Arabic News Weekly Edition for Saudi Arabia, 11/3/2003
Weekly Edition, Saudi Arabia - Week of November 3, 2003
- One persons killed, 8 injured in clashes in Riyadh; Two wanted persons blew up themselves in Mecca
Two armed men blew up themselves in Mecca yesterday when the Saudi Arabian security forces were chasing them, hours after the killing of one armed Islamists and wounding 8 police members during clashes in Riyadh in which bombs were used and a military chopper took part. This indicated that the volume of security challenges facing the Saudi authorities is much more than expected. Saudi Arabia, Local, 11/8/2003 - Saudi judicial council chairman calls for suppressing demonstrators
Saudi Arabia's Chairman of the higher judicial council, Sheikh Saleh Bin Muhammad al-Lheidan, yesterday strongly criticized the Saudi opposition and described demonstrations which took place in the Kingdom several weeks ago as "illegal," calling on the authorities to suppress them. Saudi Arabia, Politics, 11/6/2003 - Riyadh accuses al-Qaida of being behind Mecca clashes
Saudi Arabia's interior minister Prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz said that Saudi security forces foiled what he had called a terrorist attack by members of al-Qaida organization targeting worshippers of al-Omra ( smaller al-Haj rituals ) in Mecca. Saudi Arabia, Local, 11/5/2003 - Saudi women activists call for woman's right to citizenship
Saudi Arabian women activists fighting for improving conditions of woman in the kingdom have called for recognizing women in Saudi Arabia as citizens with full rights and stressed their right to get back their rights before thinking of any political reforms in the country. Saudi Arabia, Culture, 11/4/2003 - Islamists killed in clash with Saudi police
Saudi Arabia's TV said that the police killed two Islamists in a clash that took place in Mecca yesterday and foiled what it called a terrorist plot. Saudi Arabia, Local, 11/4/2003 - Saudi Arabia's TV to broadcast Shoura council deliberations
Saudi Arabia announced on Saturday that excerpts from "the Shoura council" discussions will be for the first time broadcast in a weekly TV program within the framework of the political openness in the kingdom. Saudi Arabia, Politics, 11/3/2003