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Arabia
Saudi foils attack on mosque in Al-Qatif
2016-08-24
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
has foiled an attack on a mosque in Um Al-Hamam village in the Shiite-dominated enclave of Al-Qatif in the kingdom’s Eastern province, Al Arabiya News Channel reported.

The man, who attempted the attack on Al-Rasoul Al-A’dham mosque, was wearing an boom belt and was eliminated by Saudi security forces, the channel’s correspondent said.

An accomplice in the attack, meanwhile, was incarcerated
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. Both men were not Saudis but residents in the kingdom.

The thwarted attack comes after a series of bombings taking place in early July this year, which includes a blast near Prophet Mohammed’s mosque in Madinah, two suicide kabooms in Al-Qatif as well as a bomb targeting near the US consulate in Jeddah.
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