Saudi prince injured by militant

[frigidmagi]

BBC

A wanted militant blew himself up in the office of a Saudi prince responsible for security, state news agency SPA has reported.

The man had said he wanted to personally tell Prince Mohammed bin Nayef in his Jeddah Interior Ministry office that he would give himself up.

The prince, who was meeting well-wishers for the holy month of Ramadan, was slightly injured.

The news agency did not identify the suicide bomber.

Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television showed Prince Mohammed meeting King Abdullah later.

He has been involved in the kingdom's anti-terror strategy.

This was the first known assassination attempt against a member of the royal family since Saudi Arabia began its operation against militants eight years ago.

Last month, Saudi officials said that a criminal court had convicted and sentenced more than 300 al-Qaeda militants to jail terms and fines - the first known trials of their kind.

Just a reminder, the militants and extremist haven't gone away.

[LadyTevar]

Gee... you've been funding these people for years, and now look what happens.

[Mayabird]

Yeah, unless this guy is some sort of crazy-by-Saudi-standards-ultra-liberal who thinks women should be allowed to drive and stuff, I can't say I feel any sympathy towards him or any of his extended family and ilk.

[frigidmagi]

Al Q claims the bombing

Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing by a militant who wanted to give himself up to Saudi Arabia's security chief.

An online statement by the al-Qaeda Organisation in the Arabian Peninsula said Abdullah al-Asiri had flown on the prince's plane from Yemen.

The prince was slightly injured in the assassination attempt.

Saudi Arabia has a policy of allowing wanted militants to return to the kingdom for rehabilitation.

In February it issued a list of 83 wanted militants living overseas, calling on them to return to their home country and resume normal life.

Last week's attack on the security chief, Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, was the first on a member of the Saudi royal family since al-Qaeda stepped up a campaign of bombings in 2003.

The man had said he wanted to personally tell the prince in his Jeddah interior ministry office that he would give himself up.

I have little reason to like the House of Saud. None in fact. I find them to be hypocritical, brutal, two faced, selfish and short sighted. More bound up in chasing the pleasure of wealth then doing their duties to the country they rule.

I still would rather have them rule then see an Al Qeada government in Saudi.