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| Saudi Arabia: Terror Suspect Trained As Pilot In U.S. |
| 2007-05-10 |
| (AKI) - A Saudi Arabian newspaper has published fresh revelations on an anti-terror sweep by the authorities late last month, claiming that at least one of the 172 suspects arrested received flying lessons abroad, most probably in the United States. The al-Watan daily also reported that many of the suspected militants netted on 27 April trained in guerrilla warfare in camps located in Yemen. Two of the those arrested, the newspaper said, including the suspect who allegedly underwent flying lessons in the US, worked for a private airline in Saudi Arabia that operates a fleet of small aircraft for domestic flights. The objective of the suspects who, according to Saudi authorities, belonged to a terrorist cell was to lauch an attack on one of the kingdom's largest oil facilities using one or more aircraft. |
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