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Saudi Foils Al Qaida strikes
Middle East Newsline ^ | 2005 Aug 28
Posted on 08/29/2005 2:36:03 AM PDT by Wiz
ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Saudi Arabia has foiled an Al Qaida offensive against Western expatriates in the kingdom.
Saudi security sources said authorities have captured or killed dozens of operatives from the Al Qaida network in operations in Arar, Medina and Riyad. The sources said the network planned attacks against Westerners in Jedda and Riyad.
The Saudi Interior Ministry said 41 suspects were detained. The ministry said on Aug. 26 that the arrests foiled several unspecified strikes.
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[Iraq] Militant killed, another wounded in Kirkuk explosion (another comedy)
Kuwait News Agency ^ | 2005 Aug 27
Posted on 08/29/2005 2:31:30 AM PDT by Wiz
BAGHDAD, Aug 27 (KUNA) -- A militant was killed on Saturday and another wounded when an explosive device they were preparing blew up at their home in Kirkuk, northern Iraq, said an Iraqi police source.
The source added that the wounded militant was taken to hospital for treatment, adding that weapons and explosives were confiscated from the site.
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BOSNIA: Interview: Al-Qaeda now seeking young hearts and minds
AKI ^ | 2005 Aug 26
Posted on 08/29/2005 2:59:52 AM PDT by Wiz
Belgrade, 26 August (AKI) - The al-Qaeda terror network is active in Bosnia and the wider Balkans region, but is changing tactics and primarily fighting for the hearts and minds of the local Muslim population, according to a leading Serbian terrorism expert, Darko Trifunovic, a professor at Belgrade University's civil defence faculty. Training is now being conducted in small groups in elementary schools and sports halls, in the guise of social and sports activities, according to Trifunovic.
“The greatest success of al-Qaeda in Bosnia is that it has managed to radicalise the local Muslim population and has even recruited several Bosnian youths to fight in Iraq, Chechnya and Afghanistan,” Trifunovic told Adnkronos International (AKI) in an interview.
Commenting on recent media reports that al-Qaeda operated secret training camps in Bosnia, Trifunovic, who is also a Serbia and Montenegro researcher for the Washington based Institute for International Strategic Studies (ISS), said that the impact of al-Qaeda's activities in Bosnia has still to be felt.
A report in the Italian Corriere della Sera daily on Thursday seems to lend support to Trifunovic's claim that Islamic extremists are operating in the Balkans. The paper disclosed a recent intelligence operation conducted in the Balkans by Italian secret services in collaboration with Bosnian and Croatian police that uncovered a Wahabi Islamist terror cell based in the eastern Bosnian village of Gornja Maoca, which was apparently plotting terror attacks in Italy. The Wahabi school of thought, the strictest of Sunni Islam, is espoused by al-Qaeda's leader Osama bin Laden.
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