The Attack on U.S. Servicemen in Saudi Arabia on June 25, 1996

by Amanda Ferguson

Book Overview

In 1995, a car bomb explosion outside a U.S. training facility in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killed many, including five Americans. Seven months later, a truck bomb was detonated at Khobar Towers, an air base in Saudi Arabia, injuring American, French, Saudi, and British soldiers and civilians and killing nineteen Americans. This book tells the story of the terrorist attack at Khobar Towers by explaining Saudi Arabia: its peoples, history, religions, government,...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823938611
• ISBN13: 9780823938612
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Rosen Young Adult
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.3" x 9.7"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12