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The Sun
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
The Carpenters songwriter Roger Nichols who wrote band's hit ‘We've Only Just Begun' dies aged 84
LEGENDARY songwriter Roger Nichols who composed the biggest hits for The Carpenters has tragically died aged 84. Nichols, who made songs like We've Only Just Begun, died peacefully four days ago on May 17. Pal Paul Williams, who was his songwriting partner of many years, confirmed the news in an Instagram post. Williams said: "Roger Nichols passed away peacefully four days ago, at home with his beautiful family …his wife Terry and the daughters he was so proud of, Claire and Caitlin, at his side. "They were his dream come true. His greatest joy." Williams went on to describe his musical journey with Nichols. He added: "Roger was my writing partner and my music school… a collaborator for years and a friend for life. "I was an out of work actor looking for a career in music when I was signed by A&M records publishing. "They were looking for a lyricist for Roger Nichols. An industrial strength, lucky break that changed my life. "We wrote almost every day for several years. He was as disciplined as he was talented. I had the attention span of a sea otter… I was ready for a break after three hours and Roger would plunge ahead for another four or five. "The words were born of the beauty in his completed melodies. I wrote what I heard, note for note…word for word. "The lyrics waiting in the emotion already in his music. He made it easy."
Arab News
19-04-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
1996 - The bombing of Khobar Towers
RIYADH: June 25, 1996, was the day when trust was lost and an edifice was brought down. It was the day that rendered a tear in an evolving friendship. It was the day when a residential tower in Alkhobar, hosting soldiers from the international coalition that was enforcing a no fly-zone in southern Iraq after the liberation of Kuwait in 1991, was bombed. It was the day many things changed. News of the bombing — which killed 19 Americans and a Saudi citizen, and injured 498 people of various nationalities — came as a shock to many. It was only the second major terrorist attack in the Kingdom, after the siege of Makkah in 1979. Those affected directly by the bombing were left scarred for life, but those who felt its wider reverberations elsewhere went through a range of emotions that, for some, forever changed their worldview. I still have clear memories of the impactful day, of how I lived through the horror from afar. The news itself scared me because of the magnitude of the attack and because it had targeted Americans while I was studying in the US. My first thought was whether there would be an adverse reaction, because the aftermath of the Oklahoma bombing on April 19, 1995, was still fresh in my mind. I was in Boston, studying English, when the Oklahoma bombing took place. At that time, the first piece of news about the hunt for the bomber was the arrest of a Jordanian-American man who flew from Oklahoma on the day of the attack. Arab News' front page highlighted global outrage over Khobar Towers bombing and Saudi efforts to restore security. I still remember the suspicious looks from people on the subway on my way to school. I was not targeted physically or verbally but the looks were painful and a sense of distrust was evident. The subsequent arrests of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols came as a relief to many of us Middle Eastern students abroad. Later, I experienced similar feelings following the Alkhobar Towers bombing, and felt even worse after the 9/11 attacks in 2001. The Alkhobar bombing also left me with a surreal feeling that this could not happening. Meanwhile, most of us had to face questions from people who could not understand why it did. And there was no escape from the blame. Americans had been targeted, and while the country's citizens had been victims of previous terror attacks, the difference this time was the location: It happened in Saudi Arabia. I was living in the city of Detroit at the time, and of course we did not have Twitter or other social media in those days to provide quick updates on the attack. The internet was still something relatively new. Arabic TV channels were not available in the US at that time. The only source of information was what we read in American newspapers and saw on US TV channels. Other updates on the attack came from friends who had talked to their families back home. During this period of uncertainty, I remember being asked a lot questions by my university friends, many of whom could not point to Iran or Saudi Arabia on the map. Most of the time my answers fell short. One comment that sticks in my mind was from my university history teacher, who remarked with a smile: 'When we defend you, you kill us.' A huge truck bomb detonates outside a building housing US personnel in Alkhobar, killing 19 of them and a Saudi civilian. 13 Saudis and a Lebanese man indicted on terrorism charges by federal grand jury in Virginia. Saudi authorities say they have arrested 11 of the 13 Saudi suspects, who will be tried in the Kingdom. Federal judge rules Iran is responsible for the bombing and orders its government to pay $254m compensation to families of Americans who died. Ahmed Al-Mughassil, accused of being behind the bombing, arrested in Beirut and handed over to Saudi authorities. Another US court orders Iran to pay a further $104.7m compensation to 15 people injured in the bombing. That period we were living in, after the Gulf War in 1991, was witnessing a lot of change. The presence of US forces in Saudi Arabia was an unwelcome development to a segment of society that viewed their presence in the land of the Two Holy Mosques as an unannounced invasion. This narrative was widely distributed through the many cassette tapes featuring the words of famous clerics, who never stopped calling for the withdrawal of American forces and the closure of their military bases. My first impression, like that of many of my American friends, was that the Alkhobar attack was carried out by terrorists influenced by hate speech. But it was later revealed that Iran was indirectly behind it. Investigations slowly revealed a conspiracy to destabilize Saudi Arabia. This was not surprising to me, knowing that the Iranian regime has been on a never-ending mission to destabilize Saudi Arabia since Supreme Leader Ali Khomeini came to power in 1979. The main mission of the regime in Tehran was to export its ideology through proxy forces in neighboring countries. What scared me most at that time was that it had managed to do this through its arm in Saudi Arabia, Hezbollah Al-Hejaz, which claimed responsibility for the attack. Family members of the 19 US Airforce Airmen killed in the bombing weep during 5th Anniversary Remembrance Ceremony held in Virginia. AFP Iran is no stranger to sabotage and bad behavior in the region. It consistently attempts to brainwash young people in other countries into adopting its ideologies and turning against their own governments. We have seen how Tehran has managed to find a foothold in countries as far afield as the heart of Africa and South Asia. The demonstration by Iranian pilgrims in Makkah in 1987 comes to mind. I watched in horror on TV how they turned the Hajj religious event into chaos, attacking, killing and injuring many innocent pilgrims. I saw how they burned cars and beat to death police officers on the streets. Similar events happened in Madinah, where they also instigated riots and attacked pilgrims. A government with an ideology that does not care about sacred places and innocent lives for sure will not feel any sympathy when it directs its minions in the region to carry out such attacks. Iran will not remain calm and will not deviate from its main goal of destabilizing the region. It is still reaping what it sowed in Alkhobar and other areas. What has Iran gained since 1979 except chaos, war and economic sanctions?
Fox News
19-04-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Evening Edition: 30 Years After Oklahoma City Bombing, What Have We Learned?
On the morning of April 19th, 1995 homegrown terrorists detonated a truck filled with fertilizer outside a federal building in Oklahoma City killing 168 people including 19 children, injuring nearly 700 others and destroying or damaging 300 buildings. Two friends described as anti-government extremists and white supremacists, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, were apprehended, charged and convicted of the crime. Three decades later the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum still teaches us the long-lasting impacts of the attack, honors those that died FOX's Tonya J. Powers speaks with Kari Watkins, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum, who says, after all these years, the memorial stands to honor those who lost their lives and to teach people violence is not the answer in a democracy. Click Here To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Where were you then: The April 19, 1995 Oklahoma City bombing
The Brief Saturday, April 19, is the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. A bomb exploded outside a federal building downtown, killing 168 people, including 19 children. The man convicted, Timothy McVeigh, was executed in 2001, and an accomplice, Terry Nichols, is serving several life sentences. This year marks 30 years since the Oklahoma City Bombing. The backstory On April 19, 1995, a bomb exploded from inside a parked car that destroyed a third of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. Hundreds of people were injured, and 168 people were killed – including 19 children. Timeline A little more than two years later, Timothy McVeigh was found guilty on all counts and convicted of the bombing on June 2, 1997. Later that year, accomplice Terry Nichols was convicted in December of 1997 in federal trial of conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction but acquitted of two counts directly blaming him for the attack. On June 11, 2001, McVeigh was executed. Nichols is currently serving several life sentences. Dig deeper McVeigh and Nichols met in the U.S. Army and were veterans of the Gulf War. Their attack was motivated by radical political ideology and was reportedly revenge on the federal government for the 1993 Waco siege and the 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff. Big picture view To this day, the bombing is still the deadliest act of homegrown terrorism in the United States. The Source Information in this article was taken from a series of historical accounts, including the FBI, the Oklahoma Historical Society and several local Oklahoma news reports. This story was reported from Detroit.
