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Saudis find 'al-Qaeda' arms cache | Saudis find 'al-Qaeda' arms cache |
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Saudi officials say they have found a large arms cache near Riyadh, linking it to a dismantled al-Qaeda cell. | Saudi officials say they have found a large arms cache near Riyadh, linking it to a dismantled al-Qaeda cell. |
It contained nearly 300 assault rifles and some 41,000 rounds of ammunition. | |
The weapons are believed to be linked to 44 suspected members of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, whose arrests were announced in August. | |
Saudi Arabia has detained scores of suspected Islamist militants since al-Qaeda stepped up its campaign of bombings across the kingdom in 2003. | |
The Saudi government has recently expressed its concern about the resurgence in Yemen of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which is aligned with Osama Bin Laden's international network and led by a former associate. | |
The group is said to have been behind the suicide bombing in the port of Jeddah at the end of August which injured Assistant Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef. |
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