[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 97 (Thursday, June 27, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H6977-H6978]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SAUDI ARABIA TERRORISM

  (Mr. GILMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, America has once again felt the sting of a 
deadly cowardly terrorist attack directed at our troops who have been 
preserving and protecting America's interest in the Persian Gulf. A 
similar attack on Americans in Saudi Arabia last November for the first 
time signaled that radical Islamic elements in Saudi Arabia would use 
Americans as targets in their war against the ruling regime.
  As we seek to determine just who is responsible, there is one thing 
that is clear from this deadly and senseless attack, and that is that 
the United States' vital national interests in the gulf remains 
constant and the threat from the two main rogue regimes in the region, 
Iran and Iraq, must not be allowed to destabilize our gulf allies.

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  I join in the President's strong condemnation of this latest 
terrorist attack and welcome our Nation's determination to help bring 
to justice those responsible for this cowardly act. I also join in 
extending our Nation's deepest sympathy and concern for the families of 
all those killed or injured in the service of their country.

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