AL-Jazeerah,
The deadly bomb attack on a housing complex in Riyadh represents the latest battle between the Saudi Arabian monarchy and its armed opponents in a war to eliminate the other.
Just a year ago, the Riyadh government was still insisting – on the record – there was no al-Qaida presence in the country.
Bearing in mind 15 of the 9/11 hijackers were alleged to be of Saudi origin, this denial rang hollow with the rest of the world.
The truth is quite different. The crackdown on suspected members of underground opposition was in place long before Saudi admitted last summer, publicly, it had a problem.
Dozens of plots have been allegedly foiled and scores of suspected armed dissidents have been arrested or killed in confrontations.
But Saturday night
