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Terrorist Acts of or Inspired by al-Qaeda Major Terrorist Acts embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, killed 9. killing 30 people in Iraq's Diyala Province. •2008 (April): A suicide car bomber kills 40 •2004 (Dec.): Terrorists entered the U.S. Suspected of or Inspired Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing 9 people in Baquba, the capital of Diyala by al-Qaeda (including 4 attackers). Province in Iraq. •2008 (April): Thirty-five people die and 62 are •2005 (July): Bombs exploded on 3 trains and a bus in London, England, killing 52. injured when a woman detonates explosives that The following list includes the date, target of •2005 (Oct.): 22 killed by 3 suicide bombs in she was carrying under her dress in a busy attacks, and casualties of significant attacks by Bali, Indonesia. shopping district in Iraq’s Diyala Province. the terrorist goup al-Qaeda. •2005 (Nov.): 57 killed at 3 American hotels in •2008 (May): At least 12 worshipers are killed •1993 (Feb.): Bombing of World Trade Center Amman, Jordan. and 44 more injured when a bomb explodes in (WTC); 6 killed. •2006 (Jan.): Two suicide bombers carrying the Bin Salman mosque near Sana, Yemen. •1993 (Oct.): Killing of U.S. soldiers in police badges blow themselves up near a •2008 (May): An al-Qaeda suicide bomber Somalia. celebration at the Police Academy in Baghdad, detonates explosives in Hit, a city in the Anbar •1996 (June): Truck bombing at Khobar Towers killing nearly 20 police officers. Al-Qaeda in Province of Iraq, killing six policemen and four barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killed 19 Iraq takes responsibility. civilians, and injuring 12 other people. Americans. •2006 (Aug.): Police arrest 24 British-born •2008 (June): A car bomb explodes outside the •1998 (Aug.): Bombing of U.S. embassies in Muslims, most of whom have ties to Pakistan, Danish Embassy in Pakistan, killing six people Kenya and Tanzania; 224 killed, including 12 who had allegedly plotted to blow up as many and injuring dozens. Al-Qaeda claims Americans. as 10 planes using liquid explosives. Officials responsibility, saying the attack was retaliation •1999 (Dec.): Plot to bomb millennium say details of the plan were similar to other for the 2006 publication of political cartoons in celebrations in Seattle foiled when customs schemes devised by al-Qaeda. the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten that agents arrest an Algerian smuggling explosives •2007 (April): Suicide bombers attack a depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad. into the U.S. government building in Algeria's capital, •2008 (June): A female suicide bomber kills 15 •2000 (Oct.): Bombing of the USS Cole in port Algiers, killing 35 and wounding hundreds and wounds 40 others, including seven Iraqi in Yemen; 17 U.S. sailors killed. more. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claims policemen, near a courthouse in Baquba, Iraq. •2001 (Sept.): Destruction of WTC; attack on responsibility. •2008 (June): A suicide bomber kills at least 20 Pentagon. Total dead 2,992. •2007 (April): Eight people, including two Iraqi people at a meeting between sheiks and •2001 (Dec.): Man tried to denote shoe bomb legislators, die when a suicide bomber strikes Americans in Karmah, a town west of Baghdad. on flight from Paris to Miami. inside the Parliament building in Baghdad. An •2008 (Aug.): About two dozens worshippers •2002 (April): Explosion at historic synagogue organization that includes al-Qaeda in are killed in three separate attacks as they make in Tunisia left 21 dead, including 11 German Mesopotamia claims responsibility. In another their way toward Karbala to celebrate the tourists. attack, the Sarafiya Bridge that spans the Tigris birthday of 9th-century imam Muhammad al- •2002 (May): Car exploded outside hotel in River is destroyed. Mahdi. Iraqi officials blame al-Qaeda in Iraq for Karachi, Pakistan, killing 14, including 11 •2007 (June): British police find car bombs in the attacks. French citizens. two vehicles in London. The attackers •2008 (Aug.): A bomb left on the street •2002 (June): Bomb exploded outside reportedly tried to detonate the bombs using cell explodes and tears through a bus carrying American consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, phones but failed. Government officials say al- Lebanese troops, killing 15 people, nine of them killing 12. Qaeda is linked to the attempted attack. The soldiers. No one claims responsibility for the •2002 (Oct.): Boat crashed into oil tanker off following day, an SUV carrying bombs bursts attack, but in 2007, the army fought an al-Qaeda Yemen coast, killing 1. into flames after it slams into an entrance to linked Islamist group in Tripoli. •2002 (Oct.): Nightclub bombings in Bali, Glasgow Airport. Officials say the attacks are •2008 (Aug.): At least 43 people are killed Indonesia, killed 202, mostly Australian connected. when a suicide bomber drives an explosives- citizens. •2007 (Dec.): As many as 60 people are killed laden car into a police academy in Issers, a town •2002 (Nov.): Suicide attack on a hotel in in two suicide attacks near United Nations in northern Algeria. Mombasa, Kenya, killed 16. offices and government buildings in Algiers, •2008 (Aug.): Two car bombs explode at a •2003 (May): Suicide bombers killed 34, Algeria. The bombings occur within minutes of military command and a hotel in Bouira, killing including 8 Americans, at housing compounds each other. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, a dozen people. No group takes responsibility for Westerners in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. formerly called the Salafist Group for for either attack, Algerian officials said they •2003 (May): 4 bombs killed 33 people Preaching, claims responsibility. It's the worst suspect al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb is targeting Jewish, Spanish, and Belgian sites in attack in the Algeria in more than 10 years. behind the bombings. Casablanca, Morocco. •2007 (Dec.): Benazir Bhutto, former Pakistani •2008 (Sept.): In its first acknowledged ground •2003 (Aug.): Suicide car-bomb killed 12, prime minister, is assassinated in a suicide attack inside Pakistan, U.S. commandos raid a injured 150 at Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, attack on Dec. 27, 2007, at a campaign rally in village that is home to al-Qaeda militants in the Indonesia. Rawalpindi, Pakistan. President Pervez tribal region near the border with Afghanistan. •2003 (Nov.): Explosions rocked a Riyadh, Musharraf blames al Qaeda for the attack, The number of casualties is unclear. Saudi Arabia, housing compound, killing 17. which kills 23 other people. Baitullah Mehsud, •2008 (Sept.): A car bomb and a rocket strike •2003 (Nov.): Suicide car-bombers a Taliban leader with close ties to al Qaeda is the U.S. embassy in Yemen as staff arrived to simultaneously attacked 2 synagogues in later cited as the assassin. work, killing 16 people, including 4 civilians. Istanbul, Turkey, killing 25 and injuring •2008 (Jan.): In the worst attack in Iraq in At least 25 suspected al-Qaeda militants are hundreds. months, a suicide bomber kills 30 people at a arrested for the attack. •2003 (Nov.): Truck bombs detonated at home where mourners were paying their •2008 (Nov.): at least 28 people die and over 60 London bank and British consulate in Istanbul, respects to the family of a man killed in a car more are injured when three bombs explode Turkey, killing 26. bomb. The Iraqi military blames the attack on minutes apart in Baghdad, Iraq. Officials •2004 (March): 10 bombs on 4 trains exploded al-Qaeda in Iraq. suspect the explosions are linked to al-Qaeda. almost simultaneously during the morning rush •2008 (Feb.): Nearly 100 people die when two •2009 (April): on April 6 in Baghdad, a series of hour in Madrid, Spain, killing 191 and injuring women suicide bombers, who are believed to be six attacks kills 36 people and injure more than more than 1,500. mentally impaired, attack crowded pet markets 100 in Shiite neighborhoods; April 23: at least •2004 (May): Terrorists attacked Saudi oil in eastern Baghdad. The U.S. military says al- 80 people are killed in three separate suicide company offices in Khobar, Saudi Arabia, Qaeda in Iraq has been recruiting female bombings in Baghdad. This is the largest single- killing 22. patients at psychiatric hospitals to become day death toll due to attacks since February •2004 (June): Terrorists kidnapped and suicide bombers. 2008. One of the bombings is reportedly set off executed American Paul Johnson, Jr., in Riyadh, •2008 (April): A suicide bomber attacks the by a female, who was standing among a group Saudi Arabia. funeral for two nephews of a prominent Sunni of women and children receiving food aid. •2004 (Sept.): Car bomb outside the Australian tribal leader, Sheik Kareem Kamil al-Azawi, Continued on Page 20