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Saudi Security Forces Defuse Bomb, Maybe
Saudi security forces defused a bomb in a telephone booth in a Riyadh neighborhood that has seen several confrontations between police and alleged terrorists, a security official said Monday. But an Interior Ministry official who declined to be named gave a different version of the incident, saying it involved a bomb training device that did not contain any explosives. The different versions could not be immediately reconciled. Iâll put money on the real bomb. If the Saudi Interior Mullahstry said the sun was coming up, Iâd go outside to check. The security official said on condition of anonymity that a man found the bomb in the telephone booth next to a gas station on Sultana Street, a main thoroughfare in eastern Riyadh. Sultana Street passes through the ultraconservative district, scene of several confrontations between police and alleged terrorists. Someone put a fatwa on phone booths? Posted by: Steve 2004-01-05 |
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