I believe it is part of a larger plan being orchestrated by Iran.
They have the cash and the weapons.
Top Al Queda leaders are rumored to be there as well.
They want to drag Israel into a regional confrontation.
Good assessment Mossad. Iran definitely has a hand in this.
Also remember this week is the 25th anniversary of the revolution in Iran.
Iran has wanted to control Islam's two holiest sites since the earliest days. There were some pretty ugly battles fought over the line of succession after Mohamed died. Culturally and historically Persians (today's people of Iran) have considered themselves superior to Arabs. If you really want to tick an Iranian off, call them an Arab. For the most part they feel that their sect of Islam, Shia, is the "true" way, and the Sunnis are misguided.
A mass influx of pilgrims is entering Saudi Arabia in the coming days; some are already there. They will perform the acts of piligrimage en mass, and when they have completed it, they will have fulfilled one of the five pillars of Islam. The end of the Hajj is marked with the Eid El Adha, the feast.
What is interesting to note is that during Hajj, pilgrims are prohibited from carrying weapons unless absolutely necessary. (There are other prohitions - see
http://www.ezsoftech.com/hajj/hajj4.asp - and it was pointed out to me that by the end of the hajj, there are going to be some really super irritable people considering items 2-6 on the list!)
Assuming that the Saudi government holds on through the feast, my guess would be that some of these hajji's or pilgrams will turn out to be mujahadeen, and will not return to their home countries, but will join up with Saudi militants in country and will launch an attack, possibly during the feast itself when the country is on vacation.
But Iran definitely would love to make a land grab.
Everytime I hear Iran, I think Russia.
I see the Iran-Syria-Lebanon axis against Israel and how it could stand to profit from starting a regional war with Israel. Good point, Mossad...you are dead on.
One thing I keep seeing in this...and I could be wrong..is this fits the Mahdi scenario to a "T", as well as gelling support for the ongoing jihad against America.
It allows Al Qaeda to emerge as a de-facto Pan Arab government in waiting.
of course, I could need a healthy dose of tinfoil for speculating this...so I am off to buy some Reynolds Wrap.
Don't you agree Mossad that if they harm Israel there is no need for us to hold back on the ME any longer? What about Kuwait and the Emirates etc, where do they fit in all this?