Thursday, June 26, 2008

Saudi Arabia arrests 700 preparing 'oil attacks'

Saudi Arabia arrests 700 preparing 'oil attacks'

OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia has arrested 701 Islamists in recent months who were preparing attacks on oil industry installations, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.

Security forces "carried out several operations against followers of the deviant ideology and arrested a total of 701 people of various nationalities", said a ministry spokesman quoted by the official Spa news agency.MORE

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