Robert Evans

Right.

Because we kind of we actually have it coming a lot more than Iraq does.

And obviously, you know, it's not just that bin Laden, the guy who plans the attack or does is seen as planning the attack is the man is a Saudi, too.

But the black prince and most of his peers had scoffed at the idea that al Qaeda was dangerous.

You know, it doesn't take a bright person to see that the royal family is in danger here.

M.B.N.

is the new blood.

He's not tainted by the mistakes of his father or the older generation.

He's got good connections to the U.S.

government, particularly in the CIA and the FBI, and he starts using them.

And then in 2003, something happened that would electrify his career.

On February 14th, on the holy day of Eid al-Adha, Osama bin Laden issued a communique through al-Qaeda accusing the royal family of betraying the last caliphate to the British Empire and their Zionist allies.

This mirrored their behavior supporting the U.S.

and its wars against Muslims.

He predicted that the U.S.

would use air bases in Saudi Arabia to support its invasion of Iraq.

The announcement was basically a declaration of war against the kingdom, or at least this was bin Laden announcing that he was widening the scope of the existing war to include the kingdom, right?

Al-Qaeda is now at war with the kingdom, at least with the kingdom's royal rulers.

In May, al-Qaeda operatives launched an attack on a Riyadh compound where Western military advisors worked with Saudi officers.

Eight Americans and two Australians died, among others.