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1970

* Switzerland February 21: A bomb explodes in the rear of Swissair Flight 330, causing it to crash near Zürich, Switzerland, killing 38 passengers and all nine crew members. The attack was carried out by Palestinian terror group PFLP

* Israel May 8: Avivim school bus massacre by Palestinian PLO members, killing nine children, three adults and crippling 19.

* Jordan September 6: Coordinated hijacking of four airliners. One hijacking is foiled in midair and two planes are diverted to Jordan’s Dawson Field. Nicaraguan hijacker Sandinista Patrick Arguello was killed and all passengers were freed after negotiated release of captured hijacker Leila Khaled and three PFLP prisoners. The following day a fifth aircraft was also hijacked. See Dawson's Field hijackings, Black September in Jordan.

* Canada October 5 – 17: October Crisis (Quebec): FLQ murder of Pierre Laporte, kidnapping of James Cross.

1972

Four PLO terrorists hijacked a Sabena airliner carrying 99 passengers and ten crew members on route from Brussels to Tel Aviv. In a mission titled "Operation Isotope", 16 members of Sayeret Matkal posed as refueling and technical personnel and stormed the plane, killing the terrorists and releasing the passengers.

# March 1: Black September takes ten hostages (five of them diplomats) at the Saudi Arabian embassy in Khartoum, Sudan. Three western diplomats are killed.

# Union of Soviet Socialist Republics September 1: A man blows himself up inside Lenin Mausoleum on Moscow's Red Square. Two women standing next to him also died.

1973

# September 28: Chopin-Express: Two Arab terrorists hijack the Chopin-Express from Moscow to Vienna at the East-West border in Marchegg. The train is often used by Jewish exilants from the USSR. The terrorists demand the closure of an Austrian transit camp for Jews on their way to Israel. Chancellor Kreisky (Jewish himself) complies and allows the terrorists to evade to Libya.

# Italy December 17: Pan Am Flight 110: 30 passengers were killed when phosphorus bombs are thrown aboard the aircraft as it prepares for departure.

1974

# April 11: Kiryat Shmona massacre at an apartment building by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine members, killing 18 people, nine of whom were children.

# Israel May 15: Ma'alot massacre at the Ma'alot High School in Northern Israel by Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine members: 26 of the hostages were killed, 66 wounded.

March 5: In the Savoy Operation PLO gunmen from Lebanon take dozens of hostages at the Tel Aviv Savoy Hotel eventually killing eight hostages and three IDF soldiers, and wounding eleven hostages.

1976

February 3: Somali Coast Liberation Front hijack a school bus in Djibouti, killing one girl.

June 26–July 4: Hijacking of Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Paris) by Palestinian PFLP and German Revolutionäre Zellen; see Operation Entebbe: four hostages, one Sayeret Matkal soldier and 45 Ugandian soldiers killed.

1978

Members of the Arab Revolutionary Council poison Israeli oranges with mercury, injuring at least twelve people and reducing exports by 40 percent.

March 11: Coastal Road massacre: Fatah gunmen killed several tourists and hijack a bus near Haifa; 37 Israelis on the bus are killed.

1979

# 2 November: Sunni militant group of 1,300 to 1,500 men seized the Grand Mosque in Mecca Saudi Arabia.

# Iran November 4: Iran hostage crisis, a 444-day standoff during which student proxies of the new Iranian regime held hostage 66 diplomats and citizens of the United States inside the U.S. embassy in Tehran.

1980

27 July: A member of the Abu Nidal Organization carried out a grenade attack on a group of Jews waiting for a bus in Antwerp, Belgium, killing a child and wounding twenty others. Said Al Nasr will be convicted for this act.

October 3: Four congregants were killed and twelve others injured in a bomb attack on the rue Copernic synagogue in Paris, France. Responsibility was claimed by the National European Fascists (FNE), but the police investigation concluded that Palestinian terrorists were involved.

1981

# August 29: Machine gun and grenade attack on the Stadttempel synagogue in Vienna, killing two people and wounding 23. Marwan Hasan and Hesham Mohammed Rajeh were convicted.

# Egypt October 6: Assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat by Islamic Jihad.

# Belgium October 20: Attack on a synagogue in Antwerp, Belgium, killing three and wounding sixty.

1982

August 9: Rue des Rosiers, Paris gunning and bombing of Goldenberg restaurant : six killed and 22 wounded - Fatah - the Revolutionary Council

# August 11: A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, enroute from Tokyo to Honolulu, killing one teenager and injuring 15 passengers.

# Lebanon September 14: Assassination of Lebanese President Bashir Gemayel and twenty-five others in a car explosion at the Kataeb headquarters.

# Belgium September 18: Four people are wounded when a synagogue in Brussels is attacked in a "shoot and run" incident. Guards were taken by surprise and the gunman, believed to be from the Abu Nidal Organization, escaped.

# Italy October 9: Attack with grenades and machine guns on the central synagogue in Rome, Italy. A child dies, ten people are injured.

1983

April 18: U.S. Embassy Bombing in Beirut, Lebanon kills 63.

September 23: Gulf Air Flight 771 is bombed, killing all 117 people on board.

1984

# March 7: three killed and nine injured in the bombing of a civilian bus in Ashdod.

# Israel April 2: 48 people are wounded by a machine gun attack on a crowded shopping mall in Jerusalem.

1985

February 23: Paris Marks & Spencer shop, one bomb, one dead, 18 wounded, attributed to pro-Iranian Lebanese Hezbollah.

# March 9: Paris, Cinema Rivoli, 18 injured, pro-Iranian Lebanese Hezbollah

# Unknown Greece June 14: TWA Flight 847 skyjacking, Terrorists take passengers of an Athens-Rome flight hostage and fly all over the Mediterranian for two weeks.

October 7 – October 10: Achille Lauro cruise ship hijacking by Palestinian Liberation Front, during which passenger Leon Klinghoffer is shot dead.

# November 23: EgyptAir Flight 648 hijacked by Abu Nidal group, flown to Malta, where Egyptian commandos storm plane; 60 are killed by gunfire and explosions.

# France December 7: Paris, Galeries Lafayette and Printemps shops, two bombs, 51 injured, attributed to pro-Iranian Lebanese Hizbollah

1986

# A bomb place on a bus in the West Bank kills one and severely injures three. A Jordanian Mahmoud Mahmoud Atta is arrested, extradited to Israel, convicted, sentenced to life in prison and freed by the Israeli Supreme Court. After the September 11th attacks, he was confused with ringleader Egyptian Mohammed Atta.

# France February 3: Paris, Claridge passage (Champs Élysées) seven injured, another bomb failed to explode in the Eiffel tower, pro-Iranian (Fouad Ali Saleh group)

# France February 4: Paris, Gibert book shop, seven injured, Fouad Ali Saleh

# France February 5: Paris, FNAC-sports, 15 injured

# France March 17: TGV Paris, nine injured

# France March 20: Paris, Galerie Point-Show bombed, two dead, 21 injured

# Greece April 2: TWA Flight 840 bombed on approach to Athens airport; four passengers (all of them American), including an infant, are killed.

# Germany April 6: the La Belle discotheque in Berlin, a known hangout for U.S. soldiers, was bombed, killing three and injuring 230 people, for which Libya is held responsible. In retaliation, the US bombs Libya in Operation El Dorado Canyon, hitting civilian targets and killing at least 100 people,while trying to kill Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi, who survived the attack.

# September 5: Pan Am Flight 73, an American civilian airliner, is hijacked; 22 people die when plane is stormed in Karachi, Pakistan.

# France September 8: Paris town hall's post office bombed, one dead, 16 injured

# France September 12: Paris La Défense, Casino Supermarket's restaurant bombed, 43 injured

# France September 14: Paris, Pub Renault bombed, two dead, one injured

# France September 15: Paris, police headquarters bombed, one dead, 45 injured

# France September 17: Paris, Rue de Rennes a bomb explodes in the street, seven dead, 54 injured.

# Iraq December 25: Iraqi Airways Flight 163 is hijacked. The pro-Iranian group "Islamic Jihad" claimed responsibility.

1988

December 21: Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland. At the time, it was the worst act of terrorism perpetrated against the United States, and involved the greatest number of peacetime fatalities (270) in the United Kingdom. Just over 12 years after the event, at the conclusion of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial, a Libyan agent, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, was convicted on 270 counts of murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Libya subsequently agreed to pay relatives of the Lockerbie bombing victims $2.7 billion ($10 million each) in compensation.

1989

# July 9: Two bombs explode in Mecca, killing one pilgrim and wounding 16 others.

# Union of Soviet Socialist Republics September 16: A bomb explodes on a bus bound from Tbilisi to Baku, USSR when it passes near Yevlakh,

Azerbaijan, killing five people and wounding 27.

# France September 19: Suitcase-bomb destroys UTA Flight UT-772 en route to Paris, killing all 171 passengers and crew. Lybian intelligence involved.

1990

# :PLF attack in the beaches on Tel Aviv

# Israel:PLO attack on the US embassy

# United StatesNovember 5: Assassination of Meir Kahane head of Israel's Koch party and founder of the American vigilante group the Jewish Defense League in a Manhattan, New York hotel lobby by early elements of Al Queda.

1992

# March 17: Israeli Embassy bombing by "Islamic Jihad" in Buenos Aires, Argentina; 29 killed, 242 injured.

# Canada April 5, 1992 - The Iranian embassy in Ottawa is stormed by members of MEK, an Iraq-supported religious right group.

1993

# January 25: Mir Aimal Kansi, a Pakistani, fires an AK-47 assault rifle into cars waiting at a stoplight in front of the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters, killing two and injuring three others,

# United States February 26: World Trade Center bombing kills six and injures over 1000 people, by coalition of five groups: Jamaat Al-Fuqra'/Gamaat Islamiya/Hamas/Islamic Jihad/National Islamic Front, Ramzi Yousef.

# India March 12: Mumbai car bombings in India leave 257 dead with 1,400 others injured.

1994

# July 18: Bombing of Jewish Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 86 and wounds 300. Generally attributed to Hezbollah acting on behalf of Iran.

# Panama July 19: Alas Chiricanas Flight 00901 is bombed, killing 21. Generally attributed to Hezbollah.

# United Kingdom July 26: Israeli Embassy Attack in London and a Jewish charity are car-bombed, wounding 20. Attributed by Britain, Argentina, and Israel to Hezbollah.

# Philippines December 11: A small bomb explodes on board Philippine Airlines Flight 434, killing a Japanese businessman. Authorities found out that Ramzi Yousef planted the bomb to test it for his planned terrorist attack,

1995

# January 6: Oplan Bojinka plot to bomb eleven U.S. airliners is discovered on a laptop computer in a Manila, Philippines apartment by authorities after an apartment fire occurred in the apartment, by Jemaah Islamiyah/Konsojaya/Abu Sayyaf Group/Ramzi Yousef/Khalid Shaikh Mohammed,

# Pakistan United States March 8: Terrorists in Karachi, Pakistan, armed with automatic rifles, murdered two American consulate employees and wounded a third as they traveled in the consulate shuttle bus.

# May 6: A synagogue is bombed by terrorists in Riga.

# Russia June 14—June 19: Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis, 105 civilians and 25 Russian troops were killed.

# France July—October: Bombings in France by a GIA unit led by Khaled Kelkal kill eight and injure more than 100.

# November 13: Bombing of OPM-SANG building in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia kills seven

# Pakistan November 19: Bombing of Egyptian Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan kills 19.

1996

anuary: In Kizlyar, 350 Chechen militants took 3,000 hostages in a hospital. The attempt to free them kills 65 civilians and soldiers.

# February 25 - March 4: A series of four suicide bombings in Israel leave 60 dead and 284 wounded within ten days.

# Russia June 11: A bomb explodes on a train traveling on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line of the Moscow Metro, killing four people and seriously injuring at least twelve.

June 25: Khobar Towers bombing -- In all, 19 U.S. servicemen and one Saudi were killed and 372 wounded, by Hizballah Al-Hijaz (Saudi Hizballah) with Iranian support

August: Marina Roscha Synagogue in Moscow is bombed shortly after being rebuilt after a fire in 1993.

# January : Wandhama Massacre - 24 Kashmiri Pandits are massacred by Pakistan-backed insurgents in the city of Wandhama in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

# India February 14: 1998 Coimbatore bombings - Bombings by suspected Islamic Jihadi groups on an election rally in Indian city of Coimbatore kill about 60 people.

August 7: U.S. embassy bombings in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya, killing 225 people and injuring more than 4,000, by al-Qaeda

1999

January 3: Gunmen open fire on Shi'a Muslims worshipping in an Islamabad mosque, killing 16 people injuring 25.

# April 26: An explosion inside an elevator at the Intourist hotel in Moscow injured eleven people.

# Russia August 31 – September 22: Russian Apartment Bombings kills about 300 people, leading Russia into Second Chechen War.

# Jordan December: Jordanian authorities foil a plot to bomb US and Israeli tourists in Jordan and pick up 28 suspects as part of the 2000 millennium attack plots

# United States December 14: Ahmed Ressam is arrested on the United States–Canada border in Port Angeles, Washington; he confessed to planning to bomb the Los Angeles International Airport as part of the 2000 millennium attack plots

# India December 24: Indian Airlines Flight 814 from Kathmandu, Nepal to Delhi, India is hijacked. One passenger is killed and some hostages are released. After negotiations between the Taliban and the Indian government, the last of the remaining hostages on board Flight 814 are released in exchange for release of four terrorists.

2000

# Terrorism against Israel in 2000.

# United States The last of the 2000 millennium attack plots fails, as the boat meant to bomb USS The Sullivans sinks.

# Germany German police foil Strasbourg cathedral bombing plot.

# Pakistan May: The Balochistan Liberation Army begins its attacks against government and military targets in Balochistan.

# Russia August 8: A bomb exploded at an underpass in Pushkin Square in Moscow, killing eleven people and wounding more than 90.

# Latvia August 17: Two bombs exploded in a shopping center in Riga, Latvia, injuring 35 people.

# Yemen October 12: USS Cole bombing kills 17 US sailors and wounds 40 off the port coast of Aden, Yemen, by al-Qaeda

# Philippines December 30 Rizal Day Bombings, terrorists blow up LRts in Manila killing 22 and injuring more than 100 people.

2001

# Terrorism against Israel in 2001.

# Russia February 5: A bomb blast in Moscow's Byelorusskaya metro station injures 15 people.

# Russia March 24: Twenty people die and 93 are injured in three bomb attacks on Russian towns near the border of Chechnya.

# Israel March 26: 10 months old Israeli infant Shalhevet Pass is intentionally and fatally shot in the head by a Palestinian sniper in Hebron.

June 1: 21 civilians, mostly teenagers from the former Soviet Union, are killed by a Hamas suicide bomber in the Dolphinarium massacre in Tel Aviv, Israel

# August 9: A suicide bomber in Jerusalem kills seven and wounds 130 in the Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing; Hamas and Islamic Jihad claim responsibility.

# United States September 11: Attacks killed 2,997 in a series of hijacked airliner crashes into two U.S. landmarks: the World Trade Center in New York City, New York, and The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. A fourth plane, originally intended to hit an unknown, but likely prominent, Washington, D.C. target, crashes in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, after an apparent revolt against the hijackers by the plane's passengers; by Al-Qaeda.

# France Paris embassy attack plot foiled.

# India October 1: A car bomb explodes near the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly in Srinagar, India killing 35 people and injuring 40 more.

# Israel October 17: Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Zeevi is assassinated by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

# United States December 12: Jewish Defense League plot by Chairman Irv Rubin and follower Earl Krugel to blow up the King Fahd Mosque in Culver City, California and the office of Lebanese-American Rep. Darrell Issa, foiled.

# India December 13: Terrorist attack on Indian Parliament.

# United States December 22: Richard Reid, attempting to destroy American Airlines Flight 63, is subdued by passengers and flight attendants before he could detonate his shoe bomb.

2002

# Terrorism against Israel in 2002.

# Singapore Singapore embassies attack plot foiled.

# Pakistan January: Kidnapping and murder of journalist Daniel Pearl.

# Israel March 27: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 30 and injures 140 during Passover festivities in a hotel in Netanya, Israel in the Passover massacre.

# Israel March 31: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 15 and injures over 40 in Haifa, Israel, in the Matza restaurant massacre.

# Tunisia April 11: A natural gas truck fitted with explosives is driven into a synagogue in Tunisia by an al-Qaeda member, killing 21 and wounding more than 30 in the Ghriba Synagogue Attack.

# Pakistan May 8: May 8 Bus Attack in Karachi kills eleven Frenchmen and two Pakistanis.

# Russia May 9: A bomb explosion in Kaspiisk in Dagestan kills at least 42 people and injures 130 or more during Victory Day festivities.

# India May 13: Twelve people are killed in the Jaunpur train crash in India, caused when Islamic extremists cut the rails.

# Pakistan June 14: Car bomb at US Consulate in Karachi kills twelve.

# Israel June 18: A Hamas suicide bomber detonates himself on a bus in Jerusalem in the Patt junction massacre. The attack kills 19 people and wounds over 74.

# United States July 4: An Egyptian gunman opens fire at an El Al ticket counter in Los Angeles International Airport, killing two Israelis before being killed himself.

# India September 10: A train derailment in India kills 130 people in the Rafiganj rail disaster. Naxalite terrorism is suspected.

# India September 25: Two terrorists belonging to the Jaish-e-Mohammed group raid the Akshardham temple complex in Ahmedabad, India killing 30 people and injuring many more.

# United States October: John Allen Muhammed and Lee Boyd Malvo conduct the Beltway Sniper Attacks, killing ten people in various locations throughout the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area from October 2 until they are arrested on October 24.

# Yemen October 6: Limburg tanker bombing in Yemen.

# Indonesia October 12: Bali bombing of holidaymakers kills 202 people, mostly Western tourists and local Balinese hospitality staff.

# Philippines October 17: Zamboanga bombings in the Philippines kill six and wounds about 150.

# Philippines October 18: A bus bomb in Manila kills three people and wounds 22.

# Russia October 19: A car bomb explodes outside a McDonald's Corp. restaurant in Moscow, killing one person and wounding five.

# Russia October 23: Moscow theater hostage crisis begins; 120 hostages and 40 terrorists killed in rescue three days later.

# Israel November 21: Hamas orchestrates the Jerusalem bus 20 massacre. Eleven people were killed and over 50 wounded when a suicide bomber detonated on a crowded bus in central Jerusalem.

# Kenya November 28: Kenyan hotel bombing.

# India December 21: Kurnool train crash, Islamic extremists derail a train and kill 20 people in India.

# Russia December 27: The truck bombing of the Chechen parliament in Grozny kills 83 people.

2003

* Terrorism against Israel in 2003.

* Iraq Suicide attacks in Iraq in 2003.

* Colombia February 7: Car bomb kills 36 and injures 150 at the El Nogal social club in Bogotá, Colombia; FARC rebels are blamed.

* Philippines March 4: Bomb attack in an airport in Davao kills 21.

* Israel March 5: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 17 people and wounds 53 when he detonates a bomb hidden under his clothing in the Haifa bus 37 massacre.

* Iraq March 23: SGT Hasan Akbar, USA, murdered two officers and wounded 14 soldiers in a grenade attack at an Army base in Iraq.

* Saudi Arabia May 12: Bombings of United States expatriate housing compounds in Saudi Arabia kill 26 and injure 160 in the Riyadh Compound Bombings. Al-Qaeda blamed.

* Russia May 12: A truck bomb attack on a government building in the Chechen town of Znamenskoye kills 59.

* Russia May 14: As many as 16 die in a suicide bombing at a religious festival in southeastern Chechnya.

* Morocco May 16: Casablanca Attacks by twelve bombers on five "Western and Jewish" targets in Casablanca, Morocco leaves 41 dead and over 100 injured. Attack attributed to a Moroccan al-Qaeda-linked group.

* Russia July 5: 15 people die and 40 are injured in bomb attacks at a rock festival in Moscow.

* Russia August 1: An explosion at the Russian hospital in Mozdok in North Ossetia kills at least 50 people and injures 76.

* Iraq August 19: Canal Hotel Bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 22 people (including the top UN representative Sergio Vieira de Mello) and wounds over 100.

* Israel August 19: Jerusalem bus 2 massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber detonates himself on a crowded bus carrying mostly Orthodox Jewish Israelis, including many children returning from the Western Wall. 23 people are killed and over 130 wounded.

* India August 25: At least 48 people were killed and 150 injured in two blasts in south Mumbai - one near the Gateway of India at the other at the Zaveri Bazaar.

* Russia September 3: A bomb blast on a passenger train near Kislovodsk in southern Russia kills seven people and injures 90.

* Israel October 4: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 21 and wounds 51 in a Haifa restaurant in the Maxim restaurant massacre.

* Palestinian National Authority October 15: A bomb is detonated by Palestinians against a US diplomatic convoy in the Gaza Strip, killing three Americans.

* Turkey November 15 and November 20: Truck bombs go off at two synagogues, the British Consulate, and the HSBC Bank in Istanbul, Turkey, killing 57 and wounding 700 in the 2003 Istanbul Bombings.

* Russia December 5: Suicide bombers kill at least 46 people in an attack on a train in southern Russia

* Russia December 9: A blast in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds at least eleven. (See Red Square Bombing)

2004

* Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 2004.

* Iraq Suicide attacks in Iraq in 2004.

* Israel January 29: Jerusalem bus 19 massacre: Hamas and Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades orchestrate a suicide bombing on a bus in Jerusalem, Israel killing eleven people and wounding more than 50.

* Russia February 6: Bomb on Moscow Metro kills 41.

* Philippines February 27: Superferry 14 is bombed in the Philippines by Abu Sayyaf, killing 116.

* Iraq March 2: Ashoura Massacre: Suicide bombings at Shia holy sites in Iraq kill 181 and wound more than 500 during the Ashura.

* Pakistan March 2: Attack on procession of Shia Muslims in Pakistan kills 43 and wounds 160. (See also: Ashoura Massacre in Iraq.)

* Turkey March 9: Attack of Istanbul restaurant in Turkey.

* Spain March 11: Coordinated bombing of commuter trains in Madrid, Spain, kills 191 people and injures more than 1,500. Suspected Al-Qaeda authorship.

* Israel March 24: Israeli soldiers arrest Hussam Abdo, a 15 year-old Palestinian boy with explosives strapped to his chest at the Hawara Checkpoint. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades sent Abdo on a suicide mission to bomb the checkpoint.

* Saudi Arabia April 21: Bombing of a security building in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia kills five.

* Saudi Arabia May 1: 2004 Yanbu attack kills six Westerners and a Saudi in Saudi Arabia.

* Israel May 2: Pregnant Israeli commuter Tali Hatuel and her four young children are gunned down at close range by militants from the Popular Resistance Committees and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

* Saudi Arabia May 29: Al-Khobar massacres, in which Islamic militants kill 22 people at an oil compound in Saudi Arabia.

* Russia August 24: Russian aircraft bombings kill 90.

* Russia August 31: A blast near a subway station entrance in northern Moscow, caused by a suicide bomber, kills ten people and injures 33.

* Russia September 1 – 3: Beslan school hostage crisis in North Ossetia, Russia, results in 344 dead.

* Indonesia September 9: Jakarta embassy bombing, in which the Australian embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia was bombed, killing eight people.

* Egypt October 7: Sinai bombings: Three car bombs explode in the Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 34 and wounding 171, many of them Israeli and other foreign tourists.

* Thailand October 28: Two people killed, 38 injured by two explosions in southern Thailand.

* Saudi Arabia December 6: Suspected al Qaeda-linked group attacks U.S. consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing five local employees.

* Philippines December 12: A bombing at the Christmas market in General Santos, Philippines, kills 15.

2005

# Suicide attacks in Iraq in 2005.

# Thailand January 7: Explosion at a railroad crossing - no casualties. One Buddhist shot dead in southern Thailand.

# Thailand January 16: One person dead, over 50 others injured in an explosion in a commercial area in southern Thailand.

# Lebanon February 14: A car bomb kills former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and 20 others in Beirut. See also: 2005 Lebanon bombings.

# Thailand February 17: Seven people dead, 40 injured by a car bomb outside a hotel in southern Thailand.

# Israel February 25: A suicide bomber in Tel Aviv kills five Israelis and undermines a weeks-old truce between the two sides.

# Thailand March 6: A Buddhist monk was killed by gunmen in southern Thailand.

# Thailand March 7: Two policemen and three unknown attackers were killed in a shootout with five gunmen disguised as veiled Muslim women at a police station in southern Thailand.

# Thailand March 15: One policeman was killed, three injured by bomb in southern Thailand.

# Qatar March 19: Car bomb attack on theatre in Doha, Qatar, kills one Briton and wounds twelve others.

# Thailand March 19: 15 people, ten of them policemen, injured in two explosions. One of the bombs was detonated via a cellphone.

# Thailand March 26: One Buddhist dead, two injured, in two attacks by gunmen in southern Thailand.

# Thailand March 27: Two bombs used to stop an armoured train patrolling in southern Thailand, terrorists then fired on the policemen on the train. Approximately 20 policemen and some other passengers were wounded.

# Thailand April 3: 2005 Songkhla bombings: Two people killed (possibly five), 54 injured, by three explosions in Hat Yai -one at the airport, one at a hotel, and another at a department store.

# Egypt April: April 2005 terrorist attacks in Cairo – On April 7 a suicide bomber blows himself up in Cairo's Khan al Khalili market, killing three foreign tourists and wounding 17 others. In two further attacks on April 30, suspected accomplices detonate a bomb and spray a tourist coach with gunfire.

# Myanmar May 7: Multiple bomb explosions across Myanmar's capital Yangon kill 19 and injures 160.

# Afghanistan June 1: A suicide bomber blows up in a mosque in Kandahar, Afghanistan, killing 20 people.

# Iran June 12: Bombs explode in the Iranian cities of Ahvaz and Tehran, leaving ten dead and 80 wounded days before the Iranian presidential election.

# India July 5: 2005 Terrorist attack on Ayodhya – Six terrorists belonging to Lashkar-e-Toiba storm the Ayodhya Ram Janmbhomi complex in India. Before the terrorists could reach the main disputed site, they were shot down by Indian security forces. One devotee and two policemen were injured.

# United Kingdom July 7: London bombings – Bombs explode on one double-decker bus and three London Underground trains, killing 56 people and injuring over 700, occurring on the first day of the 31st G8 Conference. The attacks are believed by many to be the first suicide bombings in Western Europe.

# Israel July 12: Islamic Jihad takes responsibility for a suicide bombing in Netanya, Israel, which kills five people at a shopping mall.

# United Kingdom July 21: Attempted London bombings - Small explosions in three London Underground stations and one double-decker bus. This was pronounced as a "major incident" rather than an attack, and only minor injuries were reported. These four bombs were designed to cause as much damage as the 7 July 2005 London bombings, but the explosives had deteriorated and failed to detonate.

# Egypt July 23: Sharm el-Sheikh bombings – Car bombs explode at tourist sites in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing at least 88 and wounding more than 100.

# India July 28: Jaunpur train bombing: 13 are killed when militants detonate a bomb on a commuter train in India.

# Bangladesh August 17: 17 August 2005 Bangladesh bombings: Around 100 homemade bombs explode in 58 different locations in Bangladesh, killing two and wounding 100.

# Indonesia October 1: A series of explosions occurs in resort areas of Jimabaran Beach and Kuta in Bali, Indonesia.

# Russia October 13: A large group of Chechen rebels launched coordinated attacks on Russian federal buildings, local police stations, and the airport in Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria. At least 137 people, including 92 rebels, were killed.

# Iran October 15: Two bombs exploded at a shopping mall in Ahvaz, Khuzestan in Iran. Six people died and over 100 were injured.

# Iraq October 24: Multiple car bombs explode outside the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least 20. It is thought that the attacks were targeting journalists inside the Palestine Hotel and the Sheraton Ishtar.

# Israel October 26: A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates a bomb near a falafel stand in Hadera, Israel that kills himself and six others. Twenty-six people were also wounded.

# India October 29: Multiple bomb blasts hit markets in Delhi, India, leaving at least 61 dead and more than 200 injured.

# Indonesia October 29: In Poso, Central Sulawesi, four Christian schoolgirls aged 15 to 17 years on their way home from school were assaulted by six masked muslim men who beheaded three of them, Theresia Morangke, Alfita Poliwo, and Yarni Sambue, with machetes and placed their severed heads in front of a church and a police station. The fourth girl, Noviana Malewa, survived but suffered serious machete wounds. The terrorists belong to the group Tanah Runtuh whose leader Hasanuddin confessed at his trial that the well-planned assault was inspired and financed by Guru Sanusi, a former Muslim rebel (Moro Islamic Liberation Front) from Mindanao.

# Jordan November 9: Three explosions at hotels in Amman, Jordan, leave at least 60 dead and 120 wounded.

# Israel December 5: A suicide bomb attack kills at least five people in Netanya in north-western Israel.

# India December 28: Two or more unidentified gunmen open fire at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, killing a retired professor of mathematics and wounding four others.

2006

* 2006: Qassam rockets fired by Hamas into Israel, especially the cities of Ashkelon and Sderot, injures many citizens.

* Iraq Suicide attacks in Iraq in 2006.

* Iraq February 22: Al Askari Mosque bombing ignites sectarian strife in Iraq.

* Pakistan March 2: Bombing in Karachi, Pakistan kills four, including a U.S. diplomat.

* United States March 3: Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, an Iranian-born graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, drives an SUV onto a crowded part of campus, injuring nine.

* India March 7: Bombings in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi, India kill 28 and injures more than 100.

* Israel March 30: Palestinian suicide bomber kills himself and four others at Kedumim Junction in the West Bank.

* Pakistan April 11: A suicide bomber explodes himself in Karachi, Pakistan, and kills 57 Sunni worshippers.

* Israel April 17: Sami Hammad, a Palestinian suicide bomber, detonates an explosive device in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing eleven people and injuring 70.

* Egypt April 24: Bombings at three locations in Dahab, Egypt kill 20 Egyptians and three foreigners, and injure 62 others.

* Pakistan May 11: Six policemen die and twelve are injured when five bombs go off in a police academy in Quetta, Pakistan.

* Israel June 25: Eliyahu Asheri, an Israeli citizen, was kidnapped and murdered by the Palestinian terrorist group, the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC).

* Iraq July 9: 40 Sunni civilians are massacred by Shia militants in Baghdad, Iraq.

* India July 11: A series of explosions rock commuter trains in Mumbai, India, killing 209 and wounding another 714 civilians.

* Pakistan July 14: Suicide bomber in Karachi, Pakistan kills a Shiite Islamic cleric Allama Hasan Turabi and his nephew.

* Iraq July 17: Explosions and gunmen kill 48 people in a market in Mahmoudiya, Iraq.

* Iraq July 18: Car bombing near a Shiite shrine in Kufa, Iraq kills 53 and injures 103.

* Germany July 31: Two suitcase bombs are discovered in trains near the German towns of Dortmund and Koblenz, undetonated due to an assembly error. Video footage from Cologne train station, where the bombs were put on the trains, led to the arrest of two Lebanese students in Germany, Youssef al-Hajdib and Jihad Hamad, and subsequently of three suspected co-conspirators in Lebanon. On 1 September 2006, Jörg Ziercke, head of the Bundeskriminalamt (Federal Police), reports that the suspects saw the Muhammad cartoons as an "assault by the West on Islam" and the "initial spark" for the attack, originally planned to coincide with the 2006 Football World Cup in Germany.

* Afghanistan August 4: A suicide car bomber struck a market in Kandahar, Afghanistan killing 21 people.

* United Kingdom United States August 10: A major anti-terrorist operation disrupts an alleged bomb plot targeting multiple airplanes bound for the United States flying through Heathrow Airport, near London, UK.

* Moldova August 13: Two grenades explode on a trolleybus in Tiraspol, Moldova, killing two people and injuring ten.

* India August 16: A bomb exploded in a Hindu temple near Imphal, India, killing five and injuring nearly 50 other

* Iraq August 20: Gunmen spray bullets on Shiites in Baghdad, killing 20 people and wounding more than 300.

* India September 8: At least two bomb blasts target a Muslim cemetery in the western town of Malegaon. The blasts kill 37 people and leave 125 others wounded.

* Syria September 12: Four attackers armed with grenades and machine guns attempt to storm the U.S. embassy in Damascus, Syria. Three of the gunmen and one Syrian guard are killed during a battle between the attackers and Syrian security forces. One Syrian employee of the embassy and at least ten bystanders are wounded, among them, seven Syrian telephone company workers and a senior Chinese diplomat. Police recover a car laden with explosives and other IEDs. Syrian Ambassador to the United States Imad Moustapha announces that his government suspects a group called Jund al-Sham is responsible. See Damascus terrorist attacks.

* Yemen September 15: Four suicide bombers and a security guard are killed in early-morning attacks on the Safer refinery in Marib and the al-Dhabba terminal in Hadramout, Yemen. Although no group has claimed responsibility Islamic extremists are suspected. See the September 15th Yemen attacks page.

* Thailand September 16: 2006 Hat Yai bombings: four people killed, 82 injured, by six bombs along the main commercial street of Hat Yai. The devices were placed approximately 500 meters apart, and were remotely set off every five minutes.

* Somalia September 18: Eleven people, including the presidents brother and six attackers, are killed in an assassination attempt on the Somalian president. See 2006 Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed assassination attempt.

* Afghanistan September 30: A suicide bomber detonates his explosives outside the interior ministry in Kabul. The attack kills twelve and wounds over 40.

* Northern Ireland November 1: The Real IRA detonates a series of firebombs in a large hardware retailers, a sports store and toy shop all in Belfast, the hardware retailers and sports store were completely destroyed. No fatalities.

* A suspected terrorist bomb explodes on a train in India. See 2006 West Bengal train disaster

* Lebanon November 21: Assassination of Pierre Amine Gemayel, an anti-Syrian politician and scion of Lebanon’s most prominent Christian family blamed on Syria, Iran and Hezbollah despite their denials.

* Iraq November 23: A series of car bombs and motar attacks in Sadr City, Iraq kills at least 215 people and wounds a further 257. See Sadr City bombings for details.

* ThailandDecember 31: Six bomb explosions in the Thai capital, Bangkok, two people died, dozens injured.

Sept 11 wasnt the start.. it was just the point the rest of the world got fed up and decided to do something about it all.

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