1996 Khobar Towers bombing (alleged by some sources)

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The 1996 Khobar Towers bombing was a deadly truck bomb attack on a U.S. Air Force housing complex in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, that killed 19 American servicemen and became a major flashpoint in U.S.–Middle East security relations.

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instanceOf mass murder ⓘ
terrorist attack ⓘ
truck bombing ⓘ
aftermath increased security at U.S. military facilities abroad ⓘ
relocation of U.S. forces within Saudi Arabia ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Khobar Towers attack ⓘ
commemoratedBy memorials for the 19 U.S. airmen killed ⓘ
country Saudi Arabia ⓘ
date 25 June 1996 ⓘ
explosiveType large quantity of high explosives ⓘ
fatalities 19 American servicemen ⓘ
fatalitiesApproximateTotal 19 U.S. military personnel ⓘ
fatalitiesIncluding United States Air Force personnel ⓘ
injuriesApproximate hundreds of people injured ⓘ
investigatedBy Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
Saudi security services ⓘ
U.S. Department of Defense ⓘ
legalAction U.S. federal indictments against alleged Saudi Hezbollah members ⓘ
civil lawsuits in U.S. courts against Iran ⓘ
location Dhahran ⓘ
Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Khobar Towers ⓘ
linked to: Khobar
mediaCoverage extensive international news coverage ⓘ
method truck bomb ⓘ
partOf history of terrorism against U.S. targets abroad ⓘ
perpetratorAllegedBySomeUSOfficials Iranian government ⓘ
linked to: Government of Iran
perpetratorAllegedByUSGovernment Saudi Hezbollah ⓘ
perpetratorAllegedByUSIndictment members of Saudi Hezbollah ⓘ
perpetratorDisputed identity of masterminds ⓘ
role of Iran ⓘ
precededBy 1995 Riyadh bombing ⓘ
relatedTo Gulf security ⓘ
U.S.–Iran tensions ⓘ
U.S.–Saudi Arabia military cooperation ⓘ
responseBy Saudi Arabian government ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
securityIssue force protection of deployed U.S. troops ⓘ
vulnerability of overseas military housing ⓘ
significance major flashpoint in U.S.–Middle East security relations ⓘ
prompted changes in U.S. force protection policies ⓘ
strained U.S.–Saudi relations ⓘ
target U.S. Air Force housing complex ⓘ
United States military personnel ⓘ
victimGroup Saudi civilians ⓘ
U.S. Air Force personnel ⓘ
victimNationalityMajority American ⓘ
victimOrganization U.S. Department of Defense ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ
year 1996 ⓘ

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Imad Mughniyeh → allegedRoleIn → 1996 Khobar Towers bombing (alleged by some sources) ⓘ