Anti-terrorism experts told BBC News Online that they were surprised at the ease with which three of the four attackers were able to escape from the Oasis compound in Khobar, despite the overwhelming numerical superiority of the security forces and the tactical and logistical advantages which they enjoyed.
They are unlikely to confront us conventionally with mass armor formations, air superiority forces, and deep-water naval fleets of their own, all areas of overwhelming U.S. strength today.