Wednesday, January 12, 2011

47 Frontline Al-Qaeda Commanders Identified by Saudi Arabia

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: A group of 47 frontline al-Qaeda commanders, including a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, have been identified in an Interpol alert on behalf of Saudi Arabia, in an unprecedented disclosure of Saudi citizens in key terrorist roles.

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A spokesman warned that the men were key figures in supplying arms and financing to terrorist outfits in Yemen, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Photo: The Daily Telegraph

The cross-border police agency said that all of the men named were based outside the oil rich kingdom but posed a potentially serious public threat at home and abroad because of their suspected involvement with the Islamic group. >>> Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent | Tuesday, January 12, 2011