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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1171)	7/20/2005 3:03:49 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 24213

US says militants planning attacks in Saudi Thursday, July 21, 2005. 0:18am (AEST) The United States has warned its citizens in Saudi Arabia that militants are planning fresh attacks in the world's biggest oil exporter. A statement issued by the US embassy in Riyadh said it had no specific details about possible targets or timing of attacks but advised Americans to keep a low profile. Saudi officials were not immediately available to comment on the warning, but one security source said several previous alerts by Western missions had proven unfounded. Saudi Arabia has been battling a two-year wave of violence by militants loyal to Saudi-born Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden trying to expel Westerners from the country and destabilise the pro-Western royal family. Suicide bombers hit several compounds housing mainly foreigners in 2003 and gunmen waged a series of attacks against Westerners last year, including a daylight raid on the US consulate in the Red Sea city of Jeddah. Saudi security forces have also been targets. "The American embassy in Riyadh advises all American citizens living in Saudi Arabia that it has received indications of operational planning for a terrorist attack or attacks in the kingdom," an embassy statement read out by an official said. "The embassy has no specific information concerning timing, target or method of any possible attack(s)," the statement said. Wednesday's warning follows a relative lull in militant attacks in Saudi Arabia. The last high-profile strike was the bombing in December of the Interior Ministry in Riyadh. Authorities have killed or arrested all but three men on a list of 26 most wanted suspects published in late 2003. But last month they issued another list of 36 wanted men they are still hunting down. One of those suspects, Mohammad Ibrahim al-Hayyari, was killed in a fierce gun battle in Riyadh two weeks ago. Militants have killed 91 foreign nationals and Saudi civilians in the last two years and caused more than 1 billion riyals ($357 million) worth of damage, Saudi officials say. Forty one security force members and 112 militants have also been killed in clashes. abc.net.au