Fissures in House of Saud.(COMMENTARY)

From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: January 21, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: Arnaud de Borchgrave, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The Saudi royal family's once limitless capacity for self-delusion is now running on empty. The most abrupt wake-up call came in recent weeks with the discovery of al Qaeda training camps in the desert near several major Saudi cities. Camouflaged as seminaries, the pseudo-clerics doubled in brass as instructors for training in both weapons and insurgency attacks.

Some 600 suspected terrorists and large quantities of guns and explosives have been captured, including hundreds of RPGs, 2,000 sticks of dynamite, and a ...

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