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Saudi group wants Canadian oil facilities hit
Updated Wed. Feb. 14 2007 11:20 AM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
Al Qaeda's Saudi wing is calling for attacks on all oil suppliers to the United States, listing Canada among its targets.
In a message posted on its website, the al Qaeda Organization says Canada's oil and natural gas facilities should be attacked in order to "choke the U.S. economy."
"It is necessary to hit oil interests in all regions which serve the United States not just in the Middle East. The goal is to cut its supplies or reduce them through any means," reads the posting on the organization's Arabian Peninsula e-magazine.
"We should strike petroleum interests in all areas which supply the United States ... like Canada."
Canada is the main supplier of both oil and natural gas to the U.S. Mexico and Venezuela are the other western nations singled out in the group's call to arms.
The al Qaeda organization was behind the failed February 2006 suicide attack on the world's largest oil processing plant at Abqaiq in Saudi Arabia. Officials said two tonnes of explosives were used in that attack.
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says it's aware of the posting, but will not comment on whether they consider it a legitimate threat.
Updated Wed. Feb. 14 2007 11:20 AM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
Al Qaeda's Saudi wing is calling for attacks on all oil suppliers to the United States, listing Canada among its targets.
In a message posted on its website, the al Qaeda Organization says Canada's oil and natural gas facilities should be attacked in order to "choke the U.S. economy."
"It is necessary to hit oil interests in all regions which serve the United States not just in the Middle East. The goal is to cut its supplies or reduce them through any means," reads the posting on the organization's Arabian Peninsula e-magazine.
"We should strike petroleum interests in all areas which supply the United States ... like Canada."
Canada is the main supplier of both oil and natural gas to the U.S. Mexico and Venezuela are the other western nations singled out in the group's call to arms.
The al Qaeda organization was behind the failed February 2006 suicide attack on the world's largest oil processing plant at Abqaiq in Saudi Arabia. Officials said two tonnes of explosives were used in that attack.
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says it's aware of the posting, but will not comment on whether they consider it a legitimate threat.
