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Al-Qaeda vows more oil infrastructure attacks
 A day after a foiled attack against Saudi Arabia's vital oil infrastructure, an Al Qaeda branch warned in an Internet statement Saturday that there would be more suicide bombings. "There are more like them who are racing toward martyrdom and eager to fight the enemies of God," the posting said. A successful strike on the Abqaiq complex, near Saudi Arabia's Persian Gulf coast, would be devastating. Nearly two-thirds of the country's oil flows through the facility for processing before export. Friday's attack, which was repelled by Saudi security services, demonstrated the country's success in putting tough security around the oil industry, the source of the royal family's wealth, analysts said. Two suicide bombers in explosives-packed cars exchanged gunfire with police at a checkpoint before a gate in the first of three fences around the sprawling, heavily guarded complex. One assailant's car crashed into the closed gate, exploding and blowing a hole in the fence, a senior Saudi security official said on condition of anonymity. The second bomber drove through the hole before police opened fire, detonating his car, the official said. Posted by: Dan Darling 2006-02-26 |
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