(Telegraph-UK) - Robin Gedye and John R Bradley Al Qaeda has infiltrated Saudi Arabia's military and security forces at the highest level, including those entrusted with the protection of Western residential compounds, American intelligence officials believe. They are convinced that the Riyadh suicide bombers depended on a significant level of "insider" knowledge of the compounds and that al Qaeda even infiltrated the elite National Guard, which is involved in compound security. Intelligence sources said several bombers were wearing National Guard uniforms to help them get into the three bombed complexes.
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