The mastermind of a deadly rampage that killed five belonged to a Saudi opposition group in London, according to officials in the Saudi industrial town of Yanbu today.

Saudi Arabia’s US ambassador told Americans in the oil-rich city of Yanbu: “Go home. We cannot protect you”, following the terror attack that killed six foreign workers.

Saudi security forces today foiled a terrorist plan to detonate a car bomb in the capital, Riyadh, killing two suspected terrorists.

SAUDIS blamed al-Qaida militants last night for the suicide car bombing of a Riyadh housing complex, declaring it proof of the terror network’s willingness to shed Muslim blood in its zeal to bring down the US-linked Saudi monarchy.

A car bomb which killed at least five people and wounded more than 80 in an upmarket Riyadh neighbourhood bore the hallmark of an al Qaida attack, Saudi officials said today.

A fire broke out in a prison in the Saudi capital Riyadh, killing 67 inmates, a prison official said.

Iraqi police have arrested four men – including two Saudis – in connection with the bombing of Iraq’s most holy Shi-ite Muslim shrine.

THE White House, facing a crucial meeting with Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, refused to declassify part of an intelligence report on possible links between individuals in the Saudi government and some of the September 11 hijackers.

AN al-Qaida member who was the top suspect wanted in the Riyadh suicide bombings was killed along with three other militants in a shootout with police yesterday, officials said.

Saudi authorities have detained 44 terror suspects linked to last month’s fatal Riyadh bombings and other suspected terrorist cells in the country, Interior Minister Prince Nayef said today.

A number of militants believed to be linked to the Riyadh bombings have been arrested in Saudi Arabia, Interior Minister Prince Nayef said.

An Irish woman is believed to have been killed in the Saudi suicide bomb attacks that investigators have blamed on Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida terror group.

The suicide bombers responsible for four explosions in Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh which killed at least 29 people were believed to be the same men who escaped from police five days before, according to Saudi authorities.

An explosion in a house in the Saudi capital killed suspected member of Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida terror network

More than 1.5 million Muslims were today gathering for the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, where Saudi Arabian authorities had boosted security measures amid concerns of demonstrations against a possible war in Iraq.

New detainees from Afghanistan are today due to arrive at the US naval base detention centre in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where troops have built new chain-link cells to double the occupancy, military officials said.