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Saudi has thwarted 90% of terror attacks
Interior Minister Prince Nayef announced on Saturday that Saudi Arabia had prevented about 90 per cent of planned terror attacks planned against the kingdom.
- Agencies
- Published: 00:00 April 1, 2006
Interior Minister Prince Nayef announced on Saturday that Saudi Arabia had prevented about 90 per cent of planned terror attacks planned against the kingdom.
"This is thanks to God and to detailed security effort and continuous tracking of terrorist cells," Interior Minister Prince Nayef told Al Hayat, a Saudi-owned Pan-Arab daily.
Saudi forces this week announced the arrest of 40 suspected militants and the seizure of a huge arms cache.
Eight people connected to a foiled attack on the world’s largest oil processing facility, were among the 40 arrested. On February 24 suicide bombers in two explosive laden cars attempted to enter the Abqaiq complex.
Nayef added that Saudi Arabia was working closely with the Iraqi government over the issue of Saudis who have joined the anti-American insurgency.
Those Saudis who do join the insurgency are typically used as "explosives or suicide bombers," Nayef told Al Hayat.
Although Saudi Arabia guards its border with Syria carefully the number of insurgents to have entered Iraq through Syria could be as high as 2,500.
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