Possible Libyan plot to assasinate Saudi Crown Prince

skipshady · Jun 10, 2004

In the next episode of As The Arab World Turns...

Two Are Said to Tell of Libyan Plot to Kill Saudi Ruler
By PATRICK E. TYLER

Published: June 10, 2004

WASHINGTON, June 9 — While the Libyan leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, was renouncing terrorism and negotiating the lifting of sanctions last year, his intelligence chiefs ordered a covert operation to assassinate the ruler of Saudi Arabia and destabilize the oil-rich kingdom, according to statements by two participants in the conspiracy.

Those participants, Abdurahman Alamoudi, an American Muslim leader now in jail in Alexandria, Va., and Col. Mohamed Ismael, a Libyan intelligence officer in Saudi custody, have given separate statements to American and Saudi officials outlining the plot.

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MikeLastort2 · Jun 10, 2004

This can't be true. Muammar Qadaffi/Kadaffi/Khadaffi/Gadaffi is one of the good guys now.

BenReilly · Jun 10, 2004

MikeLastort2 said:

This can't be true. Muammar Qadaffi/Kadaffi/Khadaffi/Gadaffi is one of the good guys now.
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He's giving up his nuclear weapons program and providing crucial information about the North Koreans and Pakistanis.

Silvio Dante · Jun 10, 2004

Mike Segroves said:

So you're saying whacking the Crown Prince of the <a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=House&v=56">House</a> of Saud is a "bad thing"?

You Go Gaddafi
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My thoughts exactly...

dfb547490 · Jun 10, 2004

MikeLastort2 said:

This can't be true. Muammar Qadaffi/Kadaffi/Khadaffi/Gadaffi is one of the good guys now.
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Segroves and Silvio beat me to it.

Altho I will say that I don't think Abdullah is as bad as most of the rest of the Saudi royal family is.

bigredfutbol · Jun 10, 2004

dfb547490 said:

Segroves and Silvio beat me to it.

Altho I will say that I don't think Abdullah is as bad as most of the rest of the Saudi royal family is.
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Aren't there like 100,000 members of the House of Saud? It's more like a clan than a family, I thought.

ratdog · Jun 10, 2004

Mike Segroves said:

Did somebody say Klan?
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You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Mike Segroves again.

bigredfutbol · Jun 10, 2004

ratdog said:

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Mike Segroves again.
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I'll do my best.

And that's one damn funny picture.

CrewDust · Jun 10, 2004

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...&u=/cpress/20040610/ca_pr_on_wo/us_libya_plot

Looks bad for Moammar.

Liban · Jun 10, 2004

dfb547490 said:

Segroves and Silvio beat me to it.

Altho I will say that I don't think Abdullah is as bad as most of the rest of the Saudi royal family is.
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the truth is he isnt as bad as the others, I and most citizens actually admire him. and this lates saga is more shameful then anything else. dumb libyans...just when u think they are rehabilitated they get caught with a sling shot and there is a broken mirror.