Topic: Saudi Arabia

Al Qaeda planned to kill Saudis with poisoned gifts

JEDDAH (Reuters) - Al Qaeda militants now in detention planned to kill Saudi government and security officials and media workers by sending poisoned gifts to their offices, an interior ministry official told Reuters on Saturday.The group "planned to rob banks and companies ...

Saudis Haul in al-Qaeda Suspects

Saudi Arabia touted a bevy of terror arrests over the past several months on Friday, just as King Abdullah was in New York to receive treatment for a blood clot. The ministry confiscated 2.24 million riyals ($597,000) from al-Qaeda suspects, he said, ...

Saudi arrests 149 Qaeda-linked militants

Saudi Arabia has arrested 149 suspected Al-Qaeda-linked militants in 19 separate cells planning attacks on state officials, foreigners and journalists, the interior ministry said on Friday.The arrests, which took place over the past eight months, involved both Saudi and foreign nationals with ...

Foiled Saudi Qaeda cells were recruiting, goverment says

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Friday it had captured 149 al Qaeda militants in recent months who were raising money and recruiting members to carry out attacks inside the kingdom, with links to other militants in Somalia and Yemen.The announcement ...

Saudi Arabia arrests 149 suspected of Qaeda links

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia arrested 149 people from 19 cells linked to al Qaeda over the past 8 months and foiled attacks against government and security officials as well as journalists, the Interior Ministry said on Friday.It said in a statement ...
Saudi authorities said Friday they arrested 149 al-Qaida suspects in a months-long sweep and thwarted attacks inside the kingdom on government officials, media personalities and civilian targets.. Saudi Arabia's anti-terror campaign has largely crushed al-Qaida's operations in the kingdom since a series ...

Saudi Anti-Terror Arrests

On June 25, 2008 , Saudi Arabian officials announced that they had arrested 701 members of a terrorist cell allegedly connected with Al Qaeda . Saudi Arabia Says Arrests 520 Terrorism Suspects (June 25, 2008) —Saudi Arabia Interior Ministry, Reuters "Effectively, Saudi ...

Saudi Orange Notice

On February 10, 2009, Saudi Arabia requested that the International Criminal Police Organization issue what is called an " This Orange Notice request from Saudi Arabia was issued in connection with 85 specific terrorist suspects, whom Saudi authorities suspect are planning an ...

Al Qaeda denies plot to target Muslim pilgrims

DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen-based al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula denied on Sunday it would stage any action to coincide with the Muslim haj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia after a Saudi minister said such an operation could not be ruled out.Just over ...

Bin Laden, Osama

Bin Laden, Osama, (1957-), a Saudi born millionaire, an Islamic fundamentalist and a supporter of international terrorism. It is believed by the United States and many other Western intelligence officials that bin laden masterminded a number of terrorist attacks against the U.S. ...