Osama bin Laden is still giving direct orders for al Qaeda attacks, Saudi Arabia’s next ambassador to the United States said on Sunday. Outgoing Saudi ambassador to Britain Prince Turki al-Faisal said some of the most recent attacks attributed to al Qaeda in the oil-rich kingdom had been directly ordered by the mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks in the United States. “Some of the events (attacks) that occurred in the kingdom over the past 2-1/2 years were under the immediate directions of the leadership of al Qaeda, particularly bin Laden,” Turki said in comments broadcast by Reuters Television on Sunday. Full Story