Nearly every
continent of the world has lost many innocent lives to al-queda bombings and
suicide attacks since 1992.
1992“ Yemen Bomb Blast: One December
29, 1992 the first attack by al-qaeda was carried out in Aden, Yemen when a bombomb went off at the Gold mohur
hotel, where us troops had been staying en-route to Somalia, though the troops had already left
when the bomb exploded. The bombers targeted a second hotel, the Adeu Movenpick, where they believed American troops might also be staying. That bomb detonated
prematurely in the hotel car park,
around the same time as the other bomb explosions killing two Australian tourists.
Biuladin later claimed responsibility for that bombing.
1993: World
Trade Center Car Park Explosion: A
bomb exploded in the car park of
the world trade center in New
york, killing six people and injuring
may more. Some observers claimed that
al-Qaeda offered money to Ramzi Yousef, the terrorist responsible for the attack.
March
1993: Bombay bombings: the 1993 bombay bombings were a series of 13 bomb
explosions that took place in Bombay. Now mumbai, maharastra. India, on
march 12, 1993.
the co-ordinated attacks were the most destructive bomb explosions in
Indian history. The single-day
attacks resulted in up to
250 fatalities and 700 injuries
1994 bojinka:
Philippine airlines flight
434: Ramizi yousef and Khalid Sheikh
Mohammed planned operation bojinka,
to destroy airplanes in mid-air
flight, using explosives. They tested
their attacks in November 1994, on the Philippine airlines flight 434,
which also invomved. Abu, sayyaf,
a sayyaf. A south –east asia affilate of al-qaeda. An apartment fire in manila, Philippines exposed the plan before
it could be carried out. Yousef was arrested, but Mohammed avaded capture until 2003.
August
1994: American embassies in Kenya
and Tanzania: the bombing of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania,
which claimed 220 lives, were blamed on al-Qaeda. The US launched air strikes against suspected
Al-Qaeda bases in Afghanistan and bin
laden was later indicted for the atrocities in a US court.
May 1996: Bin laden returned to Afghanistan from Sudan
amid claims that international pressure
forced the African country to expel him. He set up
bases deep in the Afghan mountains
where it is impossible for the
government to monitor him.
June 1996: al-qaeda is among the terrorist organizations blamed for the bombing of
American military bases in Saudi Arabia, which killed 19 US
citizens
September 1996
: bin ladan declared the start of a
guerrilla war to purge the middle east
of all American forces and other infidels’
February 1988:
A group calling itself the “world Islamic front for jihad against Jewss
and crusaders, “ lead by bin laden. Issued a fatwa, saying every muslim was
obliged to kill Americans wherever in the world it was possible to do so
1998: US embassy bombings: in august 1998, al-aaeda operatives bombed US
embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar essalaam.
Tanzania, Killing more than 200 people and injuring more than 5,000
others.
October 2000: A suicide bomb attack on the USS Cole,
an American warship, off the cost of Yemen. Caused the deaths of 17 people.
Al-Qaeda later claimed responsibility.
September 2001: Four aeroplanes were hijacked by men
believed to be working for al-Qaeda. Two were flown into the World Trade Centre
in New York, and one hit the pentagon in Washington, while the fourth was
brought down in a field in Pensylvania. Three thousand people were killed in
the attackes, the worst ever on American soil. The most destructive act
ascribed to al-Qaeda. Osama bin Laden also claimed responsibility for the
attacks day before the 2004 presidential Election.
October 2001:
American retaliated the 9/11 al-qaeda attacks by beginning a war with
Afghanistan, where the ruling Taliban was accused of sheltering bi Laden.
October 2001: Richard Reid, later dubbed the “ shoe
bomber,” was arrested on a flight from paris to Miami after trying to blow up the
plane mid-flight with explosives concealed in his shoes. In court, the Briton
declared his loyal to bin Laden.
October 2012: An Bali Bombings: The 2002 Bali
bombing occurred on October 12, 2002, in the tourist district of Kuta on the
Indonesia island of Bali. The attack was the deadliest act of terrorism
district in the history of Indonesia. Killing 202 people, including 88
Australians, and 38 Indonesian citizens. A further 240 people were injured.
August
2003: An explosion occurred at the UN Headquarters in Baghdad, killing 22
people. The group responsible, Tawhid wa al-Jihad, later announced that it has
merged with al-qaeda.
November 2003: Istanbul
attacks: four truck bomb attacks were carried out in Istanbul, Turkey, on
November 15, and November 20, 2003 which left 57 people dead, and 700 wounded.
Several men have been convicted for their involvement.
December 2003: Al-Qaeda and related groups were blamed
for attacks on the British consulate,
an HSBC office and several synagogues in Istanbul,
Turkey.
February 27, 2004: The Superferry14 bombing, was an
Islamic terrorist attack. It resulted in the sinking of SuperFerry 14 a ferry
and the deaths of 116 people in the Philippines.
March 2004: police made a number of arrests as part of
Operation Crevice, after reports were received that Pakistani terrorist were
operating in South England. Five men were later found guilty of plotting blow
up a shopping center and a night club with fertilizer bombs.
March 11. 2004: Madrid Train Bombings
It
was widely believed that al-Qaeda was responsible for the bombing of the Madrid
commuter train system. 911 days after the 911 attacks. However, the grown did
not claim responsibility for this attack.
May 2004: Khobar Massacre: Al-Qaeda is believed to
have been responsible for the 2004 Khobar massacre, carried out on May 29,
2004.
August 2004 : Dhiren Barot, a British Muslim, was
arrested and accused of plotting series of co-ordinated terrorist attacks in
British and elsewhere, including one which was to involve a radioactive” dirty
bomb.” He became the first Muslim accused of plotting exposions in Britain to
plead guilty.
July 2005: Bomb attack, on three trains and a double
decker bus in London on July 7, claimed 52 lives, injuring 700 more. The four
young men who carried out the bomb attacks were from groups thought to have
been linked to al-Qaeda.
Weeks late, on July 2, a similar plot was foiled when
exploisives in rucksacks carried on to
underground trains and buses by four men failed to detonate.
July 23, 2005: Sharm el-Sheikh Attacks: The 2005 Sharm
el-Sheik attacks were a series of terror attacks on July 23, 2005, targeting
the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, located on the southern tip of the
Sinai Peninsula.
September 2005: Imad Yakas, a Syrian, was conviced of
running an al-Qaeda network in Spain which helped to facilitate the 9/11
attacks. Seventeen men were arrested for terror crimes.
November 9, 2005: Amman Hotel Bombing: Suicide bombers
gate-crashed a wedding crown in Hayatt Amman unjured.
August 2006: British police made a series of arrests
to prevent the planned bombing of at least seven tran-Atlantic airliners
destined for cities across the US Canada. Eight men were given life sentence.
July 11, 2006: Mumbai Train Bombings: The Mumbai train
bombing were a series of seven bomb blasts that took place over a period of 11
minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai, capital city of the India state of
Maharashtra and the nations financial capital. The bombs were set off in
pressure cookers on trains plying the western line of the Suburban Mumbai
police, the bombings were carried out by Lashkar-e-Toiba and students Islamic
Movement of India.
April 2007: Algiers Bombing: Al-Qaeda organization in
the Islamic Maghred claimed responsibility for the April 11. 2007 Algiers
bombings. Two bombs exploded within a short time of each other, one at the
prime minister’s office and the, other at a police station. The blasts killed
33 people. It was the first time a bombing had occurred in the capital in more
than a June 2008: Al-Qaeda responsibility for a car bombing at the Danish
embassy in Pakistan, in which six people died. The attacks were a response to a
Danish newspaper’s decision to publish a cartoon depicting prophet Mohammed
with a bomb in his turban.
Danish embassy Bombings: Al-Qaeda claimed
responsibility for the bombing of the Danish embassy in Pakistan on June 2,
2008. 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.
June 2009: Little Rock Office Shooting: On June 1,
2009 a Muslim convert, Abulhakim Mujahid Muhammed. Opened fire in a shooting at
a United States Military recruiting office in Little Rock, Arkansas, killing
one US soldier and wounding another. Though law enforcement authorities
concluded ”there doesn’t appear to be a wider conspiracy or at this point in
time, any indication that he’s a part of a larger group or a conspiracy.” He
later confessed that he had conducted a “ Jihad attack” as part of al-Qaeda.
December 2009: Northwest Airlines Flight 253: Umar
Farouk Abdulmutallab, a young Nigerian, had on December 25, 2009. tried to
denote a bomb device aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 as the plane prepared
a descent into Detroit, Michigan. That same day, al-Qaeda in the Arabian
Peninsula claimed responsibility for the attack.
October 2010: Cargo Plane Bomb Plo: On October 29,
2010 two packages, each containing a bomb considering of 300 to 400 grames of
plastic explosives and a detonating mechanism. Were found on separate cargo
planes. The bombs were discovered as a result of intelligence received from
Saudi Arabia’s security chief. They were from Yemen and were being taken to the
United States. One week later, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, AQAP, Qaeda
and Afghanistan.