- AFP - A Saudi security officer stands guard next to a truck transporting suspected Yemeni
rebels who were detained in the southern Saudi province of Jizan near the border with Yemen on November 9, 2009
Two
Saudi soldiers have been killed in a clash with unidentified gunmen who
fired on them from across the border with Yemen, the interior ministry
said Thursday.
A border guard patrol in the southwestern province of Asir "came
under heavy gunfire on Wednesday morning from unknown sources inside
Yemeni territory," said the ministry.
The attack triggered a gun battle which resulted in the death of
sergeant Abdulrazaq al-Qhamidi and soldier Mohammed al-Qahtani, it said
in a statement.
The Saudi authorities were coordinating with their counterparts in Yemen to investigate the attack.
The kingdom's long and porous border with Yemen is frequently crossed
by smugglers as well as Islamists seeking to join Al-Qaeda militants in
the impoverished Arabian Peninsula natio
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