The 1996 Khobar Towers Bombing

The Khobar Towers Bombing The Khobar Complex The Bomb Crater Khobar Towers The building picked was the headquarters for the 4404th Air Wing (F-15 fighters). On June 25, 1996, a terrorist truck bomb exploded in front of the Khobar Towers housing complex in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The explosion killed nineteen servicemen, and wounded hundreds of others, including civilians of several nationalities. Sentries See Terror Suspects Sgt. Alfredo R. Guerrero, and two sentries, see the terrorist backed the truck up, get out, and leave in a getaway car. It was a precision military type operation, and there was no time to evacuate. Bomb Was Massive and Sophisticated The bomb was ten times more lethal than previous bombs, it was the equivalent 30,000 pounds of TNT. The sewage truck shaped the charge so the force hit the building. F-15 Squadron The 4404th Still Had To Perform Its Mission. The C-130 squadron resumed operations that same day. On the afternoon of June 28, F-15 fighters from the 79th were back on station for the continuation of Operation Southern Watch. Squadron Commander Comments: "Here we were, one of the most lethal air components in the world, an F-15 squadron, and someone sneaks up in the middle of the night and cuts our underbelly." Source Israel Is Very Helpful Israel points out that these were Hezbollah terrorists that were trained in Lebanon. The Jewish FBI director, Louis Freeh put 100 agents on it for a year, and he concluded that members of the Saudi and Lebanese Hezbollah were responsible. Freeh acknowledged they were funded by Tehran, Iran. The federal indictment says that AIPAC heads Steven Rosen (director of foreign policy) and Keith Weissman (senior Middle East analyst) sought and obtained classified information about attacks on US troops in Iraq. They also sought and obtained a classified FBI report on the Khobar Tower bombing. Why is Israel interested in secret reports about attacks on American troops? We are in bed with a ruthless mob. First they kill our troops, then they spy on the investigators! Army Investigators Suspect Israel The sophistication of the operation goes way beyond the capabilities of rogue terrorists. Col. J. Denim argues that the people involved had the physical layout of the entire complex. Normally, they would have picked buildings with garages, or ones in a tighter zone. The terrorists picked that building to infuriate an F-15 air wing. The US army lets Israeli advisors wander all over this complex and that's going to stop. Army Bomb Squads Find Sophisticated Explosives Bomb experts find residue from explosives that were only available to the US Military and Israel. Israeli Agents Suddenly spies (Rosen, Weissman, and Franklin) are found and indicted for passing secrets about the Khobar bombing to Israel. Who Benefits? Does Iran, Iraq, or Syria benefit from attacking a F-15 air wing, that is bombing Iraq that day? The Khobar attack was a very complex operation. The target, an F-15 Operational Wing, that was involved the Iraqi 'Southern Watch', was way too specific, and the bomb was too sophisticated for a lone terrorist. This attack inflamed the US Air Force, for this, and future operations. Israel is the only beneficiary.