-
The Unabomber
The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski sent his first homemade bomb to the Univ. of Illinois at Chicago. He would go one to send more bombs, thankfully he would only go one to kill 3 people. The toll could have been higher. Fun Fact: The unabomber was a Ph.D by 25. https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2008/april/unabomber_042408 -
Hostages taken at U.S. Embassy
63 U.S. Embassy workers and 3 CIA operatives taken hostage. for 444 days. There was a failed rescue mission.
http://www.history.com/topics/iran-hostage-crisis -
U.S. Embassy Bombed in Beirut
A sucide boomber with a pickup loaded with explosives killed 17 Americans. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/target/etc/cron.html -
Bombing of Marine Barracks in Beirut
A sucide bomber with a truck full of explosives detonated at a U.S. Marine barracks. 241 U.S. Marines were killed http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/13/world/meast/beirut-marine-barracks-bombing-fast-facts/ -
Bombing of U.S. Embassy in Kuwait
Suicide truck bomb killed 6. There was also an attack on the French embassy in Kuwait http://www.ibtimes.com/us-embassy-attacks-and-bombings-recent-history-782665 -
Bombing of World Trade Center
6 killed, first U.S. Homeland attack done by al-Qaeda member https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2008/february/tradebom_022608 -
Oklahoma City Bombing
168 were killed, 19 Childern. Timothy McVeigh did this attack in hopes of starting a revolution https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/famous-cases/oklahoma-city-bombin -
USS Cole Bombing
A boat with a bomb on it was used as to punch a whole in the side of the USS Cole. 17 Americans were killed.
Al-Qaeda was help resposible https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/famous-cases/uss-cole