Militants detained in Saudi raids were trained by al-Qaida

Wednesday, July 30, 2003

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi authorities said Muslim militants arrested or killed in recent police raids were trained by al-Qaida in Afghanistan and possibly Saudi Arabia itself, acknowledging for the first time the kingdom may have been infiltrated by Osama bin Laden's terror network.

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