May Allah's wrath be upon all agressors and oppressors.
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May Allah's wrath be upon all agressors and oppressors.
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Ameen, lets hope the Saudis wake up and blow up all these al qaeda terrorists.
what did these commandos accomplish? many hostages were killed and they even let some of the terrorists escape
Carnage in Saudi Arabia : 22 killed
Looks like the royal family is losing control of Saudi Arabia . It’s surprising the Western media is stuck on One American and One Briton killed when Indian expatriates made up greatest number of casualties in the carnage. At least CNN international should have mentioned all nationalites !!
Alkhobar Attacks Claim Eight Indian Lives
Saeed Haider, Arab News
ALKHOBAR, 31May 2004 — As the Oasis Compound siege came to an end and the task of sifting through the lives wrecked by the attack began, it emerged that Indian expatriates made up greatest number of casualties in the carnage.
The Saudi authorities confirmed that among the 22 people who died in the series of attacks on housing compounds as well as office premises since 7.30 on Saturday, eight were Indians.
The first was Lawrence Gregory of Karnataka in southern India, who died when a stray bullet hit him in the neck while he was driving to his office and became caught in crossfire between the terrorists and security forces.
The other seven Indians died in or around the Oasis Compound.
The Indian Embassy confirmed that four of them worked in maintenance for the Saad Group of Companies, which owns the Oasis Compound.
The Indian casualties are: Lawrence Gregory from Karnataka; K.K. Pradeep Kumar and Jain Jose from Kerala; Clephen Carlos, Andhra Pradesh; Joe Fernandez, Goa; Suresh Kumar and Tola Ram, both from Rajasthan; and Vikram from Bihar.
A Bangladeshi who was held hostage in the restaurant of the Oasis Compound and later released by the terrorists told Arab News on condition of anonymity that K.K. Pradeep Kumar was shot by one of the terrorists at point-blank range. “He died instantly,” he said.
The Indian community in the Eastern Province was in a state of shock. An Indian Embassy official said a team led by an attache is already in the Eastern Province and is in touch with the hospitals and Saudi authorities there.
Indians reserved particular anger for the terrorists’ bid to give a religious tilt to their barbaric act.
“What these terrorists fail to understand is that they are doing more harm to the cause of Muslims,” said Irfan Ali of Hyderabad.
Maan Al-Sanea, the owner of the ill-fated Oasis Compound, has expressed his deep grief over the killing of his employees and promised to compensate their families.
I heard some of the non muslim hostages were beheaded by the terrorists.
I will wait for another article by some conspiracy theorist telling us how it was the CIA and Mossad who beheaded the kaffirs. Surely, muslim terrorists do not behead their prisoners.
Al Qaeda vows to ‘cleanse’ Arabian Peninsula of infidels: Website
DUBAI — A statement claiming to speak in the name of the Al Qaeda terror group and carried on an Islamist website yesterday vowed to “cleanse the Arabian Peninsula of infidels”. It was posted on the website in the wake of weekend carnage in which 22 people were killed in attacks, claimed by Al Qaeda, and hostage-taking in the Saudi oil city of Al Khobar.
“We renew our determination to repel the crusader forces and their arrogance, to liberate the land of Muslims, to apply sharia (Islamic law) and cleanse the Arabian Peninsula of infidels,” said the message on the website http//alsaha.fares.net.
The authenticity of the statement could not be verified.
It said the attacks and hostage-taking were conducted by “four mujahideen”.
The website message, signed by the “Al Qaeda Organisation in the Arabian Peninsula”, headed by Abdul Aziz Al Muqrin, a Saudi, said only one of the fighters was killed, naming him as “the hero Nimer bin Suhaj Al Baqmi”. Muqrin tops a Saudi list of most-wanted terror suspects, which has been reduced to 18 since it was released amid a massive crackdown on suspected Al Qaeda sympathisers.
“The (other) mujahedeen successfully withdrew from the site, despite the strict security measures (by the authorities), toward safety,” said the message.
The Saudi Interior Ministry later confirmed that three of the assailants had escaped while the fourth, the group’s leader, had been wounded and captured.
Saudi elite forces yesterday rescued 25 hostages who had been seized by the activists, who then slit the throats of seven Asians, a Swede and an Italian.
An audiotape, purported to be the voice of Muqrin, and posted on the website www.Ftws.Net/qal3ah_1/free/betrolum.RA, also claimed that a Japanese was among those hostages whose throats were slit.
“Among those killed, there is one Japanese who was slaughtered, and we sent him to his compatriots who are involved with America in the war against Muslims, especially in Iraq,” the voice on the tape said.
The website statement had claimed that, “The Italian recorded a message addressing the world on Al Jazeera satellite channel”, based in Qatar, and also announced the death of “10 Indians … among the murderers of our Muslim brothers in Kashmir.”
The Saudi Interior Ministry listed those killed in the two days of attacks as: one American, a Briton, an Italian, eight Indians, a Swede, two Sri Lankans, three Saudis, one South African, one Egyptian and three Filipinos.
The assailants had initially attacked the building of the Arab Petroleum Investment Corp (Apicorp) and a “Petroleum Centre” where oil firms have offices on Saturday.
“Petroleum Centre depends on the American colonial firm Halliburton, cited by Sheikh Osama (Bin Laden) in his last message,” said the statement, also claiming the deaths of more Westerners, including at least three Americans and a Briton, who was described as “the financial director of Apicorp”.
“The mujahideen attached with a cable (to a car) the body of one of the Americans, who was then dragged through the streets,” it said.
Britain’s Observer newspaper, citing witnesses, reported that the body of a Briton was tied to a car and dragged more than a mile and dumped near a bridge.
The message also said that the “operation was recorded in audio, parts of which will later be made public.”
— AFP
These Al-Qaeda guys need to be eliminated.
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These Al-Qaeda guys need to be eliminated.
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^So do the american occupiers in middle east!
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ummm i go to rahima academy...heard of it? but b4 ofcourse i was in paki skool and spent 8 wonderful years there...
rashid mall is fyne shye... ppl still use it for dating shating:p lol...
corniche ki shakal hi badaldi hai lol.. saudii getting better n better...
one question for khobar ppl...
who remembers APNA BAZAAR and AL-FALAH SUPER MARKET?
i live right beside al-falah
nice to hear from you guys
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hi! so you are at rahima. its a good scchool. i had a lot of friends from Rahima Academy. and when did you leave the SAIS Pak school? know a lot of ppl from there...memories! what grade are you now in? and, are you a guy or a girl?
i heard about the renovation done at corniche...man it must be really beautiful now. and yeah Rashid mall was one good place for dates n all. :D
i definitely remember Apna Bazaar. its still there sint it? near the Pak school?
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These Al-Qaeda guys need to be eliminated.
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if all da hostages were muslims & they werent any non muslim hostages, i doubt the saudis ruling party wud hav cared!
Its good that the Saudis got a taste of reality too?
I was involved in a discussion with a group of Pakistanis about the recent bombings in Khobar, Saudi Arab. Everyone had mixed views, but several were of the opinion that it was actually good that these blasts happenned because till now Saudi Arab had not tasted the sufferring that other Muslim countries are going through.
Saudi Arab is one of the richest countries in the Muslim Ummah, she could have done a lot for the sufferring Muslims, but Saudis chose to ignore the Muslim Ummah and instead obey and appease America to satisfy their shameless and unethical greed for material luxuries. Saudis have been living in the lap of extreme comfort, completely unaware of the sufferrings of their brothers and sisters in other Muslim lands, such as Kashmir and Iraq.
The fact that the holy Kaaba and Masjid-e-Nabwi are situated in Saudi Arab give her more of a responsibility to become a loyal leader of the Muslim Ummah, rather than a selfish state.
Incidents such as the Khobar bombing might give them a wake up jolt and compel them to stand up to their needed role.
This thought process was disturbing. As Pakistanis, and part of the Ummah, we should not feel but sadness, express not but condemnation towards incidents like the Khobar bombings. If we start pointing fingers at each other and rejoicing the tragedies of each other, where will it eventually lead us?
We had a few more incidents yesterday and received a specific threat against our facility so everyone was evacuated from the building. We are back in now with national gaurds sitting on the roof top and bunkers are being built all around our facility.
Some one here asked about the lady that was shot in the legs. This mornings up-date is that she will survive, however she may lose one leg.
Personally I ended up in Bahrain as our compound was under siege. I am back now but living in Euro villiage's guest house.
Yeah bought some mangoes from apna bazar last weekend, also I frequent the Bundoo khan resturant and Nihari house in the Pak school area.
Haris Zuberi Bhai,
I am not from Al Khober, I am from New Jersey USA, but just so you know, I used to work in KSA from 1991 to 1997, I have been all over the Kingdom, I used to work for Al Drees and Sons.
And yes Al Khober is one of the better planned and modern cities.
regards
Aejaz
Saudi Arabia is the eye of the hurricane, they are to blame for Pakistan's tilt towards extremism as well as that of Afghanistan. Remember that it is because of 19 Saudis that countless Muslims are dying worldwide, it is because of a Saudi fanatic (OBL) that our religion is being given a bad name and because of Saudi doctrine that the Muslim world is on the verge of breakdown. I predict a lengthy, bloody civil war in that country.
Aejaz,
i see. so ure in the US now. but nevertheless, being in touch with anyone whos been in the kingdom is always pleasure. :)
ashtray,
hi. yeah i was the one asking about the lady who got shot. sad to know she'll los a limb...
it just dawned on me that the area is so close to the HarsalWatni complex...and yet this happened. as far as i can recall all compounds already had maximum security with barbed wire and concrete slabs to keep outsiders and unidentified vehicles at a distance and the police and military was always present with guns fcaing the roads, was the security loosened up? were the guards removed or did the militanst penetrate in their presence?
so youre at the Euro comp now? having a nice view of the swimming pools?
If Pakistanis want to improve their county than they should learn to own upto the faults that they have made , instead of blaming everybody else.
Haris, this is the question everyone is asking. These guys entered the compound through the small wodden gate that leads to the italian restaurant where they shot the italian chef. It took the security forces took an hour and a half before they surrounded the compound, during this time the terrorists went from house to house. I guess the compound security was designrd with the idea of preventing a car/truck bomb attack and not such kind of a guerilla activity. Who knows what is happening.
Yeah Euro village has an awsome size pool, not to mention the scenery outside of the pool, however I miss the bowling alley and the indoor tennis court of Oasis.
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Aejaz,
i see. so ure in the US now. but nevertheless, being in touch with anyone whos been in the kingdom is always pleasure. :)
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Haris Bhai,
Thanks for the Kindness, Man those were wonderful times, I was in my early thirties, was already a double Haji, had more than 100 Umrah's under my belt, was making a ton of money, loved Panda Burgers, and just worshipped the Afghani Narangi Pulav (specially in Yanbu and Jubail), and Jeddah Restaurants, made you feel like you were in Bombay or Karachi, (Karahi Ghosht YUM YUM).
Sorry Do not intend to derail this thread, just got nostalgic.
What is hapenning over there right now is really a very tragic event, which is really hurting the already tarnished image of muslims, I just hope that better sense prevails and the extremists realise that they are not helping Islam, but in fact doing more damage.
regards
Aejaz
hey ashtray bro,wassap?how are things today@ ur place?I was trying to send ya PM but it dont work ,newayz laters,I heard lotsa ppl from multinational companies goin outta country for a while?
I also used to live in Dhahran (Aramco camp) but visited Khobar religiously...great place that seems to have lost its innocence...if I lived there, I'd be afraid.