Rayed Abdullah Salem Al Harbi
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Rayed Abdullah Salem Al Harbi (1988 – October 18, 2009) was a citizen of Saudi Arabia
who was named on Saudi Arabia's list of most wanted terrorist suspects.
He was discovered with Yussef al-Shiri at Jizan
, near Saudi Arabia's border with Yemen
, while disguised in women's clothing, and wearing suicide vests, on October 18, 2009.
The two men died in a shootout, as did a Saudi policeman, when a Saudi policewoman was going to search the two "women".
A second policeman was injured.
A third man, who has not been identified, and who was not in disguise, was driving with them, was captured.
His interrogation led to the capture of six Yemeni accomplices.
The men were reported to have been members in Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.
In addition to the suicide vests they were wearing their vehicle had a third completed suicide belt, and a fourth that had not yet been fully assembled.
Asharq Alawsat
reports the men were driving a truck rented in Jeddah, 700 kilometres (435 mi) away.
They report the men probably crossed the border at Al-Harth, 190 kilometres (118.1 mi) away.
The individual who rented the truck remains at large.
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
who was named on Saudi Arabia's list of most wanted terrorist suspects.
He was discovered with Yussef al-Shiri at Jizan
Jizan
-Ethnography:The inhabitants of Jazan, are made up of Arabs. Islam is the religion of almost the totality of the inhabitants of the city and the province.-External links:*http://www.jazan.gov.sa* *http://krwetatnt.com/vb/...
, near Saudi Arabia's border with Yemen
Yemen
The Republic of Yemen , commonly known as Yemen , is a country located in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east....
, while disguised in women's clothing, and wearing suicide vests, on October 18, 2009.
The two men died in a shootout, as did a Saudi policeman, when a Saudi policewoman was going to search the two "women".
A second policeman was injured.
A third man, who has not been identified, and who was not in disguise, was driving with them, was captured.
His interrogation led to the capture of six Yemeni accomplices.
The men were reported to have been members in Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.
In addition to the suicide vests they were wearing their vehicle had a third completed suicide belt, and a fourth that had not yet been fully assembled.
Asharq Alawsat
Asharq Alawsat
Asharq Al-Awsat is an Arabic international newspaper headquartered in London. A pioneer of the "off-shore" model in the Arabic press, the paper is often noted for its distinctive green-tinted pages....
reports the men were driving a truck rented in Jeddah, 700 kilometres (435 mi) away.
They report the men probably crossed the border at Al-Harth, 190 kilometres (118.1 mi) away.
The individual who rented the truck remains at large.