Previous CT Blog Posts on Terrorist Attacks & Arrests in Saudi Arabia
By Andrew Cochran
The Saudi government announced that is has prevented a series of air attacks on oil facilities and military bases: "Saudi Arabia says it has foiled a plot by militants to carry out suicide air attacks on oil installations and military bases. Foreign nationals were among 172 terror suspects held in a series of raids, the interior ministry said on state TV... Some of the military targets were outside the kingdom..." Hopefully the Saudi government will be able to release information at the appropriate time about the alleged attackers and the final disposition of this case, and it's important to keep in mind the previous attacks and arrests inside the Kingdom. Here are selected previous CT Blog posts with information and analysis on those events:
Time for Real TF “Arrests” in Saudi Arabia, February 11, 2007, and The More Things Change..., February 12, 2007
Terrorists Attack Saudi Oil Facility, February 24, 2006, and Al-Qaida Claims Attack on Saudi Oil Refinery, February 25, 2006, and Al-Qaida in Saudi Arabia Issues Rules on Attacking Oil Facilities, March 1, 2006, and Interviews with Karim al-Mejjati and Participant in Abqaiq Refinery Attack, March 29, 2007
Al-Zawahiri Calls for Attacks on Gulf Oil Facilities, December 7, 2005, and Complete Text: "Bin Laden and the Oil Weapon" (from Al-Qaida's Sawt al-Jihad #30), February 25, 2007
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