Are you afraid of Bin-Laden's terrorist organization Al-Qaeda?
Suspected al-Qaeda acts:
1993 Killing of U.S. soldiers in Somalia.
1993 Bombing of World Trade Center; 6 killed.
1994 Investigation of the WTC bombing reveals that it was only a small part of a massive attack plan that included hijacking a plane and crashing it into CIA headquarters.
1995?1996 Bombing of U.S. barracks in Saudi Arabia; 22 soldiers killed.
1998 Bombing of U.S. embassies in East Africa; 224 killed; including 12 Americans.
Dec. 1999 Jordanian police arrested members of a cell planning attacks against Western tourists.
Dec. 14, 1999 Plot to bomb millennium celebrations in Seattle foiled when customs agents arrest an Algerian smuggling explosives into the U.S. Other Algerians subsequently arrested were "Afghan alumni."
2000 Bombing of the USS Cole in port in Yemen, 17 U.S. sailors killed.
Sept. 11, 2001 Destruction of WTC, attack on Pentagon.
April 11, 2002 Explosion at ancient synogogue in Tunisia left 17 dead, including 11 German tourists.
May 2002 Car explodes outside hotel in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 14, including 11 French citizens.
June 2002 Bomb explodes outside American Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 12.
October 2002 Nightclub bombings in Bali, Indonesia, kill 202, mostly Australian citizens. Suicide attack on a hotel in Mombasa, Kenya, kills 16.
May 2003 Suicide bombers kill 34, including 8 Americans, at housing compounds for Westerners in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Four bombs kill 24 people, targeting Jewish, Spanish, and Belgian sites in Casablanca, Morocco.
August 2003 Suicide car bomb kills 12, injures 150, at Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia.
November 2003 Explosions rock a Riyadh, Saudi Arabia housing compound killing 17. Suicide car bombers simultaneously attack two synagogues in Istanbul, Turkey, killing 25 and injuring hundreds. The following week a British bank in Istanbul is bombed.
Suspected al-Qaeda acts:
1993 Killing of U.S. soldiers in Somalia.
1993 Bombing of World Trade Center; 6 killed.
1994 Investigation of the WTC bombing reveals that it was only a small part of a massive attack plan that included hijacking a plane and crashing it into CIA headquarters.
1995?1996 Bombing of U.S. barracks in Saudi Arabia; 22 soldiers killed.
1998 Bombing of U.S. embassies in East Africa; 224 killed; including 12 Americans.
Dec. 1999 Jordanian police arrested members of a cell planning attacks against Western tourists.
Dec. 14, 1999 Plot to bomb millennium celebrations in Seattle foiled when customs agents arrest an Algerian smuggling explosives into the U.S. Other Algerians subsequently arrested were "Afghan alumni."
2000 Bombing of the USS Cole in port in Yemen, 17 U.S. sailors killed.
Sept. 11, 2001 Destruction of WTC, attack on Pentagon.
April 11, 2002 Explosion at ancient synogogue in Tunisia left 17 dead, including 11 German tourists.
May 2002 Car explodes outside hotel in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 14, including 11 French citizens.
June 2002 Bomb explodes outside American Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 12.
October 2002 Nightclub bombings in Bali, Indonesia, kill 202, mostly Australian citizens. Suicide attack on a hotel in Mombasa, Kenya, kills 16.
May 2003 Suicide bombers kill 34, including 8 Americans, at housing compounds for Westerners in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Four bombs kill 24 people, targeting Jewish, Spanish, and Belgian sites in Casablanca, Morocco.
August 2003 Suicide car bomb kills 12, injures 150, at Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia.
November 2003 Explosions rock a Riyadh, Saudi Arabia housing compound killing 17. Suicide car bombers simultaneously attack two synagogues in Istanbul, Turkey, killing 25 and injuring hundreds. The following week a British bank in Istanbul is bombed.
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