Saudi Arabia says killing of al-Qaida chief shows success of anti-terror

[rodbarnett]

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia is making progress in its campaign against terrorism, Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal said Tuesday - a day after security forces killed the suspected chief of al-Qaida on the Arabian Peninsula.

The suspected militant was shot dead with an alleged accomplice in a Monday afternoon clash at a checkpoint in eastern Riyadh, the capital.

``Saudi Arabia has announced it is fully pledged to eradicate terrorist activities in the country and to cooperate in the international arena with everybody that is fighting (terrorism),'' Saud said when asked to comment on the shootout.

``We are happy with the successes,'' the prince told a news conference with visiting British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw. ``We know the successes haven't finished the issue, but we will continue on the same course.''

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1. Saudi Arabia and "progress against terror"

This is coming from a regime that sponsors the mutaween police, a group so fanatic that they prevented girls from leaving a burning school because the girls weren't wearing "correct Islamic dress"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1874471.stm

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