From Copper to al Qaeda

The new head of al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia is reported to be a former police officer. Surely better than a current police officer, but it makes you wonder about the whole white-hat, black-hat thing in the Kingdom.

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[joe]

A real cop, or the "religious police?"

[rst]

The Saudi-owned daily published in London sourced the news to al-Qaeda itself without further detail.

I get the feeling this is more of a Saudi press release. Nayef is giving us a head's up of what his end of the government is doing to help inch us towards the caliphate.

[Lawrence]

None of them actually wear hats, just towels.

Hence the clash of civilizations.

[anon]

"The new head of al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia is reported to be a former police officer"

So what? Wasn't Tim McVeigh a former US soldier?