Blow-by-blow account of Saudi massacre

[dArKeR]

Islamic militants who killed 22 people in a shooting spree in Saudi Arabia a week ago have posted a 3 000-word account of the operation on the internet.

The account gives astonishing details of the attack, describing how the killers hunted down their victims, then slept and prayed after decapitating Westerners. It also challenges the Saudi Arabian government's version of events, claiming that pictures of Saudi troops storming a building from the air were stage-managed.

The attack, in the northern port city of al-Khobar, shook the Saudi regime and, by forcing up the price of oil, caused economic upset globally.

The statement takes the form of an interview with Fawaz bin Mohammed al-Nashmi, the leader of the 'al-Quds ' Brigade of the Arabian Peninsula, which carried out the attack.

http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=67474

[biftonnorton]

1. What If I Were There

and when they asked me about my religion, I said atheist... would they let me live? Or maybe if I took a rain check on Islam and said I would convert later?

[newyawker99]

2. Hi biftnorton!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[slaveplanet]

4. if you don't convert on the spot

Your dead meat....I just wonder if they ever run across a Christian that could quote the koran better than they. This may cause a dilemma.

[daleo]

3. Hard to know what to make of this

It could be a true account, or it could be a propaganda plant to shore up support around the world for U.S. military action. Maybe a little of both. A few paragraphs suffice to give a flavor of the account:

"Nashmi describes how they murdered a group of Roman Catholic oil workers from the Philippines, 'for the sake of our brother Muslims '. Several Filipino Muslim groups, some linked to al-Qaeda, have been fighting against the Christian-dominated government for decades."

"Such international concerns feature frequently in the account. Nashmi also describes 'finishing off' a group of Indian engineers. 'Thanks to God we cleaned our land from unbelievers,' he says. New Delhi is seen as having brutally repressed Muslims in Kashmir. Nashmi also claims that he killed an Italian, after forcing him to speak with al-Jazeera, the Qatar-based Arabic satellite TV channel, and demand the withdrawal of Rome's troops from Iraq."

The lunch and an afternoon nap account seem rather incredible:

"The militants then moved into the heavily fortified Oasis Resort, which comprises 200 villas, a hotel, restaurants and spas. There, Nashmi says, they 'went to the hotel, found a restaurant and had a good lunch and some rest'. Then, 'we went to the first floor and we found some unbelievers. We slaughtered them'."