Saudi officials walk in front of a damaged building in the Vinell compound in Riyadh (AP)
Vinnell Corporation Targeted Story aired: Thursday, May 15, 2003
A six-member FBI team arrives in Saudi Arabia today to help the Saudi government investigate Monday's suicide attacks in Riyadh. The U.S. says the team is not there to run the investigation, but to assist in it.
Patrick Lang is former head of Middle Eastern Affairs at the Defense Intelligence Agency and previously served as the defense attache at the American embassy in Riyadh.
One of the targets of the bombing was the compound of the Vinnell Corporation. Nine of its employees were killed. We look at what Vinnell does and why it might gave been a deliberate target for terrorists.
Guests:
Patrick Lang, former head of Middle Eastern Affairs at the Defense Intelligence Agency and previously defense attache at the American embassy in Riyadh.
