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Saudi Bomb May Have Killed 90

Tuesday, May 13, 2003
By Rebecca Mowling & Danielle Demetriou
The Evening Standard

The attacks came only hours before a scheduled visit by US secretary of state Colin Powell, who said 10 Americans were killed as well as "a large loss of life of others".

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- TES
Unconfirmed reports suggest as many as 90 people are feared dead in Saudi Arabia today after a devastating series of bomb attacks masterminded by Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda.

Although the official death toll remains at 29, reports from some agencies suggest that the real figure is much higher.

Westerners living in three compounds in the capital Riyadh were targeted in a co-ordinated wave of suicide car-bomb attacks. Witnesses said they shot their way in.

A Danish doctor in Riyadh said there were 40-50 bodies in one hospital alone. The dead included several Americans, a 39-year-old Australian and the son of Riyadh's deputy governor.
(More: ThisIsLondon.com, from The Evening Standard)
2003 © Associated News Media.

In '92, I probably lived in one of those compounds. It was very nice, with U.S. contract workers (mostly communications) and families. They were affiliated, but were not military service members -- though most used to be. Most of them worked for AT&T.

Dan

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