Al Qaeda planned to kill Saudis with poisoned gifts

[Turborama]

Source: Reuters

JEDDAH (Reuters) – Al Qaeda militants now in detention planned to kill Saudi government and security officials and media workers by sending poisoned gifts to their offices, an interior ministry official told Reuters on Saturday. The group "planned to rob banks and companies to finance their operations," said the official, who declined to be named.

Last month Saudi Arabia said it had captured 149 al Qaeda militants in recent months who were raising money and recruiting members to carry out attacks on government facilities, security officials and the media.

"Using poisoned perfume which they planned to send as gifts is one of the ways the arrested people planned to carry out their assassinations," the interior ministry official said.

The militants, who revealed their plans to Saudi security forces, belonged to 19 al Qaeda cells and comprised 124 Saudis and 25 foreigners. The groups had links to militants in Somalia and Yemen, the Interior Ministry said last month.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101204/wl_nm/us_saudi_security

[dipsydoodle]

1. Reminds me of 638 Ways to Kill Castro

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/638_Ways_to_Kill_Castro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugIb32LWsNo

[kickysnana]

2. We just use depleted uranium, everywhere. n/t

[Haole Girl]

3. Poisoned perfume, huh?

Well, there are some women I work with who do that on a daily basis!

:silly:

[Mnemosyne]

4. Why would they kill their financiers? n/t