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British Government List of Terror Attacks
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LONDON (AP) - Britain’s government has compiled a list of significant terrorist attacks since 1993 that it blames on al-Qaida or other groups linked to Osama bin Laden’s terror network.​

  • Feb. 26, 1993, New York: World Trade Center bombing by Ramzi Youssef; six killed, more than 1,000 injured.
  • Dec. 11, 1994, Philippines: Bomb explodes on a Philippines Airlines flight; one killed, 10 injured.
  • 1995, France: Four month bombing campaign in Paris and Lyon, including attacks on the Paris Metro, the Arc de Triomphe and a Jewish school.
  • Nov. 13, 1995, Saudi Arabia: Car bombs explode at military compound in Riyadh.
  • Sept. 18, 1997, Egypt: Gunmen attack tourist bus in Cairo; 10 killed.
  • Nov. 17, 1997, Egypt: Gunmen attack tourists in Luxor; about 70 killed.
  • Aug. 7, 1998, Kenya and Tanzania: Truck bomb attacks against U.S. embassies; more than 200 killed, thousand injured.
  • Oct. 12, 2000, Yemen: Bomb attack on U.S.S. Cole; 17 U.S. soldiers killed, 39 injured.
  • Sept. 11, 2001, New York and Washington: Hijacked planes crash into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon; a fourth plane crashes into a field in Pittsburgh; nearly 3,000 killed.
  • April 11, 2002, Tunisia: Bomb attack of synagogue on resort island of Djerba; 21 killed.
  • May 8, 2002, Pakistan: Bomb attack on bus carrying French engineers in Karachi.
  • June 14, 2002, Pakistan: Truck bomb attack against the U.S. consulate in Karachi; 12 killed, 51 injured.
  • Oct. 6, 2002, Yemen: Bomb attack against French oil tanker MV Limburg; one killed.
  • Oct. 12, 2002, Indonesia: Bomb attacks against U.S. Consulate in Jakarta and two Bali nightclubs; 202 killed.
  • Oct. 28, 2002, Jordan: U.S. diplomat Laurence Foley assassinated in Amman.
  • Nov. 28 2002, Kenya: Attack on an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa; 12 killed.
  • May 12, 2003, Saudi Arabia: Attacks at expatriate compounds in Riyadh; more than 30 killed.
  • May 16, 2003, Morocco: Multiple suicide bombings in Casablanca; about 45 killed, 100 injured.
  • Aug. 5, 2003, Indonesia: Bomb attack against Marriott Hotel in Jakarta; 12 killed, 100 injured.
  • Nov. 8, 2003, Saudi Arabia: Bomb attack against expatriate compound in Riyadh; 17 killed, 80 injured.
  • Nov. 15 & 20, 2003, Turkey: Bomb attacks at Jewish synagogues, bank and British Consulate in Istanbul; more than 60 killed.
  • Jan. 14, 2004, Pakistan: Bomb attacks close to the Bible Center in Karachi target Pakistani Police.
  • March 11, 2004, Spain: Bomb attacks against four trains in Madrid kill 191. Terrorists blow themselves up when confronted by police.
  • May 1, 2004, Saudi Arabia: An attack on expatriate oil workers in Yanbu kills 7.
  • May-September 2004, Saudi Arabia: Eight foreign nationals assassinated.
  • May 26, 2004, Pakistan: Bomb attacks near U.S. Cultural Center in Karachi target Pakistani Police.
  • May 29, 2004, Saudi Arabia: Armed assaults on commercial and western targets in al Dammam and al Khobar kill 24, injure 25.
  • June 10, 2004, Pakistan: Karachi assassination attempt against Commander Lt. Gen. Azmat Hayat Khan.
  • July 30, 2004, Uzbekistan: Three explosions outside the U.S. and Israeli Embassies and the Uzbek Prosecutor’s Office in Tashkent.
  • July 30, 2004, Pakistan: Assassination attempt in Rawalpindi against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.
  • May 30, 2005, Saudi Arabia: Four attacks target oil companies and a compound in Al Khobbar.
  • Sep. 9, 2004, Indonesia: A vehicle bomb explodes outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, nine killed, 100 injured.
  • Oct. 8, 2004, Egypt: Explosions at the Hilton Hotel in Taba and at two campsites in the Sinai area kill more than 30.
  • Oct. 28, 2004, Pakistan: Explosion at Islamabad Marriott Hotel injures seven.
  • Nov. 2, 2004, Netherlands: Islamic extremist murders controversial filmmaker Theo Van Gogh.
  • Dec. 6, 2004, Saudi Arabia: Armed assault on U.S. consulate in Jiddah injures 5.
  • March 19, 2005, Qatar: Vehicle bomb attack outside the Doha Players’ Theater, one killed, 12 injured.
  • April 7, 2005, Egypt: Attack near Cairo tourist bazaar kills three, injures 18.
  • April 30, 2005, Egypt: Shooting attack on Cairo tourist bus injures eight.
  • July 7, 2005, London: Four explosions in subway trains and a bus kill at least 52 and injure 700.
Source: British government.
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The purpose of the presentation is to graphically demonstrate al Qaeda’s ability to conduct mass casualty assaults on a global scale. This presentation by no means documents every single al Qaeda attack. For example, the murders of journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan and USAID executive Lawrence Foley in Jordan were excluded, as have smaller impact suicide attacks and beheadings by al Qaeda in Iraq and elsewhere. al Qaeda’s butchery in Iraq can fill a presentation of its own. Also, planned or foiled chemical attacks against Jordan, France and England, the assassination attempts on President Musharraf of Pakistan and numerous other incidents throughout the world have not been documented.

The facts presented speak for themselves.

**There have been 30 major mass casualty attacks directed against the United States, Britain, France, Spain, Pakistan, Kenya, Tanzania, India, Iraq, Morocco, Yemen, Tunisia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and North Osetia. 14 of the 30 attacks were conducted prior to the invasion of Iraq, making claims of the occupation of Iraq as a casus belli for al Qaeda’s terrorism to be disingenuous at best. 4,895 people have been killed in these attacks, and 12,345 plus have been wounded. The majority of the countries attacked are Muslim countries. And although not stated, the vast majority of the victims of al Qaeda’s violence are Muslims. **

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And I was ridiculed on another thread when I called this a world war.
 
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