Al Qaeda: We attacked Saudi oil plant

Terror group claims responsibility for suicide bombers’ attempt to storm world’s largest oil processing plant. ‘Raid was within framework of efforts by al Qaeda to prevent theft of Muslims’ wealth by “Crusaders and Jews” and to force “Infidels” out of peninsula,’ al-Qaeda says in website

Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack on a Saudi oil facility at Abqaiq, when security forces fired at suicide bombers trying to storm the world’s biggest oil processing plant.

Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said oil and gas output was unaffected by the “Terrorist attempt”—the first direct strike on a Saudi oil target since al Qaeda terrorists launched attacks aimed at toppling Saudi Arabia’s pro-Western monarchy in 2003.

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