DEBKAfile: Saudis uncover new al Qaeda ring backed by Iran. They detain 172 in air terror plot against oil sites
April 27, 2007, 9:21 AM (GMT+02:00)
Saudis and foreign nationals were among the detainees. They included terrorists trained to fly aircraft and carry out suicide attacks against “public figures, oil facilities, refineries and military zones” – some outside the kingdom, said the interior ministry spokesman Brig. Mansour al-Turki Friday, without elaborating.
One had planned to storm a prison and release the inmates.
"They had reached an advance stage of readiness and what remained only was to set the zero hour for their attacks," he said.
A state TV broadcast showed a large quantity of weapons, ammo and explosives in plastic sacks dug up in the desert. More than $32.4 million in cash was also seized.
April 27, 2007, 9:21 AM (GMT+02:00)
Saudis and foreign nationals were among the detainees. They included terrorists trained to fly aircraft and carry out suicide attacks against “public figures, oil facilities, refineries and military zones” – some outside the kingdom, said the interior ministry spokesman Brig. Mansour al-Turki Friday, without elaborating.
One had planned to storm a prison and release the inmates.
"They had reached an advance stage of readiness and what remained only was to set the zero hour for their attacks," he said.
A state TV broadcast showed a large quantity of weapons, ammo and explosives in plastic sacks dug up in the desert. More than $32.4 million in cash was also seized.
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