IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 188 
Honoring the members of the United States Air Force who were killed 
in the June 25, 1996, terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers United 
States military housing compound near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2005 
Mr. MILLER of Florida (for himself, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. MURPHY, 
Mr. SAXTON, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Ms. 
WATSON, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, 
Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. SIMMONS, 
Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. SCHWARZ of Michigan, Mr. SHAW, Mr. KING of New 
York, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, 
Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. HERGER, Ms. HARRIS, 
Mr. HAYES, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. MCCAUL 
of Texas, Mr. WAMP, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. TURNER, Mr. RADANOVICH, 
Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. SNY-
DER, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. AKIN, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. 
TIAHRT, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. BUYER, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. SULLIVAN, 
Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. ORTIZ, and Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee) 
submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Honoring the members of the United States Air Force who 
were killed in the June 25, 1996, terrorist bombing 
of the Khobar Towers United States military housing 
compound near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. 
Whereas June 25, 2005, marks the ninth anniversary of the 
terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers United States
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military housing compound in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, on 
June 25, 1996; 
Whereas 19 members of the United States Air Force were 
killed in the bombing and 300 other Americans were in-
jured; 
Whereas the 19 airmen killed while serving their country 
were Captain Christopher Adams, Staff Sergeant Daniel 
Cafourek, Sergeant Millard Campbell, Senior Airman 
Earl Cartrette, Jr., Technical Sergeant Patrick Fennig, 
Captain Leland Haun, Master Sergeant Michael Heiser, 
Staff Sergeant Kevin Johnson, Staff Sergeant Ronald 
King, Master Sergeant Kendall Kitson, Jr., Airman First 
Class Christopher B. Lester, Airman First Class Brent 
Marthaler, Airman First Class Brian McVeigh, Airman 
First Class Peter Morgera, Technical Sergeant Thanh 
Nguyen, Airman First Class Joseph Rimkus, Senior Air-
man Jeremy Taylor, Airman First Class Justin Wood, 
and Airman First Class Joshua Woody; 
Whereas the families of these brave airmen still mourn their 
loss; 
Whereas three months after that terrorist bombing, on Sep-
tember 24, 1996, the House of Representatives agreed to 
House Concurrent Resolution 200 of the 104th Congress, 
honoring the victims of that terrorist bombing, and on 
the fifth anniversary of that bombing, on June 25, 2001, 
the House of Representatives agreed to House Concur-
rent Resolution 161 of the 107th Congress, concurred in 
by the Senate on July 12, 2002, further honoring the vic-
tims of that bombing; 
Whereas those guilty of the attack have yet to be brought to 
justice; and
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Whereas terrorism remains a constant and ever-present 
threat around the world: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That on the occasion of the ninth anniversary 
of the terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers United 
States military housing compound near Dhahran, Saudi 
Arabia, the Congress— 
(1) recognizes the service and sacrifice of the 
19 members of the United States Air Force who 
died in that attack; 
(2) calls upon every American to pause and pay 
tribute to those brave airmen; 
(3) extends its continued sympathies to the 
families of those who died; and 
(4) assures the members of the Armed Forces 
serving anywhere in the world that their well-being 
and interests will at all times be given the highest 
priority. 
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