A Blog by the Editor of The Middle East Journal

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Militants Surrendering to Saudis

The Saudi press has been filled lately with reports of Al-Qa‘ida operatives returning to the Kingdom and turning themselves in, for example, here. Now, one of the most wanted, Badr Muhammad Nasser al-Shihri, has joined the trend.

The Saudis' efforts at luring radicals home seems to be working, and is, of course of those stories thsat tends to be ignored in the West, where the notion that the Kingdom tacitly supports radical groups seems entrenched.

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