MOHAMMED BIN NAYEF

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Strategy in countering terrorism - Issued lists of wanted men. - Tracked down terrorists relentlessly. - Updated the list upon elimination of anyone mentioned on the list or the addition of more terrorists. - Reassured foreign residents in the Kingdom in response to some residents contacting their families out of fear of terrorism. - Confronted Al-Qaida on the ground and employed the media to explain the threat that was facing the Kingdom. - Has achieved a hard-won equilibrium in facing terrorists by striking a balance between firmness and reassuring the local and international public opinion. - Confrontations with the terrorists were targeted and selective, which took great care to avoid civilian casualties. - Avoided using violence which embodied the anti-terrorist operations in Algeria of the 1990s or present-day Iraq. - Was committed to exercising caution and secrecy in the implementation of his confrontations. The results of confronting those who tried to terrorize the Saudi Arabian public - Results from the operations began appearing in 2007. - The terrorists lost their battles and confrontations in the Saudi streets. - His most prominent success was his success in thwarting any attempts by the terrorists to gain sympathy from the public. www.saprac.org 4
Terrorist operations thwarted outside the Kingdom - After defeating them in the Kingdom, the Al-Qaeda organization appeared in Yemen in 2009. - Prince Mohammed bin Nayef established a mechanism to monitor the organization abroad. - It was revealed that Al-Qaeda placed bombs aboard the aircrafts of both UPS and FedEx, which were flying from Yemen to Chicago, on the eve of US congressional elections in 2010. - The Prince called the White House and presented John Brennan, President Obama's adviser on terrorism, with tracking numbers for the packages containing the bombs for follow-up. - Both aircrafts were stopped in Dubai and East Midlands in the United Kingdom and the bombs were removed. - Prince Mohammed bin Nayef has since gained a major international reputation in the face of terrorism. www.saprac.org 5
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