SAUDI ARABIA

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005272901
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: June 22, 2015
• Document Release Date: August 25, 2008
• Case Number: F-2006-00995
• Publication Date: November 23, 1979

MORI DocID: 1365007
Armed religious fanatics holding an unknown number of hostages
still appear to contra; parts of the Grand Mosque in Mecca.
Yamani said in a news broadcast early yesterday that se-
curity forces should capture the mosque in a "matter of
hours." F I
Ayatollah Khomeini, seeking to exploit the situation
gun broadcasting Khomeini's speeches to Saudi Shias.
at the expense of the US, has accused the US of perpe-
trating the Mecca incident. The Iranians have also be-
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DATE: 07-24-2008