Tuesday • November 14, 1995
International
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Bomb
explodes,
kills five
Americans
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP)
— A powerful bomb ripped
through a building filled with
American and Saudi military
personnel on Monday, tearing
the facade off the building and
engulfing the wreckage in
flames. Six people were killed,
including five Americans.
It was not clear whether the
attack was aimed at the Saudis
or the Americans. At least 60
people were wounded, more than
30 of them Americans.
King Fahd convened his Cabi
net, which “expressed its con
demnation of this criminal act,
which is foreign to our society,
beliefs and religion,” the Saudi
Press Agency reported.
In Washington, President Clin
ton pledged to "devote an enor
mous effort” to bring those re
sponsible to justice, calling it “a
hideous act” of terrorism. A dozen
FBI agents and evidence special
ists were being sent to Saudi Ara
bia to help with the investigation.
Saudi Arabia, the world’s
biggest oil exporter, has been a
close ally of the United States
for decades, and the two coun
tries have extensive military
ties. Some Muslim fundamental
ists oppose the presence of the
U.S. military and other Western
forces in Saudi Arabia, home to
Islam’s holiest shrines.
Though open opposition to the
ruling al-Saud family is not per
mitted, some underground
groups have threatened to strike
against the deeply conservative
Saudi leadership and the West
ern forces.
Two groups claimed responsi
bility for the attack, but neither
could be verified, said Raymond
Mabus, U.S. ambassador to Sau
di Arabia.
One group was the little-
known Islamic Change Move
ment, which demanded last
spring that Western forces leave
Saudi Arabia or the movement
would "exert all available means
to evict these forces from the is
land of Islam.” The second group
was the previously unknown
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Mabus issued the casualty
figures, saying the*blast was
caused by “an explosive device.”
“We are outraged by this act,”
he said.
A Pentagon official in Wash
ington. speaking on condition of
anonymity, said 34 Americans
were injured and some were tak
en to hospitals.
The blast occurred outside the
modern, three-story building
used by American military per
sonnel who help train the Saudi
national guard.
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