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Al Arabiya TV: Saudi Troops Killed Two Saudi Al-Qaida Leaders
Apr 5, 2005
An Arabic television report says two of Saudi Arabia's most wanted militants were among seven suspected al-Qaida members killed in a fierce gunbattle in a northern part of that country.
The Al Arabiya report said the two men, identified as Abdulkarim al-Mejjati and Saud Homoud al-Oteibi, were on a Saudi list of 26 most wanted militants. Saudi authorities published the list in December 2003.
On Monday, a Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman said the militants were killed during two days of battles in Al-Ras, about 300 kilometers north of Riyadh. He said the fighting erupted Sunday when security forces surrounded a neighborhood and began searching for people linked to terrorist activities.
The Saudi government began an anti-terror crackdown in May, 2003 after al-Qaida linked militants began a series of deadly attacks on government facilities and Western targets in the kingdom.
This article uses material from VOA.
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