Saudi attacker on US base had longstanding al-Qaida ties: US
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The Saudi military student who murdered three Americans at a US naval base in December had ties to al-Qaeda and planned an attack before he arrived in United States, FBI has revealed. The December 6 attack by Mohammed Alshamrani, a Royal Saudi Air Force flight student at the Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida, was the culmination of years of planning and preparation, believes FBI Director Christopher Wray.