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Arabia
Saudi to continue raids in bid to foil terrorist plots
2008-06-30
JEDDAH — The Saudi security authorities are carrying out raids in the kingdom to foil any terrorist plots and arrest suspects, according to Lt. Gen. Mansour Al Turki, the Ministry of Interior’s official spokesman. “The security agencies are keeping constant vigil on all suspected activities, but I don’t have any report about the detention of anyone after Wednesday’s announcement,” Al Turki said in Riyadh on Saturday.
They keep arresting people, and terrorists keep popping up ...
Referring to the arrest of 701 people over suspected plots to bomb oil installations and security targets this year, he said the mission has not ended and added that operations will continue, more efforts will be exerted and more arrests will be made. Of the 701 suspects detained so far this year, 520 are still being held while 181 have been released.

The Ministry of Interior periodically announces arrests and terror sweeps over a number of months. In November 2007, it revealed that over 200 suspects had been arrested in raids in different parts of the country.

Meanwhile, several religious scholars have stressed the need to deal firmly with extremists.
Posted by:Steve White

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