Saudi Arabia

King Abdullah’s senior religious adviser issued a fatwa prohibiting the joining of al Qaeda. “Affiliation with the so-called Al-Qaeda group is haram,” Sheikh Abdul Mohsen Al Obeikan said. A Saudi was arrested at Manila airport for posing as a pilot.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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