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DEBKAfile was founded by a team of journalists in June 2000 as an independent Internet Web site, providing an intelligence and security news service. July 21, 2016, 10:18 PM (IDT)
Current and former U.S. officials said Thursday, that a recent ISIS attack on the tomb of Mohammed in Saudi Arabia — Islam's second holiest site — shows the terror group is now directly challenging the kingdom's ruling family and trying to topple the monarchy.
The Saudi king's tiles include 'Protector of the two Holy Cities, said one senior U.S. counterterrorism official. “The message of the attack is that that protection doesn't exist.”
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