https://freerepublic.com/tag/koranbombs/ en-us Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:28:54 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1019952/posts Paper says militants rigged Koran with explosives Wed 12 November, 2003 08:06 RIYADH (Reuters) - Muslim militants planning attacks in Saudi Arabia's holiest city, Mecca, booby-trapped copies of Islam's holy book, the Koran, to kill and maim pilgrims, a leading Saudi-owned newspaper has reported. The London-based daily Asharq al-Awsat on Wednesday quoted Saudi security sources as saying that this novel weapon was discovered in the arms caches police found after raiding militant hideouts in Mecca and the capital Riyadh in recent weeks. Suspected al Qaeda militants killed at least 18 people this week in a suicide car bombing at a... Reuters https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1019952/posts#comment Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:28:54 GMT