In an attack in Saudi Arabia on May 14, 2003, “One of the companies that was targeted was basically a U.S. executive mercenary group called Vinnell Corporation, owned by Northrop Grumman, formerly owned by President Bush Sr.’s Carlyle Group. This is a mercenary organization that trains the Saudi Arabian National Guard that is simply there to shore up the undemocratic Saudi regime.”
– Amy Goodman with David Goodman, The Exception to the Rulers, Page 61