17 die in Saudi blast

A car bombing that killed at least 17 people and wounded dozens more in the Saudi capital Riyadh was being seen as proof the al Qaida terror network is even willing to shed the blood of Muslims in its campaign to bring down the Saudi royal family.

“It’s no longer an issue of terrorism for them,” said Dawood al-Shirian, a Saudi analyst. “It’s become a war on the regime, a war to turn the country into a new Afghanistan ruled by a Saudi-style Taliban.”