“Saudi forces detained more than 100 terror suspects, including some who officials say were plotting attacks on energy installations and military sites in the eastern oil-producing hub of the country. Twelve people in two al-Qaeda cells, all of them Saudis except for one Yemeni, who were arrested were in the early stages of planning strikes [...]
March 25th, 2010 | Posted in Global Risk News | Read More »
“Royal Dutch Shell said on Sunday it had shut down three pumping stations in Nigeria’s Niger Delta after a key crude oil pipeline was sabotaged. Although there has been no claim of responsibility, the attack occurred a day after Nigeria’s main militant group MEND called off a three-month-old ceasefire and threatened to unleash ‘an all-out [...]
January 31st, 2010 | Posted in Global Risk News | Read More »