New Saudi bombs raise fears
The discovery of two more devices under cars in Saudi Arabia has renewed fears that Westerners are the target of a fresh bombing campaign.
Only nine days after British banker Simon Veness was killed in Saudi, suspected bombs have been found under cars belonging to US and British nationals - both were removed by security forces.
The American and his wife narrowly escaped death when the device under their car dragged along the ground without exploding as they moved off. The device attached to the British man's car was discovered at the Al Nakheel Residence Compound where Mr Veness was killed.
Earlier attacks in Saudi Arabia have been blamed by officials on turf wars involving the illegal trade in alcohol but there are now fears they are driven by anti-Western feeling because of the American war on terrorism.
The American, who has been living in Saudi Arabia for 20 years and works at a Riyadh hospital said: "This makes me not want to park my car in the street." More than 25,000 British ex-pats live in Saudi Arabia and security in the residence compounds where most live has been stepped up.
In November 2000 British engineer Christopher Rodway was killed when his car exploded at traffic lights. Two Britons were badly injured in a further explosion and seven further bombings occurred in the following 14 months.
? Palestinian militant group Hamas today vowed a wave of suicide bomb attacks against Israelis in revenge for the killing of its top explosives expert Muhanad al Taher, 26, by Israeli commandos last night.
