[20/February/2009]

RIYADH, 20 (Saba) - A spokesman for the Saudi Interior ministry has denied reports that seven Saudi terrorism suspects were arrested in Yemen who received trainings in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Major General Mansour al-Turkey said Yemeni officials had told him the reports were untrue.

Al-Turkey affirmed Saudi Arabia will not allow astray people to use its lands for terrorist training camps .

He urged other wanted suspects on the list the Saudi Interior ministry made public last month to surrender as their colleague Muhammad Ateeq al-Aufi did when he handed himself in to Yemeni security forces in Shabwa province a week ago.

Two days ago, Yemen extradited al-Aufi to Saudi Arabia. His name was among the list of 83 wanted suspects announced in January.

Al-Aufi was an ex-Guantanmo Saudi detainee and released along with other eleven Saudi nationals. 

Recently, two of the eleven were already identified as members of a Yemeni terrorist group. Al-Aufi was one of the two.

For his part, Yemen's ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Muhammad al-Ahwal affirmed his country will not allow terrorists to use Yemeni lands to attack Saudi targets and to destabilize the neighboring kingdom.

FR
Saba