So I guess the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 was an inside job - who was President then? I guess the bombings in London on July 7th 2005 were an inside job. The Madrid bombings in 2004 - inside job?
Other inside jobs?:
1990
* Northern Ireland October 24: A series of car bombings directed by the IRA in Northern Ireland leave 7 people dead and 37 wounded.
* Israel:PLF attack in the beaches on Tel Aviv
* Israel:PLO attack on the US. embassy
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1991
* India May 21: Former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi assassinated in a bomb blast believed to be the work of Sri Lankan Tamil terrorists belonging to the LTTE.
* Spain May 29: Basque ETA group bombs the Guardia Civil police barracks in Vic (Barcelona), killing 10.
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1992
* Northern Ireland January 17: Eight Protestant builders killed by an IRA bomb on their way to work at an Army base near Omagh.
* Argentina March 17: Israeli Embassy bombing by "Islamic Jihad" in Buenos Aires, Argentina; 29 killed, 242 injured.
* CanadaApril 5, 1992 - The Iranian embassy in Ottawa is stormed by members of MEK, an Iraq-supported religious right group.
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1993
* United States 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. Two CIA employees died, see FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
* United States February 26: World Trade Center bombing kills 6 and injures over 1000 people, by coalition of five groups: Jamaat Al-Fuqra'/Gamaat Islamiya/Hamas/Islamic Jihad/National Islamic Front [4], see FBI Most Wanted Terrorists, FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, Ramzi Yousef
* India March 12: Mumbai car bombings in India leave 257 dead with 1,400 others injured
* United Kingdom March 20: IRA bomb in Warrington kills two children (Warrington Bomb Attacks)
* United Kingdom April 24: IRA detonate a huge truck bomb in the City of London at Bishopsgate, killing two and causing approximately £350m of damage.
* United States June: Failed New York City landmark bomb plot, see FBI Most Wanted Terrorists
* Spain June 21: ETA Basque terrorist group bombs a military truck in Madrid, kills 7, 36 injured.
* Northern Ireland July 5: the IRA detonate a 1500lb car bomb (the largest used in Northern Ireland) in the centre of Newtownards in Northern Ireland, no one is killed but massive property damage is caused to the town centre.
* Northern Ireland October 23: the Shankill Road bombing at a fish and chip shop on the Protestant Shankill Road, Belfast kills 10 people, including two children.
* Northern Ireland October 30: Seven people killed in the Rising Sun Bar massacre, when Loyalist UFF gunmen attack a bar in Greysteel, Co Derry.
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1994
* Israel February 25: In the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre, Baruch Goldstein kills 29 Palestinian civilians in an attack in the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron.
* United States March 1: In the Brooklyn Bridge Shooting, Rashid Baz kills a Hasidic seminary student and wounds 4 on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City in response to the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre.[5]
* Northern Ireland June 18: Six Catholic men shot dead by Loyalists in a pub in Loughinisland, Co Derry.
* Argentina 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.
* Bahrain November 25: Stoning of female competitors in marathon race by ultra conservatives at the behest of clerics begins Islamist uprising in Bahrain.
* 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, see FBI Most Wanted Terrorists, FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
* France December 24: Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked by GIA members who planned to crash the plane on Paris but didn't succeed.
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1995
Wreckage of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City following the April 19 bombing.
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Wreckage of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City following the April 19 bombing.
* Philippines January 6: Operation Bojinka plot to bomb 11 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, see FBI Most Wanted Terrorists
* Japan March 20: Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway by AUM Shinrikyo cultists kills 12 and injures 6000.
* Spain April 19: ETA Basque militant group tries to kill José María Aznar (then leader of the Popular Party, later a Spanish Prime Minister) bombing his car, kills a woman.
* United States April 19: Oklahoma City bombing kills 168 people, 19 of them children; the most deadly act of domestic terrorism in the United States to date.
* 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.
* Sri Lanka August 27: Suicide bomber in Colombo, Sri Lanka kills 24 civilians, injures 40. Attack carried out by Sri Lankan Tamil terrorists belonging to the LTTE.
* United States October 9: An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by anti-government saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.
* Sri Lanka November 11: Suicide bombing of army headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka kills 15.Attack carried out by Sri Lankan Tamil terrorists belonging to the LTTE.
* Saudi Arabia November 13: Bombing of OPM-SANG building in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia kills 7
* Islamic Republic Of Pakistan November 19: Bombing of Egyptian Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan kills 19.
* Spain December 11: ETA Basque militant group bombs a military truck in Madrid, killing 6 civilian public
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1996
* Russia January: In Kizlyar, 350 Chechen militants took 3,000 hostages in a hospital. The attempt to free them kills 65 civilians and soldiers.
* United Kingdom January: Provisional Irish Republican Army plants a bomb that police defuse at the Canary Wharf towers in London.
* Sri Lanka January 31: LTTE carries out Central Bank Bombing in Sri Lanka kills 90 and wounds 1,400.
* United Kingdom February 9: IRA bombs the South Quay DLR station, killing two people.
* Israel February 25 - March 4: A series of four suicide bombings in Israel leave 60 dead and 284 wounded within 10 days.
* Russia June 11: A bomb explodes on a train traveling on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line of the Moscow Metro, killing four and unjuring at least 12. [18]
* United Kingdom June 15: Manchester bombing by IRA.
* Saudi Arabia 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, see FBI Most Wanted Terrorists
* Sri Lanka July 24: LTTE plants bomb on commuter train in Sri Lanka kills 57.
* United States July 27: Centennial Olympic Park bombing, killing one and wounding 111.
* Peru December 17: Japanese embassy hostage crisis begins in Lima, Peru; it ends April 22, 1997 with the deaths of 14 rebels, two soldiers and a hostage.
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1997
* United States February 24: An armed man opens fire on tourists at an observation deck atop the Empire State Building in New York City, United States, killing a Danish national and wounding visitors from the United States, Argentina, Switzerland and France before turning the gun on himself. A handwritten note carried by the gunman claims this was a punishment attack against the "enemies of Palestine".
* People's Republic of China February 25: Three bus bombs in Urumqi destroy the No. 2, 10, and 44 buses, killing 9.
* Egypt November 17: Luxor Massacre – Islamist gunmen attack tourists in Luxor, Egypt, killing 62 people, most of them European and Japanese vacationers.
* Mexico December 22: Acteal massacre – 46 killed while praying in Acteal, Chiapas, Mexico. A paramilitary group associated with ex-president Salinas is held responsible.
* Cuba Luis Posada Carriles organized a string of bombings at luxury hotels in Cuba in 1997 in order to discourage the growth of the tourism industry. One Italian tourist died.
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1998
* India 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.
* Sri Lanka January 25: LTTE bombs Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy, Sri Lanka kills 17.
* India February 25: Serial bombing in Coimbatore, a southern Indian city, which kill at least 61 people.
* Tanzania Kenya 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, see FBI Most Wanted Terrorists
* Northern Ireland August 15: Omagh bombing by the so-called "Real IRA" kills 29.
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1999
* Islamic Republic Of Pakistan January 3: Gunmen open fire on Shi'a Muslims worshipping in an Islamabad mosque, killing 16 people injuring 25.
* United Kingdom April: David Copeland's nail bomb attacks against ethnic minorities and gays in London kill three people and injure over 160.
* United States April 20: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 12 students and a teacher and wound 24 others in the Columbine High School massacre. (Note: this may be commonly considered a general massacre and thus included in the List of massacres, but it also followed death threats on the website of Harris – an attempt to terrorize.)
* Russia April 26: An explosion inside an elevator at the Intourist hotel in Moscow injured 11 people. [19]
* 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 4 terrorists.
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2000s
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2000
* Israel 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.
* Islamic Republic Of Pakistan May: The Balochistan Liberation Army begins its attacks against government and military targets in Balochistan.
* Greece June 8: Stephen Saunders, a British Defense Attaché, was assassinated by Revolutionary Organization 17 November in Athens.
* Russia August 8: A bomb exploded at an underpass in Pushkin Square in Moscow, killing 11 people and wounding more than 90. [20]
* Latvia August 17: Two bombs exploded in a shopping center in Riga, Latvia, injuring 35 people. [21]
* Yemen October 12: USS Cole bombing kills 17 US sailors and wounds 40 off the port coast of Aden, Yemen, by al-Qaeda, see FBI Most Wanted Terrorists, the Buffalo Six Lackawanna Cell [6]
* Philippines December 30 Rizal Day Bombings, terrorists blow up LRts in Manila killing 22 and injuring more than 100 people.
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2001
The World Trade Center towers ablaze following the September 11 terrorist attacks.
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The World Trade Center towers ablaze following the September 11 terrorist attacks.
* Israel Terrorism against Israel in 2001.
* Russia February 5: A bomb blast in Moscow's Byelorusskaya metro station injures 15 people.
* Kosovo February 18: Gracanica bus bombing, 13 Serbian civilians are killed by a bomb attack on a bus in Northern Kosovo.
* 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: Israeli infant Shalhevet Pass is fatally shot in the head by a Palestinian sniper in Hebron.
* Israel 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
* United Kingdom August 2: The last (at time of writing) IRA bomb on mainland Britain explodes in Ealing, West London, though there are no injuries.
* Sri Lanka July 24 A suicide squad of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) staged an attack on Sri Lanka's Bandaranaike International Airport and the adjoining air force base at Katunayake. The 14 man-squad destroyed or damaged about 20 aircraft and killed seven Sri Lankan workers and soldiers.
* 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 The attacks on September 11 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 Anthrax attacks on the offices the United States Congress and New York State Government offices, and on employees of television networks and tabloid.
* India December 13: Terrorist attack on Indian Parliament.
* United States Jewish Defense League plot to blow up the King Fahd Mosque in Culver City, California, foiled.
* 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.
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2002
* Israel Terrorism against Israel in 2002.
* Singapore Singapore embassies attack plot foiled.
* Islamic Republic Of 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.
* Islamic Republic Of Pakistan May 8: May 8 Bus Attack in Karachi kills 11 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: 12 people are killed in the Jaunpur train crash in India, caused when Islamic extremists cut the rails.
* Islamic Republic Of Pakistan June 14: Car bomb at US Consulate in Karachi kills 12.
* 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 2 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 10 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. 11 people are killed and over 50 wounded when a suicide bomber detonates 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.
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2003
One of the compounds hit by the Riyadh Compound Bombings.
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One of the compounds hit by the Riyadh Compound Bombings.
* Israel 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 2 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 12 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 11.
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2004
The scene of one of the Madrid bombings.
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The scene of one of the Madrid bombings.
* Israel 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 11 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.
* Islamic Republic Of 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.
* 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 10 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.
* 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.
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2005
The wreckage of a London bus, following the July 7 attacks.
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The wreckage of a London bus, following the July 7 attacks.
* Iraq Suicide attacks in Iraq in 2005.
* Lebanon February 14: A car bomb kills former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and 20 others in Beirut. See also: 2005 Lebanon bombings.
* Israel February 25: A suicide bomber in Tel Aviv kills five Israelis and undermines a weeks-old truce between the two sides.
* Qatar March 19: Car bomb attack on theatre in Doha, Qatar, kills one Briton and wounds 12 others.
* 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 10 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: 7 July 2005 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: 21 July 2005 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 4 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 communter train in India
* Israel August 4: Jewish settler in an IDF uniform opens fire on a bus in Shfaram, Israel, killing 4 Israeli Arabs and wounding 5.
* 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 11. It is thought that the attacks were targeting journalists inside the Palestine Hotel and the Sheraton Ishtar. [22]
* 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. [23]
* India October 29: Multiple bomb blasts hit markets in Delhi, India, leaving at least 61 dead and more than 200 injured.
* 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.
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2006
* Israel 2006: Palestinian terrorists (Hamas) fire Qassam missiles into Israel, especially the cities of Ashkelon and Sderot, and have injured many citizens and caused civilian damage.
* Iraq Suicide attacks in Iraq in 2006.
* Iraq February 22: Al Askari Mosque bombing ignites sectarian strife in Iraq.
* Islamic Republic Of Pakistan March 2: Bombing in Karachi, Pakistan kills four, including a U.S. diplomat. [24]
* 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 injure more than 100.
* Israel March 30: Palestinian suicide bomber kills himself and four others at Kedumim Junction in the West Bank [25][26]
* Islamic Republic Of Pakistan April 11: A suicide bomber explodes himself in Karachi, Pakistan kills 57 Sunni worshippers. [27]
* 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, 3 foreigners, and injure 62 others.
* Islamic Republic Of Pakistan May 11: Six policemen die and 12 are injured when five bombs go off in a police academy in Quetta, Pakistan [28]
* Canada June 3: In the largest operation ever carried out under Canada's Anti-terrorism Act, more than 400 police officers conducted a series of raids in southern Ontario on June 2-3, 2006, and arrested 17 al-Qaeda inspired suspect accused of planning to storm Parliment, behead the Prime Minister, and blow up CSIS headquarters in Toronto and CBC headquarters. 3 Tons of ammonium nitrate was also found, which is 3 times the amount of one used in the Oklahoma City Bombing. [29]
* Sri Lanka June 15 : The LTTE detonate a claymore mine by a bus carrying 140 civilians in Sri Lanka. 68 civilians, including 10 children and 3 pregnant women, are killed. Approximately 60 civilians are injured.
The 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings
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The 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings
* 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 at least 200. Approximately 700 civilians are injured.
* Islamic Republic Of Pakistan July 14: Suicide bomber in Karachi, Pakistan kills a Shiite Islamic cleric Allama Hasan Turabi and his nephew.
* Israel July 16: Hezbollah rains rockets down on Northern Israel, reaching Haifa and killing eight Israelis at a train depot there.
* Iraq July 17: Explosions and gunmen kill 48 people in a market in Mahmoudiya, Iraq [30]
* Iraq July 18: Car bombing near a Shiite shrine in Kufa, Iraq kills 53 and injures 103. [31]
* Germany July 31: Crudely made suitcase bombs that did not explode due a technical fault were planted in two regional trains to Hamm and Koblenz in Germany. Two suspects, both young Lebanese men, have been arrested.[7]
* 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. [32]
* India August 16: A bomb exploded in a Hindu temple near Imphal, India, killing three and injuring more than 30. [33]
* Iraq August 20: Gunmen spray bullets on Shiites in Baghdad, killing 20 people and wouding more than 300. [34]
* Russia August 21: Russian racists place a bomb in a market in eastern Moscow, killing 10 people and injuring at least 16. [35]
* India September 8th: At least 2 bomb blasts target a Muslim cemetery in the western town of Malegaon. The blasts kill 37 people and leave 125 others wounded.
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