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Both men were Saudi citizens.
Reuters reported yesterday that the men were Saudi citizens with international driver's licenses issued in the United Arab Emirates in June.
This time, the news that almost all of the men were Saudi and that the supposed plot was to have taken place during a religious holiday caused widespread consternation.
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Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, the Saudi interior minister, expressed appreciation for American "cooperation" and said Saudi Arabia would continue pressing for the return of all its citizens from Guantánamo, according to the official Saudi Press Agency, which said all 16 men are Saudi.
Saudi Arabia challenged U.S. jurisdiction in the case, as the act took place in Saudi Arabia, and 13 of the men charged were Saudi citizens.
The press agency did not say whether the arrests were linked to the announcement on Friday of the foiled plot, but it noted that 27 of the 28 men arrested were Saudi citizens, and that they were part of a "deviant group," a common official euphemism for Al Qaeda.
In 2007, police arrested 28 men -- all but one of whom were Saudi nationals -- suspected of plotting an attack during the pilgrimage.
52 victims (60%) were Saudi children.
Eight of these were Saudi and 6 were non-Saudi.
Another 12 men were captured, and Saudi news reports have suggested that 2 or 3 of them were on the original most-wanted list of 26 suspects published late last year.
Two Saudi men were beheaded in July for drug trafficking, robbery, and raping several boys.
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