Saudi Arabia Urges Strengthening of Global Anti-Terrorism Cooperation
Saudi Arabia urged the international community to strengthen its cooperation in combating terrorism after a plot to ship bombs to the U.S. was prevented.
The latest success in halting “many terrorist attacks” confirmed “effective cooperation” in the fight against terrorism, Prince Saud al-Faisal, the kingdom’s foreign minister, said today in a press conference. This will “prompt us to strengthen it, especially in exchange of information among countries.”
The Obama administration said Oct. 29 that Saudi Arabia helped uncover a plot last month to ship packages of explosives to the U.S from Yemen. U.S., European and Yemeni investigators are working to uncover more details of a terrorist plot that revolved around two bombs concealed in printer cartridges found in packages that originated in Yemen.
The world’s largest oil supplier cracked down on al-Qaeda in 2004 after militants struck an oil installation and stormed a housing complex in the city of al-Khobar, killing 22 foreign workers. Saudi al-Qaeda fighters fled across the 1,500-kilometer (930-mile) border to Yemen to escape the crackdown on militants.
To contact the reporters on this story: Glen Carey in Riyadh at gcarey8@bloomberg.net;
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Peter Hirschberg at phirschberg@bloomberg.net.
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