| The U.S. intelligence community has determined that Al Qaida plans to attack Western aircraft in or around Saudi Arabia. U.S. officials said the intelligence community has obtained evidence that the Al Qaida network in Saudi Arabia intends to strike Western airliners traveling to the kingdom or neighboring Gulf Cooperation Council states. They said Al Qaida has regarded such an attack as a demonstration of its resurgence after most of its leadership was killed by Saudi security forces in 2005. "This particular [Al Qaida] threat appears to be focused on Westerners in the Arabian peninsula," U.S. Homeland Security Department Brian Roehrkasse spokesman said. |