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Five Al Qaida suspects arrested
Security authorities here have arrested five Al Qaida suspects, including three Saudis and two expatriates, for spreading false propaganda through the Internet, an official at the Ministry of Interior said on Wednesday.
- By Mariam Al Hakeem, Correspondent
- Published: 00:30 September 12, 2008
Riyadh: Security authorities here have arrested five Al Qaida suspects, including three Saudis and two expatriates, for spreading false propaganda through the Internet, an official at the Ministry of Interior said on Wednesday.
The official said the five were misleading young people, manipulating their religious sentiments and instigating them to create trouble.
Using pseudonyms to avoid being identified, the five accused would lure people to communicating with them as a first step towards recruitment for "vicious and wicked goals," the source added.
A number of computers and documents were also seized from the five.
Meanwhile, the Iraqi Security Adviser, Muwaffaq Al Rubaie, said Saudi auth-orities would repatriate all of the 434 Iraqi prisoners held in Saudi Arabia.
Al Rubaie met the Saudi Interior Minister, Prince Naif Nin Abdul Aziz, and the President of Saudi Intelligence, Prince Miqren Bin Abdul Aziz, and discussed the issue.
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