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The Al-Qaeda threat to Saudi Arabia’s Oil Sector

The Al-Qaeda threat to Saudi Arabia’s Oil Sector

December 28, 2004 | Mordechai Abir
In the attack on the American consulate in Jedda on December 6, for the first time, al-Qaeda mounted an assault on a "fortified" American facility rather than attacking soft targets. When it turned out that nearly all the victims were Muslims, many Saudis, who were at first pleased by the U.S. humiliation, strongly condemned al-Qaeda. Even the families of the four terrorists killed in the consulate's courtyard were denounced by their kin.