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"Saudi forces kill suspected Al Qaeda leader in clashes (More details)"
ABC News (Australia) ^ | December 31, 2004

Posted on 12/30/2004 8:25:08 PM PST by Straight Vermonter

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Saudi security forces have killed 10 suspected Al Qaeda militants in two days of clashes in the capital, including a Yemeni thought to be the terror group's leader in the country.

The clashes, in which two people on the country's most-wanted list were also killed, occurred before and after two car bombings against security targets in the capital on Wednesday that left two other people dead.

Saudi forces killed seven militants late on Wednesday that came just an hour after bombings at the Interior Ministry and a special forces base, a ministry statement said.

The other three were killed in a firefight that began late on Tuesday and continued overnight, said the statement carried by the official SPA news agency.

The Ministry identified the two most-wanted militants as Saudis Sultan Bjad Saadun Al Otaibi and Bandar Abderrahman Al Dakhil.

A security source said a Yemeni among the dead, Ibrahim Ahmed Abdel Majeed Al Reemy, was believed to be the actual leader of the Al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia."

UPDATE...

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/d6517cee-5afa-11d9-9ad3-00000e2511c8.html

"Fire in Buenos Aires nightclub kills 149"
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Dec 31 (Reuters)

ARTICLE NOTE: "360 injured"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Local media reported that as many as 5,000 to 6,000 people may have been inside the club listening to a band play when the blaze broke out an hour before midnight on Thursday.

Witnesses told Reuters reporters on the scene that a flare was shot into the club’s ceiling, which was covered with foam. There was a stampede and many people fainted from inhaling smoke.

“There are versions that flares caused the fire, but I cannot confirm this until we have more information from the fire department,” Mayor Anibal Ibarra told TN television.

It was not immediately clear if fire exits and doors were unblocked."