Al-Youm: Prince Nayef and al-Qaida organization

Saudi Arabia's minister of the interior prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz stressed that the 16 persons who were declared to be arrested on Monday are "terrorists" connected to al-Qaida organization.

In a statement issued yesterday by the Saudi daily al-Youm ( today), the Saudi minister explained that no casualties were inflected during the breaking in operations by the security forces against the terrorists hiding places.

He said that "number of arrested persons increased to 240 terrorists" and the ministry of the interior will continue its search for criminals and terrorist who target the security and safety of Saudi Arabia.

The Saudi minister indicated that his country is waiting to deliver a group of wanted terrorists from Iran and will receive five wanted from Yemen very shortly.