Saudi newspaper: Chinese-made missiles smuggled into kingdom
The Associated PressPublished: December 2, 2007
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: A Saudi Arabian newspaper said Sunday that suspected
al-Qaida terrorists were allegedly able to smuggle eight Chinese-made missiles
into the kingdom before they were arrested as part of a terror sweep.
The daily Okaz, which is deemed close to the government, quoting unnamed
officials as saying militants wanted to use the missiles to allegedly target
hotels and other buildings in the kingdom.
The newspaper did not further describe the missiles.
The Saudi Interior Ministry last week announced that it made its largest terror
sweep to date, arresting 208 al-Qaida-linked militants in six separate arrests
in recent months. One of the alleged terror cells was led by a non-Saudi
missile expert, the ministry said.
The ministry said members of that cell were planning to smuggle eight missiles
into the kingdom to carry out terrorist operations, but it did not say what
kind of missiles or what the targets were. Okaz reported Sunday that the
missiles were already inside Saudi Arabia.
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The newspaper also quoted Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour al-Turki as
saying the leadership of another one of the alleged terror cells was based in
another country. Al-Turki did not name the country.
Last week, the Interior Ministry said authorities arrested 112 alleged members
of that cell during the terror sweep. The ministry said the cell was trying to
smuggle men to Iraq and Afghanistan for training, after which they would be
brought back to Saudi Arabia to try to carry out attacks in the kingdom.
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