Saudis arrest more in Medina
Eleven have now been arrested in Medina in connection with the Riyadh attacks. Included in the group were three Moroccans and two clerics who had told people not to cooperate with the investigation.
The arrest of the clerics may be significant, since many clerics have been preaching jihad and persuading young men to join the terrorist.
"'It's huge,' said a Saudi official. He said most of those arrested in Medina were part of a cell that was planning to leave for Europe or the United States to carry out terrorist attacks.
"Saudi officials also said police found explosives and bomb-making equipment at a building in Medina where some of the suspects were arrested today. Medina and Mecca, also in Saudi Arabia, are the two holiest sites in Islam."
"...In one location in Medina, Saudi officials said, police arrested Ali Khudair and Ahmed Khalidi, two clerics who had called on Saudis to protect the group of 19 suspected terrorists whose identities were made public by the government.
"'They are some of the best holy warriors and virtuous devout men . . . who have offered their lives, money and blood to God almighty and fought the spiteful Crusaders in Afghanistan with heroism,' the two wrote with a third cleric, Nasser Fahd, who remains at large.
"A London-based Saudi exile group, the Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia, charged today that the two clerics were shot dead in Medina. Nayef, the interior minister, said that the two clerics 'figure among those arrested' in Medina and that neither had been killed."
Eleven have now been arrested in Medina in connection with the Riyadh attacks. Included in the group were three Moroccans and two clerics who had told people not to cooperate with the investigation.
The arrest of the clerics may be significant, since many clerics have been preaching jihad and persuading young men to join the terrorist.
"'It's huge,' said a Saudi official. He said most of those arrested in Medina were part of a cell that was planning to leave for Europe or the United States to carry out terrorist attacks.
"Saudi officials also said police found explosives and bomb-making equipment at a building in Medina where some of the suspects were arrested today. Medina and Mecca, also in Saudi Arabia, are the two holiest sites in Islam."
"...In one location in Medina, Saudi officials said, police arrested Ali Khudair and Ahmed Khalidi, two clerics who had called on Saudis to protect the group of 19 suspected terrorists whose identities were made public by the government.
"'They are some of the best holy warriors and virtuous devout men . . . who have offered their lives, money and blood to God almighty and fought the spiteful Crusaders in Afghanistan with heroism,' the two wrote with a third cleric, Nasser Fahd, who remains at large.
"A London-based Saudi exile group, the Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia, charged today that the two clerics were shot dead in Medina. Nayef, the interior minister, said that the two clerics 'figure among those arrested' in Medina and that neither had been killed."
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