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 person was assigned to Saudi Arabia to assist the Saudi authorities in controlling the Grand Mosque Seizure, a rebellion at Islam's most sacred site in Mecca that was instigated by fundamentalist preacher Juhayman al-Otaibi.