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Iraq

Saudi General, Border Guards Killed by Daesh/ISIL for not being Fanatical Enough

contributors 01/06/2015

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France24 | —

“At 4,30 am 4 men coming from Iraqi territory attacked a border post on the northern frontier of Saudi Arabia. Two of the attackers were killed during the attack, one by gun shot and the second activated his explosive belt killing general Awda al-Balwi, commander of the northern frontier zone, with one of his guards & wounding colonel Salem al-Aanzi, head of the operations in the same zone. Beyond the symbolic impact of this attack, it shows that the attackers had accurate info about the presence of the two high ranking officers in this exact place.”

France24: “Deadly jihadi attack on northern border of Saudi Arabia”

Filed Under: Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, political Islam, Saudi Arabia

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