Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 23

07-June-2004

Al-Khobar Killings: Oil Sector Increasingly Becoming Target Of Mideast Violence

The attacks and 24-hour hostage-taking at oil industry business and residential compounds in al-Khobar in Saudi Arabias Eastern Province, which began on 29 May and resulted in the deaths of 22 people and the wounding of 25 others, provided a further sign that the oil sector is becoming a target for groups in the Middle East that advocate violence to achieve...