Man Arrested in 1996 Khobar Towers Bombing!

Suspect in attack that left 19 U.S. service personnel dead is being held in Saudi Arabia!

A suspect in the bombing of the Khobar Towers residence, the aftermath of which is shown in this June 30,1996 file photo, has been captured, a U.S. official said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON—A man suspected in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers residence at a U.S. military base in Saudi Arabia has been captured, a U.S. official said Wednesday.

Ahmed al-Mughassil, described by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2001 as the head of the military wing of Saudi Hezbollah, is suspected of leading the attack that killed 19 U.S. service personnel and wounded almost 500 people. The June 25, 1996, bombing was the deadliest such attack targeting U.S. forces since the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marines’ barracks in Beirut that killed 241 American servicemen.

Saudi-owned paper Asharq Al-Awsat, which first reported the development, said he was arrested in Beirut and transferred to Riyadh.

The Saudi Interior Ministry had no immediate comment.

Mr. Al-Mughassil, also known as Abu Omran, is one of 13 people named in a 2001 indictment in Alexandria, Va., in connection with the bombing. Charges include murder of federal employees and bombing resulting in death. None of the 13 has yet been brought to court to face charges, according to court documents.

In the Khobar attack, militants parked a fuel trailer truck just outside the shallow perimeter of the apartment complex, 85 feet away from one of the eight-story buildings. The blast demolished one side of the building, leaving a crater.

The U.S. later moved its Air Force contingent to the Prince Sultan Air Base, a compound in a remote stretch of desert south of the Saudi capital, Riyadh.

In memory of Captain Christopher Adams who died in these towers.

On Louis Freeh’s last day in office, June 21, 2001, a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia returned a 46-count indictment against 14 defendants charged with the Khobar Towers attack. This was just before some of the counts would have expired due to a five-year statute of limitations. In his book Freeh maintains that he was obstructed by the Clinton Administration for political reasons in investigating the bombing and bringing the terrorist to justice.

This is no different than the Benghazi killings and bombing.  The only difference was it is not Bill Clinton but his wife, Hillary Clinton, was responsible for Benghazi bombing.

What has taken the Saudi’s so long to find this guy?

The Saudi’s are not to be trusted.  Look what they are doing to the oil prices to try to run the fracturing business in the USA out of business – so they can be the “KING OF THE ROAD.”  As far as these people are concerned – don’t forget 9/11 pilots were Saudi’s paid by Iran or one of the other Middle East terrorists countries.

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