AQ in the Kingdom

"The spawning of so many jihadi terrorists from Saudi Arabian soil for participating in acts of jihadi terrorism, either in Saudi territory, in Iraq or elsewhere, indicates that the world has until now seen only the tip of the Saudi jihadi iceberg. There are innumerable sleeper cells in Saudi Arabia that have been keeping the international jihadi terrorist movement sustained through the injection of funds, volunteers for suicide missions and other means.

The success of these sleeper cells speaks of local support - in the general populace as well as in the intelligence agencies and the security forces. And, possibly, in some sections of the ruling family too. Without such support, it is inconceivable that there could have been an uninterrupted flow of volunteers for suicide missions in Iraq without being intercepted. "