The Insider: Daily Terrorism Report

Dec. 3 -- — Turkish papers are reporting that two of the masterminds behind the Nov. 15 and Nov. 20 bombings in Istanbul met with Osama bin Laden's chief deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri several times before the suicide attacks which killed more than 50 people. A suspect currently in Turkish custody alleges that these two individuals received their instructions from Zawahiri himself. Also, new terror threats coming from Saudi Arabia — U.S. Embassy officials issued a warning yesterday that a housing compound in Riyadh remained a target for terrorists — will Saudi Arabia be the site of another terror attack less than a month following its last one?

THE WAR ON TERROR

TERROR INVESTIGATIONS

Turkey Istanbul Bombings Linked to Bin LadenReports: Istanbul suicide attack ringleaders met with Bin Laden's right-hand man. (AP)

TERROR ALERTS

Saudi ArabiaAl Qaeda Suspects Had Targeted Saudi Royals, Officials SayMembers of a suspected al Qaeda cell that plotted a foiled car bombing last week were planning to kill senior members of the Saudi royal family and also had staked out a Western-style residential compound, according to U.S. and Saudi intelligence officials. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Saudia Arabia, KenyaSaudi, Kenya Attacks Possible, U.S. WarnsU.S. embassies warn of possible terror attacks on Kenyan hotels and Saudi Arabian compound. (AP)

ARRESTS

Saudi ArabiaSaudis Announce Arrest in Riyadh BombingsPolice detained a man in connection with the Nov. 8 terror bombings against a Riyadh housing compound, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday, the first arrest in the attack that killed 17 people. (AP)

United Kingdom14 Detained Under Terror Act After Dawn RaidsAnti-terrorist police yesterday arrested 14 people in dawn raids in London, Cambridge and the West Midlands, as the clampdown against al Qaeda suspects continued. (The Guardian)

IndonesiaSix Indonesian Terror Suspects to Be Detained After Pakistan DeportationSix Indonesian students suspected of terrorist links will be held for questioning when they arrive home after being deported by Pakistan, police said. (AFP)

LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS