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johnslat · Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 6:51 pm Post subject: Suicide bomber in Medina

"DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Latest on attacks in Saudi Arabia (all times local):

12:40 a.m.

Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry says four security officers were killed and five others were wounded when a suicide bomber detonated his vest outside one of Islam’s holiest sites.

The Monday evening attack took place just as thousands of worshippers were about to hold sunset prayers in the mosque where the Prophet Muhammad is buried in Medina. The mosque is visited by millions of Muslims from around the world annually performing pilgrimage in Mecca."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/the-latest-suicide-bombing-in-saudi-no-injuries/2016/07/04/43ddff30-420c-11e6-a76d-3550dba926ac_story.html

johnslat · Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 6:52 pm Post subject:

T"he bombing at the Prophet's Mosque in the city of Medina was the third attack to hit the kingdom on Monday, following blasts in the cities of Jeddah and Qatif.

Photos of Medina posted on social media showed smoke billowing from a fire outside the mosque where Prophet Muhammad is buried."

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/07/saudi-arabia-qatif-explosion-160704165007140.html

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

I am beginning to wonder if the theme in Conrad's novel "The Secret Agent" might bear closer examination in a Saudi context. Who is behind these terrorist attacks ?