Frustrated Fbi Pulls Bomb Probe Agents From Saudi Arabia

The FBI is pulling its few remaining agents out of Saudi Arabia in frustration, because the kingdom has limited their investigation of a bombing at a U.S. military housing complex.

Meantime, new reports surfaced that the Saudis have detained dozens of suspects, including some with ties to Iran and one man believed to have driven the explosives-laden truck that destroyed part of the complex in Dhahran on June 25, killing 19 Americans.

But officials throughout the U.S. government echoed Defense Secretary William Perry, who told reporters Friday, “We have reached no conclusions about who was responsible for this.” He emphasized the investigation is “still being conducted.”

Despite two trips by FBI Director Louis Freeh to the kingdom to appeal to King Fahd and other top Saudi officials, FBI agents in Riyadh have not been allowed to interrogate suspects in the case and have not had full access to the Saudis’ information, officials said.