Word: dhahran
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...steamy darkness of a summer night on the Persian Gulf, Staff Sergeant Alfredo Guerrero was making the rounds of the observation posts under his command. He stepped onto the roof of one of the apartment buildings at the Khobar Towers near Dhahran and said hello to the two other members of the U.S. Air Force security police posted there. Then something caught his eye. Below he saw a white Chevrolet Caprice pulling into a public parking lot adjacent to the compound. Nothing odd about that, but the car was being followed closely by a large tanker truck...
...Hamas or Hizballah, but the Saudis and the United States are taking them seriously anyway." Even in tightly controlled Saudi Arabia, says MacLeod, these groups are dangerous. "Some members of these bands fought in Afghanistan, possibly gaining military experience there. If one of them did attack the compound in Dhahran, they showed considerable technical expertise." -->