Pirate attacks on Saudi cargo shipsnote

The Russian Navy intervened on 16/11/08 to foil a pirate attack against a Saudi merchant ship, named Rabih, in the Gulf of Aden. This was the second pirate attack against a Saudi cargo ship in less than a week. On 11/11/08, the Indian Navy had thwarted an attack against a Saudi oil and petrochemical tanker named NCC Tihama, in the Gulf of Aden too. It is not yet sure whether the attacks were carried out by pirates or by Al-Qaeda linked groups. The following 383-word item focuses on these attacks and tells what the reaction of the Saudi authorities is.