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Saudi Arabia: Jihadist Revival Unlikely Anytime Soon

Feb 12, 2009 | 15:42 GMT

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Summary

There has been a lot of noise in the media over the past few weeks about a potential jihadist revival in Saudi Arabia. Much of it has to do with the Saudis move to issue a list of 85 militants that they are looking for, in terms of their wider counterterrorism efforts. More important, however, is the fact that the remnants of the battered Saudi node of the global jihadist network has had to relocate to neighboring Yemen, which means that it will be a while before the jihadists can regain the capability to strike inside the kingdom.

Following the Saudis' publication of a list of 85 militants they are looking for, there has been a lot of noise in the media about a potential jihadist revival in Saudi Arabia....

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