Al-Haramain Brigades Takes Credit for Terror Attack in Saudi Arabia
The Al-Haramain Brigades claims responsibility for the car bombing of the command headquarters of emergency and anti-terrorism forces of the Saudi Interior Ministry. Click to view communique.

(English translation available care of Jihad Unspun)

Al-Qaida Claims Responsibility for Khobar Terror Attack
Al-Qaida's Military Committee in Saudi Arabia issues new communiqués on the Internet claiming responsibility for the attack on foreign oil workers in the eastern Saudi Arabian city of Khobar on behalf of its "Jerusalem Brigades" Unit, resulting in the murder of "a number of crusaders, Allah's enemies."

- View Communiqué #1
- View Communiqué #2
- (English excerpts)

Saudi Al-Qaida Commander Claims Khobar Terror Attack
Al-Qaida leader Abdelaziz al-Muqrin releases an audio recording on the Internet claiming responsibility for the Khobar terror attack. Muqrin further vowed that this year will be "bloody and miserable" for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Al-Qaida in Saudi Arabia Threatens U.S. Civilian Airliners
Al-Qaida's Committee in the Arabian Peninsula issues a new communiqué, warning that "the Western and American airlines" will be a "a direct target [in] our coming operations... in the course of jihad... and in the next approaching period in particular." The statement also renews threats against foreign commercial and military compounds in Saudi Arabia, and those Middle Easterners who choose to do business or help protect the "infidels."

Al-Qaida Claims Abduction of U.S. Contractor in Saudi Arabia
Al-Qaida's Committee in the Arabian Peninsula issues a new communiqué on the Internet, claiming responsibility for the recent killings of U.S. citizens in Riyadh--and announcing further that it has kidnapped Paul M. Johnson Jr., a Lockheed Martin engineer based in Saudi Arabia.

Al-Qaida Leader Muqrin Threatens to Kill U.S. Hostage
Al-Qaida's Committee in Saudi Arabia releases a video and communiqué concerning American hostage Paul M. Johnson Jr. A masked individual identifying himself as Saudi Al-Qaida leader Abdelaziz al-Muqrin threatened to kill Johnson within 72 hours unless Saudi authorities "release the mujahideen [holy warriors] held in the prisons in Haer, Ar-Ruwais and Allecha."

- Click to View Communiqué
- Click to View Video Excerpts

Al-Qaida in Saudi Arabia Confirms Death of Abdelaziz al-Muqrin
Al-Qaida's Committee in the Arabian Peninsula issues a new communiqué acknowledging the "martyrdom" of senior Saudi Al-Qaida terrorist leader Abdelaziz al-Muqrin and three other associated Islamic militants: Faisal al-Dakhil, Ibrahim al-Duraiham, and Turki al-Mutairi. The statement added that Al-Qaida forces in Saudi Arabia are "persistent" and will "continue in the jihad for Allah's sake until they achieve one of the two honors [victory or martyrdom]."

Al-Haramain Brigades (Saudi Arabia) Releases Martyrdom Video
The Al-Haramain Brigades, an Al-Qaida-affiliated terrorist group active in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has issued a video recording celebrating their April 21, 2004 suicide car-bombing attack on the "headquarters of emergency and anti-terrorism forces" of the Saudi Interior Ministry, killing four and wounding 148 others. The video pays homage to the twin suicide bombers responsible for the attack and includes footage depicting the two men examining trigger wiring in their vehicle, and making other imminent preparations for "martyrdom."

Al-Qaida in Saudi Arabia Promises New Video Release Soon
Al-Qaida's Committee in Saudi Arabia, apparently undeterred by a recent raid on the Riyadh headquarters of terrorist leader Saleh al-Aoofi, has announced the upcoming release of a new propaganda film. In conjunction with this announcement, Al-Qaida has published several still images taken from the anticipated video depicting the burial of former Al-Qaida member Rakan bin Muhsin al-Saikhan. Al-Saikhan was fatally wounded in an April shoot-out with Saudi security forces in Riyadh.

Al-Qaida Recounts Al-Aoofi Raid in Riyadh
Al-Qaida's Committee in Saudi Arabia has released a new communiqué recounting the events that took place last week during a security raid on the residence of senior Al-Qaida leader in the Kingdom, Saleh al-Aoofi. The statement further warned Saudi security forces, "the heroic blood of our martyrs will not go unrewarded, and they will have revenge... no less than the complete removal of the tyrants from this land... and God-willing, we will not falter or surrender in this mission until we succeed."

Al-Qaida in Saudi Acknowledges Capture of Fugitive al-Zahrani
Al-Qaida's Committee in Saudi Arabia has published a new communiqué acknowledging the capture of a most wanted terror suspect, Faris Ahmed al-Zahrani. Al-Zahrani, who had sworn never to be taken alive, was seized on Aug. 5 in Abhar (near the Yemeni border) without a fight. Yet, the statement firmly vowed that Al-Qaida would "prepare what it could in order to secure the release [of all our brothers in prison]... and rescue them from the hands of the infidels."

Al-Qaida in Saudi Releases Saikhan Burial Video
Al-Qaida's Committee in Saudi Arabia has finally released video footage of the burial of wanted Saudi Al-Qaida member Rakan al-Saikhan. Al-Saikhan was badly wounded in a shootout with Saudi security forces this past spring, and though rescued by Al-Qaida personnel, eventually died of his wounds. According to Al-Qaida, the late Abdelaziz al-Muqrin was in charge of Al-Saikhan's burial proceedings.

Clash with Al-Qaida in Northern Saudi Arabia
Al-Qaida's Committee in Saudi Arabia has issued a communiqué to offer details of a clash today at an apparent terrorist safehouse in the northern town of Brida, between Al-Qaida operatives and Saudi security forces. According to the statement, two Saudi police officers were killed, along with one Al-Qaida militant--identified as Abdel Latif al-Khodairi. Al-Khodairi's name has not been previously mentioned on any wanted list. Saudi media is also reporting that armed female militants were involved in the Brida clash.

Al-Qaida Claims Responsibility for Murder of Briton in Riyadh
Al-Qaida's Committee in Saudi Arabia has taken credit for last week's murder of Briton Edward Stuart Muirhead-Smith, 56 years old, in the parking lot of the Max shopping center in the eastern part of Riyadh. Saudi media sources reported that two un-identified male perpetrators in a white Toyota car shot Smith four times as he sat in his own vehicle. The men quickly fled and have remained at large from pursuing Saudi security forces.

Al-Qaida Names New Leader, Applauds Zarqawi's Oath to Bin Laden
Al-Qaida's Committee in the Arabian Peninsula has allegedly named a new commander, Saud bin Hamoud al-Otaibi, replacing former top leader Saleh al-Aoofi. The group has also applauded Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's recent decision to formally join Al-Qaida.

New Audio Recording from Commander Saud al-Otaibi
The apparent new leader of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, Saud bin Hamoud al-Otaibi, has issued a new 16 minute audio message, saluting successful ongoing jihad operations in Iraq and Chechnya, and vowing that recent terror attacks in Saudi Arabia will only be followed by "more and more of these actions and we vow to continue our Jihad until Allah grants us one of the two best prizes [victory or martyrdom].”

Attack on U.S. Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
The U.S. consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia was attacked and briefly taken over today by heavily armed gunmen who killed five foreign service nationals employed at the facility. Less than 25 minutes later, Saudi security forces re-took control of the diplomatic complex, killing three of the gunmen and capturing two others. Al-Qaida's Jihad Committee in Saudi Arabia has issued a statement taking responsibility in the name of the "Brigade of the Martyr Abu Anas al-Shami."

Al-Qaida Releases Audio of Recent Saudi Attack
Alleged representatives of Al-Qaida's Committee in the Arabian Peninsula have released a purported audio recording of the December 6 terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The audio, which appears to have been made with a cell phone or radio transmitter, captures the voices of terrorist operatives as they attempted to overwhelm security and kill "Christian" hostages.

- Globalterroralert.com translation and analysis
- Audio excerpt #1 (audio)
- Audio excerpt #2 (audio)

Al-Qaida in Saudi Arabia Claims Riyadh Attack
Al-Qaida's Committee in the Arabian Peninsula has issued a new communiqué dated Dec. 31 taking credit for the Dec. 29 attack on an Interior Ministry training center for Saudi special security forces in the capital Riyadh. Seemingly undaunted by several recent setbacks for Al-Qaida in the Kingdom, the statement warned, "We are determined to reorganize ourselves and prepare for new and unusual operations—if Allah wills it—in order to drive the polytheists and infidels among the Christians and Jews from the [Arabian] Peninsula."

Biography of Al-Qaida "Martyr" from Riyadh Battle
Radical supporters of Al-Qaida's Committee in the Arabian Peninsula have published the purported biography of Badr Mansour al-Subaiee--one of ten Saudi suspects killed in confrontations with Saudi security forces on Dec. 29-30 in the capital Riyadh. According to the biography, al-Subaiee had previously fought alongside Arab-Afghan mujahideen units in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Afghanistan, prior to being taken captive and held at several Saudi prisons and interrogation centers. After four years in prison, al-Subaiee was inexplicably released from Saudi custody in 2002.

Al-Qaida in Saudi Issues New Message to Zarqawi
Al-Qaida's Committee in the Arabian Peninsula has issued a new audio statement on behalf of its commander, Saleh bin Mohammed al-Aoofi (a.k.a. Abu Abdullah), to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and the mujahideen fighting in Iraq alongside him. Among other points, al-Aoofi urges those who support jihad in the entire Arabian Gulf region to rise up and "attack every soldier, machine, military base, and aircraft in his country so the crusaders will be undermined. If every bee stings the pig from a different direction then he will die from his wounds."

Al-Qaida in Saudi Arabia Claims Attack in Qaseem
Al-Qaida's Committee in the Arabian Peninsula has taken responsibility for an alleged sabotage attack in late April on helicopters parked at an airport in Al-Qaseem, Saudi Arabia. According to a statement dated June 11, Al-Qaida claimed that its operatives breached airport security and destroyed three helicopters in retribution for their role in recent counterterrorism raids. Al-Qaida also called upon its faithful in Saudi Arabia to "prepare as much jihad power as you can to fight your enemies... Do not let fear deter you from your Jihad… Commence your operations in fighting against the enemies of almighty Allah because if you do, then the truth behind your enemies will be revealed and defeating them will become easier."

Al-Qaida in Saudi Responds to Raids in Dammam
Al-Qaida's Jihad Committee in Saudi Arabia has released a new communiqué and audio recording in response to recent armed clashes that took place in the eastern city of Dammam between Saudi police and wanted Al-Qaida members beginning on Sept. 4. According to the communiqué, Saudi Interior Ministry representatives were incorrect in claiming that the militants possessed large amounts of explosives and that wanted Al-Qaida operative Mohammed al-Suwailmi was among the casualties from the battle. In order to make their point, Al-Qaida also released an alleged audio recording of al-Suwailmi alongside their communiqué narrating the clashes in Dammam.

- Sept. 4 video of clash outside Panda market in Dammam
- Sept. 11 communiqué from Al-Qaida in Saudi Arabia
- Sept. 11 transcript of audio by Mohammed al-Suwailmi

Stirrings of Life from Al-Qaida in Saudi Arabia
After months of inactivity following the elimination of numerous senior Al-Qaida leaders in Saudi Arabia, local militants loyal to Usama Bin Laden are once again showing signs of life in the Saudi kingdom. On October 13, an organization calling itself the "Sada Toweik Brigades of Al-Zulfi"--and claiming a direct connection to Al-Qaida's Committee in the Arabian Peninsula--issued its first public statement carrying greetings to Usama Bin Laden, Taliban leader Mullah Umar, and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq. The statement promised that the group would soon release an audio recording from 26-year old most wanted Saudi Al-Qaida suspect Abdelrahman al-Miteb--also a known resident of the central Saudi city of Al-Zulfi.

Al-Qaida Claims Failed Attack on Saudi Oil Facility
Al-Qaida's Committee in the Arabian Peninsula has issued an authenticated statement claiming responsibility for yesterday's failed suicide bombing attack on a major Saudi oil refinery in the eastern town of Buqayq on behalf of its "Brigade of Shaykh Usama Bin Laden." According to the initial communiqué, "the mujahideen [from the brigade] managed to prepare two car bombs that were driven by martyrs inside the refinery."  A second follow-up statement published several hours later by Al-Qaida named the "martyrs" as wanted militants Mohammed al-Ghaith and Abdullah al-Tuwaijri.

- Al-Qaida announces operation by Bin Laden Brigade
- Al-Qaida names "martyrs" from the Bin Laden Brigade

New Martyrdom Video from Saudi Al-Qaida Leader
On March 15, Al-Qaida’s Committee in the Arabian Peninsula released the first edition of a new video series titled “Blood that will never be forgotten” commemorating its “martyred” operatives in Saudi Arabia.  This first edition, subtitled “The Battle of Al-Yarmuk District in Eastern Riyadh” featured the recorded will of Al-Qaida commander Fahd bin Farraj al-Juwair al-Farraj, who headed the organization at the time of his death.  Al-Farraj—one of the original participants at the notorious Al-Battar training camp inside Saudi Arabia during 2002-2003—was also named by Al-Qaida as the mastermind behind the failed February 2006 suicide bomb attack on a major oil refinery in the eastern Saudi town of Abqaiq.  On February 27, only days after the clash at Abqaiq, al-Farraj was killed in a shootout with Saudi police in an affluent section of the capital Riyadh.

- English transcript of martyrdom video from Fahd al-Farraj
- Video of al-Farraj at the Al-Battar training camp in Saudi

Al-Qaida in Saudi Arabia Denies Being Infiltrated
Al-Qaida's Committee in the Arabian Peninsula has issued a new communiqué dismissing the recent arrests of alleged Al-Qaida operatives by Saudi security forces and denying rumors posted on Mohammed al-Massari's Internet website that the popular Al-Hesbah discussion forum was used by intelligence agencies to infiltrate Al-Qaida in Saudi Arabia. According to the statement, "[t]he purpose of the recent allegations is only to make the supporters of the mujahideen fearful of using the Internet... we can only say good things about our brothers from the Al-Hesbah network. Even if we suppose that they really did—per se—infiltrate into our network as it is alleged, we have already taken all the necessary precautions with respect to such a scenario."

Recent Statements from Al-Qaida in Saudi Arabia
Over the last two months, Al-Qaida and Al-Qaida-linked terrorist cells inside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have issued numerous statements proclaiming their continued presence and hailing "martyrs" killed in clashes with Saudi security forces earlier this summer.  The communiques indicate that cells loyal to Usama Bin Laden--among them veterans of the jihad in Iraq--have regrouped under the flag of Al-Qaida in Saudi Arabia.

- First Communiqué from the Bashaer Organization
- Second Communiqué from the Bashaer Organization
- Al-Qaida statement on recent events in Saudi Arabia
- Al-Qaida statement on merging of Bashaer Organization

Interviews with Karim al-Mejjati and Abqaiq Attacker
Al-Qaida's Committee in the Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia) has recently released the first new issue of its official magazine, Sawt al-Jihad ("Voice of Jihad"), in nearly two years.  Among other articles, the magazine contains lengthy interviews with Badr al-Humaydi (one of the Al-Qaida operatives who participated in last year's terrorist attack on the Abqaiq oil refinery in eastern Saudi Arabia) and Karim al-Mejjati (a.k.a. Abu Elyas al-Maghrebi), a most wanted Moroccan Al-Qaida commander who was killed in a clash with Saudi security forces in April 2005.  During the interview conducted shortly prior to his death, al-Mejjati discusses at great length his experiences fighting with mujahideen in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and salutes various military commanders from Afghanistan who he credits as being his chief instructors--including Ibn Shaykh al-Liby, Abu Zubaydah al-Falastini, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and the current leader of Al-Qaida's ground forces in southern Afghanistan Abu Laith al-Liby.

- Click to view Sawt al-Jihad #30 - "Interview with Badr al-Humaydi"
- Click to view Sawt al-Jihad #30 - "Interview with Karim al-Mejjati"