1,500 Saudi militants go free after 'repenting'
By Agence France Presse (AFP)
Monday, November 26, 2007
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Saudi Arabia, waging a crackdown on Islamist militants that has lasted for more than four years, has released some 1,500 jailed suspects after they "repented," a newspaper said on Sunday. The 1,500 were among about 3,200 militants with whom representatives of a government-appointed "advice committee" met around 5,000 times since
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