“On Jun. 25, 1996, a massive truck bomb exploded at a building in the Khobar Towers complex in Khobar, Saudi Arabia, which housed U.S. Air Force personnel, killing 19 U.S. airmen and wounding 372,” reports Dr. Gareth Porter in a five-part series. “The CIA’s bin Laden unit, which had only been established in early 1996, was also excluded by CIA leadership from that Agency’s work on the bombing.” (more…)
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Khobar Towers Investigated: How a Saudi Deception Protected Osama bin Laden
Posted: 11 July 2009 by Editors in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, Bill Clinton, CIA, FBI, Gareth Porter, George Tenet, Hezbollah, Hizbollah, Iran, IRGC, Janet Reno, Khobar Towers, King Fahd, Louis Freeh, Michael Scheuer, Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabia, Sauid Royal Family
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