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...explosion prompted a painful review of what had gone wrong. Everyone had been aware of the danger since a smaller bomb killed seven people, including five Americans, at a U.S.-run training center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's capital, last November. Warnings of more outrages had been coming by phone and fax for months, and security measures at military facilities had been stepped up. Troubling long-range strategic questions also demand answers. Is the rule of the royal House of Saud in more danger than the West suspected? Does the presence of about 5,000 U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia...
...maintain stability in his kingdom. But Fahd's health has deteriorated ever since he suffered an embolic stroke last November, and a tug-of-war is already ongoing at the highest levels of the government. Although the King has tried to cling to his throne, senior diplomats in Riyadh expect that he will soon leave the country permanently. This de facto abdication will place authority in the hands of Fahd's half brother, Crown Prince Abdullah, 73, and various members of the royal family are competing for favor under him. Abdullah is a devout Muslim whose attitude toward...
...special interest in bin Laden because of the bombing that occurred last November at an American-run National Guard training center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Seven people were killed, including five Americans. Last week, Saudi television broadcast the confessions of four men arrested in the bombing, and they said they had been influenced by faxes sent from bin Laden's Advice and Reformation Committee. U.S. officials investigating the bombing believe bin Laden's involvement may have gone further, and one says he is "high on our suspect list...
...ground next to the stables, he refused to speak about a number of issues, including his exact links with the governments of Sudan and Iran or with convicted terrorists like Egyptian Sheikh Omar Abdul Rahman, now in a U.S. prison. However, he disavowed any involvement in the Riyadh bombing and the recent suicide attacks in Israel. "It is no surprise to me that corrupt regimes would make such charges," he says...
...bomb-laden van exploded in front of an American-run military-training center in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh, killing six people, including five Americans, and wounding 60 more. Three separate groups claimed responsibility for the attack...