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To: NickSE who wrote (106112)7/17/2003 6:49:18 PM
From: GST  Respond to of 281500
 
You mean we had combat troops in Serbia? When?



To: NickSE who wrote (106112)7/17/2003 8:07:37 PM
From: NickSE  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Saudis ban reference to jihad in broadcasts
dailytimes.com.pk

The Saudi royal family has finally conceded that the root cause of Islamist terrorism has been its own Wahhabi ideology, and the kingdom has prohibited any reference to jihad in radio and television broadcasts, a Washington Times report said on Wednesday.

Following the Al Qaeda suicide bombings of apartment buildings in Riyadh on May 12 that killed 35, Saudi security and intelligence organizations reported what the royal family was loath to hear: Almost 1,000 Saudi clerics are either linked to, or in sympathy with, Al Qaeda. They have been fired or banned from addressing worshippers after Friday prayers, Arnaud de Borchgrave wrote for the Times.

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