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Terrorist Acts Suspected of or Inspired
by al-Qaeda
- 1993 (Feb.): Bombing of World Trade Center (WTC); 6
killed.
- 1993 (Oct.): Killing of U.S. soldiers in Somalia.
- 1996 (June): Truck bombing at Khobar Towers barracks in
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killed 19 Americans.
- 1998 (Aug.): Bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania;
224 killed, including 12 Americans.
- 1999 (Dec.): Plot to bomb millennium celebrations in Seattle
foiled when customs agents arrest an Algerian smuggling explosives into
the U.S.
- 2000 (Oct.): Bombing of the USS Cole in port in Yemen;
17 U.S. sailors killed.
- 2001 (Sept.): Destruction of WTC; attack on Pentagon. Total
dead 2,992.
- 2001 (Dec.): Man tried to denote shoe bomb on flight from
Paris to Miami.
- 2002 (April): Explosion at historic synagogue in Tunisia left
21 dead, including 11 German tourists.
- 2002 (May): Car exploded outside hotel in Karachi, Pakistan,
killing 14, including 11 French citizens.
- 2002 (June): Bomb exploded outside American consulate in
Karachi, Pakistan, killing 12.
- 2002 (Oct.): Boat crashed into oil tanker off Yemen coast,
killing 1.
- 2002 (Oct.): Nightclub bombings in Bali, Indonesia, killed
202, mostly Australian citizens.
- 2002 (Nov.): Suicide attack on a hotel in Mombasa, Kenya,
killed 16.
- 2003 (May): Suicide bombers killed 34, including 8 Americans,
at housing compounds for Westerners in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- 2003 (May): 4 bombs killed 33 people targeting Jewish,
Spanish, and Belgian sites in Casablanca, Morocco.
- 2003 (Aug.): Suicide car-bomb killed 12, injured 150 at
Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia.
- 2003 (Nov.): Explosions rocked a Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
housing compound, killing 17.
- 2003 (Nov.): Suicide car-bombers simultaneously attacked 2
synagogues in Istanbul, Turkey, killing 25 and injuring hundreds.
- 2003 (Nov.): Truck bombs detonated at London bank and British
consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, killing 26.
- 2004 (March): 10 bombs on 4 trains exploded almost
simultaneously during the morning rush hour in Madrid, Spain, killing
191 and injuring more than 1,500.
- 2004 (May): Terrorists attacked Saudi oil company offices in
Khobar, Saudi Arabia, killing 22.
- 2004 (June): Terrorists kidnapped and executed American Paul
Johnson, Jr., in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- 2004 (Sept.): Car bomb outside the Australian embassy in
Jakarta, Indonesia, killed 9.
- 2004 (Dec.): Terrorists entered the U.S. Consulate in Jeddah,
Saudi Arabia, killing 9 (including 4 attackers).
- 2005 (July): Bombs exploded on 3 trains and a bus in London,
England, killing 52.
- 2005 (Oct.): 22 killed by 3 suicide bombs in Bali,
Indonesia.
- 2005 (Nov.): 57 killed at 3 American hotels in Amman,
Jordan.
- 2006 (Jan.): Two suicide bombers carrying police badges blow
themselves up near a celebration at the Police Academy in Baghdad,
killing nearly 20 police officers. Al-Qaeda in Iraq takes
responsibility.
- 2006 (Aug.): Police arrest 24 British-born Muslims, most of
whom have ties to Pakistan, who had allegedly plotted to blow up as many
as 10 planes using liquid explosives. Officials say details of the plan
were similar to other schemes devised by al-Qaeda.
- 2007 (April): Suicide bombers attack a government building in
Algeria's capital, Algiers, killing 35 and wounding hundreds more.
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claims responsibility.
- 2007 (April): Eight people, including two Iraqi legislators,
die when a suicide bomber strikes inside the Parliament building in
Baghdad. An organization that includes al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia claims
responsibility. In another attack, the Sarafiya Bridge that spans the
Tigris River is destroyed.
- 2007 (June): British police find car bombs in two vehicles in
London. The attackers reportedly tried to detonate the bombs using cell
phones but failed. Government officials say al-Qaeda is linked to the
attempted attack. The following day, an SUV carrying bombs bursts into
flames after it slams into an entrance to Glasgow Airport. Officials say
the attacks are connected.
- 2007 (December): As many as 60 people are killed in two
suicide attacks near United Nations offices and government buildings in
Algiers, Algeria. The bombings occur within minutes of each other.
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, formerly called the Salafist Group for
Preaching, claims responsibility. It's the worst attack in the Algeria
in more than 10 years.
- 2008 (January): In the worst attack in Iraq in months, a
suicide bomber kills 30 people at a home where mourners were paying
their respects to the family of a man killed in a car bomb. The Iraqi
military blames the attack on al-Qaeda in Iraq.
- 2008 (February): Nearly 100 people die when two women suicide
bombers, who are believed to be mentally impaired, attack crowded pet
markets in eastern Baghdad. The U.S. military says al-Qaeda in Iraq has
been recruiting female patients at psychiatric hospitals to become
suicide bombers.
- 2008 (April): A suicide bomber attacks the funeral for two
nephews of a prominent Sunni tribal leader, Sheik Kareem Kamil al-Azawi,
killing 30 people in Iraq's Diyala Province.
- 2008 (April): A suicide car bomber kills 40 people in Baquba,
the capital of Diyala Province in Iraq.
- 2008 (April): Thirty-five people die and 62 are injured when
a woman detonates explosives that she was carrying under her dress in a
busy shopping district in Iraq’s Diyala Province.
- 2008 (May): At least 12 worshipers are killed and 44 more
injured when a bomb explodes in the Bin Salman mosque near Sana,
Yemen.
- 2008 (May): An al-Qaeda suicide bomber detonates explosives
in Hit, a city in the Anbar Province of Iraq, killing six policemen and
four civilians, and injuring 12 other people.
- 2008 (June): A female suicide bomber kills 15 and wounds 40
others, including seven Iraqi policemen, near a courthouse in Baquba,
Iraq.
- 2008 (June): A suicide bomber kills at least 20 people at a
meeting between sheiks and Americans in Karmah, a town west of
Baghdad.
- 2008 (August): About two dozens worshippers are killed in
three separate attacks as they make their way toward Karbala to
celebrate the birthday of 9th-century imam Muhammad al-Mahdi. Iraqi
officials blame al-Qaeda in Iraq for the attacks.
- 2008 (August): A bomb left on the street explodes and tears
through a bus carrying Lebanese troops, killing 15 people, nine of them
soldiers. No one claims responsibility for the attack, but in 2007, the
army fought an al-Qaeda linked Islamist group in Tripoli.
- 2008 (August): At least 43 people are killed when a suicide
bomber drives an explosives-laden car into a police academy in Issers, a
town in northern Algeria.
- 2008 (August): Two car bombs explode at a military command
and a hotel in Bouira, killing a dozen people. No group takes
responsibility for either attack, Algerian officials said they suspect
al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb is behind the bombings.
- 2008 (September): In its first acknowledged ground attack
inside Pakistan, U.S. commandos raid a village that is home to al-Qaeda
militants in the tribal region near the border with Afghanistan. The
number of casualties is unclear.
- 2008 (September): A car bomb and a rocket strike the U.S.
embassy in Yemen as staff arrived to work, killing 16 people, including
4 civilians. At least 25 suspected al-Qaeda militants are arrested for
the attack.
- 2008 (November): at least 28 people die and over 60 more are
injured when three bombs explode minutes apart in Baghdad, Iraq.
Officials suspect the explosions are linked to al-Qaeda.
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