Khobar Towers Bombing

The following document get fall out look at the operations that took place in the attack as well as how they got the currency to fund the implementation of the bombing, as well as the association of the terrorist with the governments that funded them. It will also look at how the government of America responded. Introduction Khobar Towers bombing is an attack that was organized by Islamic terrorists and it is state to have interpreted place in the city of Khobar situated in Saudi Arabia.This is a building that provided housing to the Americans who had come to work in Saudi Arabia. The class that is said to be responsible for the attacks was the Saudi Arabia Hezbollah (Risen et al). The amount of currency that was needed to carry out the operation was 1. 2 million dollars (Burrough). They got this notes from collaborating with the Iranian government that gave them the gasoline and the explosives that were needed. Al Qaeda is also said to have funded the assort to carry out the operations.The members of Hezbollah were affiliated with Al Qaeda and the government of Iraq. There was no training that was carried out since the group was already well trained. The government provides the necessary funds for the operations this is because after(prenominal) the Gulf war, they wanted the Americans to get out of their land. The government of US reacted by evacuating the other Americans that were in the country and moving them in their own country. Investigations were carried out and there were some people who were arrested and charged for the crime.Before the crime the housing daedal and its surroundings was under tight security that it could not have been imagined that such(prenominal) attacks would be carried out (CNN). References Bryan Burrough (November 6, 2005). My FBI Heroes and Villains. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2006-06-11. Risen, James, Jane Perlez (June 23, 2001). Terrorism and Iran Washingtons Policy Performs a Gingerly Balancing Act, The New Yor k Times. Both sides decry bare-ass Ruby Ridge charges. CNN (August 21, 1997). Retrieved on 2008-12-11.