The Khobar Towers Bombing - Saudi Arabia

Witness History: Witness Archive 2016

English - June 28, 2016 10:53 - 8 minutes - 4.09 MB - ★★★ - 8 ratings
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On June 25th 1996 a huge truck bomb was planted at a US housing complex in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Hundreds of people were injured and 19 US servicemen were killed. Witness speaks to two survivors of the attack, who's lives were forever changed as a result of what happened at Khobar Towers.

(The aftermath of the Khobar Towers bombing June 1996: Credit; Getty Images.)