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US Citizen Among 24 Jailed Over Saudi Terror Cell

US Citizen Among 24 Jailed Over Saudi Terror Cell
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A court in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday sentenced a US citizen and 23 other people to prison on charges they created a terrorist cell and planned attacks on foreigners and oil pipelines.

US Citizen Among 24 Jailed Over Saudi Terror Cell

The official Saudi Press Agency reported that their sentences range from two to 27 years in prison for planning attacks against Saudi Arabia and its neighbor kingdom, Bahrain.

The state report said the US national was sentenced to 17 years in prison, six of which are for cyber-crimes. He was ordered deported after completing his sentencing. The years he has already spent in prison will be counted as part of his sentencing.

Other charges against various members of the group include financing terrorism, embracing "deviant ideology," disobeying the king, using the media to support terrorism, providing shelter to wanted people and training for combat.

The Specialized Criminal Court, created in 2008 to try terrorism cases, slapped them with travel bans after prison.

 

Meanwhile, state media did not release any names, did not disclose when the attacks took place and did not say when the men had been arrested, while all of them have 30 days to appeal.

Countries around the world are growing increasingly concerned that battle-hardened extremist militants are training a new generation of international fighters that could launch attacks back home. Those fears have gained urgency because of the horrific methods of Saudi-funded so-called "Islamic State" [IS] extremists in Syria and Iraq.

Saudi Arabia, which at times turned a blind eye to its citizens taking up arms against people in Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq, criminalized fighting in conflicts abroad recently this year.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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