Saudi Arabia announces the killing of al-Qaida official responsible for al-Kaleij operations

News reports quoted a Saudi Arabian security sources as saying that Khaled Ali al-Haj of the Yemeni nationality who was killed in a clash with the security men in the capital Riyadh is the responsible person for al-Qaida organization operations in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region.

This comes one day after the announcement made by the Saudi ministry of the interior that two suspected persons were killed on Monday during clashes with the Saudi security forces in one of the residential areas in the capital Riyadh, noting that the second killed man is the Saudi Ibrahim al-Mazeini whose name was not listed on the security wanted list in Saudi Arabia.

The ministry of the interior circulated a list including 26 names including 23 Saudis, two Moroccans and one Yemeni the authorities are searching for over Riyadh's explosions which resulted in killing 52 persons in May and November 2003.

The number of persons wanted by the Saudi authorities decreased to 23 after the killing of one of them in a clash with the police forces and the second bled to death in confrontation with the security forces while the third surrendered.