It was 10:30 p.m. (2130 GMT, 1730 EDT) in late June, time for many in the military housing facility at Saudi Arabia's King Abdul Aziz Air Base to turn in for the night, when a suspicious fuel tanker pulled up near the perimeter.
Some immediately sensed danger, but there was little time to respond. A thunderous explosion followed seconds later, as some 5,000 pounds of explosives packed into the truck went off, drilling a crater 35 feet deep and ripping the front off an apartment building.
That act of terrorism cost 19 American lives and injured scores of others, including Saudis and Bangladeshis.
It was the deadliest bombing involving U.S. citizens in the Middle East since the 1983 Beirut attack that killed 241 Americans, and the second time in less than a year in Saudi Arabia that Americans had been targeted.
In this special section, CNN Interactive brings you selected highlights of our coverage of the tragedy and its aftermath.
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- Iran, U.S. spar over Saudi bombing, terrorism
- Iran denies Saudi bomb connection
- Perry: Saudis close to naming bombers
- General didn't tell superiors about Saudi reluctance
- Forensic evidence crucial to solving blast
- Crankshaft of bomb truck found
- Bombing probe looks at possible tie to 1995 terrorist attack
- Key pieces of deadly Saudi blast recovered
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