RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Interrogation of al-Qaida insurgents by Saudi security agents has uncovered plans to attack U.S. interests in the kingdom, a report said Wednesday.
The suspects said Americans were being tracked in Saudi Arabia and targets designated, World Tribune.com reported.
On Monday, the U.S. embassy in Riyadh warned "known terrorist operatives" have been monitoring the movements of Americans and other Westerners in Saudi Arabia in what could mark preparations for an attack.
Saudi Arabia has arrested nearly 300 suspected al-Qaida insurgents since the May 12 suicide bombings at Western compounds in Riyadh, Middle East Newsline reported.
Officials said the warning was the result of meetings between FBI agents and their Saudi counterparts regarding material found in al-Qaida strongholds in Jizan and other areas over the last month.
They said the warning stemmed from an assessment that al-Qaida continues to operate in the kingdom despite the capture of at least six operational cells.
