DATE: Thursday, June 26, 1997               TAG: 9706260336

SECTION: FRONT                   PAGE: A4   EDITION: FINAL 

TYPE: FOCUS

SOURCE: BY DAVE MONIZ AND DOUGLAS PARDUE, KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWS SERVICE 

DATELINE: SUMTER, S.C.                      LENGTH:   33 lines

FOCUS: INVISIBLE WARRIORS A YEAR AFTER A TERRORIST TRUCK BOMBING THAT KILLED 19 AMERICANS, 6,000 U.S. AIRMEN IN THE PERSIAN GULF CONTINUE THEIR STRANGE AND UNPRECEDENTED MISSION: AN ``AIR OCCUPATION'' DESIGNED TO BE AS INCONSPICUOUS AS POSSIBLE.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS

The threat of terrorism prompted the U.S. Air Force to line its base

in Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia, with concertina wire to protect the more

than 4,000 personnel based there.

A truck bomb ripped through Khobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia,

a year ago Wednesday, killing 19 Americans and injuring hundreds

more.

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THE MIDDLE EAST

KRT,VP KEYWORDS: PERSIAN GULF TERRORISM

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