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Bombing at La Guardia Airport
A bomb was set off at the La Guardia Airport in New York City. The explosion killed 11 and injured 24. There were several suspects, but no one was ever charged. -
U.S. Embassy Seized by Radical Iranian Students
Iranian students seized the U.S. embassy, taking 66 hostages, and later releasing 14. The other 52 were held for 444 days under Reagan's presidency. -
Bomb Set Off in the Statue of Liberty
Croatian Freedom Fighters placed a bomb in the Statue of Liberty's Museum Story room. Thankfully, no one was on the island when the bomb detonated. -
U.S. Embassy Bombing in Beirut
A suicide bomber drove a truck into the U.S. embassy in Lebanon, killing 63. Seventeen of those killed were Americans, eight of them CIA employees. -
U.S> Embassy Bombed in Kuwait
In the series of bombing attacks directed at the American Embassy and French embassy as well as the control tower at the airport, the country's main oil refinery, and a residential area for employees of the American, six people were killed and more than 80 were injured. 17 people were arrested and convicted, known as the "17 Kuwait," which became the bargaining interest for future terrorism. -
CIA Station Chief William Buckley Kidnapped
Buckley becomes the 4th person of 30 Westerners over the 10-year long Lebanese hostage taking crisis to be kidnapped by militant Islamic extremists in Lebanon from 1982-1992. As a result of his death and other kidnappings, the Iran-Contra Affair of Reagan's presidency began. -
Hijacking of Kuwait Airways- Flight 221
This event was in response to the 17 persons convicted of the U.S. Embassy Bombing of Kuwait, hijacking the plane and demanding for the release of the "Kuwait 17." However, the demand wasn't met and the hijackers killed two American officials from the International Development Agency. This uprising was suppressed by Iranian security forces. -
Borobudur Temple Bombing
Nine bombs were detonated in the Buddhist Temple of Borobudhur in Indonesia. No one was injured, and Husein Ali Al Habsyi was sentenced to life in prison in 1991 for coordinating the attacks. -
TWA Flight 847 Hijacked
Flight 847 was traveling form Athens to Rome when hijackers took over the plane and demanded to know the people onboard with "Jewish-sounding names." The Lebanese hijackers were armed with grenades and a 9-mm. handgun. Many people were held hostage, and most were released within a few hours. Others were held for 17 days. -
Explosion at the World Trade Center
A member of Al-Qaeda set off a truck bomb in the basement of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. The explosion destroyed six floors underground. More than 1,000 were injured and six were killed. -
Truck Bombs Explode Near Several U.S. Embassies
Truck bombs exploded near two U.S. embassies (one in Nairobi, Kenya and the other in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) killing 244 people and injuring 4,500. -
Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103
Event in which the flight, from London to New York, exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all on board (259) and 11 on the ground. According to the State Department, it was "an action authorized by the Libyan government." -
Ugandan Rebel Attack
A pipe bomb inside a bar exploded, killed five, and injured thirty-five others. -
Terrorist Attack on Twin Towers
A series of attacks coordinated by the Al-Qaeda on the United States in New York, in which they flew two planes into the Twin Towers. They killed thousands both onboard the planes and inside the buildings, another plane was subdued by its passengers before it reached its destination, crashing into a field in Pennsylvania. -
Claimed Member of Al-Qaeda Fires at U.S. Soldiers in Little Rock, Arkansas
Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, a supposed member of Al-Qaeda, shot and killed army Pvt. William Andrew Long, and injured another, Pvt. Quinton Ezeagwula, at a military recruiting station. He had been on the FBI's radar after being arrested in Yemen. -
Major Nidal Malik Hasan Conspires with Al-Qaeda Terrorist and Attacks Fort Hood
In Fort Hood, Texas, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who was in contact with al-Qaeda terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki prior to the attack, opened fire, murdering 14 people and shouting "Allahu Akbar!" After sentenced to death, Hasan requested to join ISIS. In response, Obama referred to the incident as "workplace violence" for six years. -
Boston Marathon Bombing
Tamerlan and Dhozkar Tsarnaev laid and detonated two bombs within bookbags at the edges of the Boston Marathon race in Massachusetts. Killing three and injuring over 269, the Tsarnaev brothers later murdered Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer Sean Collier. They were involved in online jihadist propaganda and had mosque ties to Al-Qaeda. -
ISIS Kidnaps More Than 140 Kurdish Schoolboys
ISIS kidnapped 140+ young boys and forced them to take lessons in radical Islamic theology. -
ISIS Assumes Control of Syria's Largest Oilfield and Seized a Gas Field, Kills Dozens
ISIS took control of Syria's largest oil field. They later posted a video claiming there was no resistance whatsoever when they took control. -
Self-Indoctrinated Terrorist Injures Two Police Officer
Zale Thompson, self-radicalized in ISIS, Al-Qaesa, and Al-Shabab, injures two police officers with a hatchet before being subdued by other cops. He was a lone-wolf attacker but working for the ideas of his groups. -
Two Men With Connections to ISIS Open Fire In Art Exhibit
In Garland, Texas, two men Elton Simpson, who had declared open loyalty to ISIS, and Nadir Soofi opened fire in an art exhibit. After they were killed by police, questions of intents continued to be raised while ISIS leaders praised them for their courage and loyalty. -
Attacks in Paris
Multiple attacks, including a shooting in a Paris restaurant, a series of explosions, and a hostage situation occurred on a busy Friday night in the city. All of these events left 129 people dead and many more injured. -
San Bernardino Attacks
Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, a couple who had radicalized in their views of Islamic beliefs, killed 14 and wounded 22 in an act of planned terrorism. Their plans went unnoticed and were a surprise to all family, friends, and neighbors as well as the U.S. itself. -
Turkish Tourist Spot Bombed
An ISIS suicide bomber set off an explosion which occurred in central Istanbul at a popular tourist spot. In the bombing, 10 were killed and 15 more were injured. -
Bombs Were Detonated at an Airport in Brussels
In 2016, a series of bombs were set off in the airport in Brussels, Belgium. In the explosions, 31 people were killed and at least 200 were injured. An hour later, another explosion occurred at the Maelbeek metro station. -
Orlando Gay Club Shooting
Omar Mateen, an American born man whom had pledged alliance to ISIS, gunned down 49 people. This is now known as the deadliest mass shooting in American history. Mateen had been interviewed by the FBI but considered not a problem. -
Threats Against Jewish Oranizations and Schools
Several Jewish schools across the U.S. received threats of anti-semitic sentiment and bombings. This threat process continues to this day. -
Westminister Bridge ISIS Attack
Attacker Khalid Masood killed four pedestrians as he swerved through the public streets, wounding another 50. Once he crashed into the railings of the Parliament Yard, he burst through the gates and fatally stabbed unarmed Pc Keith Palmer, after which he was killed. -
ISIS Murders One Policeman on the Champs Elysses, Two Others Injured
Gunman Karim Cheurfi, 39, shot one policeman and wounded two citizens on the Champs Elysses. He was shot at the scene. Cheurfi has served fifteen years in prison for three attempted murders, prior to this one. -
Paris Terrorist Attacks
The were an unknown amount of attackers at serveral locations in approximately the same vecinity of Paris, each group coordinated a different series of attacks than the other. Throughout the course of the event in France, at least 130 were killed and hundreds wounded.