登录号码：00000文件ID：96062601.POL日期：06/26/96标题：26-06-96 Perry表示，在沙特阿拉伯文本中采取了更多的安全措施:(概述已经启动的预防步骤）（860）通过Jacquelyn S。博物馆Usia安全事务记者华盛顿 - 国防秘书佩里表示，6月26日，沙特阿拉伯将采取更多的安全措施，以保护美国人员在那里保护美国人员。Emphasizing that "very substantial preventative measures" had already been implemented in the past, Perry said an "intensive set" of security measures was initiated last November following a car bombing which killed five Americans at a U.S. training facility for the Saudi National Guard in Riyadh. He said these included increases in security barriers, patrols, inspections, and armed guards. "These have had some substantial effect," the secretary told reporters during a visit by Uzbeki President Islom Karimov. If there had been no fence and concrete barrier around the coalition apartment complex near Dhahran, Perry said, the "tragedy" that occurred there June 25 when a fuel truck exploded "would have been compounded very much more." Without those precautions, he said, there would have been "many more casualties." Meanwhile Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General John Shalikashvili issued a statement in Panama June 26 calling the latest bombing attack in Saudi Arabia "a bitter reminder of the abhorrent and senseless acts of terrorists." General J.H. Binford Peay, commander-in-chief of the U.S. Central Command, said personnel from the Federal Bureau of Investigation are on the ground in Saudi Arabia working with the Saudi government to investigate the explosion, which he described as "an abnormally large response" in terms of a terrorist act. Both Air Force Secretary Sheila Widnall and Air Force Chief of Staff Ronald Fogleman have pledged "the fullest and swiftest cooperation in the investigation...and the apprehension of those responsible." "We are receiving superb support from the government of Saudi Arabia," Peay said from his command headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. The bombing incident "will not deter our determination to continue Operation Southern Watch in support of the United Nations sanctions against Iraq," he said. During a June 26 briefing in Tampa, Florida, which was monitored at the Pentagon, Peay also defended the security precautions which Perry had mentioned earlier, noting that some "20 initiatives" had been taken since November "to improve our security status." He said they included cutting down shrubbery, setting up observation posts, conducting roving patrols and accepting host nation support. U.S. military forces have "always been vigilant," Peay stressed, while noting the difficulty of defending "against terrorists." Defense against terrorism, Peay said, requires both "great vigilance and discipline." Even if the blast had occurred further away, the official said, the damage would have been significant. Press reports indicated that vibrations from the blast were felt as far away as Bahrain. Peay also said there was "no specific intelligence" warning or anything unusual that "would have indicated that this particular event" would take place. He also noted that no one has claimed responsibility for the explosion. Nineteen U.S. military personnel were killed in the nighttime bomb blast, according to Peay. He said 64 others are being treated in Saudi hospitals in Dhahran and 200 more were treated, released and have returned to duty. Host nation medical care has been very good, he noted. The remains of those who died will be returned to Dover Air Force Base on June 27. Peay said the truck blew up outside the fence barrier on the northeast corner of the Khobar Towers complex which houses U.S., French and British forces supporting Joint Task Force Southwest Asia which is responsible for patrolling the no-fly zone in the skies over northern and southern Iraq. The Americans who died were part of the 4404th Wing (Provisional) headquartered in Dhahran and equipped with F-15s, F-16s, F-111s and C-130 tactical airlift and rescue aircraft. But the official stressed that there was no military equipment, aircraft or bombs adjacent to the area of the "enormous blast." Asked about the effect of the bombing on the mission of the 4404th Wing, Peay said, "We had a slight degradation in the mission" in the first few hours following the explosion, with a brief reduction in the number of sorties flown, but "we're back up at this time." The official also said there is no evidence that Iraqi forces have sought to take advantage of the situation. Although no aircraft carrier is present in the region, the U.S. Navy currently has 12 ships sailing in the Persian Gulf. There are five U.S. ships in the Red Sea and another six afloat in the Indian Ocean. There are a total of 15,173 American service personnel in all three bodies of water. Perry will travel June 29 to Dhahran where he will be briefed on the situation by U.S. officials. He also will meet with senior Saudi government officials in Riyadh. While in Saudi Arabia, he is expected to visit U.S. military forces deployed there, including those injured in the attack. The secretary will leave the Saudi capital June 30 for a previously planned trip to Italy, Hungary, Bosnia and Slovenia. NNNN