04-06-2005, 04:56 AM
<b>At least 14 militants killed in three-day gunbattle in S Arabia</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Riyadh, April 6, 2005|04:50 IST
At least 14 militants, including a number of most-wanted Al-Qaeda suspects, have been killed in three days of fighting with Saudi security forces in the north of the kingdom, officials said on Tuesday.
The interior ministry said 14 members of the "deviant group" â official terminology for Al-Qaeda suspects â had been confirmed killed in the clashes at Al-Rass in Al-Qassim region, considered a haven for Islamist militants.
Security forces had "successfully completed their tasks" at the site, about 320 kilometres north of Riyadh, the ministry said, indicating the confrontation was over but that the toll could rise further.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Riyadh, April 6, 2005|04:50 IST
At least 14 militants, including a number of most-wanted Al-Qaeda suspects, have been killed in three days of fighting with Saudi security forces in the north of the kingdom, officials said on Tuesday.
The interior ministry said 14 members of the "deviant group" â official terminology for Al-Qaeda suspects â had been confirmed killed in the clashes at Al-Rass in Al-Qassim region, considered a haven for Islamist militants.
Security forces had "successfully completed their tasks" at the site, about 320 kilometres north of Riyadh, the ministry said, indicating the confrontation was over but that the toll could rise further.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->