MOHAMMED BIN NAYEF

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Brief Bio - The first of the founder King Abdul-Aziz’s grandsons to be appointed to the Mandate of the Covenant. - Perceived by the West as the main figurehead in the fight against Al-Qaeda in the Kingdom. - Took courses at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. - Attended security courses by the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1985 to 1988. - Studied at the Institute for Counter-Terrorism at Scotland Yard from 1992 to 1994. - Helped to thwart a terrorist plot to blow up the US consulate in Jeddah in 1998 when US Vice-President Al Gore was visiting, during which his father, Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz, was the interior minister. - A Royal Order was issued on May 13, 1999, appointing him as assistant interior minister for security affairs. His role in the elimination of Al-Qaeda - On February 14, 2003, Osama bin Laden broadcast an audio recording titled "Among the Band of Horsemen", in which he directed elements of the Al-Qaeda organization towards the kingdom. - On May 12, 2003, Al-Qaeda carried out the first of its operations in the Kingdom by attacking a residential compound in Riyadh, where foreign military experts were staying in to work with the Saudi armed forces. - The attack was carried out by more than 12 terrorist militants from Al-Qaeda with car bombs and small arms. - The attack killed eight Americans, Australians and many Westerners, as well as a number of Saudi security guards. - The United States called the operation the "Pearl Harbor" of Arabia. - Between 2003 and 2006, Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, who was then deputy interior minister, contributed to the elimination of the longest period of violent unrest in the kingdom in 50 years since the modern state in 1902. - His personality is characterized by a high sense of commitment, a trait he inherited from his father Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, who has been interior minister for 37 years. www.saprac.org 2
Operations he encountered and overcame within the Kingdom - Al-Qaeda’s attack on the interior ministry's headquarters in Riyadh. - Attacks on housing compounds for foreigners throughout the entire Kingdom. - The kidnapping and beheading of an American citizen. - Al-Qaida’s terrorists hunting down police in every Saudi city. - Facing an attack on the US consulate in Jeddah on December 6, 2004. - Thwarted attempts by the terrorists to kidnap a young US diplomat during the attack on the US consulate in Jeddah. www.saprac.org 3
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