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Investigative reporter, jayna davis who worked for the nbc affiliate in oklahoma city uncovered evidence that nichols had ties with the terrorist, osama bin laden before the bombing. Tulsa, oklahoma, ann bradley and christie, and others in stephen jones office, dferdinand carone, the clerks in the oklahoma county and federal courts, and scores of others who have selflessly provide information from their own research and. It is very unbiased and straightforward, and it helps explain just what happened to lead to the greatest domestic terrorism incident in our history. Gulf war veteran and bronze star recipient timothy mcveigh is caught shortly after the bombing, but questions remain about whether others were involved. A few weeks before timothy james mcveigh was to go on trial in denver, colorado on april 24, 1997 for the 1995 bombing of the murrah federal building in oklahoma city, a. Oklahoma bombing investigation committee, final report on the bombing of the alfred p. Timothy mcveigh and the oklahoma city bombing kindle edition by michel, lou, herbeck, dan. The 19 children killed in the bombing of an oklahoma city government building six years ago were collateral damage, timothy mcveigh, the worst homegrown terrorist in us history told the the.
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