Oklahoma City bombing

===International reaction===
International reactions to the bombing varied. President Clinton received many messages of sympathy, including those from [[Queen Elizabeth&nbsp;II]] of the [[United Kingdom]], [[Yasser Arafat]] of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]], and [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] of [[India]].<ref name="InternationalReaction">{{cite news|title=Friend, Foe United in Vilifying Attack Reaction: Compassion for victims' families, disgust at blast's callousness run as common threads through world leaders' responses |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/21401509.html?dids=21401509:21401509&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+21%2C+1995&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=TERROR+IN+OKLAHOMA+CITY+Friend%2C+Foe+United+in+Vilifying+Attack+Reaction%3A+Compassion+for+victims%27+families%2C+disgust+at+blast%27s+callousness+run+as+common+threads+through+world+leaders%27+responses.&pqatl=google|format=Fee required|work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=April 21, 1995|access-date=April 7, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725064008/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/21401509.html?dids=21401509:21401509&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+21%2C+1995&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=TERROR+IN+OKLAHOMA+CITY+Friend%2C+Foe+United+in+Vilifying+Attack+Reaction%3A+Compassion+for+victims%27+families%2C+disgust+at+blast%27s+callousness+run+as+common+threads+through+world+leaders%27+responses.&pqatl=google|archive-date=July 25, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Iran]] condemned the bombing as an attack on innocent people, but also blamed the U.S. government's policies for inciting it. Other condolences came from [[Russia]], [[Canada]], [[Australia]], the [[United Nations]], and the [[European Union]], among other nations and organizations.<ref name="InternationalReaction"/><ref name="UNReaction">{{cite news|title='How Deeply We Share the Sorrow' Rabin Also Offers Help; Boutros-Ghali Condemns 'Cowardly Attack'|work=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]|date=April 20, 1995}}</ref>

Several countries offered to assist in both the rescue efforts and the investigation. France offered to send a special rescue unit,<ref name="InternationalReaction"/> and Israeli Prime Minister [[Yitzhak Rabin]] offered to send agents with anti-terrorist expertise to help in the investigation.<ref name="UNReaction"/> President Clinton declined Israel's offer, believing that accepting it would increase anti-Muslim sentiments and endanger [[Islam in the United States|Muslim-Americans]].<ref name="Apocalypse578">{{cite book|title=Apocalypse in Oklahoma|last=Hamm|first=Mark S|pages=57–58|isbn=978-1-55553-300-7|year=1997|publisher=Northeastern University Press }}</ref>