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11/09/2003 Archived Entry: "Terrorism returns home"
Terrorism returns home
And very close to the Royal Family, looks like. I'm wondering what American company was attacked this time.
Three explosions rocked a residential compound in the Saudi capital Saturday night, killing at least two people and wounding 86, in what a government official said was a suicide car bombing. The attack came a day after the U.S. Embassy warned that terror attacks could be imminent in the tense Gulf kingdom, and America's three diplomatic missions in Saudi Arabia were closed Saturday as a result.
Just before the midnight blasts, an unknown number of attackers broke into the upscale compound of about 200 houses, a Saudi official said, and gunfire was heard. It was unclear if three individual bombs had detonated or whether it was one that set off multiple explosions.
An Interior Ministry official told The Associated Press early Sunday the attack was a suicide car bombing, and that two security guards were killed and 86 people wounded. The official said he believed it was carried out by al-Qaida because of similarities to a May 12 attack in the capital that killed 35 people.
Replies: somebody speaks up.
I believe the death toll has now reached 11, and the count is not yet finalized. I wonder what thoughts go through the minds of these "suiciders" just before they detonate their bombs.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 11/09/2003 09:56 AM NY
