Air Force Barracks in Dhahrain, Saudi Arabia. It killed 19 and wounded 372 persons. The area had already been on alert since any November 1995 car bombing belonging to the Office of the Plan Manager, Saudi Arabia National Keep (OPM SANG) in Riyadh, killing 7. used to conduct Procedure Southern Watch, the nofly operation more than southern Iraq. grand jury in 2001. [2] The case has never done criminal trial, and the defendants are regarded as in Iraq. intelligence monitored a name from Ayman alZawahiri that will Osama bin Laden, two days afterward, praising him for the bombing. government freezing of alQaeda related funds, one specific individual, Mamoun Darkazanli, also known as Abu Ilyaf, based in Hamburg and from the alQaeda Hamburg cell, was suspected of funding the attack on the Saudi training facility ahead of the Khobar Towers attack, using his business, Mamoun Darkazanli ImportExport Organization. court and ordered in order to repay the families, but it has not complied. concluded that a amount of lessons had been mastered, at great cost, for both local warning as well as for physical protection against approaches. [7] After the 1995 assault, according to an research headed by MG (ret) Wayne Downing, "[t]here was no cleverness from any source which warned specifically from the nature, timing, and magnitude of that June 25, 1996 attack on Khobar Podiums. " Further, the public address procedure to invoke emergency supervision was inadequate.
A January 1996 Air flow Force vulnerability assessment was shared when using the 4404th Wing. 36 of their suggestions were implemented immediately, with two more program. Nevertheless, Secretary Cohen agreed that will Schwalier's action prevented a bomb from penetrating the compound, but did not properly protect against a bomb detonated in the public parking lot outdoor the fence. Secretary of Defense Bill Cohen, found fault in a large number of areas, but principally acted through denying a promotion to major general with the 4404th Wing commander, BG Terry Schwalier. Schwalier's promotion was reinstated around 2008. Official Says", York Times William S. Secretary of Defense.