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May 13, 2003

At least 91 killed in Riyadh

AP: 91 people are reported dead in the bombinngs in Saudi Arabia, Saudi officials announced Tuesday. This figure includes seven Americans, and the bodies of what are believed to be nine suicide bombers. Earlier, the Saudi official said 194 people were wounded, most of them slightly. At least 40 Americans were wounded, U.S. Ambassador Robert Jordan said as reported last night.

President Bush vowed to hunt down the attackers. "These despicable acts were committed by killers whose only faith is hate, and the United States will find the killers, and they will learn the meaning of American justice," he said during an appearance in Indianapolis. The FBI said it would send investigators once it gets clearance from the Saudi government.

The force of the blast ripped through multi-story apartment buildings and single-family houses. Facades of five- and four- story buildings were sheared off. Heaps of rubble and blocks of upended concrete surrounded twisted steel bars and knocked downed palm trees. Burned-out hulks that had been cars were still in their parking spots; upended furniture and debris littered a pool deck.

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