Al-Qaeda suspects - 20 captured and 14 killed in Saudi Arabia

As expected the number of Al-Qaeda suspects, which have been killed in three days of fighting with Saudi security forces, has raised from 10 to 14.

As the confrontation ended an interior ministry spokes man, Mansour al-Turki, said at least 10 militants had been killed “and I would expect it to be more”. Last night, state-run television reported that 14 militants had died and at least six others had been captured.

A Moroccan Islamic militant, Kareem Altohami al-Mojati who was reported yesterday to have been killed in fierce fighting in Saudi Arabia was one of the original founders of al-Qaeda’s branch in the kingdom, sent there by terror chief Osama bin Laden to build the network.

He was No 4 on Saudi Arabia’s list of 26 most wanted al-Qaeda-linked terror suspects, issued in December 2003.

Al-Mojati was also wanted in his home country, where he is suspected of helping plan the May 16, 2003 suicide bombings in Casablanca that killed 33 bystanders and 12 suicide bombers.

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