August 20, 2005
Saudi security forces have killed al-Qaida's top leader in the country as well as five other suspected Islamic insurgents in gun battles.Earlier today, these images began circulating on jihadi message boards. From what I gather, they are probably of the dead Saleh Muhammad al-Aoofi--the leader of al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia-- and Muhammad ibn Abdullah Owaida, but could possibly be Majed al-Hasseri and an accomplice. The men were killed in seperate gun battles this week, one in Medina and one in Riyadh. In any event, good riddance.Thursday's confrontation took place in the capital and Medina, where Prophet Muhammad is buried, in the first major anti-terrorist sweep since King Abdullah took the throne this month, the authorities said.
Saleh Muhammad al-Aoofi, the kingdom's most wanted man, had been leading al-Qaida's branch in Saudi Arabia for more than two years and was believed to have been involved in the June 2004 kidnapping and beheading of American engineer Paul Johnson.
Weeks after Johnson's slaying, Saudi police found his head in a freezer in an apartment where al-Aoofi had been hiding.
Al-Aoofi's death was the latest victory claimed by Saudi authorities in their crackdown on Islamic insurgents in the kingdom, launched after a wave of deadly attacks that began in May 2003.
Saudi police have killed or captured many of the figures on the kingdom's list of most wanted insurgents, and Abdullah vowed to push ahead with the crackdown when he was elevated to king in early August after the death of his half-brother Fahd.
Three more al Qaeda terrorists were captured today in Saudi Arabia. It's been a good week in the Kingdom.
Oh, and if you think I'm being insensitive by showing these images, then surely you haven't seen the propaganda video made by al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia of the Paul Johnson beheading. Click here to see what this piece of human filth was involved in (WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE).
WARNING: Graphic images below.
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