Saudi Arabia · Politics / Al-Qaeda. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Bin Laden offers the services of his mujahideen to King Fahd to protect Saudi Arabia from the Iraqi army, the Saudi monarch refuses bin Ladens offer, opting instead to allow US and allied forces to deploy troops into Saudi territory
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