Khobar Towers Investigated: How a Saudi Deception Protected Osama bin Laden
Part 4: FBI Ignored Compelling Evidence of bin Laden Role

by Gareth Porter / June 29th, 2009 (0)

WASHINGTON — Osama Bin Laden had made no secret of his intention to attack the U.S. military presence in Saudi Arabia. He had been calling for such attacks to drive it from the country since his first fatwa calling for jihad against Western “occupation” of Islamic lands in early 1992.

On Jul. 11, 1995, he had written an “Open Letter” to King Fahd advocating a campaign of guerilla attacks to drive U.S. military forces out of the Kingdom.

Bin Laden’s al Qaeda organization began carrying out that campaign later that same year. On Nov. 13, 1995 a car bomb destroyed the Office …

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