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Your support makes all the difference.Saudi security forces stormed a suspected al Qaida hideout in the capital Riyadh early today, killing six militants and arresting a seventh after an exchange of gunfire, an Interior Ministry official said.
One policeman was also killed in the clashes.
A statement, carried by the official Saudi news agency, said security forces chased seven members with "deviant thoughts" who "belong to the astray bunch" to a house in Riyadh's al-Nakheel district.
The Saudi government often refers to al Qaida members as individuals with "deviant thoughts".
The house was "a hideout for crime, corruption, and a base for the plots of aggression and outrage," the statement said.
After a heavy exchange of gunfire with automatic weapons, six of the seven suspected militants were killed, and a seventh was injured and arrested, it said.
Saudi Arabia launched an aggressive anti-terrorism campaign in May 2003 after suicide bombers linked to al Qaida attacked three residential compounds in Riyadh.
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