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Fears grow among foreigners in KSA

Saudi govt vows no let-up in fight against militants

AFP, JEDDAH
Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda claimed yesterday the attack on the US consulate in Jeddah, dealing a blow to the Saudi government's attempts to wipe out Islamic militants behind a wave of terror strikes.
Monday's broad-daylight assault on the fortified compound in the.
Red Sea city claimed as many as 13 lives, including consulate staff, gunmen and Saudi guardsmen, although there arc conflicting reports and a final official toll is not available.
US President George W. Bush said the attack showed that terrorists were still at large in the oil-rich desert kingdom and the Saudi government vowed there would be no let up in its fight against Islamic extremists.
But there are fears foreigners could take fright and flee the kingdom, which has seen scores of people killed in a renewed wave of violence since May 2003 despite a government crackdown.
The Saudi branch of al-Qaeda claimed in a website statement that it was behind tEc attack and said some assailants had managed to flee before security forces regained control of the compound.
"Your brothers of the squadron of the martyr Abu Annas al-Shami stormed one of the bastions of die American crusaders in the Arabian peninsula, in Jeddah," it said.
"They were able to withdraw from die consulate and reach a safe place, after losing two martyrs who covered the retreat of the Mujahedeen, three of whom were wounded and are being treated," said the statement signed by the al-Qaeda Organisation in die Arabian Peninsula.
"Your brothers managed to kill nine people in the consulate, including two Americans and seven soldiers of the tyrannical (Saudi) regime, and wounded dozens more," it said, describing the attack as "Operation Conquest of Fallujah" after the Iraqi Sunni town stormed by the US army last month.
"This operation is one of the series of operations carried out by the al-Qaeda organisation in their war against the crusaders and the Jews to chase the infidels out of the Arabian peninsula," die group said.
adding that "the Mujahedeen are determined to pursue their fight." Gunmen stormed the consulate
early on Monday in a hail of bullets and explosion, triggering a bloody three-hour siege and shootout in the first such attack on a diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia.