Minister of Interior Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz said Saturday evening that those who were arrested or killed had helped terrorists in a way or another and that a clear press release had been issued by the Interior ministry and any inquiries in the future will be answered fully by a concerned department. In an answer to a question whether there are terrorist cells scattered in different parts of the country, Prince Naif said that he has never negated their existence and that they are still in the Kingdom and they will exist unless international measures are undertaken to dry up terrorism sources. Answering another question whether the arrest of fifty suspects or more means a beginning of a new elements list to be announced later, Prince Naif said that it is not a beginning; it is a continuation. When asked whether there are links to Iraq-based Al-Qaida in the Kingdom, he said that it is too early to say such a thing and that an investigation must be made. In reply to a question about an international campaign to close down the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and whether Saudi Arabia supports this or not, Prince Naif also expressed hope that all Saudis would come back to the Kingdom. Answering a question about the suicide of Saudis in Guantanamo Detention Center, he said that the dead bodies have arrived in the Kingdom. In answer to a question about a national security court, he said that it was misunderstood, it is still being studied, and that it is something like a supreme court but we do not want to spread it in the foreign sense because the foreign courts of national security are far away from the Islamic judicial system. Answering a question whether those Guantanamo detainees are involved in any terrorist acts, he said that they are being investigated, and that "we promise to explain everything to the Saudi people." Prince Naif made these remarks in a press statement following a meeting of the Higher Committee of Prince Naif's Universal Prize for Prophet's Tradition and Islamic Contemporary Studies, which approved three winners of the prize for this year. The recepients of the prize are Dr. Bassem Faisal Al-Jawabrah; Dr Nawal Abdulaziz Al-Eid and Dr Mohammad Waqeehullah Ahmad.
