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July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Five suspected terrorists were released from the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and returned to Saudi Arabia as part of a secret agreement last year, the New York Times reported, citing unidentified senior U.S. and U.K. officials. In return, Saudi Arabia released five U.K. citizens and two others who had been convicted of terrorist strikes in Saudi Arabia, the newspaper reported on its Web site in a story to be published in tomorrow's edition. U.K. diplomats said the men had likely given false confessions after being tortured by Saudi security police officers, the newspaper...

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Saudi Arabia is said to have agreed to expand defense and military cooperation with the United States in what could pave the way for major U.S. weapons sales to the Arabian kingdom. U.S. officials said Saudi Arabia has agreed to the expanded cooperation after more than two years of deteriorating defense and military ties accelerated by the Sept. 11, 2001 Al Qaida attacks on New York and Washington. Fifteen of the 19 Al Qaida attackers were Saudi nationals. The Saudi willingness to expand military relations was relayed to the Bush administration over the past few weeks. U.S....

Across the nation, public officials will strike somber poses and shed television-friendly tears and bow their blow-dried heads in memory of the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks. They'll hold hands, light candles, and pass around a plateful of platitudes: "Never forget," they'll intone. "Let's roll," they'll thunder. "God bless America," they'll warble in perfect harmony. They'll assure us that they are committed to fighting terror and securing our borders and doing whatever it takes to protect the homeland from another horrific mass murder at the hands of freedom-hating fanatics. And then? And then, from Washington state to Washington,...

FBI tracked Saudi studying at PCC 11/11/02 STEVE SUO and LES ZAITZ More than three years before the 9/11 terror attacks, the Portland FBI began tracking a polite young Saudi who was studying aircraft maintenance at Portland Community College. Tareq S. al-Jahini, 29, hoped to become a mechanic at Saudi Arabian Airlines, which paid the tuition for his 1998 studies. But as FBI agents traced his movements and family relationships for the next several years, they found some connections that suggested other possible motives for his interest in aviation. There were intelligence reports that al-Jahini's younger brother, Yaser, had offered...