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GCC CONVENES TO DISCUSS AL QAIDA

ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Gulf Arab foreign ministers plan to convene for cooperation talks in the war against Al Qaida.

Officials said the foreign ministers of the six Gulf Cooperation Council states were scheduled to meet in the Saudi port city of Jedda on Saturday. They said the meeting intends to focus on cooperation in efforts to prevent Al Qaida and related groups from attacking their countries.

"The agency will particularly concern itself with the need to fight terrorism," GCC secretary-general Abdul Rahman Bin Hamad Al Attiyah said.

Officials said Saudi Arabia has pressed GCC allies for a regional strategy against Al Qaida amid the insurgency movement's campaign against the kingdom. On May 29, Al Qaida captured a Western compound and killed 22 people, almost all of them foreigners, who worked for the Saudi oil sector.

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