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The UAE has arrested eight Emirati Islamists, including a state prosecutor (Ali Saeed Al Kindi) and a former judge (Khamis Saeed Al Zyoudi) thereby widening a crackdown on dissidents over alleged threats to state security. The arrests over the past two weeks raised to around 60 the number of dissidents detained since last year and in July the UAE had said it was investigating a foreign-linked group planning "crimes against the security of the state".