Saudi Arrests 18 Spies including Lebanese, Iranian
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The Saudi authorities have arrested 18 suspected spies, including an Iranian and a Lebanese, on charges of espionage for a foreign country, the interior ministry said on Tuesday.
"Sixteen Saudis, an Iranian and a Lebanese were arrested in coordinated and simultaneous operations in four regions of the kingdom," including the capital Riyadh and the holy city of Mecca, the ministry said in a statement.
The suspects, some of whom were arrested in Eastern Province where the kingdom's Shiite minority is concentrated, were working for a foreign country which it did not name, the statement added.
Their arrest was made after the ministry had "received information concerning the involvement of Saudis and expats in espionage on behalf of a another country," said the statement carried by the official SPA news agency.
The suspects "gathered information on vital installations which they provided to the country" they had been working for, it added.
Although the ministry did not reveal the name of the country for which the suspects were allegedly working, the announcement that an Iranian is implicated could point to Iran.
Saudi Arabia and its partners in the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council have strained ties with Iran which they suspect of supporting Shiite opposition protests in GCC member Bahrain, which like its partners is Sunni-ruled.
News of the arrests came as rights activists on Tuesday reported that Saudi security forces had arrested several Shiites across the kingdom, including two clerics, over the past days for unspecified reasons.
Since early 2011, mainly Shiite towns in Eastern Province have seen sporadic protests and confrontations between police and Shiite residents who complain of marginalization.
There are an estimated two million Shiites in the Sunni-dominated kingdom of about 27.5 million people.
20 March 2013, 06:23
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Who are you calling a stupid idiot ? The stupid idiots are the ones who support the fanatical wahibist that export there idealism into our country. Take a look at the jihadist? The root of all evil is from Saudi Arabia, maybe because they have too many wives, they produce too many offsprings. Therefore it's a well known practice a brother doesn't even know who his sisters or brothers are so they end up intermarrying thus producing Osama bin ladens and alikes. In simple words these wahibist end screwing each other thus producing low life scums "the jihadist" . Let the games begin starting with Saudi Arabia then their little cousins The GCC states may their country fall on its hands and knees. Allah 3ghdob alaykoum. Tfeeee.
20 March 2013, 11:35
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All terrorists are made in Saudi Arabia just take a look at all their sponsorships around the world to so called al madrasa. They bankroll all the interbred spastic jihadist in believing to suicide and kill as many people as possible, how would you recognise them now and determine where their from? They themselves up and others' into mince meat that you then collect to use it as Kebe nayee to eat with your family members you demented Wahhabis...
