Suicide bomber attacks Shia mosque in Saudi Arabia - Breaking News

[Irfan Baloch]

@Irfan Baloch

Bro, can you prevent the Farsi trolls from writing in this thread? This news does not concern them nor do they care about Saudi Arabian Shia's or other Shia Arabs.

This attack is the second attack on Shia's in KSA's history. Given the turmoil in the region and the fact that KSA is surrounded by states which are at war this is a very, very small number.

So far less than 10 people have been reported as dead.

إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون

More news to follow. Just returned from Salat al-Jum'ah myself. Unfortunate news.

I shall do the necessary if non serious attitude continues.

 

[Saif al-Arab]

I shall do the necessary if non serious attitude continues.

The troll is still barking and trolling as you can see. I am not going to waste my time with him anymore.

Your bellowed Sheikh al-Nimr is a terrorist whose gangs have killed policemen and local Shia's. "Activist" my ***.

@Irfan Baloch

You can see who started this discussion, who is trying to score some brownie points here in this unfortunate thread, who pretends to care about Saudi Arabian Shias and Shia Arabs (that he otherwise insults all the time) etc.

Since he does not care about being banned you should relief him by giving him another ban. Let him troll on his Mullah forum that he crawled out form. He should not be allowed to write the name KSA or the word Arab either.

Is there an ignore function on this site?

Or can you not ban him from Arab topics? Nothing good comes from allowing him and other Farsi trolls to write in them. Those topics do not concern them either. It would save a lot of trolling.

 

[Falcon29]

Didn't expect this to happen in Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia needs to increase intelligence activities but the conflict in Yemen probably distracted them a bit. RIP to victims.

Apparently the bomber wasn't a local.

 

[JUBA]

Can you explain about thousands of Saudis who joined Al-Qaeda, Nusra or ISIS? Majority of suicide bombers in Iraq and Syria are Saudis, so I don't think what you say about 'confusion' can be applied to all. There is immense potential in Saudi population to launch these kinds of actions or to be absorbed to such groups, if they are allowed to. Don't ever underestimate power of extremist ideologies especially in area of Najd. Maybe the reason that most of them can join foreign groups but fail to launch domestic attacks is that Saudis can keep good control on internal matters, but let them loose as long as they blow themselves up in other countries like Iraq and Syria.

RIP to the dead, it's hard to describe how savage it is to enter a mosque and blow yourself up among people who are praying.

Of course, the only ones safe in the world and immune largely from the terrorists activities are either the Wahhabis or Deobandis. Shouldn't take a genius long enough to figure out.

Perhaps handiwork of Saudi Mabahith? This is a murky world, let's not discount anything, yet!

Most likely an Iranian supported false flag attack by the Shiites themselves in order to cause havoc and riots among the Shiites since pretty much this the only thing they can do while seeing their Houthi brethrens in Yemen get obliterated, We all remember this piece of news not so long ago:


Bahraini, Saudi authorities foil attempt to smuggle explosives into Saudi Arabia
Manama, Asharq Al-Awsat—Authorities have arrested five more suspects involved in an attempt to smuggle high-grade explosives into Saudi Arabia, Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

Bahrain’s Public Security Chief Maj Gen. Tariq Al-Hassan said the five suspects had been arrested in Bahrain in a joint operation conducted by the Bahraini and Saudi security services.

The homes of the five suspects were searched after warrants were issued from Bahrain’s Public Prosecution, the Bahrain News Agency (BNA) confirmed.

A number of explosive materials as well documents detailing bomb-making instructions and information on military patrols were found at the residences and then confiscated by the security services.

Several laptops, portable hard disks and cameras were also confiscated, as well as mobile phones and a number of Iranian mobile phone chips. Iranian, Saudi, and Jordanian currencies were also found at the residences.

This follows the announcement on Friday by Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry that two suspects had been arrested by Saudi authorities earlier that day on the King Fahd Causeway, a series of oversea bridges which connects both countries.

The suspects were apprehended at the causeway’s entrance as they were attempting to drive a vehicle into Saudi Arabia containing 14 bags of RDX paste and 50 detonators, according to Gulf News.

RDX, a high-grade explosive material more powerful than the more widely used TNT, belongs to the nitramides family of explosives, which are mainly used in military operations.

Though its constituent ingredients are cheap, RDX is thought to be very difficult to manufacture.

Hassan said investigations will remain ongoing until all suspects involved are arrested, adding that Bahraini and Saudi authorities would continue to cooperate on the case.

Both countries have previously cooperated on several other similar cases, he said.

Bahraini police foiled an attempt last month to smuggle similar explosive materials into Saudi Arabia via the King Fahd Causeway. Hassan said the materials were also similar to those which Bahraini authorities had seized in December 2013 from a boat headed to Saudi Arabia from Bahraini waters.

Bahraini, Saudi authorities foil attempt to smuggle explosives into Saudi Arabia


Also this a while ago:
Bahrain says it seized Iranian, Syrian explosives
DUBAI: Bahraini authorities said Monday they have seized a boat smuggling explosives made in Iran and Syria into the Sunni-ruled kingdom, which quashed a Shiite-led uprising in 2011.

The boat, which had two Bahrainis aboard, was stopped over the weekend at two nautical miles (3.7 kilometres) off the archipelago's coast, public security chief Major-General Tareq al-Hasan said.

He said it had been tracked over a distance of 118 nautical miles (218 kilometres) northeast of the kingdom.

"Fifty hand grenades made in Iran," as well as "295 fuses connected to switches labelled as made in Syria," were found in the 29-foot (nine-metre) vessel, he said in a statement carried by state news agency BNA.

Dozens of C4 and TNT explosive devices were also found on the boat, he said, without providing details about the source of the alleged shipment.

The Sunni-ruled Gulf monarchies have long accused Shiite Iran of meddling in Bahrain's affairs, while Saudi Arabia and Qatar have strongly supported rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a close ally of Iran.

Bahrain crushed an Arab Spring-inspired uprising led by members of its Shiite majority in 2011, with Saudi-led Gulf troops aiding in the crackdown.

Since then demonstrations have regularly been held in Shiite villages ringing the capital, often setting off clashes with security forces.

At least 89 people have been killed in Bahrain since the protests began, according to the International Federation for Human Rights.

Several bomb attacks have also taken place in recent months, including one that targeted a Sunni mosque close to the royal court in July but caused no casualties.

Tensions escalated over the weekend as authorities interrogated top Shiite opposition leader Ali Salman.

The head of the main Shiite bloc Al-Wefaq was released after a day of questioning, but was charged with incitement to religious hatred and spreading false news endangering national security.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Dec-30/242667-bahrain-says-it-seized-iranian-syrian-explosives.ashx

 

[Mahmoud_EGY]

bad news may it be the last in a country known to be safe from the madness in the region
feeling sorry for all who died today

 

[DV RULES]

إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ
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Correction: the Muslim world

Correction, So called The Muslims.

 

[Saif al-Arab]

Most likely an Iranian supported false flag attack by the Shiites themselves in order to cause havoc and riots among the Shiites since pretty much this the only thing they can do while seeing their Houthi brethrens in Yemen get obliterated, We all remember this piece of news not so long ago:


Bahraini, Saudi authorities foil attempt to smuggle explosives into Saudi Arabia
Manama, Asharq Al-Awsat—Authorities have arrested five more suspects involved in an attempt to smuggle high-grade explosives into Saudi Arabia, Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

Bahrain’s Public Security Chief Maj Gen. Tariq Al-Hassan said the five suspects had been arrested in Bahrain in a joint operation conducted by the Bahraini and Saudi security services.

The homes of the five suspects were searched after warrants were issued from Bahrain’s Public Prosecution, the Bahrain News Agency (BNA) confirmed.

A number of explosive materials as well documents detailing bomb-making instructions and information on military patrols were found at the residences and then confiscated by the security services.

Several laptops, portable hard disks and cameras were also confiscated, as well as mobile phones and a number of Iranian mobile phone chips. Iranian, Saudi, and Jordanian currencies were also found at the residences.

This follows the announcement on Friday by Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry that two suspects had been arrested by Saudi authorities earlier that day on the King Fahd Causeway, a series of oversea bridges which connects both countries.

The suspects were apprehended at the causeway’s entrance as they were attempting to drive a vehicle into Saudi Arabia containing 14 bags of RDX paste and 50 detonators, according to Gulf News.

RDX, a high-grade explosive material more powerful than the more widely used TNT, belongs to the nitramides family of explosives, which are mainly used in military operations.

Though its constituent ingredients are cheap, RDX is thought to be very difficult to manufacture.

Hassan said investigations will remain ongoing until all suspects involved are arrested, adding that Bahraini and Saudi authorities would continue to cooperate on the case.

Both countries have previously cooperated on several other similar cases, he said.

Bahraini police foiled an attempt last month to smuggle similar explosive materials into Saudi Arabia via the King Fahd Causeway. Hassan said the materials were also similar to those which Bahraini authorities had seized in December 2013 from a boat headed to Saudi Arabia from Bahraini waters.

Bahraini, Saudi authorities foil attempt to smuggle explosives into Saudi Arabia


Also this a while ago:
Bahrain says it seized Iranian, Syrian explosives
DUBAI: Bahraini authorities said Monday they have seized a boat smuggling explosives made in Iran and Syria into the Sunni-ruled kingdom, which quashed a Shiite-led uprising in 2011.

The boat, which had two Bahrainis aboard, was stopped over the weekend at two nautical miles (3.7 kilometres) off the archipelago's coast, public security chief Major-General Tareq al-Hasan said.

He said it had been tracked over a distance of 118 nautical miles (218 kilometres) northeast of the kingdom.

"Fifty hand grenades made in Iran," as well as "295 fuses connected to switches labelled as made in Syria," were found in the 29-foot (nine-metre) vessel, he said in a statement carried by state news agency BNA.

Dozens of C4 and TNT explosive devices were also found on the boat, he said, without providing details about the source of the alleged shipment.

The Sunni-ruled Gulf monarchies have long accused Shiite Iran of meddling in Bahrain's affairs, while Saudi Arabia and Qatar have strongly supported rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a close ally of Iran.

Bahrain crushed an Arab Spring-inspired uprising led by members of its Shiite majority in 2011, with Saudi-led Gulf troops aiding in the crackdown.

Since then demonstrations have regularly been held in Shiite villages ringing the capital, often setting off clashes with security forces.

At least 89 people have been killed in Bahrain since the protests began, according to the International Federation for Human Rights.

Several bomb attacks have also taken place in recent months, including one that targeted a Sunni mosque close to the royal court in July but caused no casualties.

Tensions escalated over the weekend as authorities interrogated top Shiite opposition leader Ali Salman.

The head of the main Shiite bloc Al-Wefaq was released after a day of questioning, but was charged with incitement to religious hatred and spreading false news endangering national security.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Dec-30/242667-bahrain-says-it-seized-iranian-syrian-explosives.ashx

Those same people were already behind the Al-Khobar bombing in 1996 in the Eastern Province (Hezbollah al-Hijaz). They similarly tried to start a revolt.

Khobar Towers bombing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That news above says it all. Lot's of desperate butthurt people (read fanatical Shia's with an inclination to be Wilayat al-Faqih slaves) due to the slaughter of their Houthi terrorists.

Speaks volume that this attack today is only the second such attack in KSA's history. Something is very fishy indeed.

Let us see what the conclusions will be. It might be a small ISIS cell.

Anyway whether small ISIS cell or some Al-Nimr gangs they will be deal with very harshly. An iron fist KSA style. The gangs of al-Nimr do not care about Shia's as his gangs have already killed Shia policemen and other Shias in the crossfire.
Instability in KSA has zero tolerance and people themselves will lynch troublemakers. Locals are aware of what I am saying here.

 

[Bobby]

Some people want kill everybody...even for that they can kill them self also.

 

[Falcon29]

Those same people were already behind the Al-Khobar bombing in 1996 in the Eastern Province (Hezbollah al-Hijaz). They similarly tried to start a revolt.

That news above says it all. Lot's of desperate butthurt people (read fanatical Shia's with an inclination to be Wilayat al-Faqih slaves) due to the slaughter of their Houthi terrorists.

Speaks volume that this attack today is only the second such attack in KSA's history. Something is very fishy indeed.

Let us see what the conclusions will be. It might be a small ISIS cell.

Anyway whether small ISIS cell or some Al-Nimr gangs they will be deal with very harshly. An iron fist KSA style. Instability in KSA has zero tolerance and people themselves will lynch troublemakers. Locals are aware of what I am saying here.

It was a Pakistani according to Arab media reports. This is not something common in Saudi Arabia, Saudi should do indepth investigation. Like JUBA said, there is only one people who have major interest in causing revolt/civil strife in Saudi Arabia. And they will use Arab Shias to the last one to achieve their agenda.

 

[Shapur Zol Aktaf]

Didn't expect this to happen in Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia needs to increase intelligence activities but the conflict in Yemen probably distracted them a bit. RIP to victims.

Apparently the bomber wasn't a local.

Why not? attacks against Shia happen everywhere, even here in Belgium crazy wahabis/salafists attacked a Shia mosque and killed the Imam.

RIP for the victims. Now they want to ad the execution of Nimr al Nimr above their crimes like this.

 

[Irfan Baloch]

Of course, the only ones safe in the world and immune largely from the terrorists activities are either the Wahhabis or Deobandis. Shouldn't take a genius long enough to figure out.

I wont be that generous in this statement.
true that the global Jihad inc actively deobandis. seeks Shia's first and then ordinary sunnis but when such target is not thee then anyone will do even deobandis.
for the terrorists whoever votes for the governments or obeys their kings is partner to the sin and deserves to die.

yes I am being politically correct here because I have some family members and friends belonging to Deobandi faith who feel sick and asked of this TTP terrorism and the repeat mention of their faith in the wrong context and they are as much patriotic to Pakistan. as any other person can be.
for takfiris everyone is a legitimate target, they are targeting Sunnis to become extremists so that killing shias or sufis etc becomes socially acceptable.

 

[Falcon29]

Why not? attacks against Shia happen everywhere, even here in Belgium crazy wahabis/salafists attacked a Shia mosque and killed the Imam.

RIP for the victims. Now they want to ad the execution of Nimr al Nimr above their crimes like this.

Those attacks target Sunni's as well. But for KSA, it is very uncommon, investigation shouldn't be done on individual, it should be done on his previous contacts/movements to see who he's coordinating with. If this isn't isolated and continues to happen then we have to look at the timing. Nimr Al Nimr is not going to be executed, that is false report.

 

[Saif al-Arab]

It was a Pakistani according to Arab media reports. This is not something common in Saudi Arabia, Saudi should do indepth investigation. Like JUBA said, there is only one people who have major interest in causing revolt/civil strife in Saudi Arabia. And they will use Arab Shias to the last one to achieve their agenda.

Nothing is official yet. Regardless of who did it this is extremely rare for KSA (second such attack in KSA's history). Outside of those 2 attacks (the first by a a small ISIS cell last year) the only terrorist attacks in KSA have been done by Al-Qaeda on mostly American soldiers, Western expats and Saudi Arabian officials (policemen mostly). There have never been any sectarian infighting between Saudi Arabian Sunni's (Shafi's, Hanbalis, Malikis, Hanafis), Sufis, Shias (Twelver, Zaydi, Ismailis) etc. The only thing I recall was some Ismaili riot in the Najran province ages ago (1990's).

You never hear of any Sunni-Shia-Sufi sectarian infighting in Hijaz for instance between locals. Or even any expats.

Definetely it would suit the enemies of KSA to try and make the Shia population in the Eastern Province (they are not a majority) hostile against the regime and thus this way create instability in KSA and weaken it. Does not take a genius to figure this out considering the climate of the region.

Anyway KSA's has an excellent intelligence and we all know that the justice system is quite harsh so there won't be mercy for any terrorists who kill innocent citizens or expats. All of those from the first attack have been sentenced to death.

In the end ISIS and Sheikh al-Nimr types have 1 thing in common. They are against the regime and are willing to use violence to remove it.

I don't care about the regime particularly much or any regime in the world for that matter but changes must come gradually. No need to turn into another Iraq.

The Arabian Peninsula should unite into 1 federal entity anyway. Always said that. With autonomy too for all I care to all religious and ethnic groups if they want that. No problem for me.

In fact I am quite surprised that there have not been many more attacks considering all the unstable countries that KSA borders directly, the huge expat communities etc.

 

[OrionHunter]

The aftermath of an attack on a Shi'ite mosque in Saudi Arabia's Qatif,

Your signature says it all!

 

[TruthSeeker]

Most likely this was orchestrated by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard to increase sectarian tensions within KSA. The IRG would think nothing of killing Shias if so doing advances their quest for Iranian/Shiite hegemony over the holy lands.