Saudi security forces fought a gunbattle with suspected militants in western Saudi Arabia Tuesday, official sources said. Confirming a report on Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television, a government source said the shootout occurred near the city of Ta'if, which is near the Muslim holy city of Mecca. Gunmen fired on police a check-point in the mountainous region. | I'll put my money on the gunmen getting away. |
Saudi Arabia has tightened security around Western targets after a weekend rampage by Islamic militants on the opposite side of the vast country which killed 22 civilians in the eastern city of Khobar. Three of the attackers escaped. It was not immediately clear if there was any link between Tuesday's gunbattle and the weekend's events. | Nothing is clear in Saudi. |
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