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A decade ago, Saudi militants were attacking small-scale targets in a crusade against immorality. Now they're attacking the Saudi state itself. This kingdom is going through the most serious crisis in its seven decades of statehood, says writer and former militant Mansour Al Nogaidan.

A British defence contractor was shot dead in his car in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Thursday and police arrested the alleged assailant minutes later, Saudi state media reported, although the motive was not immediately clear.

Saudi Arabia said a key suspect in the May 12 Riyadh bombings and three other "wanted terrorists" were killed in a shootout with security forces before dawn yesterday in the north of the desert kingdom.

Saudi authorities, on alert after suicide blasts in Riyadh last week, have arrested four men on suspicion of belonging to the al Qaeda network, a diplomat said yesterday.

U.S. ally Saudi Arabia said it was unhappy about the bombing of Afghanistan, sending the clearest signal yet that its relations with Washington are being tested by the war on terrorism.

Muslim heads of state and Saudi princes bade farewell to King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud yesterday, saying prayers in a packed Riyadh mosque.

Saudis mourned the death of King Fahd quietly yesterday in line with the kingdom's Wahhabi tradition that unquestioningly accepts the will of God.

A Yemeni man named by Saudi Arabia last month as one of its most wanted militant suspects has been in detention in Yemen under another name.

Prominent Saudi religious scholars have declared support for militants fighting US-led forces in neighbouring Iraq, saying jihad against occupiers was a duty.

Saudi Electricity Co's net profit rose 18.9 per cent to 1.44 billion riyals (Dh1.41 billion) in the peak third quarter of the year compared to the same period in 2003.