Funny thing is, Osama bin Laden wasn't pissed at the U.S. until we went to Saudi and were allowed to operate out of the Haj in Jeddah. Jeddah is about 90 miles west of Mecca and the Haj is the airport where everyone comes into the country for their pilgramage to Mecca. It's considered holy ground also. This is the place where one of the buses got shot up that took us back and forth to the compounds we were staying in.
I remember after the ground war was over, there was about 1 month before Ramadan which I think is one of the biggest pilgramage events to Mecca. We had to make that place look like we were never even there.
FWIW, not knowing what it was actually for, I took a leak in one of the wash basins that they wash there feet in before they proceed to Mecca. When I found out what I had done, I didn't do it again. Now I wish I had done more than just take a leak in it.