A videotape discovered in a raid on terror suspects shows militants had a Western housing compound in the Saudi capital under surveillance, triggering U.S. and British warnings that panicked residents of the complex, its manager said Thursday. The compound was never attacked, although heightened security was apparent Thursday in rain-soaked Riyadh following the warnings and two rounds of deadly attacks since May on compounds housing foreigners. American and Saudi officials have blamed the attacks on al-Qaida terrorist network of Osama bin Laden, a Saudi exile. Armored personnel carriers were parked outside Western housing complexes and soldiers armed with semiautomatic rifles stood behind sandbags at checkpoints set up at key intersections in the Saudi capital. Full Story
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