Arabic News Weekly Edition for Saudi Arabia, 6/21/2004
Weekly Edition, Saudi Arabia - Week of June 21, 2004
- Riyadh gives al-Qaida one month, Washington warns its citizens
The US warned its citizens from traveling to Saudi Arabia and called on residents among them to leave it quickly in a warning which is the second of its kind during less than one week. Saudi Arabia, Politics, 6/25/2004 - After many of them were targeted, Saudi Arabia permits foreigners to carry weapons
The Saudi Arabian minister of the Interior prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz said that the Kingdom will permit foreigners who reside on its lands to carry weapons in order to protect themselves from the risks provoked by the wave of violence which targeted many of them. Saudi Arabia, Politics, 6/25/2004 - Western citizens leave for Bahrain, al-Qaida organization in Saudi Arabia chooses a successor for al-Muqrran
The so called "al-Qaida organization in the Arab peninsula" chose Saleh Muhammad Awadallah al-Alawi al-Oufi as a commander for the organization in the kingdom in succession of Abdul Aziz al-Muqarran who was killed by the security forces in Riyadh last Friday, according to Arab mass media. Saudi Arabia, Politics, 6/22/2004 - Al-Qaida allegations over getting support from the Saudi police members
Al-Qaida organization group, which held and beheaded the American hostage Paul Marshal Johnson in Riyadh, said it had received logistic support from the Saudi police that enabled them to carry out their mission. Saudi Arabia, Politics, 6/21/2004