Zaid Hamid said in his tweets that he lived in dangerous world in a tight security in Saudi’s jail along with several ISIS/AQ militants. He interacted with them in Arabic due to which he get exceptional view of dangerous world. He also told in his tweets that his time in Saudi Arabia provided him an excellent understanding of security dynamics building in the Middle East. He further went to say that he met with great learning experience in his own field of regional security threat analysis.
The 51-years old analyst also revealed that Daish/AQ shared their plans, strategies and secrets with him as he was unknown for Daish/AQ just like other prisoners. Jail’s doctors did not know him also but I avoid them because they all were Indians, he added.
Here are the following tweets of Zaid Hamid:
For me personally, this jail term was a rare & incredible learning experience within my own field of regional security threat analysis!
— Zaid Hamid (@ZaidZamanHamid) October 12, 2015
Daish/AQ NEVER knew who I was. They took me as another prisoner in their brotherhood & opened up their secrets, plans, strategies, goals…
— Zaid Hamid (@ZaidZamanHamid) October 12, 2015
Yes, it was a dangerous world inside. The Jail doctors were Indians, so I had to avoid them too. They never knew who I was !! :))
— Zaid Hamid (@ZaidZamanHamid) October 12, 2015
On the other hand, Zaid Hamid also disclosed close ties between Raw and Saudi intelligence.
