Four thousands Saudis fighting in Syria

Saudi Arabian government has announced it would intensify punishment of those individuals deceiving young people on going to Syria.
King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz issued a statement where he demanded that punishment of those individuals who ‘deceived Saudi young people.’

“Unfortunately, reports say that some individuals have deceived our young people. The punishments for these individuals should be more intense, not limited to prison,” King Abdullah quoted having said, and that “these groups deceive our children, and as a result, our children are killed or imprisoned.”

The King did not provide details on his statements about countries or groups. Analysts believe that King meant young people going to Syria to fight along with terrorists. Western diplomatic sources estimated the number of Saudi young people now in Syria under the banner of Jihad, as exceeding 4000.

In social networks on Internet, many pages are found with the names of Syrian opposition brigades or FSA and Al-Nusra Front, who, have been reporting on the number of these groups’ casualties since the crisis broke out.

In these pages, the names of Saudi nationals killed in Syria are found, exceeding 30 names, either real or nickname. In other development, Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah al-Shaykh, Saudi Grand Mufti, warned about calls for going for Jihad in ‘destroyed countries,’ describing it as ‘walking in the route to death,’ since fighting groups are not organized enough and ‘are not fighting under unit flag.’

Saudi official position on young people’s dispatch to Syria coincides with some Saudi officials formal and open invitation to support Syrian armed terrorist groups, who have attempted to persuade international community to attack Syria for toppling the Syrian government in line with their own positions, positions which are believed by analysts to work to the interest of Israel and the US, and not for Syrian people’s.