15.01.2011                     10-Shevat, 5771

Abwehrkampf:

Saudi Arabia’s war against al-Qaida

The Saudis have taken up the struggle against global terror, and are also being forced to confront a growing domestic threat to unseat their rulers.

The war between Arab governments and militant Salafi Islamists led by al-Qaida plays out across the Middle East and beyond on a daily basis.
For Arab regimes, the battle is one of necessity. Deemed as illegitimate puppets of the West by their Islamist foes, they are the targets of radical plots to unseat them by force. They are also the target of relentless radical Islamist rhetoric, most of it appearing on Internet sites controlled by jihadis….