Saudis Defeating Al Qaeda

This surprisingly upbeat story from Reuters tells of the recent attacks on Saudi oil facilities which exposes the terrorist's weakness in the country:

Saudi forces on Monday killed five suspected militants believed to be linked to an al Qaeda attack on the world's biggest oil processing plant, the Interior Ministry said.
A shootout erupted at dawn after security forces besieged suspects in a villa in east Riyadh where several Western residential compounds are located...

The Saudi wing of Osama bin Laden's network has been weakened by a government crackdown in which its leaders have either been killed or arrested.

And they seem to be a dying breed:

Security analyst Faris bin Houzam said only four of the 36 suspects on a most wanted list remained at large in Saudi Arabia. He said many of those on the list were believed to have joined insurgents fighting in Iraq and some may be dead.
The men killed on Monday have not yet been identified.
"This is not a new generation," he said, referring to the latest incidents. "It's clear that these are people the security forces have been tracking over the past two years."