Arabic News Weekly Edition for Saudi Arabia, 11/10/2003
Weekly Edition, Saudi Arabia - Week of November 10, 2003
- Jubeir: we will be victorious against al-Qaida; Saudi Arabia: terrorists are like Israel
As Saudi Arabia on Thursday denied the idea of mediation carried out by a group of Saudi clergy, the chairman of the Saudi Shoura council, and Imam of al-Haram mosque Sheikh Saleh Bin Abdullah Bin Hameed described the executors of the explosions against al-Muhayya residential complex as being like the Israelis. Saudi Arabia, Politics, 11/15/2003 - US opens embassy, Riyadh rejects dialogue with Islamists
The US embassy in Riyadh announced yesterday it will re-open its embassy as from today, Saturday, after it had decided to close it last week for security reasons. Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 11/15/2003 - Saudi Arabia denies news on dialogue with terrorists Saudi Arabia, Politics, 11/14/2003
- With Saudi officials, Ben Ali inaugurates one thousand seat al-Abidin mosque in Carthage
The architecture glimpses of the mosque were inspired from the Arab- Islamic architecture and comply with the architectural trend of the religious monuments in Tunis which is very abundant in Carthage. The mosque's courtyard is opened to 48 doors of craved woods. Tunisia-Saudi Arabia, Religion, 11/13/2003 - Jordanian intelligence kidnap of a Saudi official from Iraq
Jordanian intelligence officers kidnapped the Saudi political opposition Faisal Naji Hammoud al-Balawi who left the kingdom on the board of a plane high-jacked to Iraq accompanied by his colleagues Aesh Ali Hussein al-Freidi. Saudi Arabia-Jordan, Politics, 11/12/2003 - Al-Hakim links al-Riyadh explosion to terrorist organizations in Iraq
Member of the Interim Governing Council in Iraq and chairman of the Higher Council Of The Islamic Revolution in Iraq, Abdul Aziz al-Halkim, yesterday linked the recent explosions in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to "terrorist organizations inside Iraq." Iraq-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 11/12/2003 - Suggestion of mediation between Islamists for enhancing security in Saudi Arabia
News reports said that a group of scholars in Saudi Arabia will propose mediation between the Saudi Arabian authorities and the Islamist activists in order to prevent the occurrence of new attacks in the kingdom. Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 11/11/2003 - Moroccan king condemns barbarous terrorist acts in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia-Morocco, Politics, 11/11/2003
- Al-Assad telephone call with Saudi crown prince Syria-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 11/10/2003
- Riyadh bombers disguised as security men
A Saudi security source said that persons believed to be members of al-Qaida organization were disguising in the uniform of Saudi Arabia security soldiers were the individuals who on Saturday evening blew up al-Mahya complex in Riyadh which resulted in killing and wounding scores of people. Saudi Arabia, Local, 11/10/2003 - Arab, international condemnation for al-Riyadh explosions
The Arab league has strongly condemned the Riyadh explosions. The spokesman for the secretary general of the Arab League Husam Zaki said that the AL strongly condemns what it called the fabricated terrorist campaign against Saudi Arabia, the last of which was the blowing up of the residential complex in Riyadh on Saturday evening Saudi Arabia-Regional, Politics, 11/10/2003 - Crown Prince Abdullah meets with Hakim: we continue helping the Iraqis
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz on Saturday renewed the determination of the kingdom "to support the Iraqi people so as to be able to rule themselves by themselves," during a meeting with the leader of the Iraqi Higher Council Of the Islamic Revolution, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 11/10/2003