| 9-19-2001....... A U.S. report says al-Qaeda supported Islamic fighters and terrorists against the Saudi government. Bin-Laden was born in Riyadh, but left the nation after criticizing the government for hosting U.S. troops during the Gulf War. In 1995, a bomb killed five American servicemen in Riyadh. A year later a powerful car bomb shreds an apartment building housing U.S. servicemen. At least 19 soldiers died and 400 were wounded.....Yahoo News |