Al-Qaida tried to recruit a Saudi Arabian pilot to attack the Jewish state in a Sept.11-type attack, Israel’s army chief of staff said. Lt. Gen. Moshe Ya’alon said the possibility was particularly alarming because Saudi Arabia has deployed F-16s in northern Saudi Arabia. Israel is asking Saudi Arabia, via the United States, to move the planes.
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