In late 1979, he was dispatched to Saudi Arabia to help the Saudi government quell the Grand Mosque Seizure, an uprising at Islam's holiest shrine in Mecca that was led by fundamentalist preacher Juhayman al-Otaibi.
During late 1979, this individual was dispatched to Saudi Arabia to help the Saudi authorities control the Grand Mosque Seizure, a rebellion at Islam's most sacred site in Mecca that was initiated by fundamentalist preacher Juhayman al-Otaibi.