Germany's intelligence service chief said on Wednesday there were signs that Islamic militants may be planning an attack on the Saudi royal family, alongside growing threats to foreigners and diplomats in the kingdom. "We have warnings of attacks on diplomatic representatives but also foreigners' residential areas," August Henning, head of the BND intelligence service, said in an interview on German television. "But we are increasingly getting signs from the warnings that the royal family itself is a target. That is certainly a new dimension," he said. Henning said the BND believed that al-Qaeda was playing an important role in the spate of attacks on US troops and other targets in Iraq, because of the professional and deadly manner in which the operations were being carried out. "This manner of proceeding, suggests to us that al-Qaeda is active and is participating in the attacks," he said.
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