http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middl...udi-suspended-due-threat-150314232449167.html15 Mar 2015 00:56 GMT | War & Conflict
US consular services in Saudi Arabia have been suspended for two days due to heightened security concerns, the US Embassy in Riyadh has said.
In a statement on its website on Saturday, the embassy said consular services in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dhahran would be cancelled on Sunday and Monday and it urged all US citizens to take extra precautions when traveling in the world's top oil producer.
The US mission said it "has information stating that, as of early March, individuals associated with a terrorist organisation could be targeting Western oil workers, possibly to include those US citizens working for oil companies in the Eastern Province, for an attack(s) and/or kidnapping(s)".
On January 30, US defence contractor Vinnell Arabia, confirmed that two of its American employees were shot at in Saudi Arabia, the second attack in which their employees were targeted in the eastern al-Ahsa province.
Westerners in Saudi Arabia have come under attack four times since October.
"All US citizens are encouraged to be aware of their surroundings, and take extra precautions when travelling throughout the country," said the US embassy, urging citizens to "carefully consider the risks of travelling to Saudi Arabia".
Saudi Arabia is taking part in US-led air strikes that began in September against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group, raising concerns about possible retaliation.
Several Westerners in Saudi Arabia were killed in a wave of deadly al-Qaeda attacks between 2003 and 2006.
US consular services in Saudi suspended due to threat
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Why couldn't this oil be in India 
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Or Pakistan for that matter?