Word: arabia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...anyone for the murder of an American citizen abroad, prosecutors first have to get their hands on the suspect, and that has proved a major stumbling block even in cases where miscreants are firmly identified. Libya has refused to extradite the accused bombers of Pan Am 103; Saudi Arabia insists on investigating, trying and punishing suspects, like the four men beheaded for blowing up a U.S. training center in Riyadh in 1995, without ever letting the FBI interrogate them. This time at least, both Kenya and Tanzania are working hand in hand with...
Brave words, and familiar. Clinton, the day after the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing that killed 19 American airmen in Saudi Arabia: "We will not rest in our efforts to find who is responsible for this outrage, to pursue them and to punish them...
Much of the time bin Laden seems to be actively campaigning for the position of suspect No. 1. He says the people who bombed U.S. military installations in Saudi Arabia "are heroes." He promoted a fatwa, a religious decree, from clerics ordering attacks on Americans--military and civilian--around the world. And last May he called a press conference to announce the formation of an Islamic front dedicated to driving the U.S. out of the Persian Gulf area. It was the official birth of a loose coalition of Muslim radicals that has been around since the mujahedin war against...
...rest. The investigation of the Khobar Towers bombing has completely collapsed. We suspect there was Iranian involvement. But the Saudis are not cooperating with our investigation. And Clinton is not prepared to risk either offending an ally (Saudi Arabia) or confronting an enemy (Iran). Jenny Haun, the widow of an Air Force navigator killed in the Khobar bombing, summarized thus the Administration's handling of the case: "They're weak...
...should the Taliban, who roundly condemned the U.S. action against Bin Laden, be so upset at the terrorist chieftain? The Taliban is deeply dependent on financial aid from Saudi Arabia and on political and military support from Pakistan, and both nations are leaning on the ruling militia to rein in Bin Laden. The Taliban also wants to be recognized by the U.N. as Afghanistan's official government, especially now that it's squaring up for a confrontation with Iran. Bin Laden doesn't exactly have that many places to rest his head, so he will probably be persuaded to speak...