Saudi Arabia vows to defeat terrorism

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah vowed yesterday to defeat 'terrorism' in the world's largest oil exporting nation and urged Saudis to unite behind this goal. The kingdom said earlier this month it had detained 136 foreign and Saudi militants, some of whom...

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah vowed yesterday to defeat 'terrorism' in the world's largest oil exporting nation and urged Saudis to unite behind this goal.

The kingdom said earlier this month it had detained 136 foreign and Saudi militants, some of whom were posing as pilgrims, who were planning a series of suicide bombings and assassinations around the country.

"One feels sorry and pained when hearing that terrorism is present among us, but (terrorists) had been controlled by Satan and he pushes them into it," the official Saudi Press Agency quoted the monarch as saying.

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