Al-Qaeda replaces Saudi Arabia chief

[dArKeR]

AFP , RIYADH
A former Saudi police officer has taken over as leader of al-Qaeda on the Arabian peninsula after the last three incumbents died in the brutal jihad raging in Saudi Arabia, media reported yesterday.

Saleh Mohammad al-Oufi, 38, who is No. 4 on the kingdom's list of most wanted militants, "has been designated al-Qaeda chief in Saudi Arabia, succeeding Abdul Aziz al-Muqrin," the London-based Asharq al-Awsat daily said.

The Saudi-owned daily sourced the news to al-Qaeda itself without further detail after Al-Muqrin was gunned down in the capital Riyadh on Friday night along with three of his lieutenants.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/06/22/2003176068

[Blue_Roses]

1. what?

am I reading this right, the Saudi chief leaves to go be "chief" of al-qaeda? Maybe I need another cup of coffee, what the hell is going on?

[pinniped]

2. Did they go to the swearing-in ceremony?

The "knighting"?

[daleo]

3. Sounds like nepotism

It's always the ex-Police Chiefs who get to head Al-Queda. I guess it's who you know, not what you know.