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Saudi intelligence chief relieved of duties - Yahoo! UK & Ireland News
RIYADH (AFP) - Saudi Arabia's chief spy, Nawaf bin Abdel Aziz, has been relieved of his duties, King Fahd announced in a royal decree carried by state media.
According to the decree, quoted by the official SPA news agency, the king agreed that Prince Aziz could step down after offering his resignation.
"In consideration of his enormous services and our need for those services, we have decided to nominate him our special adviser with the rank of minister," said the decree.
Since May 2003, Saudi Arabia has been battling a wave of unrest by presumed Al-Qaeda loyalists, who have killed more than 100 people and wounded hundreds more in a spate of bombings and shootings.
The 72-year-old Prince Nawaf has spent the last few days in hospital undergoing routine tests, SPA said.
In 2002, he was successful treated for a brain haemorrhage in Beirut.
A half-brother of King Fahd and de facto Saudi ruler, Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz, Prince Nawaf is a former interior minister.
January 26, 2005 at 05:59 PM in Middle East | Permalink | Top of page | Blog Home