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Especially since September 11, 2001, the Islamic kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been viewed as a breeding ground for militant Islamic terrorist activity.

On October 12, 2000, 17 American soldiers were killed in an attack on the USS Cole.

In August 1998, a truck bomb hit the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, killing more than 200 people and injuring several thousand -- mostly Kenyans.

Since April 1994, seven months after the 1993 Oslo accords were signed, Palestinian terrorists have killed hundreds of Israelis in suicide bombings.