The 2004 Yanbu attack was an attack by gunmen against Westerners on May 1, 2004, in Yanbu' al Bahr, Saudi Arabia. For alternative meanings for The West in the United States, see the U.S. West and American West. ... Jump to: navigation, search May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... NASA photograph of Yanbu al Bahr Yanbu al Bahr (arabic: ينبع البحر spring by the sea), also known simply as Yanbu, Yambo, or Yenbo, is a major Red Sea port in the Al Madinah province of western Saudi Arabia. ...

At least four militants used security passes to access a local petrochemical plant. Once on the grounds of the facility, they stormed the offices of the Texas-based ABB Lummus and killed seven people. Two were Americans, two were British, one was Australian and one was a Saudi National Guard member. A Canadian worker died May 15 of his wounds. The word militant can refer to any individual engaged in warfare, a fight, combat, or generally serving as a soldier. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... ... The Saudi Arabian National Guard or SANG (aka White Army) is one of five branches or services of the Saudi Arabian Defence Forces/military. ... Jump to: navigation, search May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ...

The attackers were believed linked to Al Qaeda, though Crown Prince Abdullah, de-facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, disputed these claims. Since 2003, militants have carried out attacks against the Saudi government and foreigners living there in an effort to topple the monarchy. Less than a month after these attacks, gunmen staged a similar attack in Al-Khobar, killing 22. Jump to: navigation, search Osama bin Laden Ayman al-Zawahiri Al-Qaeda (Arabic: , al-Qā‘idah; the foundation or the base) is the name given to an international Islamic fundamentalist campaign comprised of independent and collaborative cells that all profess the same cause of reducing outside influence upon Islamic affairs. ... Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (Arabic: عبد الله بن عبد العزيز آل سعود, born 1924) became the King of Saudi Arabia on August 1, 2005. ... Jump to: navigation, search Look up De facto on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Defacto is also the name of a dub band. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a timeline of the terrorist incidents in Saudi Arabia derived from reports in the Saudi media and other sources. ... al-Khobar is a large city located in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ...

See also

• Riyadh Compound Bombings
• 29 May 2004 Al-Khobar massacres
• Insurgency in Saudi Arabia