Saudi Gitmo recidivists
Although the Saudi government has not identified the 25 terrorists released from Guantanamo Bay who are known to have returned to jihad, 15 of them can be identified.
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Saudi Arabia
Twenty-five former al Qaeda operatives who were Guantanamo Bay detainees are known have returned to carry out terrorist activities. The 25 former detainees went through a rehabilitation program touted by the Saudis as a success.
Al Qaeda
25 Saudi Guantanamo prisoners return to militancy
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Yemen gunmen attack security service HQ in Aden
Al Qaeda
India – Bin Ladin group to become Maytas Infra co-promoter
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia gives Israel clear skies to attack Iranian nuclear sites
Saudi Arabia
Leading Saudi clerics called for jihad against Israel. “We have to strike at the heart of Israel to drive them out of Muslim territories in a way that breaks the Gaza embargo,” a joint statement by 70 religious leaders said. “Dialogue and negotiations only increases violence by the Jews.”
Saudi Arabia
More than 5 billion Saudi riyals, or $1.33 billion, have entered Afghanistan via Pakistan since 2006. The money moves from Riyadh to Peshawar, where it is converted to dollars or rupees. The money is then transferred to North Waziristan; from there it is smuggled across the border.
Afghanistan
Terror link alleged as Saudi millions flow into Afghanistan war zone
Former Gitmo detainee featured as commander in al Qaeda tape
Othman Ahmed al Ghamdi, a former Gitmo detainee, has risen within al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s ranks to commander. He is featured in a tape, along with other AQAP leaders, that celebrates the Fort Hood shooting and the failed Christmas Day 2009 attack, and also threatens further attacks on America.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia religious leaders call terrorism financing un-Islamic
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia wants to verify identity of World Cup terrorist
Al Qaeda
Saudi journalist who interviewed bin Laden resigns
Al Qaeda
Taliban leaders to be offered exile under Afghanistan peace plan
Al Qaeda
How Iran and al-Qaeda made a deal
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Calls to criminalize takfiri fatwas
Al Qaeda
Saudi Arabia – Government warns of al Qaeda elements disguising themselves as journalists
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda in Yemen: Nomads or nucleus?
Saudi Arabia
Middle East in huge naval expansion
Al Qaeda
Saudi urges media to fight against terrorism
Afghanistan
Hamid Karzai accused of blocking arrest of official
Saudi Arabia
Saudis fund Balkan Muslims spreading hate of the West
Large-scale arrests in Saudi Arabia illustrate threat to the oil supply
Saudi Arabia announced arrests of 113 alleged al Qaeda-affiliated terrorists whom it claims were planning attacks against oil facilities. Over the past six years, al Qaeda and other jihadi groups have come to see attacks against oil targets as one of the keys to their economic strategy.
Saudi Arabia
Security forces arrested 113 members of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula who were plotting to attack oil facilities and security installations in the country. The detainees consisted of Saudis Yemenis, Bangladeshis, Eritreans, Somalis, and Yemenis. The group was organized into three cells.
Saudi Arabia
Veiled Saudi poet Hissa Hilal on course to win £864,000 TV poetry prize
Saudi Arabia
Dismantling of Saudi-CIA Web site illustrates need for clearer cyberwar policies
Pakistan
Pakistan – Spy service using captives to create new Taliban links
Afghanistan
Making war and peace in Afghanistan
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Cocaine, kidnapping and the Al-Qaeda cash squeeze
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Charming and chilling: Osama bin Laden’s bodyguard