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Saudis Limit U.S. Role in Bombing Probe
Saudi authorities called for an international effort to crack down on terrorism as they announced the arrests of four suspects apparently linked to Osama bin Laden's terrorist network in the May 12 suicide bombings in Riyadh. Despite the strong words, Saudi Arabia's interior minister Prince Nayef downplayed the role played by U.S. investigators in probing the attacks on three foreign housing complexes he linked to al-Qaida. During a tense press conference Sunday, Nayef called for "a concerted international effort" to crack down on those who plan such attacks. He did not identify those he suspected of being behind them. Nayef described a limited role for U.S. investigators in the kingdom, saying they had come to examine "the sites and we welcomed them based on that, for examining only." More than 60 FBI and other U.S. investigators are assisting Saudi authorities with the probe into the May 12 attacks, which killed 34 people, including nine alleged bombers. U.S. officials said Americans would be helping, not running, the investigation.
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-05-19 |
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