Word: riyadh
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...hush their support for pro-democracy student demonstrations in Iran as well. - By Elaine Shannon and Adam Zagorin Bomber's Suicide SAUDI ARABIA Turki Nasser al-Dandani, thought to be the most senior al-Qaeda operative in the kingdom and the suspected mastermind of the May bombings in Riyadh, blew up himself and three followers with a grenade after...
Diplomats had begun calling it the "Riyadh Spring," so remarkable was the recent willingness of Saudi Arabia's press to challenge the kingdom's powerful religious establishment. Unfortunately, it didn't last. Jamal Khashoggi, the loudest of the critics, was removed last week as editor of the leading Arabic daily Al Watan after he angered conservative Islamic leaders...
...reporters had been detained merely for growing his hair too long. Another story alleged that the morals cops had arrested and beaten a woman just for accepting a car ride from a man she wasn't related to. After the May 12 terrorist attacks that killed 34 in Riyadh, Khashoggi ratcheted up his campaign, targeting religious hard-liners sympathetic to Islamist radicals. He published a cartoon (below) depicting a suicide bomber festooned with fatwas--religious edicts issued by Muslim clerics--instead of bombs. "We used to say that we are a good society, that the bad ideas come from abroad...
...officials aren't the only ones on high alert. The May 12 bombings in Riyadh have jolted the Saudis into long-overdue action. FBI agents sent there have found local officials in an uncharacteristically cooperative mood. For the first time, sources tell TIME, Saudis have allowed foreigners to interrogate their citizens. Still, as many as 10 al-Qaeda cells exist in Saudi Arabia, U.S. officials say, and at least one is active. Moreover, the Saudi royals derive legitimacy from the country's fundamentalist clergy, many of whom may resent a crackdown on al-Qaeda. "It's like they...
...proved, would be a breach of the Geneva Convention. The arrest was an embarrassment for Tony Blair, who traveled to Iraq to visit British troops. Tracking the Terrorists SAUDI ARABIA Police investigating the suicide bombing attacks in Riyadh last month arrested 11 people in Medina. Interior Minister Prince Nayed said the detainees included three clerics thought to be al-Qaeda sympathizers. Authorities believe al-Qaeda was responsible for the attacks, which killed 34. The arrests bring to 21 the total number of suspects in custody, but U.S. officials said there was still a risk of further terrorist attacks...