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Saudi Arabia says uncovers al Qaeda cell plotting attacks
Source: Reuters
Saudi Arabia says uncovers al Qaeda cell plotting attacks
BY RANIA EL GAMAL AND YARA BAYOUMY
DUBAI Tue May 6, 2014 9:58am EDT
(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it had uncovered an al Qaeda militant group with links to "extremist elements" in Syria and Yemen that had been plotting to assassinate officials and attack government and foreign targets.
The cell comprised 62 members, including 59 Saudi militants, a Yemeni, a Pakistani and a Palestinian, Interior Ministry spokesman Major General Mansour al-Turki said.
Speaking in a live televised briefing, Turki said the cell had links to the ultra-hardline Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which is both a powerful Islamist force in Syria's war and an anti-government combatant across the border in turbulent Iraq.
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"They ... started constructing components of the organisation, means of support and planning for terrorist operations targeting government installations, foreign interests and assassinating security personalities," he said.
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BY RANIA EL GAMAL AND YARA BAYOUMY
DUBAI Tue May 6, 2014 9:58am EDT
(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it had uncovered an al Qaeda militant group with links to "extremist elements" in Syria and Yemen that had been plotting to assassinate officials and attack government and foreign targets.
The cell comprised 62 members, including 59 Saudi militants, a Yemeni, a Pakistani and a Palestinian, Interior Ministry spokesman Major General Mansour al-Turki said.
Speaking in a live televised briefing, Turki said the cell had links to the ultra-hardline Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which is both a powerful Islamist force in Syria's war and an anti-government combatant across the border in turbulent Iraq.
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"They ... started constructing components of the organisation, means of support and planning for terrorist operations targeting government installations, foreign interests and assassinating security personalities," he said.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/06/us-saudi-qaeda-idUSBREA450HY20140506
