Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Saudi Arabia says a man disguised a woman and shot dead in a shootout last week was an an al-Qaida operative Mohammed Issam Tahir al-Baghdadi, who entered the country from Yemen

From AP,

police are now sure the dead man is Mohammed Issam Tahir al-Baghdadi, an al-Qaida operative wanted for terrorist activities

al-Baghdadi [who had earlier entered Saudi Arabia from neighboring Yemen] was disguised as woman


An earlier report from Reuters,

Saudi security forces shot dead a suspected al Qaeda militant and arrested another after one of them opened fire at agents at a checkpoint on Friday, the interior ministry said.

One of the two men, who was disguised as a woman, opened fire after their car was stopped at the checkpoint in the central town of Wadi al-Dawasir, said Mansour al-Turki, the ministry's security spokesman.



Source: AP, Reuters



Comments: Cowards.



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Suicide bomber wearing burqa (allegedly a woman) kills at least 43 and wounds about 100, mostly members of anti-Taliban Salarzai tribe, queuing for aid from UN's World Food Program in Pakistan

Four Taliban suicide bombers dead in attack on UN base in Herat, Afghanistan [At least one of the attackers was wearing a burqa]

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