Saudi says arrests 28 al Qaeda militants
Sun Dec 23, 2007 7:19am EST
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi security forces have arrested
28 al Qaeda militants suspected of planning "criminal
acts" in the kingdom, the official Saudi Press Agency
(SPA) reported on Sunday.
The suspects were arrested in Mecca, Madina, Riyadh
and in an area near the country's northern borders,
said SPA quoting an official source at the Ministry of
Interior.
One of those arrested is a foreign resident while the
rest are Saudi nationals, it said without giving
further details. "The (public) interest requires that
further details be withheld for the time being," it
said.
The synchronized operations leading to the arrests
began in mid-December, SPA said.
Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television said on Friday
security forces had arrested an unspecified number of
al Qaeda militants suspected of planning attacks in
the country during the Muslim haj pilgrimage.
It was not immediately clear if the latest report
referred to the same arrests.
Saudi Arabia, a U.S.-allied monarchy, the world's
biggest oil exporter and home to Islam's holiest
sites, was the target of attacks by militants linked
to al Qaeda in 2003. Militants opposed to the royal
family seized control of Mecca's Grand Mosque in 1979.
Interior Minister Prince Nayef has said that the
arrest of 208 men last month in a raid against
suspected militants was not linked to the haj.
The haj, one of the world's biggest displays of mass
religious devotion, has been marred in previous years
by fires, hotel collapses, clashes between police and
protesters and deadly stampedes caused by
overcrowding.
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