UPI - Thursday, August 19, 2004 Date: Thursday, August 19, 2004 6:23:01 AM EST
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Police have rounded up 14 Muslim extremists in Western Saudi Arabia on suspicion of inciting violence and terrorist activities, reports said Thursday.
The London-based Saudi daily al-Hayat said the suspects were arrested in the city of Taif and were being questioned for possible involvement in terrorist activities.
The paper quoted an Interior Ministry spokesman as saying, "The suspects have been taken to detention centers for interrogation, and those who will prove to be not involved in any terrorist action will be released soon."
Saudi Arabia started a nationwide campaign early this year to search for suspected al-Qaida members involved in a spate of terrorist bombings that have killed dozens of people in the past 18 months.
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Nuclear Data Found Missing at D-O-E Office in New Mexico (8/19/04)
WASHINGTON For the second time in recent weeks, the Energy Department says some data involving nuclear weapons has turned up missing.
This time it involves the regional office in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The Energy Department says that an "accounting discrepancy" involving three copies of a "controlled removable electronic media" -- or CREM -- was discovered as part of the nationwide inventory of such devices.
The inventory was ordered a month ago after two CREM data devices were reported missing at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, also in New Mexico.
Despite extensive searches, investigators have yet to find those two devices.
D-O-E officials have not suggested the devices were stolen, but are concerned about lax procedures and security.
Me?? Sorry, I just learned how to do italics recently.
Attempting a pic would put me over the edge. :-)