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Saudi Official Denies Wanted Militant Killed Abdullah Al-Shihri/Associated Press Jul 1, 2004 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - A senior Saudi official denied Thursday that a militant killed in a shootout with police was a cleric believed to be the chief ideologist for al-Qaida in the region. A security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press Wednesday in Riyadh that the man slain during a car chase and shootout with police was Abdullah Mohammed Rashid al-Roshoud, one of Saudi's most wanted terror suspects. Saudi and other Arab TV stations and newspapers also widely reported that al-Roshoud had been...

<p>June 30 (Bloomberg) -- Two suspected militants, including one near the top of Saudi Arabia's most-wanted list, and a policeman were killed in a shootout in the capital Riyadh, an unidentified security official told the Associated Press.</p> <p>The clash took place today in the al-Quds neighborhood of eastern Riyadh, AP reported. At least one suspected militant got away in a stolen car. The Saudi official identified one of the slain suspects as Abdullah Mohammed Rashid al-Roshoud, who was on the list of Saudi Arabia's 26 most-wanted militants.</p>