of Al Qaida's Shura Council and the chief ideologue of the movement. The council was said to determine the policy of the Al Qaida network in its campaign against the Arab kingdom.

Al Muni was No. 18 on the Interior Ministry's list of 26 top Al Qaida insurgents. The ministry said Muni and two other operatives -- Issam Bin Muqbil Al Otaibi and Abdul Hamid Bin Abdul Aziz Al Yehya -- were killed in a shooout in Riyad on Oct. 12. The battle took place near a foreign housing compound.

Officials said they have not yet determined whether the Al Qaida squad was preparing an attack on the foreign compound in Riyad. Over the last 18 months, Al Qaida launched several lethal strikes on foreign housing compounds that contained Western nationals.

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