Operation Iraqi Freedom

Abstract

On June 25, 1996, members of Hezbollah Al-Hejaz exploded a fuel truck near a housing complex. The complex was housing foreign military personnel as well as Americans. The complex located in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, was an eight-story building housing United States Air Force personnel. The terrorists smuggled explosives from Lebanon. A truck was used to carry 20,000-30,000 lbs of TNT. The bomb damaged and/or destroyed six high-rise apartment buildings in the complex. A crater 85 feet wide and 35 feet deep was left where the truck had been and within a few hours was swelling up partially with saltwater from the Persian Gulf. The blast was felt 20 miles away in the Persian Gulf state of Bahrain. The death toll was 19 U.S. service members and one Saudi were killed. Another 372 of many nationalities were wounded.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 17, 2007
Accession Number
AD1137155

Entities

People

  • Ricardo Weems

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Aircrafts
  • Arabia
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Fuel Trucks
  • Government Employees
  • Governments
  • Gulfs
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Persian Gulf
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Security
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security