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On July 10, 2002, the Qatari television channel Al-Jazeera interviewed Saudi sheikh Mohsin Al-'Awaji; a previous attempt by Al-Jazeera to interview him was prevented by Saudi authorities. Sheikh Al-'Awaji holds a PhD from the University of Wales in the U.K., and has served as the imam of the Great Mosque at King Saud University in Al-Riyadh. During the interview, two other Saudi sheikhs were also interviewed by telephone: Dr. Safar Al-Hawali, who leads the opposition to the U.S. military presence in the Arabian peninsula, and Dr. Muhammad Al-Khasif, from the city of Buraydah, which is known as a conservative...

By Molouk Y. Ba-Isa, Arab News Staff RIYADH, 2 July — Despite the discovery of an explosive device attached to a US citizen’s vehicle in Riyadh, Americans in the Kingdom are going about their business as usual. Many US dependents had already left the Kingdom for their annual leave and are not expected back until August. For those who remain, their compounds have round-the-clock security and police patrols, so no additional security measures are deemed necessary. According to a US Embassy statement issued on Sunday, Saudi authorities are investigating the discovery of an explosive device on the personal vehicle of...