Its not Al Qaida m/o to attack during holy seasons. They usually try to strike when least expected.
stormchazer Have you read this news report yet? You can find some pictures here.
RIYADH (Reuters) - Eleven people were killed, including four children, and 122 injured when suspected al Qaeda suicide bombers blew up an explosive-laden car in a Riyadh housing compound on Sunday, the state news agency SPA said.
"Eleven people were killed from Saudi, Sudanese and Egyptian nationalities, among them four children," SPA quoted an Interior Ministry official as saying. He said 122 people were wounded, mostly Arabs.
Diplomats have earlier estimated that the blast, which coincided with the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, killed between 20 and 30 people and injured up to 100 in the residential compound.
SPA said four Americans, including two children, and six Canadians, including two children, were among the injured. Earlier, diplomats said some of the Westerners might have dual nationalities.
The rest of the wounded were from Africa, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines, Pakistan, Turkey, Sri Lanka and Romania.
The agency did not say if there were more people missing under the rubble at the 200-villa compound where the powerful blast ripped an avenue of destruction.
The suicide attack occurred after Western nations issued fresh terror alerts and Washington shut its missions in the kingdom, the world's biggest oil exporter.
Some of the stuff I translate is really hard to read. There are different levels of translation out there I guess. Maybe it's the free translation that I am using. This is a no panic zone. Just be alert and prepared. I have another warning to post but I don't want to panic anyone by too much info. The intel is just flowing in and thats the part that has me worried. I have a feeling that we may have to go up to orange alert soon. Just know that there is some other info that the government is going over that we can't see.
