areas and for everything else. Definitely, the drills they had conducted are meant for such events like today, he added As for the development of special mountain forces, Prince Khalid said wars and military exercises always yield valuable lessons to enhance our armed forces. The proud special forces along with all ready paratroopers are there whenever needed. The upgrade of the armed forces whether special forces, air, land or naval is an ongoing process and receives unlimited support from the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques - the Supreme Commander of all armed forces and also receives constant follow-up from the Crown Prince, he added. With regard to information on the extent of cooperation between Al Qaeda and the infiltrators, Prince Khalid said "We have confirmed information from many different bodies that there are contacts, coordination and common interests between them in advocating sabotage, but by the will of Allah, we will defeat them all". In response to another question about the number of missing, Prince Khalid said "I had told you that the number of missing is 26, some or most of them were martyred but we cannot say they were killed unless we received their bodies. Moreover, I have also said it several times and I am saying it now, after liberating all mountainous areas whether in Jabal Dukhan, Al Doud and Al Rumaih, we have received 20 bodies of our martyrs. In other words, the number of 26 missing decreased to 6-missing only as the number of martyred increased to 20 fatalities so far. --MORE
