The detentions were made in Riyadh, Al-Qasim - north of the capital, and the Eastern Province. According to the Interior Ministry, those arrested were found with automatic rifles, other weapons, mobile phones, surveillance cameras, bullet-proof vests, passports of various nationalities, forged identity cards, cars, motorcycles, rocket-propelled grenades and about 20 tonnes of explosive-making chemicals.
Since the compound suicide bombings Saudi Arabia has been strongly criticised by the US for not cracking down sufficiently on homegrown militants. In what is seen as a direct result of this criticism, security forces have swept the country, including the two holy cities of Mecca and Medina, and arrested about 150 suspects.
The announcement by Prince Nayef of the arrests came one day before the kingdom convened a meeting of 40 international oil firms in London to announce terms and conditions for foreign investment in the energy sector (see Oil & Gas, page 8).
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