Saudi Arabia Arrests Suspected Al-Qaida Cell Members

Police in Saudi Arabia have arrested 88 men - half of whom are Saudis - and are suspected to be part of an al-Qaida terrorist cell operating in the kingdom. Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour al-Turki said a number of the suspects had previously been detained on similar charges, but were released. An Interior Ministry statement said the ministry had been following a number of suspects in view of what it called the spread of "strife and sick ideas" that lured members of the...

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