al Qaeda reacts to cleric arrest

An email for al Qaeda threatens assasination of Saudi officials if the two arrested clerics are killed.

Way to go al Qaeda. You have just confirmed these guys connection to your murderous outfit.

"The London-based Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported that the e-mail, sent by unnamed persons close to Osama bin Laden, said the al Qaeda leader promised reprisals if the two were indeed dead.

"'Sheikh Osama and the leaders of al Qaeda in Afghanistan are closely following reports of the deaths of Sheikh Ali al-Khodeir and Ahmed ak-Khaledi,' the daily quoted the e-mail as saying.

"The London-based Saudi opposition Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia has said that the two may have been killed by police Monday during raids in the holy Muslim city of Medina.

"'If it was especially confirmed that Sheikh Ali al-Khodeir was martyred then our response against the al-Saud family ... will be as great as the Sheikh is to us,' the e-mail added."

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