Saudi arrests 172 terror suspects

Avoiding their own 9/11. Reported by Yahoo News:

Saudi Arabia announced Friday that an anti-terrorism sweep netted 172 Islamic
extremists and stopped plans to mount air attacks on the kingdom's oil
refineries, break militants out of jail and send suicide attackers to kill
government officials.
An official said the plotters had completed
preparations for their attacks, and all that remained to put the plot in motion
"was to set the zero hour."
It was one of the biggest roundups since Saudi
leaders began cracking down on religious extremists four years ago after
militants attacked foreigners and others involved in the country's oil industry
seeking to topple the monarchy for its alliance with the U.S.

Al Qaeda would like to destroy the Saudi Royal Family and replace it with their own oppressive Caliphate. The oil-rich nation may be our best friend in the region, next to Israel.