Syria says U.S. embassy attack planned in S. Arabia

[ECH1969]

Three of the four assailants, 31-year-old Abdel Raouf Saleh, Bilal Saleh, 25, and Samir Saleh, also 25, were close relatives who followed the teachings of a preacher in Saudi Arabia where they had worked, the Interior Ministry report said.

"They attended lessons by a Saudi man of religion. Their extremism deepened due to the political situation shaking the region and U.S. bias toward Israel."

The report said the group "had planned to broadcast a video statement after the operation in the name of Abu Musab Zarqawi Brigade, although they had no link to al Qaeda".

It said they were inspired by Zarqawi, the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq who was killed in a U.S. air strike in June.

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=L05800367&WTmodLoc=World-R5-Alertnet-3

[kangaroo77]

1. That's one example of the Iraq war effect on terrorism

It has created new Jihadists not linked to al qaeda.

[BornagainDUer]

2. 15 of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 were Saudi. Maybe we

should attack that country.

[mom cat]

3. Yet the US does NOTHING about the Saudi terrorists.

[bluerum]

4. Yes - the Saudi's are pulling the strings. But - too much

oil, too many Bush ties, too much money for Bush to seriously consider them as enemies.

I have always felt that the only reason OBL still lives is that he has rich powerful friends in the Saudi royal family and this administration is too chicken shit to stand up to them.

[maddezmom]

5. kick

[Robbien]

6. Syria says U.S. embassy attack planned in Saudi Arabia

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Last month's attack on the U.S. embassy in Damascus was planned in Saudi Arabia and the four Syrians who carried it out had no links to al Qaeda, a government investigation said on Thursday.

Three of the four assailants, 31-year-old Abdel Raouf Saleh, Bilal Saleh, 25, and Samir Saleh, also 25, were close relatives who followed the teachings of a preacher in Saudi Arabia where they had worked, the Interior Ministry report said.

They started preparing for the operation in 2004, according to the report.

"An investigation into the attack has been concluded. The group planned to blow an embassy door, storm the compound and kill whoever was inside. It had no links with extremist organisations outside Syria," the report said.

"They attended lessons by a Saudi man of religion. Their extremism deepened due to the political situation shaking the region and U.S. bias toward Israel."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2534083

[Behind the Aegis]

7. Syria: Attack on U.S. embassy was planned in Saudi Arabia

Last month's attack on the U.S. embassy in Damascus was planned in Saudi Arabia and the four Syrians who carried it out had no links to al-Qaida, a government investigation said on Thursday.

Three of the four assailants, 31-year-old Abdel Raouf Saleh, Bilal Saleh, 25, and Samir Saleh, also 25, were close relatives who followed the teachings of a preacher in Saudi Arabia where they had worked, the Interior Ministry report said.

They started preparing for the operation in 2004, according to the report.

"An investigation into the attack has been concluded. The
group planned to blow an embassy door, storm the compound and kill whoever was inside. It had no links with extremist organizations outside Syria," the report said.


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[Rambis]

8. Invade! Saudi

air strikes, bomb the bankers and backers of terrorism back to the stone age!

[lovuian]

9. Its Saudia Arabia thats at war with the US

Syria is saying WAKE UP people!!!

[SpiralHawk]

10. "Saudi Arabians? Why does that sound so lovely?" - Commander AWOL

[magellan]

11. Can't we just send their religious right and our religious right

...to a deserted island and be done with these dangerous freaks already?

[Vidar]

12. Oh yes, the lovely Bush ally that really should have been invaded.