Al-Qa'ida Targets Canada Oil To Cripple U.S.

Al-Qa'ida has called for terrorist strikes against Canadian oil and natural gas facilities to "choke the U.S. economy." An online message, recently posted by the Al-Qa'ida Organization in the Arabian Peninsula, declares: "We should strike petroleum interests in all areas that supply the United States ... like Canada," the No. 1 exporter of oil and gas to the U.S. "The biggest party hurt will be the industrial nations, and on top of them, the United States." The same group, the Saudi arm of Osama bin Laden's terrorist network, claimed responsibility for last February's failed attack on the world's largest oil processing facility, at Abqaiq in Saudi Arabia's eastern province. The attack was foiled when guards opened fire on the terrorists, blowing up their vehicles filled with explosives before they could get through the site's gates.