Saudi Al Qaeda Urges Attacks on Oil Facilities-Web
Dec 19, 6:31 AM (ET) By Miral Fahmy DUBAI (Reuters) - An Internet statement purportedly from the Saudi wing of al Qaeda has urged guerrillas to attack oil facilities in the world's biggest crude exporter. "We call on all the mujahideen in the Arabian Peninsula to unify their ranks... and target the oil supplies that do not serve the Islamic nation but the enemies of this nation," said the statement from the Al Qaeda Organization in the Arabian Peninsula, which was dated Dec. 18. Its authenticity could not be immediately verified. The statement comes after al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, in an audio tape posted on the Internet on Thursday, urged fighters loyal to his network to strike Gulf and Iraqi oil facilities, saying it was the most powerful weapon against the United States. There was no immediate response from state-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco to the statement, but the firm said on Saturday it remained "on alert at all times" to secure the world's biggest oilfields. The company said oilfields and refineries were guarded by "multiple levels of armed Saudi Aramco security personnel working in close coordination with Saudi government security forces." The al Qaeda statement also urged militants to strike at "all foreign targets, until the Arabian Peninsula is free of these infidels and the tyrants." Saudi Arabia is battling a 19-month wave of violence by supporters of bin Laden's al Qaeda movement. Gunmen have killed foreigners in the Red Sea petrochemical hub of Yanbu and the oil city of al-Khobar but there have been no reports of direct attacks on oil facilities. Global oil prices shot up five percent on Friday, partly due to the bin Laden threat. http://reuters.myway.com/article/20041219/2004-12-19T113156Z_01_N19314612_RT RIDST_0_NEWS-SECURITY-SAUDI-OIL-DC.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
