From World Tribune.com...
Britain has warned of imminent Islamic insurgency attacks against Westerners in Saudi Arabia.
Al Q must be doing the big push in SA to maintain credibility.
British officials said the warning came after new evidence was relayed by Riyadh based on the interrogation of captured Al Qaida suspects. They said the interrogations confirmed that Al Qaida has smuggled anti-aircraft missiles into the kingdom in plans to strike incoming Western airliners.
"We advise British nationals against all but essential travel to Saudi Arabia," a warning by the British Foreign Office said. "We believe that terrorists may be in the final phases of planning attacks." The British warning was the first that raised the prospect of an imminent attack in the Saudi kingdom. The United States has also posted warnings to its nationals, but did not relay an immediate threat. Officials said Britain has received information that Al Qaida has completed plans for a series of attacks on Westerners. They said the targets would probably target some of the 30,000 British nationals in Saudi Arabia, including employees of defense contractors. U.S. officials did not confirm the prospect of an imminent attack. But they said Washington has received warnings of the prospect of Al Qaida strikes during the Islamic fast month of Ramadan, which begins this week.
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| I guess they are going to try for a "Tet offensive." The Dems are already gibbering about it... |
"The [U.S.] embassy continues to receive information that terrorist groups within the kingdom are still active and planning future operations," the U.S. embassy in Riyadh said in a statement. "It is the embassy’s assessment that terrorist groups may place special operational significance on the upcoming month of Ramadan." For its part, Saudi Arabia has not acknowledged such plans by Al Qaida.
Saudi officials said the British warning was not coordinated with the Arabian kingdom. "The kingdom wishes that when such advice is given by sources outside the kingdom that there would be coordination between the people giving the advice and the authorities in the kingdom," a statement by Saudi ambassador to Britain, Prince Turki Al Faisal, said. Over the last two weeks, Saudi security forces raided several Al Qaida strongholds and found explosive belts used by suicide bombers.
The increased Al Q activities in Saudi, coupled with Booming in Baghdad, shows how high the stakes are for the Islamists (and US, too). Iraq is the Guadalcanal of the WoT. The Islamists cannot afford to let Iraq go on its new direction as a secular republic. We cannot afford to have it not succeed. The Islamists will have to shoot their wad to achieve their goals, like the Kamikaze attacks in WW2. We have to hold on and make sure that they severely attrit for their effort. Saudi will either change or go down. Either way, terrorist financing will feel the pressure and will suffer. We will win this thing if we have the will. |