Saudi Arabia: Update on the Famas assault rifle issuenote

The French General Directorate for External Security (DGSE) is said to have prepared a report on the Famas assault rifle issue following information suggesting that Lebanese and Palestinian Salafi extremist groups got such a rifle. Some press reports tried to involve Saudi Arabia in this matter. The French Defence Ministry was very upset that some extremist groups are using the rifle and was running an investigation into the matter. The following 315-word newswire focuses on the issue.