That relatively beningn version of the Saudis is something they have worked diligently at.
For example: when the AQ magazine, Tawhid, was first seen it was made on software that runs ONLY on large institutional servers and as expensive as an APC. AQ was *started* by the government.
Anyway, a little chechnya/aq history. THIS is what you’re dealing with, gentlemen:
http://junipersec.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/chechens/
As I posted here and here, it is dangerous to believe that Islamic politics is just split according to one dimension (in this case Sunni vs Shia).