JEDDAH - Saudi Arabia is trying seven Saudis accused of creating an al-Qaida-linked "terror cell" and setting up a training camp on the mountains near the country's southern border with Yemen, al-Watan daily newspaper said on Sunday.
The trial is taking place in a special criminal court in Riyadh and is open only to selected local media.
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"The court held its fifth hearing yesterday for the case against seven Saudi suspects... accused of setting up a terror cell with the aim of spoiling the land and implementing plans and goals of al-Qaida," al-Watan said.
