Torture of Saudis unjustified: Naif

RIYADH, 2 February — Interior Minister Prince Naif said yesterday that he could neither confirm nor deny reports that some Saudis had been tortured while returning to the Kingdom from the United States. However, he said that if it had occurred "it may have been as a result of hasty action on the part of American security agencies and there could be no justification for that." Speaking to reporters on his return from Lebanon, he said he had not raised the issue of the anti-Saudi media campaign in the West at the Beirut conference "because it did not deserve to be raised there." He said there are no differences between the Kingdom and Kuwait regarding POWs in Iraq. (SPA)