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| 4 more arrests in Riyadh bombings | |
| 2003-05-22 | |
| EFL Saudi police have arrested four more suspects linked to al-Qaida as they crack down on extremists following the bombings in Riyadh, a Western diplomat said Thursday. It was the first report of the arrests, which the diplomat said were made Tuesday. He had no details on where or how the arrests were made. Rounded up the usual suspects Saudi officials had announced Sunday that four suspects with apparent ties to al-Qaida were arrested last week for the May 12 attacks on foreign housing complexes in Riyadh. On Tuesday, Saudi security officials said three suspected al-Qaida militants had been arrested a day earlier in the western port city of Jiddah. Later reports — denied by the Saudi interior minister — linked those three to a possible hijacking plot. Denial ain't just a river in Egypt. It's Pandemic in Soddy "The Saudis are working very, very aggressively throughout the kingdom," the Western diplomat said, speaking on condition he not be identified. So as not to lose credibility when the show arrests end and support for Al Qaeda begins again The diplomat said the latest arrests involved four men linked to, but not among, 19 suspects the Saudis have sought in connection with a weapons cache found in Riyadh on May 6. Interior Minister Prince Nayef has said investigators have identified three of the mangled bodies of the nine Saudi attackers as among the 19 suspects sought in the weapons cache discovery.
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| Posted by:Frank G |
| #1 This whole thing reminds me of the end of the book GOOD FRIDAY where the Saudi's beheaded a bunch of bad guys and someone noticed that the people being beheaded were all missing hands (aka the Saudi's rounded up victims in the local prison) and the whole thing was done for foreign consumption. |
| Posted by: Yank 2003-05-22 12:41:10 |