A senior Saudi prince and cabinet member said he hopes the Saudi Arabians held by the U.S. in Guantanamo following the September 11 attacks will soon be released.
Interior Minister Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz was speaking at the King Saud University.
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“The concerned Saudi authorities have been following up the issue, and it is hoped that they will be released soon,” he said, according to the official Saudi newspaper.
He also denied reports that the suicide bombing in northern Iraq was the work of a Saudi national.