Al Qaeda planned to kill Saudis with poisoned gifts

Al Qaida sure is not afraid to branch out in the assassination area of their network.
A new level for them I think,

Al Qaeda militants now in detention planned to kill Saudi government and security officials and media workers by sending poisoned gifts to their offices

"Using poisoned perfume which they planned to send as gifts is one of the ways the arrested people planned to carry out their assassinations,"

We (the U.S.) might want to kick it up a notch ourselves.



(Reuters) - Al Qaeda militants now in detention planned to kill Saudi government and security officials and media workers by sending poisoned gifts to their offices, an Interior Ministry official told Reuters on Saturday.

The group "planned to rob banks and companies to finance their operations," the official, who declined to be named, said.

Last month Saudi Arabia said it captured 149 al Qaeda militants in recent months who were raising money and recruiting members to carry out attacks inside the kingdom, targeting government facilities, security officials and the media.

"Using poisoned perfume which they planned to send as gifts is one of the ways the arrested people planned to carry out their assassinations," the Interior Ministry official said.

The militants, who revealed the information to Saudi security forces, belonged to 19 al Qaeda cells and included 124 Saudis and 25 foreigners. The groups had links to militants in Somalia and Yemen, the Interior Ministry said last month.