Saudi Arabia says it had foiled large attacks
Saudi Arabia, Local, 4/30/2004

The Saudi minister of the Interior prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz said that the security forces foiled tremendous attacks in the Kingdom, noting they still chase a group of suspects in al-Ammareyah area.

In a press conference he held on Wednesday in al-Dahran, the eastern area of the Kingdom, prince Nayef said that the " security men foiled scores of cases which - God forbids- would have had happened." On the other hand, the Saudi minister stressed that Saudi security forces are chasing a group of suspects in al-Ammareyah area to the west of Riyadh.

The Saudi security forces including special units members continue since Sunday their besiege of a rural rangy area to the west of the capital Baghdad between al-Oweneyah and al-Ammareyah area where caves are numerous and believed to have sheltered four members suspected to be from al- Qaida organization.

It is believed that among the four chased persons is the Saudi Abdul Aziz al-Maqrin who is presumed to have replaced the Yemeni Khaled Ali Bin al-Haj, on top of al- Qaida organization in the Gulf region following the killing of al-Haj on March 15th by the police in Riyadh.

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