The Saudi government said Sunday it foiled “an imminent terrorist” attack with an overnight raid on a bomb-filled, booby-trapped apartment in the holy city of Mecca that left five suspects and two security agents dead. It was not clear if the raid was linked to Saudi Arabia’s crackdown since suicide bomb attacks on May 12 targeting Western residential compounds in the capital Riyadh. The attacks, blamed on al-Qaida, killed 26 people, including nine Americans. Nine Saudi attackers also died. At least five people were arrested in the raid, including two Chadians, an Egyptian and a Saudi, a Saudi interior ministry official said. Full Story
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