Saudi forces kill insurgents after blasts

[TexasLawyer]

from AlJazeera

Thursday 30 December 2004, 0:42 Makka Time, 21:42 GMT

Hours after two car bomb attacks rocked the Saudi capital Riyadh, local security sources said they had killed seven insurgents in a raid against anti-government elements.

Saudi security forces raided a house in northern Riyadh late on Wednesday night and killed seven people suspected of involvement in two car bomb attacks in the capital.

Police chased the seven fighters in the northern districts of Maseef and Taawun, a security source said.

"The militants fled to a villa in the Taawun district, which was stormed by security forces who killed the seven," he added.

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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/79259998-7CA5-4038-80EC-275759333DD3.htm

[TahitiNut]

1. "killed seven people suspected of involvement"??

Well, that's what passes for "due process" in Arabia, huh? It's always very convenient that the people killed are 'suspected of involvement' - like what's to alleviate those suspicions at this point? I guess if the majority of a population are 'insurgents' then the odds are better than 50-50. :shrug:

Seven out of seven. None wounded. None captured. Sure beats a trial, I guess.

[NYC]

2. Suspected, but did they do it?

...Saudi security forces raided a house in northern Riyadh late on Wednesday night and killed seven people suspected of involvement in two car bomb attacks in the capital...

If they kill people who are suspected, but never prove who did it, what if the true culprits still roam free? How does this help?