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Saudi Arabia offers militants amnesty
 The Saudi monarch has said that wanted Islamist insurgents who surrender will be pardoned, exactly two years after a royal amnesty was issued to lure al-Qaeda followers to turn themselves in. "In continuation of the amnesty" issued in June 2004, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz has given orders to pardon militants who hand themselves in to the authorities, SPA official news agency said on Monday. "He who turns himself in will be included in the amnesty," SPA quoted the king as telling a cabinet meeting.Just six wanted militants took up the offer of a one-month royal amnesty in 2004. Of these, only one was on the kingdom's 26-strong "most-wanted" list issued in December 2003. All six were released in November the same year. In June 2005, the Saudi authorities issued a new list of 36 most-wanted suspected militants, which included 15 inside the kingdom and 21 others abroad. Posted by: Fred 2006-06-30 |
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