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First terrorist attack against US forces
2 bombs were detonated in Aden Yemen killing 2. Almost simultaneously, another group of al-Qaida operatives are caught at Aden airport, Yemen, as they prepare to launch rockets at U.S. military planes. U.S. troops quickly leave Aden. -
The first World Trade Center attack and the first terrorist attack on America
A bomb is driven into an underground garage at the trade center and detonated, killing six and wounding 1,500. -
Battle results in 18 American soldiers deaths
In a battle for the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, a unit of U.S. special operations forces gets pinned down after two U.S. helicopters are shot out of the sky. Eighteen Americans die, killed by Somalis reportedly trained by al-Qaida. -
group of Islamic militants hijack a delivery truck and load it with explosives but fail to reach target.
Led by Ramzi Yousef, a group of Islamic militants kill a delivery truck driver then hijak the truck in downtown Bangkok. They load a one-ton bomb on board. Their target: the Israeli embassy. But the truck has an accident and the hijacker abandons it, leading to the discovery of the bomb and driver’s body. Several of the plotters are arrested, but Yousef escapes again. -
Ramzi Yousef blows up the Shrine of Reza, the great grandson of Mohammed and a Shiite saint, in Mashad, Iran, killing 26 pilgrams
Ramzi Yousef, working with the People’s Mujahedin of Iran, blows up the Shrine of Reza, the great grandson of Mohammed and a Shiite saint, in Mashad, Iran. The explosion took out the entire wall of the mausoleum, killing 26 pilgrims, mostly women. At the time, Yousef was motivated as much by hatred of Shiite Muslims as by hatred of America. Also involved in the plot were his father and brother. -
operatives carried out bombing killing over 200 people and injuring more than 5000 others
In August 1998, Al-Qaeda operatives carried out the bombings of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing more than 200 people and injuring more than 5,000 others.[9] -
Al Qaeda bombed U.S warship "USS Cole"
al-Qaeda succeeded in bombing a U.S. warship in October 2000 with the USS Cole bombing. It came after failing to bomb USS "The Sullivans" ship. -
World Trade Center attack. More commonly known as 9 11
The most famous Al Qaeda attack of all. Planes were hijaked and and crashed destroying the world trade center and damaginf the pentagon. It killed 3000 people and did heaps of damage. It was a huge shock for all of America, and even other places around the world. Osama bin Laden took full credit for the attacks. -
The deadliest act of terrorism in Indonesian history.
The 2002 Bali bombings occurred on 12 October 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. The attack was the deadliest act of terrorism in the history of Indonesia, killing 202 people, (including 88 Australians, and 38 Indonesian citizens).[10] A further 240 people were injured. -
4 truck bomb attacks killing 57, wounding 700
The 2003 Istanbul bombings were four truck bomb attacks in Istanbul, Turkey, leaving 57 people dead, and 700 wounded. Several men have been convicted for their involvement. -
The Ashura massacre was a series of planned attacks.
It killed at least 178 and injured at least 500. The bombings brought one of the deadliest days in the Iraq occupation after the Iraq War to topple Saddam Hussein. -
London bombings
Four members of Al-Qaeda, three of British Pakistani descent and one of British Jamaican descent attacked Londons public transport. 3 bombs were detonated on the London Underground and one on a double decker bus. 56 people died during the attacks (including 4 terrorists) and around 700 were injured. -
Suicide bombers kill 60 in Amman Hotel
Suicide bombers merged into a wedding crowd in Hayatt Amman Hotel, with two other hotels targeted in the same night leaving 60 people dead and hundreds injured. -
Baghdad market bombing
Baghdad market bombing was the detonation of a large truck bomb in a busy market in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. The suicide attack killed at least 135 people and injured 339 others. Baghdad were going to face many more bombings in the next 3 years. -
Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the bombing of the Danish embassy in Pakistan
A car bomb killed six people and injuring several. Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, a high-ranking member of Al-Qaeda, issued a statement after the bombing, claiming that the attack was a response to the 2005 publication of the Muhammed Cartoons. -
Al Qaeda leader Osama bi Laden announced dead
Barack Obama announced on the 1st of May that Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden is dead. It is said he is born March 10, 1957 meaning he died the age of 54.