 The navies of the United States and Britain have increased their patrols around Saudi Arabia's | They were responding to intelligence that suggested that Al-Qaeda units might target the kingdom's Ras Tanura terminal and Bahrain's Bapco refinery. |
coastal oil installations citing intelligence that suggests an imminent Al-Qaeda attack. Coalition officials said on Friday that they were responding to intelligence that suggested that Al-Qaeda units might target the kingdom's Ras Tanura terminal, the world's biggest offshore oil export facility, and Bahrain's Bapco refinery. "Acting on information received, Coalition naval forces, operating in support of Saudi and Bahraini forces have deployed units to counter a possible maritime threat to the oil facilities at Ras Tanura," a spokesman for Britain's royal navy units based in Dubai said in a statement on Friday. |