Militants trained in al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan, possibly Saudi Arabia
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-AP -- Saudi Arabia's interior minister is acknowledging that al-Qaida training camps may be in his country. Prince Nayef was quoted in a London-based Arabic newspaper as saying Muslim militants killed or arrested in recent Saudi police raids were trained by al-Qaida.
He says most of the training was at al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan, but that some militants may have been trained on farms or other sites in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi officials had earlier played down the extent of al-Qaida infiltration into their kingdom.
In the United States, critics have speculated about a classified section of a congressional report related to Saudi Arabia's alleged connections to terrorism.
Saudi Arabia's ambassador is asking President Bush to declassify the section so the country can deal with its contents head-on.
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