Topic: Mansour al-Turki
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After underwear plot, Saudi officials cite headway against AQAP
Saudi officials refused to discuss their involvement in disrupting the latest underwear bomb plot from Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), but say they are making gains against the group.
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Saudi Arabia announces arrest of 110 Al Qaeda suspects
Saudi Arabia said Wednesday that it had arrested 110 Al Qaeda suspects, about half of them foreigners. The Kingdom said the detained men were plotting suicide attacks on the country's oil installations.
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Saudi concern rises over Al Qaeda activity in Yemen
Two Yemen-based militants dressed as women, one of whom was a former Guantánamo prisoner, were intercepted at a Saudi checkpoint last week.
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Tiny Saudi democracy movement sends king blueprint for reform
Signed by 77 activists, a petition sent by express mail Wednesday night calls for an elected parliament and public access to the trials of 991 suspects in Al Qaeda-inspired violence.
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With Shiites rising across the region, Saudi Arabia's grow impatient
Older leaders among the minority aim to peacefully address discrimination but warn that younger Shiites are pushing for militancy.
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Ex-Guantánamo inmates return to militancy in Yemen
Militants in Yemen threatened Monday to strike the US Embassy for a second time.
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Saudis use cash and counseling to fight terrorism
About 3,200 former militants have completed the ambitious program aimed at persuading them to disavow violent Islamist ideologies.
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Jihadis shift attention to war in Afghanistan
Afghan and NATO officials are seeing a rise in numbers of foreign fighters in Afghanistan at the same time US officials say attacks by Al Qaeda in Iraq have sharply dropped.
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Terrorism & Security
Saudi Arabia: Militant groups remain active despite record arrests
Detainees are accused of having links to Al Qaeda, but human rights groups fear arbitrary arrests have been made.
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Saudi official: why popular blogger Farhan was jailed
Fouad Farhan, arrested Dec. 10, was released Saturday after being held for more than four months without charges.
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Saudi Arabian bloggers rattled by first arrest of online critic
The arrest of Fouad al-Farhan, one of the few bloggers to use his own name, may be an attempt to intimidate others.
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