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Minister of Petroleum and Minerals Ali Al-Naimi issued a statement today that Saudi Arabia will raise its oil production capacity to 11 million barrels per day (bpd), a rise of 1.5 million bpd, by intensifying well drilling in the producing fields of Abu Sa'fah and Qatif. The bulk of this is light Arab crude. He reaffirmed that Saudi Arabia is fully prepared and well equipped to meet the requirements of its customers for any additional quantities of oil, and ready and capable of making up for production shortfalls occurring anywhere in the world. The Kingdom, he said, closely monitors developments...

This is a WorldNetDaily printer-friendly version of the article which follows. To view this item online, visit http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38890 Friday, June 11, 2004 GEOSTRATEGY-DIRECT INTELLIGENCE BRIEFAl-Qaida confirms attack on 'unbelievers''We were asking our brother Muslims, where are the Americans?' Posted: June 11, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com Al-Qaida has released its version of its capture of a foreign housing compound in Saudi Arabia and execution of 22 people, confirming reports that attackers were singling out non-Muslims, reports Geostrategy-Direct, the global intelligence news service. The organization published an account of the two-day hostage crisis on an al-Qaida-aligned Internet site. Its account differs significantly...