Security warnings target Saudi

The US and Britain, citing intelligence reports, warned their nationals of terror threats to aviation and other interests in Saudi Arabia, and British Airways suspended all flights to the kingdom. The warnings followed two clashes in three days in Riyadh between police and Islamic militants.

In Indonesia, where a car bomb killed 12 people at Jakarta hotel on August 5, the US and Australia warned their nationals to avoid soft targets such as international hotels or shopping malls.

8216;8216;I am concerned specifically about Jakarta. We8217;ve just had information there, the night before last, that there could be terrorist attacks on international hotels or shopping centres used by Westerners,8217;8217; Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said on Thursday. 8216;8216;The 17th of August is Indonesia8217;s National Day, so it8217;s a day when this sort of thing could happen.8221;