SAUDI ARABIA - Oct. 22 - Saudi Hits Back At Critics Of Its Efforts To Defeat Al-Qaeda Threat.The interior minister, Prince Nayef, launches a rare public defence of the kingdom's anti-terrorist efforts and strongly criticised attempts to discredit TO DISCREDIT, practice, evidence. To deprive one of credit or confidence. 2. In general, a party may discredit a witness called by the opposite party, who testifies against him, by proving that his character is such as not to entitle him to credit or the tougher measures it has taken against al-Qaeda's terrorist network. Prince Nayef says that Saudi Arabia's counter-terrorism measures "are crystal clear and cannot be denied by anyone except the cynical". In remarks clearly aimed at continued criticism of the kingdom in the US, he called for support of these efforts, and adds: "This [support] is more useful than throwing accusations against others and in ways that portray Islam and Muslims as the inventors of terrorism. "The prince's statement was delivered by Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the UK, Prince Turki al-Faisal, at a conference on the Arabian kingdom's efforts to confront terrorism held yesterday at the Royal United Services Institute As of September 2007, RUSI Director is Professor Michael Clarke and its Chairman is Sir Paul Lever. History RUSI was founded in 1831, the oldest such institute in the world, at the initiative of the Duke of Wellington. in London. Prince Nayef's son, Prince Muhammad, who is responsible for security affairs in the interior ministry, cancelled an appearance at the conference because of the ongoing security threat in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (sä  `dē ərā`bēə, sou`–, sô–), officially Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, kingdom (2005 est. pop. . Prince Nayef's statement marks a
further shift in the kingdom's attitude to the terrorist threat.
Until the bombing of three residential compounds in Riyadh on May 12
that left 35 people dead, many of them foreigners Foreignersalienage the condition of being an alien. androlepsy Law. the seizure of foreign subjects to enforce a claim for justice or other right against their nation. gypsyologist, gipsyologist Rare. , Prince Nayef had denied that al-Qaeda's terrorist network was operating in the country. Now, members of the ruling family are identifying the terrorist threat to Saudi Arabia as stark proof that the kingdom is not a supporter of al-Qaeda. Prince Turki told the London conference London Conference, several international conferences held at London, England, in the 19th and 20th cent. The following list includes only the most important of these meetings. that a total of 600 people had been arrested since the May bombings, far more than had previously been acknowledged by the authorities. He said that of these, 70-90 were to be put on trial, while 190 had been released. The rest were still being interrogated. As further proof of the threat facing the kingdom, the Saudi authorities said this week that they had seized a large cache of weapons and explosives in Riyadh, Jeddah and four other locations. State television reported the seizure as including bomb-belts, possibly to be used by suicide bombers Noun 1. suicide bomber - a terrorist who blows himself up in order to kill or injure other people act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political , as well as C-4 plastic explosives plastic explosive n. A versatile explosive substance in the form of a moldable doughlike solid, used in bombs detonated by fuse or electrical impulse. Also called plastique. , 161 Kalashnikov rifles, 116,000 rounds of ammunition and a laboratory for making explosives and manufacturing bombs. |
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