(Washington Post) Nine people died Monday in an armed attack on the U.S. Consulate in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, that Saudi officials blamed on a network affiliated with al-Qaeda. Five consulate employees - none of them Americans - and four gunmen died in the attack. Thirteen others, including five Saudi security officers, were wounded. The attackers seized about 18 people in a courtyard but were not able to gain access to the consulate building.
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