Tag: terrorism

US Officials Leaked False Story Blaming Iran for Khobar Attack

In March 1997, FBI Director Louis Freeh got what he calls in his memoirs "the first truly big break in the case": the arrest in Canada of one of the Saudi Hezbollah members the Saudis accused of being the driver of the getaway car at Khobar Towers. Hani al-Sayegh, then 28 years old, had arrived … Continue reading “US Officials Leaked False Story Blaming Iran for Khobar Attack”

Saudis Tried to Pin Khobar Bombing on Iran

On June 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. Immediately after the blast, more than 125 agents from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) were ordered to the site … Continue reading “Saudis Tried to Pin Khobar Bombing on Iran”

The Chimera of Total Security

"No one can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices." – Edward R. Murrow Let’s talk about the next terrorist attack. We cannot know what form it will take, where it will occur, or what the casualty count will be. But one thing we do know: we know we’ll be told it … Continue reading “The Chimera of Total Security”