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On 29 May 2004, a Saturday, four men armed with guns and bombs attacked two oil industry installations and a residential compound, in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia—the hub of the Saudi oil industry. [1] Over approximately 25 hours, the gunmen, describing themselves as members of "The Jerusalem Squadron" or "Jerusalem Brigade", killed 22 and injured ...
If true, this would leave only two persons ( Saleh Al-Aufi, the alleged leader of Al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia, and Taleb Al-Taleb) on that list unaccounted for. 29 June The security services issues two new lists of wanted persons. List A includes 15 names of persons suspected of terrorist affiliations and who are thought to be in the Kingdom.
The attackers were reported to have smuggled explosives into Saudi Arabia from Lebanon. Al-Mughassil, Al-Houri, Al-Sayegh, Al-Qassab, and the unidentified Lebanese man bought a large latrine service tanker truck in early June 1996 in Saudi Arabia. Over a two-week period they converted it into a truck bomb.
The attack occurred six months prior to the Khobar Towers bombing, which killed 19 Americans. Both bombings have been attributed to Hezbollah Al-Hejaz. In September 2018, a U.S. Army pilot died while training a Saudi student pilot on the AH-6i light attack helicopter at the Khashm Al An Airfield in Riyadh.
The Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs (MNG-HA) is a government-funded health system in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, founded in 1983.It is affiliated with the Ministry of National Guard and the Saudi Arabian National Guard, consisting of medical cities spread in many regions (Riyadh, Jeddah, Al-Ahsa, Dammam, and Medina).
Following the 1996 terrorist bombing of Khobar Towers, targeting, and killing US military personnel housed in the city of Khobar, Saudi Arabia, the Air Force had formed a dedicated force protection unit, the 820th Security Forces Group, capable of global deployment and containing dedicated specialties crucial to force protection under one ...
Satellite photo of King Khalid Military City, captured on June 30, 2002. King Khalid Military City (KKMC) (Arabic: مدينة الملك خالد العسكرية; transliterated: Medinat Al-Malek Khaled Al-Askariyah) is a cantonment in northeastern Saudi Arabia, approximately 60 km (37 mi.) south of Hafar al-Batin city.
Two major bombings took place in residential compounds in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 12 May 2003, 39 people were killed, and over 160 wounded (mostly Westerners) [1] when bombs went off at three compounds in Riyadh—Dorrat Al Jadawel, Al Hamra Oasis Village, and the Vinnell Corporation Compound. [2]