Sultan: reforming education needed for jobs and enlightened values; Washington foils plan against Saudi royal family

Saudi Arabia's defense minister Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz yesterday defended "reforming" the educational system in the kingdom, while officials in the American administration disclosed a cooperation between the Saudi security forces and the American intelligence which resulted in enabling Saudi Arabia to foil a "terrorist " operation on November 25, presumed to have targeted the royal family.

Prince Sultan considered that reforming the educational system aims to promoting to moderation and ensuring job opportunities.

The Saudi news agency quoted him as saying that this will enhance understanding of the holy Koran. He added "this development aims at achieving more consolidation of Islamic values and morals, within the rising generation, and implanting sublime values revealed by the Koran and the Islamic jurisprudence."