Our Friends the Saudis

"A key suspect the May 12 terror attacks in Riyadh has turned himself
in," CNN reports from Riyadh. "Ali Abd al-Rahman al-Faqasi al-Ghamdi,
who authorities said has deep ties to al Qaeda, surrendered Thursday
to Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the third ranking official in the Saudi
Interior Ministry, a Saudi official told CNN." Here's a rather
stunning detail:

The Saudi official said he believed the break in the Riyadh case came
after the June 14 bust by Saudi authorities of a suspected terror ring
in Mecca, one of Islam's holiest sites.

During the bust, Saudi authorities discovered, among other things,
what one official described as "booby-trapped Korans," the Muslim holy
book.

That discovery, said this official, may have been a final straw of
sorts for Saudi religious leaders, who denounced the plot for its
double hypocrisy in allegedly plotting a terror attack in Mecca and in
waging a holy war against infidels using Islam's holiest book.

Life is cheap, but you better not mess with the Koran.

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