Saudis vow to crackdown on radicals -- (again )

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Saudi Arabia's interior minister has pledged to tackle radical Muslim clerics, whom he blamed for encouraging young men to join violent Islamic groups.

"Those who consider themselves to be guides or muftis have to stop doing this and return to their senses," Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz said in remarks published on Monday.

"The authorities in charge are on their back and will not leave them alone. We see in them a greater threat than that coming from those who perpetrate the acts."

Extremists linked to al-Qaeda began a campaign to topple the monarchy in 2003, attacking foreigners and government buildings.

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