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Al-Qaida Claims Failed Attack on Saudi Oil Facility
Last Updated (Monday, 29 November 1999 19:00) Written by Evan Kohlmann Friday, 24 February 2006 19:00
Al-Qaida's Committee in the Arabian Peninsula has issued an authenticated statement claiming responsibility for yesterday's failed suicide bombing attack on a major Saudi oil refinery in the eastern town of Buqayq on behalf of its "Brigade of Shaykh Usama Bin Laden." According to the initial communiqué, "the mujahideen [from the brigade] managed to prepare two car bombs that were driven by martyrs inside the refinery." A second follow-up statement published several hours later by Al-Qaida named the "martyrs" as wanted militants Mohammed al-Ghaith and Abdullah al-Tuwaijri.
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