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Bookmark or Share- Khobar Towers bombing - WikipediaOn 13 November 1995, a car bombing in Riyadh outside the headquarters of the OPM-SANG killed six Americans and two Indian citizens and injured about 70 others. [7] This attack led the U.S. forces stationed at Khobar Towers to raise the threat condition to THREATCON DELTA.
- 20 years later: Remembering the attack on Khobar Towers20 years later: Remembering the attack on Khobar Towers . Nineteen Airmen died and more than 350 were injured in the terrorist attack at Khobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, on June 25, 1996. The front of Bldg. 131 was blown off exposing rooms like this one after terrorists detonated a fuel truck parked nearby.
- Remembering the Khobar Towers bombing | BrookingsJune 21, 2021. 6 min read. Twenty-five years ago, at about 9:30 pm in the evening of June 25, 1996, a huge explosion rocked the barracks for the United States Air Force 4404 Provisional Wing in...
- 25 Years Later: Remembering Khobar Towers bombingOn the night of June 25, 1996, a bomb was detonated near the Khobar Tower housing complex in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killing 19 Airmen and injuring more than 400 U.S. and international military members and civilians. The towers housed coalition forces supporting Operation Southern Watch, a no-fly zone operation in Southern Iraq.
- Khobar Towers bombing of 1996 | History & Facts | BritannicaKhobar Towers bombing of 1996, terrorist attack on a U.S. Air Force housing complex in the town of Khobar, near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, on June 25, 1996. The bombers drove a tanker truck packed with 5,000 pounds (2,268 kg) of explosives near the complex and then jumped into waiting vehicles, escaping just before detonation.
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