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300 Saudi detainees accused of terrorism will be released
The Saudi lawyer Sheikh Mohsin al-Awaji said yesterday that about 300 persons out of 900 detained in the Saudi prisons over suspicion to have links to terrorism will be released in "the few coming days." These would either be 300 innocent people, 300 well connected thugs or a little of both. News reports quoted al-Awaji as saying, quoting sources close to the file of the detainees, that "those detainees number more than 900 and it is expected that 300 of the them will be released during the few coming days." The Saudi authorities said it had detained hundreds, not specifying their number. Al-Awaji, a former prisoner is running a cultural forum on the internet. He added that the mediation he had carried out by the authorities and the Islamic groups are continuous in order to bring back viewpoints and to avoid new attacks. He continued that the "good offices initiative between the authority and the gunmen was announced on the 10th of Ramadan (by the beginning of November) by an independent committee of four Sheikhs who have strong credibility. Since then they have been working and achieving encouraging results, thanks to the cooperation among all sides concerned." So they are trying to talk their way out of this problem rather than dealing with it. The Saudi minister of the interior Prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz ruled out in statements in November any dialogue with those who stand behind the explosions in the kingdom. He stressed that the Saudi authorities will not " maintain a dialogue with them except with the gun and the pistol." Well, we didnât really believe him. Posted by: Steve 2003-12-17 |
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