Saudis foil attack on Grand Mosque in Mecca

[SimonMac]

Saudis foil attack on Grand Mosque in Mecca - CNN.com

Now this would have turned nasty had it been pulled off, in impact and also ramifications!

[SueEllen]

Bombing Quatar to smithereens?

[AtW]

Bombing Quatar into Stone Age

FTFY

[fullyautomatix]

It is quite puzzling why they would target Mecca. Saudi is probably quite friendly to most of the worldwide islamic extremist groups. In fact 60% of IS is comprised of Saudi citizens.

[AtW]

It is quite puzzling why they would target Mecca. Saudi is probably quite friendly to most of the worldwide islamic extremist groups. In fact 60% of IS is comprised of Saudi citizens.

[NotAllThere]

Since Mecca is apparently the centre of Islam, what would be the effect of it being destroyed or otherwise rendered inaccessible?

[DimPrawn]

Since Mecca is apparently the centre of Islam, what would be the effect of it being destroyed or otherwise rendered inaccessible?

They would all go to Birmingham instead?