DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's powerful interior minister, Prince Nayef, now likely to become heir to the throne after the death of Crown Prince Sultan, has led a crackdown on al Qaeda militants trying to drive out Westerners and overthrow the ruling al Saud family.
This has made Nayef, who is about 77 and is considered a conservative even by Saudi standards for his close ties with the austere Wahhabi sect of Islam, a pivotal figure in the world's biggest oil exporter.
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