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Terrorist car bomb kills saudi { April 21 2004 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=497123§ion=news http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=497123§ion=news "Terrorist" car bomb kills one in Saudi Wed 21 April, 2004 13:09 By Dominic Evans and Fahd al-Frayyan RIYADH (Reuters) - A car rigged with explosives has blown up near Saudi government buildings in the capital Riyadh, in what officials say was a "terrorist" attack. At least one person was killed, said an Arab television station which reported the body of a suspected "suicide bomber" had been found. It seemed more people may have died, however. "The front of a building is blown off and smoke is still rising," a Reuters correspondent said from the scene. The kingdom, a key U.S. ally and the world's largest oil exporter, is battling a tide of Islamist militancy linked to Saudi-born Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network. Last week, Washington ordered non-essential diplomats out of the Gulf state and warned Americans they should leave, citing fresh signals of possible attacks on U.S. and Western interests. Ambulances rushed toward the site and smoke billowed from damaged buildings in the area, which houses the state television centre, the Information Ministry and a security forces building. There was no official report of casualties but Dubai-based Arab satellite television channel Al Arabiya said one person, a suspected suicide bomber, was killed and several wounded. "We believe it is a terrorist attack," a Saudi Interior Ministry source told Reuters. He said a car packed with explosives blew up in al-Murabaa district. Last year, suicide bombings at foreign residential compounds in Riyadh killed 50 people, including nine Americans. Saudi Arabia last week defused five cars rigged with explosives in Riyadh, security sources said. Suspected Muslim militants also killed at least five Saudi policemen last week. Last week, a top wanted Saudi militant called on Muslims in a video distributed on the Internet to kill Americans.

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