Saudi Clerics Point Militants Toward Iraq
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Fundamentalist Islamic leaders in Saudi Arabia are telling militants intent on fighting "infidels" to join the insurgency in Iraq instead of taking up Osama bin Laden's call to oust the Saudi royal family at home, say Saudi dissidents who monitor theological edicts coming out of the kingdom.
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Saudi Arabia has said that it might provide financial backing to Iraqi Sunnis in any war against Iraq's Shiites if U.S. troops leave Iraq.
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BAGHDAD, July 5 -- The No. 2 leader of al-Qaeda, in a lengthy video released Thursday, called on Muslims in Iraq to unite against their enemies, at a time when rifts have opened between some Sunni insurgent groups in Iraq and the U.S. military has detained individuals it says are senior members of...
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Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani plans to lead a march to the shrine in Najaf that has been commandeered by fighters loyal to Moktada al-Sadr.
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The cleric's followers began handing in weapons Monday, but some plan to continue fighting US forces in Baghdad.
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Saudi security forces have arrested al Qaeda militants suspected of planning to mount attacks during the current Muslim haj pilgrimage, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television said on Friday.
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Radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is still in Iraq and has not left for Iran, several of his aides said on Wednesday, after American officials suggested he may have departed to avoid an offensive against militants.
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A group of Saudi religious scholars have signed an open letter urging Iraqis to support jihad against US-led forces. &quot;Fighting the occupiers is a duty for all those who are able,&quot; they said in a statement posted on the internet at the weekend.
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A delegation of senior British Muslims will fly to Baghdad this weekend to meet Sunni clerics with links to Iraqi militants to plead for the life of the British hostage Kenneth Bigley.
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Saudi authorities reiterate their pledge to crush Islamic militants after an attack on the US consulate in Jeddah.
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Osama bin Laden has directed al-Qaida's fury against Sunni Arab leaders in Iraq working with US forces
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Sunni and Shi'ite heavyweights Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed on Saturday to fight the spread of sectarian strife that threatens to spill over from their neighbor Iraq, the Saudi foreign minister said.
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NAJAF, Iraq -- Radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr yesterday told his army of followers to hand control of a revered Najaf shrine to top Shi&#39;a religious authorities, hours after US forces bombed militant positions and Iraq&#39;s prime ...
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Hailing the recent attack on US consulate in Saudi Arabia, Osama bin Ladenâs new tape has urged militants to target oil sites in Iraq and the Gulf.
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Iraqi soldiers and US troops Tuesday targeted seven mosques in Ramadi in a bid to roust insurgents and their weaponry, CNN reported.
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Prominent Saudi religious scholars urged Iraqis to support militants waging holy war against the U.S.-led coalition forces as American troops prepared Saturday for a major assault on the insurgent hotbed of Fallujah.
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NAJAF, Iraq A delegation of Iraqis arrived here Tuesday to try to persuade a rebellious Shiite cleric and his militia to evacuate a shrine in this holy city and end fighting with US and Iraqi government forces.