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2003-08-13 Arabia

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Posted by PayDay 2003-08-13 1:31:16 AM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 More here at the Guardian

Posted by PayDay 2003-8-13 1:44:16 AM|| 2003-8-13 1:44:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 From Arabic News: A Saudi official said that the Saudi security forces arrested following these clashes, seven extremist Islamists of Saudi nationality. One of them was strongly wounded and is suspected to have links to al-Qaida organization. The statement added that the gunmen who are suspected to be Islamists activists opened fire at the special security forces using mortars and machine guns.
Mortars??? That's an upgrade, when do they start the artillary duels and tank battles, I need to make popcorn.

Posted by Steve 2003-8-13 11:01:48 AM|| 2003-8-13 11:01:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 More from Reuters: Saudi Arabia's interior minister said on Wednesday five of the Muslim militants who battled police in Riyadh on Tuesday have been arrested but seven others were still on the run. Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz was speaking to Al Arabiya television, one of the few foreign news networks with offices in the secretive kingdom, a day after a police raid on a militant stronghold in which four policemen and an Islamist were killed. Nayef said the militants were not linked to the May 12 bombings in Riyadh, which Washington and the kingdom blame on the al Qaeda network, but were among another group of militants who shot at police this week at a Riyadh highway rest stop. Saudi security sources said on Monday police had arrested about 10 suspected militants after the rest stop shootout on Sunday. The British Foreign Office said it believed these Islamists had actually escaped and may have been targeting British interests.
A senior Saudi official in Washington, however, said those arrested made up "another major cell that were targeting a British target."

Posted by Steve 2003-8-13 3:21:51 PM|| 2003-8-13 3:21:51 PM|| Front Page Top

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