Saudis say they foiled terror attack; five suspects killed

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-04-23-terror-saudis_x.htm

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Security forces foiled a planned terror attack in the port city of Jiddah by carrying out raids that left five Islamic militants dead, the Interior Ministry said Friday.
The crackdown followed Wednesday's suicide bombing of the General Security building in the capital of Riyadh that killed six people, including the assailant, and wounded 148.

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1. okay

who is going to really know whether this is true or whether they are just getting rid of some people they don't like? When will the * administration start doing the same?

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3. I suggest you look at the headlines that are coming thick and

fast out of the Middle East right now. Iran is now in the mix.

TEHRAN (MNA) -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi here on Friday condemned the recent suicide bomb attack in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh.

The car bomb attack on Wednesday killed four people, including two security officials, and injured at least 148.

The attack happened at 1400 local time (1100 GMT) near the General Security building on al-Washm Street in Riyadh's central Nasiriya district.

Asefi said that the attack was unacceptable, as are all acts of violence that threaten the lives of innocent people.

The Foreign Ministry spokesman also expressed his condolences to the victims’ families.

http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=4/24/2004&Cat=2&Num=021

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2. Timed perfectly with their new ad campaigns in the US.

Any coincidence that it comes when the 9-11 hearings were beginning to reveal more about their role in it as well as their role in targeting Iraq?

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4. kick

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