Topic: Saudi Arabia

A talking-head guest apologist on a Fox News show said about the Times Square Car Bomber: She had never lived in Pakistan.Two months before Shahzad quit paying his mortgage, quit going to work, and moved back to Pakistan, he'd become an American ...

The Socioecology* of Terrorism

How does Osama bin Laden go from being a member of an affluent Saudi Arabian family to founder of one of the world?s most deadly terrorist groups? Through 1940 the Sauds managed to subdue and conquer much of the surrounding area, establishing ...

Saudi has foiled 230 terror attacks: minister

Saudi Arabia's interior minister said his country had foiled 230 planned terror attacks in recent years, with only 10 actually being carried out, local press reported on Monday."Saudi Arabia is tackling terrorism with all its might and authorities have so far been ...

Westerners in Saudi face attack threat: U.S. embassy

RIYADH (Reuters) - The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia said Westerners face possible attack from unidentified extremists in the central province of al-Qassim, in the first warning of its kind this year."We have received credible information that an unidentified extremist (s) in ...
US warns Americans living in Saudi Arabia of threat in conservative provinceThe U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia has warned American citizens that extremists may be planning to attack Westerners in the country.The warning issued Wednesday said the timing and method of the ...

25 Saudi Guantanamo prisoners return to militancy

RIYADH (Reuters) - Around 25 former detainees from Guantanamo Bay camp returned to militancy after going through a rehabilitation program for al Qaeda members in Saudi Arabia, a Saudi security official said on Saturday.The United States have sent back around 120 Saudis ...

Qaeda urges Saudis to abduct royals, Christians

Al-Qaeda has urged supporters in Saudi Arabia to kidnap Christians and Saudi princes to press for the release of a female militant the group says was nabbed north of Riyadh, in an audio message released on Thursday."Form cells to kidnap Christians and ...
US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday the US and Saudi Arabia were cooperating closely on security, and both shared a deep concern about Yemeni militant activities."We all share a concern about terrorist activity emanating from Yemen. Actions of the US ...

Iraq official alleges Qaeda plotted World Cup attack

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces have arrested a Saudi al-Qaeda member who an official said on Monday was involved in a plot to attack next month's World Cup soccer tournament in South Africa.Baghdad security spokesman Major General Qassim al-Moussawi gave no ...
Saudi Arabia arrests 113 al-Qaida suspects, foiling planned attacks on oil installationsSaudi Arabia said Wednesday it has foiled several planned attacks on oil installations with the arrests of 113 suspected al-Qaida militants in a months-long sweep.Many of the suspects had come to ...