Al Qaeda's third front: Saudi Arabia /
Bruce Reidel and Bilal Y Saab
- 2008
Describes how Osama bin Laden planned to use terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia to force the U.S. out of the holy land and to topple the Saudi regime. This article describes how events have unfolded to date and how the state has developed counterterrorist strategies; although the state's efforts have been effective al Qaeda is by no means finished. Notes that most of the attacks have been carried out by Saudi nationals many of whom have trained in Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan.