Saudi police round up militants

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Saudi Arabia says it has detained 11 militants in the past two days, including one allegedly involved in an 2006 attack on a major oil facility.

The official news agency said the men, all Saudi nationals, were involved in inciting and financing the activities of what it called a deviant group.

It is the latest in a number of raids targeting suspected militants.

Saudi Arabia has been battling militants linked to al-Qaeda since a wave of bombings and shootings in 2003.

The attacks in 2003 and since have claimed the lives of nearly 300 security personnel, militants and Saudi and foreign civilians.

Saudi officials periodically claim to have crushed the insurgency but, although they have shut down part of the network, correspondents say the continuation of attacks suggests the problem is deep-rooted.

In April, the Saudi authorities announced the capture of 170 suspects, some of whom they said had been training as pilots for suicide missions.