The Saudis have arrested 172 terroristsmilitants. Some of the reportedly “had trained abroad as pilots so they could fly aircraft in attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil fields.” The Interior Ministry ‘issued a statement saying the detainees were planning to carry out suicide atttacks against “public figures, oil facilities, refineries … and military zones” _ some of which were outside the kingdom.’

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“They had reached an advance stage of readiness and what remained only was to set the zero hour for their attacks. They had the personnel, the money, the arms. Almost all the elements for terror attacks were complete except for setting the zero hour for the attacks.”

An – obviously – important catch. Besides the 172 extremists, the Saudi police also seized $32.4 million in the operation. The operation is “one of the largest sweeps against terror cells in the kingdoms.”

Not all of the terrorists were Saudis.

The arrested terrorists are, most likely, members of… Osama Bin Laden’s Al Qaeda.

If there is one country filled with extremists and terrorists it is Saudi Arabia. 172 sounds like many terrorists to us, but if the Saudis were to arrest all members of terrorist organizations living in the country, they would have to build a couple of extra prisons.