More on the death of King Fahd

This is a brief follow up to Jazz's post below on the death of King Fahd. Something to watch out for is increased instability in Saudia Arabia. Keep in mind his successor, King Abdullah, is 82 years old and won't be around more than a few years.

And what about the oil?

In April we reported that Saudi Jihadists have been returning to Saudi Arabia from Iraq after learning how to sabotage oil fields.

Indeed, unconfirmed reports on Islamist websites say dozens of Saudi jihadis have returned to the kingdom from Iraq in recent months specifically to plan a fresh wave of attacks against the oil industry, following an unprecedented call by Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden last December for just such attacks.

All the talk now on Islamist websites is about the remarkably vulnerable Saudi oil pipeline network. It is not a matter of if, but when, those attacks start to take place, in a second wave of violence that will once again punish the al-Saud regime for burying its head in the oil-rich sand.

The death of King Fahd may turn out to be the trigger for the Saudi Jihadists. Something to keep an eye on.