[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 25 (Monday, June 25, 2001)]
[Pages 953-954]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Statement on the Announcement of Criminal Indictments for the Khobar 
Towers Bombing

June 21, 2001

    On June 25, 1996, a massive truck bomb exploded outside the Khobar 
Towers apartment complex in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killing 19 American 
servicemen and injuring 372 other Americans and Saudis. For the last 5 
years, the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
have conducted an intensive investigation of this deplorable act of 
terrorism.
    Today the Department of Justice announced criminal indictments of 14 
people, 13 Saudis and one Lebanese, for conspiring and carrying out the 
bombing of Khobar Towers. The Department's investigation into this 
matter will continue and additional charges are possible.
    I applaud the work of the Department of Justice and the FBI who have 
spent countless hours pursuing this case. And I want to thank the 
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for their assistance in this investigation. 
Finally, and most important, to the families of those who were killed 
and to those who were injured, I want to extend my personal sympathy and 
to assure you that your Government will not forget your loss and will 
continue working, based on the evidence, to make sure that justice is 
done.

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