Show i i c I A6 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday World I April 22 2004 1 4 ISOast MIOs Officials RIYADH Saudi Arabia (AP) — A suicide attacker bombed a security police building in the Saudi capital Wednesday killing at least four people and wounding 148 The attack had the hallmark of an AP photo Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu flashes a sign as he speaks to journalists outside Shikma Prison following his release in the coastal city of Ashkelon Israeli on Wednesday Vanunu served 18 years for spilling Israel's nuclear secrets saying he was proud of his actiohs and complaining he was treated cruelly by his jailers Israeli whistleblower released from prison its nuclear reactor in Dimona to international inspection "I said Israel don't need nuclear arms especially now that all the Middle liast is free from nuclear weapons" he Vanunu freed after 18 years ( ‘ ' ' ASHKELON Israel (AP) — A defiant Mordechai Vanunu walked out of prison on Wednesday after serving 18 years for spilling Israel's nuclear secrets saying he was proud of his actions and coni’ plaining he was treated cruelly by his jailers Vanunu dressed in a check- ercd shirt and black tie said ' : - 5-Poc- al-Qai- da da operation oflicialssaid The explosion heard three miles away shattered the glass facades of rtearby buijdings and ignited several fires Smoke billowed from the seven-stor- y General Security building where workers issue drivers license renewals and do other administrative tasks The headquarters of the Saudi Security Forces used to be in the building Some security forces still work in part of the building a Saudi official said speaking on condition of anonymity The bombing happened about 2 pm a lime when stair would have been leaving their offices A woman who lives nearby Hanan Battecsha said that after the explosion “Wc heard wails and cries then saw our neighbors running down the stairs” She rushed out with her two children ' “The fronts' of the buildings around us were damaged The air conditioners were mangled and there was smoke everywhere” she said The Interior Ministry said the assailant tried to drive his vehicle into the General Security building flashed victory signs and waved to hundreds of cheering supporters as he walked into the courtyard of Shikma Prison in the coastal town of Ashkelon Dozens of bKted and shouted epithets In the courtyard Vanunu 50 held an impromptu news ' conference his brother Meir by his side Vanunu said he was given “very cruel and barbaric treatment" by Israel’s security services “To all those who are call- ing me traitor 1 am saying I am proud I am proud arid ' happy to do what I did” Vanunusaid in accented and at times broken English lie refused to answer questions in Hebrew because of restric' tions Israel has imposed including a ban on speaking to ' counter-demonstrato- Saadi capital operation dot say suicide attack had mark of APphoto The destroyed Saudi national police headquarters building in Riyadh is seen after a car bomb explosion Wednesday A suicide attacker and a police officer were among at least four people killed and 148 injured police and hospital officials said “The driver exploded the car” 100 feet from the headquarters’ gate the ministry said in a terse statement Five other vehicles were apprehended ket denim shorts Choose from rs 505 550 569 i Loose-Fi- t Shortsi 569 in a variety of washes r 'A- cioiKia foreigners Vanunu who converted to Chri stianily i n the I 9K0s said he wav mistreated because of his religion He also said there is no need lor a Jewish state " and demanded that Israel open ' ' ' In brief v Authorities find bomb In central Kabu season i KABUL Afghanistan ( AP)’ —llice and international peacekeepers arrested two people and found a homemade bomb in the center of the Afghan capital on Wednesday authorities said In restive southeastern : : s ' ’ ' Afghanistanonc persrm was killed whenanothef biimb hid- den in a motorcycle exphided near a building where a ' provincial governor was hold- iriga meeting Deputy Police Chief Amiri Khalil Zada said peacekcepers in Kabul took the two suspects into custody in the early after-- 1 ' noon on ii street just a few hundred yards from the k Finance Ministry : were Zada sajd explosives found stuffed into a prevNiire cookei’ which peacekeepers destroyed safely ' STOREWIDE SAVINGS FOR YOU YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR HOME! 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