The New Nation - Internet Edition

AFP, London

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah said Britain failed to act on intelligence from his country which may have stopped the London bombings, before arriving here Monday for a controversial state visit. The king -- the first Saudi monarch to make a state visit to Britain in 20 years -- accused London and other nations of failing to take terrorism seriously enough. His three-day visit formally starts Tuesday, but it has already provoked angry protests from some politicians and campaigners over alleged human rights abuses and corruption in Saudi Arabia. Asked about the terrorist threat in an interview broadcast hours before his arrival, he told the BBC through an interpreter: "I believe most countries are not taking this issue too seriously including, unfortunately, Great Britain.