Western Perspective: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11848806
- This BBC news article talks about the Saudi Arabian authorities having arrested 149 al-Qaeda suspects in duration of the past eight months. 124 of these suspects were Saudi Arabians themselves and 25 of them were from other Islamic countries. These al-Qaeda suspects had planed plots to attack Saudi officials, civilians and journalists. These 149 suspects were coming from 19 different militant cells. 2.24m riyal which is $600,000 had been confiscated from the al-Qaeda during the pilgrimages of Hajj and Umra where militants had been fundraising. Additionally, Saudi Arabian anti-terrorism agencies had found an al-Qaeda plot to blow up cargo planes.
Eastern Perspective (Islamic Country's Perspective-Saudi Arabia): http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?ID=196907&R=R1
Comparing and Contrasting: The Saudi Arabian perspective of the BBC news article on al-Qaeda is very different from the Western perspective of the news article. The Saudi Arabian article gives more details for example they talk about the al-Waeda having foreign links, training their memebers to use weapons and making explosves as well as raising funds. The Saudi Arabian article lists way more details about the al-Qaeda and their attacks than the BBC news article lists. The Saudi Arabian news doesn't list the Hajj and Umra pilgrimages and the nterference of the al-Qaeda witht the pilgrimages whereas the BBC news article does. Lastly, the Saudi Arabian news article involves or includes more information about the US and their interference in the al-Qaeda than the BBC news artivle does. The comparisons would be that both articles are based on the same topic and cover the same news article but I found the BBC news article more brief and to the point with all the details in a short news article whereas the Saudi Arabian news article was very detailed but didn't include all the facts such as the Hajj and the Umra pilgrimage which was very important because it related to the al-Qaeda and is an important Islamic practice.
