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Saudi Arabia arrests 149 al Qaeda-linked suspects

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Friday, 26 November 2010 12:55 GMT

RIYADH, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia arrested 149 people from 19 cells linked to al Qaeda over the past 8 months and foiled attacks against government and security officials as well as journalists, the Interior Ministry said on Friday.

It said in a statement it had confiscated 2.24 million riyals (${esc.dollar}597,237) from al Qaeda when it tried to collect money and spread its ideology during the Muslim pilgrimages of Haj and Umra in Saudi Arabia.

(Reporting by Ulf Laessing; Writing by Erika Solomon)

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