including explosions, murders, and kidnappings - causing the death of nearly 144 citizens, security personnel and foreign nationals, while injuring more than 500 people. 120 terrorists were killed and 17 wounded, and over 52 terrorist operations were foiled. And the fight goes on. The government and people of Saudi Arabia are united in the fight against the terrorists, those who support them, and those who condone or incite their actions. Since September 11, 2001, Saudi Arabia has arrested more than 800 suspected terrorists of various nationalities. We have broken up numerous AI-Qaeda cells and seized their arms caches. We have introduced new regulations and mechanisms to ensure that our financial system and charities cannot be exploited by evil-doers. We have frozen the financial assets of suspected financiers of terror. Joint Saudi-American Task Forces were established to go after the terrorists, as well as suspected financiers of terror. We believe that the new Saudi regulations are among the most effective in the world: this has been confirmed by independent international bodies, such as the Financial Action Task Force of the G-8 (FATF). --More 19 22 Local Time 16 22 GMT
