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Mass Trials Signal Saudis' Anti-Terror Progress

Nearly 1K will be tried according to Islamic law

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 24, 2008 3:07 PM CDT

(Newser) – The biggest mass prosecution of Islamist extremists in Saudi Arabian history is the latest clue that the kingdom’ anti-terror campaign in on track, the Economist reports. The Saudis plan to try 991 prisoners on charges ranging from committing terrorist violence to justifying it in religious... Read full story »

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