Riyadh, Dec 04: Saudi authorities have broken up
seven terrorist cells that form the backbone of a terror
network in the kingdom, with barely two cells remaining, the
Arabic al-Hayat newspaper reported today.
A senior Saudi security source told the Pan-Arab
Saudi-owned daily that the seven cells were broken up in
recent months with "only a small number (of terrorists)
remaining, accounting for less than two cells."
The source also said that a Saudi suspect captured
last week by Saudi security forces, and officially announced
Wednesday, is a "dangerous" member of the cell that allegedly
carried out the November 8 attack on the al-Muhaya residential
compound in Riyadh, killing 17 people.
The Saudi terror suspect is also a member of Osama bin
Laden's al-Qaeda terror network, the source added.
A Saudi Interior Minister official said in a statement
yesterday that an sa-7 missile, four rocket-propelled grenades
and a vast quantity of other arms and ammunition were also
seized in the suspect's arrest.
On Monday, Saudi Arabia named two of its nationals it
said carried out the al-Muhaya suicide attack.
The US Embassy in Riyadh warned Tuesday of possible
attacks on residential compounds in the kingdom which it said
had been actively surveyed by "terrorist elements."
The Interior Ministry said last week it had foiled
a "massive attack" that had the ingredients of the al-Muhaya
blast, killing two of the "terrorists" in a clash north of the
capital.
Bureau Report
