In 2001 , in the rubble of Tora Bora , Osama Bin Laden orders his most senior lieutenants to return to his homeland of Saudi Arabia and launch a revolution . Their aim : to conquer the land of the Two Holy Mosques and from there to establish a worldwide Muslim empire that would take on the West and win . The May 2003 Riyadh compound bombings that launch Al Qaeda ’s campaign , take Saudi society by surprise . But the government is quick to respond , and the stoic security chief Prince Muhammad bin Nayef relentlessly focuses all the firepower of the Saudi state on tracking down and killing the terrorists . Al Qaeda still has a lot up its sleeves and both sides are forced to ratchet up the violence
Riyadh compound bombings
Riyadh compound bombings
Path of Blood