Sunday, March 28, 2004
Suspected Al Qaeda Attacks
Curtsy of American Prospect, here are a list of suspected Al Qaeda attacks over the course of the last 10 years.
"February 1993: Bombing of World Trade Center; six killed and 1,040 injured.
October 1993: Killing of 18 U.S. soldiers in Mogadishu, Somalia.
November 1995: Truck bombing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia kills five American soldiers and injures 37.
June 1996: Truck bombing at Khobar Towers military barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, kills 19 Americans and injures hundreds, including 240 U.S. citizens. (The al-Qaeda connection here remains a subject of debate.)
August 1998: Bombing of U.S. embassies in east Africa; 224 killed, including 12 Americans, and an estimated 4,500 injured.
October 2000: Bombing of the USS Cole in a Yemen port; 17 U.S. sailors killed, 39 injured.
September 2001: Destruction of World Trade Center; Pentagon attacked. Total dead: 2,973.
April 2002: Explosion at historic synagogue in Tunisia leaves 21 dead, including 14 German tourists.
January 2002: Kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
May 2002: Car explodes outside Sheraton Hotel in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 14, including 11 French naval engineers.
June 2002: Bomb explodes outside U.S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 12.
October 2002: Nightclub bombings in Bali, Indonesia, kill 202, including 88 Australian citizens and 23 Britons.
November 2002: Coordinated attacks in Mombasa, Kenya; 16 killed in a suicide bombing at a hotel, while surface-to-air missiles were fired at a chartered Israeli airliner.
May 2003: Suicide bombers kill 34, including eight Americans, at housing compounds for Westerners in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
May 2003: Four bombs targeting Jewish, Spanish, and Belgian sites in Casablanca, Morocco, killing 33 and injuring more than 100.
August 2003: Suicide car bomb kills 12, injures 150, at Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia.
November 2003: Explosions rock a Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, housing compound, killing 18 and wounding 122, including many workers from Egypt and Lebanon.
November 2003: Suicide car bombers simultaneously attack two synagogues in Istanbul, Turkey, killing 25 and injuring hundreds.
November 2003: Two truck bombs explode outside the British consulate and the headquarters of the London-based HSBC bank in Istanbul, Turkey, killing 26 and injuring hundreds.
December 2003: Attempted assassination of Pakistani President Pervez Musharaff.
March 2004: Train bombing in Madrid, Spain, kills 190 and injures more than 1,000."
There has been a number of failed attacks.
December 1999: A plan to one to target Los Angeles International Airport (December 1999)
December 1999: A plan to target mille millennium celebrations at an American hotel in Amman, Jordan
December 1999; An attempted hijacking of an Indian airliner
Januuary 2000: A Plan USS The Sullivans
Fall 2001: A group of terrorists' plan to bomb the American Embassy in Paris
December 2001: "Shoe bomber" Richard Reid's attempt to blow up an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami
June 2002: Jose Padilla is arrested for trying to obtain and use a dirty bomb
June 2002: A plot to bomb U.S. and British warships off Gibraltar
August 2003: attempts in Saudi Arabia to target U.S. transport planes with rocket-propelled grenades
Curtsy of American Prospect, here are a list of suspected Al Qaeda attacks over the course of the last 10 years.
"February 1993: Bombing of World Trade Center; six killed and 1,040 injured.
October 1993: Killing of 18 U.S. soldiers in Mogadishu, Somalia.
November 1995: Truck bombing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia kills five American soldiers and injures 37.
June 1996: Truck bombing at Khobar Towers military barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, kills 19 Americans and injures hundreds, including 240 U.S. citizens. (The al-Qaeda connection here remains a subject of debate.)
August 1998: Bombing of U.S. embassies in east Africa; 224 killed, including 12 Americans, and an estimated 4,500 injured.
October 2000: Bombing of the USS Cole in a Yemen port; 17 U.S. sailors killed, 39 injured.
September 2001: Destruction of World Trade Center; Pentagon attacked. Total dead: 2,973.
April 2002: Explosion at historic synagogue in Tunisia leaves 21 dead, including 14 German tourists.
January 2002: Kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
May 2002: Car explodes outside Sheraton Hotel in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 14, including 11 French naval engineers.
June 2002: Bomb explodes outside U.S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 12.
October 2002: Nightclub bombings in Bali, Indonesia, kill 202, including 88 Australian citizens and 23 Britons.
November 2002: Coordinated attacks in Mombasa, Kenya; 16 killed in a suicide bombing at a hotel, while surface-to-air missiles were fired at a chartered Israeli airliner.
May 2003: Suicide bombers kill 34, including eight Americans, at housing compounds for Westerners in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
May 2003: Four bombs targeting Jewish, Spanish, and Belgian sites in Casablanca, Morocco, killing 33 and injuring more than 100.
August 2003: Suicide car bomb kills 12, injures 150, at Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia.
November 2003: Explosions rock a Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, housing compound, killing 18 and wounding 122, including many workers from Egypt and Lebanon.
November 2003: Suicide car bombers simultaneously attack two synagogues in Istanbul, Turkey, killing 25 and injuring hundreds.
November 2003: Two truck bombs explode outside the British consulate and the headquarters of the London-based HSBC bank in Istanbul, Turkey, killing 26 and injuring hundreds.
December 2003: Attempted assassination of Pakistani President Pervez Musharaff.
March 2004: Train bombing in Madrid, Spain, kills 190 and injures more than 1,000."
There has been a number of failed attacks.
December 1999: A plan to one to target Los Angeles International Airport (December 1999)
December 1999: A plan to target mille millennium celebrations at an American hotel in Amman, Jordan
December 1999; An attempted hijacking of an Indian airliner
Januuary 2000: A Plan USS The Sullivans
Fall 2001: A group of terrorists' plan to bomb the American Embassy in Paris
December 2001: "Shoe bomber" Richard Reid's attempt to blow up an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami
June 2002: Jose Padilla is arrested for trying to obtain and use a dirty bomb
June 2002: A plot to bomb U.S. and British warships off Gibraltar
August 2003: attempts in Saudi Arabia to target U.S. transport planes with rocket-propelled grenades
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