The Abqaiq oil facility is a worthy target for an al Qaeda strike as a successful attack would rattle the House of Saud and shake already jittery oil markets. But todayโ€™s feeble attempt shows that al Qaeda, while still dangerous, couldnโ€™t muster the wherewithal to pull off a major attack despite repeated threats against Saudi oil. This says a lot about the weakened state of al Qaeda operations today beyond Iraqโ€ฆ