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Forty-one of the 323 al Qaeda operatives who were tried and convicted are from outside Saudi Arabia. The 323 al Qaeda operatives received prison terms ranging from two-and-a-half years to 30 years. The interior minister said 991 al Qaeda operatives have received prison terms since 2004.

Saudi courts tried 330 terrorists for involvement in al Qaeda attacks from 2003 to 2006. An unknown number were convicted; one was sentenced to death. A senior Saudi cleric condemned al Qaeda and the Taliban.

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula admitted that Abu Hareth Muhammad al Awfi, a Saudi who served as senior commander in the terror group, turned himself in to Saudi authorities. Awfi rejoined al Qaeda after being released from Guantánamo Bay detention facility and was on Saudi Arabia’s most wanted list.

The US Justice Department is supporting the efforts of the Saudi royal family to have five princes removed from a lawsuit filed by the families of Sept. 11 victims. The lawsuit contends that the five princes knew that the charities they were donating to were diverting funds to al Qaeda. The Justice Department contends that […]

Security forces detained 11 members of a suspected al Qaeda cell operating in the mountains of southern Saudi Arabia. The cell had plans to “attack policemen, kidnap local citizens, and rob banks in order to finance their terrorist activities” and “were in touch with al Qaeda elements outside Saudi Arabia,” an interior ministry spokesman said.

Fahad al Ruwaily, a leader of al Qaeda in Iraq and one of Saudi Arabia’s 85 most wanted, has turned himself in to authorities. Ruwaily operated inside Syria and provided terrorists with weapons and documents needed to enter Iraq.

A religious scholar in the employ of the state issued a fatwa for the prosecution of a royal prince and a Saudi businessman for owning TV channels that broadcast movies. Six months ago the former head of the kingdom™s highest tribunal said it was legal to kill the owners of satellite TV stations that broadcast […]

Mohammed al Awfi, a leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, surrendered to the Yemeni government, who transferred him to Saudi Arabia. Awfi was a detainee at the Guantanamo Bay prison facility and recently appeared on an al Qaeda videotape.

Saudi Arabia issued a list of 83 wanted terrorists who “adopted the straying ideology,” and called on the men to turn themselves in to authorities and “return to a normal life.” Eighty-one Saudis and two Yemenis are on the list.

Saudi security forces re-arrested nine “militants” who had gone through the rehabilitation program designed to deprogram members of Islamist terror groups. Some of those detained had been imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay before being released to the Saudi government.