ACTUALLY, IT WAS THE WORK OF THE HOUSE OF SA'UD:

Saudi king vows to crush al-Qaeda (BBC, 10/14/05)

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has vowed to crush the "scourge" of al-Qaeda, in his first televised interview since becoming king. [...]

The king called al-Qaeda "madness and evil" and "the work of the devil" and vowed to fight "30 years if we have to until we eliminate this scourge".

"Such acts cannot be perpetrated by any individual who has a sense of decency or humanity or justice or faith," he said.

Admitting the extremist threat in Saudi Arabia remained, he questioned why the kingdom was the focus of world attention when it "exists in every country of the world".

King Abdullah insisted that his government had "withdrawn support for institutions that we found to be extremist". [...]

Regarding women, whose rights and freedoms in the kingdom are severely restricted, the king said Saudi women would one day be able to drive.

"Our people are just now beginning to open up to the world and I believe that with the passing of days in the future, everything is possible," he said.

Having spread Wahhabism, the Kingdom needs to put just as much time and money into Reforming it.

Posted by Orrin Judd at October 14, 2005 7:47 AM