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Until recently, residents of Saudi Arabia could easily believe they lived in the quietest realm on earth. Sure, citizens were arrested from time to time and punished with floggings, amputations and beheadings, but usually for quiet crimes like drunkenness, theft and drug smuggling. Police rarely had occasion to flip on their sirens, much less draw their guns. If they sought someone for arrest, they did so discreetly, using family and tribal ties to track down a person rather than put out a wanted poster, which might alarm the public and scandalize the suspect's clan...
...rather than get caught. In a number of raids, suspects managed to get away: at least two broke out of a safe house under surveillance, 10 escaped from another hideaway when police approached, and seven slipped through a police cordon during a five-hour gun battle in Riyadh. One arrest suggested al-Qaeda may have penetrated Saudi security forces: the suspect was a police officer. Saudi forces have unearthed huge arms caches: 93 rocket-propelled grenades in one spot, 20 tons of homemade explosives in another, a ton of the plastic explosive RDX elsewhere...
...arrest of the alleged terrorist mastermind Hambali by Thai police [WORLD, Aug. 25] demonstrates that police work in Pakistan, Yemen and now Thailand can result in the capture of terrorist bigwigs. It's hard to avoid the thought that the Bush Administration's preferred policy of war is largely show business. Police investigations are dull, while war is flashy. And politicians are eager to show they're doing something, not just sitting around. PAUL KUNINO LYNCH Katoomba, Australia...
...Gumshoe Diplomacy The arrest of the alleged terrorist mastermind Hambali by Thai police [Sept. 1] offers the latest and best rebuttal of Bush's argument that the preferred way to thwart terror is to wage war. Afghanistan and Iraq have been invaded at the cost of uncounted local civilian lives and hundreds of acknowledged American deaths, with the capture of only a few terrorists. But during the same time, police in Pakistan, Yemen and now Thailand have captured terrorist bigwigs. It's hard to avoid the thought that the Bush Administration's policy of war is largely show business. Police...
...Algerian tycoon is featured in a picture of a different kind: a mug shot on Interpol's Wanted list, where it was placed by Algerian authorities seeking to prosecute Khalifa for alleged crimes linked to the rise and fall of his €1 billion empire. When Algeria issued an arrest warrant last month for its only home-grown international business titan, it marked the most recent slide in Khalifa's long-plummeting fortunes. Once considered a hero and source of hope for Algerian youths, Khalifa is now sought by police for suspected criminal mismanagement and money laundering at the Khalifa...