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US Attacks Should Target Terrorists, not Innocent People: Saudi Official
A senior Saudi official on Monday said that the US-led military attacks against Afghanistan should extract terrorists and cause no casualties to innocent people, Kuwait's official KUNA news agency reported.
In a statement issued in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, Saudi Interior Minister Nayef Ibn Abdul-Aziz stressed the importance of focusing the military operation on the terrorists and the Al-Qaeda network led by Osama bin Laden, blamed by Washington as the top suspect of the September 11 terror attacks in the United States.
On the involvement of Saudi citizens in last month's attacks in the U.S., which left nearly 6,000 people dead, Abdul-Aziz said that "Saudi Arabia has not received any clear evidence that proves the involvement of any Saudi in the attacks."
He also rejected the claims by some American individuals and institutions who doubt the kingdom's ability to stop donations from reaching bin Laden.
"All Saudi donations through Islamic societies reach their beneficiaries in a direct and guaranteed manner," he said.
The interior minister reiterated the condemnation of the devastating terror attacks in the U.S. and his country's "full support" for the international efforts to fight against terrorism.
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