Al Qaida’s leader in Saudi Arabia was killed in a raid by security forces hours after terrorists under his command beheaded an American hostage.

Security forces were desperately hunting today for an American hostage facing death within hours at the hands of terrorists in Saudi Arabia.

Mark Sage, New York

Kidnappers in Saudi Arabia paraded a captured American man on a website and threatened to murder him within 72 hours unless al-Qaida prisoners were released.