Terror cells busted in Riyadh and Jeddah; Saudi Arabia raises SR 552 million for Syrian’s sufferings
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  • According to a Saudi Interior Ministry statement on August 26, 2012, security forces busted two terror cells in Riyadh and Jeddah and foiled their attack plans. Two Saudi and six Yemeni members of the two cells have been arrested. Interior Ministry Spokesman Major General Mansour Al-Turki also informed that, “They (terrorists) maintained direct contact with Al-Qaeda outfits outside the Kingdom. The security forces also learned that they set up a terror cell in Riyadh and engaged in promoting ‘takfiri’ (branding the other as an infidel) ideology and the recruitment of youth for terror operations against security forces, citizens, expatriates and government installations.” According to the police sources, the cell had reached an advanced stage in executing their plans after developing explosive devices and testing them outside Riyadh. Security forces have seized explosives materials, documents and cash from a chamber attached to a mosque in Riyadh. Interrogation has revealed that both the cells had contacts with each other and with the terrorists outside the kingdom. 1

    In another development, according to reports, a major donation campaign launched by Saudi Arabia to help the Syrian people has been able to raise SR 552 million as of August 26, 2012. The campaign under the title ‘Saudi National Campaign for the Support of Brothers in Syria,’ was launched last month by King Abdullah with a donation of SR 20 million and has been joined by a large number of Saudi philanthropists and donors, including businessmen. The campaign was launched under the supervision of the Interior Minister Prince Ahmad bin Abdulaziz. The campaign has also collected food, medicines, medical equipment, clothes, tents, blankets and above all, gold and silver jewellery to be supplied to Syria. 2

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