June 9, 2006: On May 7th King Abdallah declared that al Qaeda had been “defeated” in Saudi Arabia. Saudi security authorities reported that clashes since May of 2003 had resulted in the deaths of about 150 Saudi and foreign personnel, as well as at least 120 confirmed al Qaeda operatives. There have been thousands of arrests, and several hundred terror suspects are believed still under arrest. No official figures were given for persons detained. But al Qaeda was never a major threat to the Saudi monarchy.
strategypage.com

This report comes from the people who predicted Zarqawi’s death for June 7. So they should know.

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