I have compiled a list of terrorist attacks.
I
know I probably missed a few, and I know I left out a whole bunch of
unsuccessful attempts out because only the successful ones get much publicity.
I have listed
them in chronological order. As you read
the list, ask yourself “what do they all have in common?”.
1979
Nov. 4, Tehran,
Iran:
Iranian radical students seized the U.S.
embassy, taking 66 hostages. 14 were later released. The remaining 52 were freed
after 444 days on the day of President Reagan's inauguration. I think they knew they couldn’t push Reagan
around like they did Carter.
1982–1991
Lebanon:
Thirty U.S. and
other Western hostages kidnapped in Lebanon
by Hezbollah. Some were killed, some died in captivity, and some were
eventually released. Terry Anderson was held for 2,454 days.
1983
April 18, Beirut,
Lebanon:
U.S. embassy
destroyed in suicide car-bomb attack; 63 dead, including 17 Americans. The
Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Oct. 23, Beirut,
Lebanon:
Shiite suicide bombers exploded truck near U.S.
military barracks at Beirut
airport, killing 241 marines. Minutes later a second bomb killed 58 French
paratroopers in their barracks in West Beirut.
Dec. 12, Kuwait
City, Kuwait:
Shiite truck bombers attacked the U.S.
embassy and other targets, killing 5 and injuring 80.
1984
Sept. 20, east Beirut, Lebanon:
truck bomb exploded outside the U.S.
embassy annex, killing 24, including 2 U.S.
military.
Dec. 3, Beirut,
Lebanon:
Kuwait Airways Flight 221, from Kuwait
to Pakistan,
hijacked and diverted to Tehran. 2
Americans killed.
1985
April 12, Madrid,
Spain:
Bombing at restaurant frequented by U.S.
soldiers, killed 18 Spaniards and injured 82.
June 14, Beirut,
Lebanon:
TWA Flight 847 en route from Athens
to Rome hijacked to Beirut
by Hezbollah terrorists and held for 17 days. A U.S. Navy diver executed.
Oct. 7, Mediterranean
Sea: gunmen attack Italian cruise ship, Achille
Lauro. One U.S.
tourist killed. Hijacking linked to Libya.
Dec. 18, Rome, Italy, and
Vienna, Austria:
airports in Rome and Vienna
were bombed, killing 20 people, 5 of whom were Americans. Bombing linked to Libya.
1986
April 2, Athens, Greece: A
bomb exploded aboard TWA flight 840 en route
from Rome to Athens, killing 4 Americans and injuring 9.
April 5, West
Berlin, Germany:
Libyans bombed a disco frequented by U.S.
servicemen, killing 2 and injuring hundreds.
1988
Dec. 21, Lockerbie,
Scotland: N.Y.-bound Pan-Am Boeing 747 exploded in flight from a
terrorist bomb and crashed into Scottish village, killing all 259 aboard and 11
on the ground. Passengers included 35 Syracuse
University students and many U.S.
military personnel. Libya
formally admitted responsibility 15 years later (Aug. 2003) and offered $2.7
billion compensation to victims' families.
1993
Feb. 26, New
York City: bomb exploded in
basement garage of World
Trade Center, killing 6 and injuring at least 1,040 others. In 1995,
militant Islamist Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and 9 others were convicted of
conspiracy charges, and in 1998, Ramzi Yousef, believed to have been the
mastermind, was convicted of the bombing. Al-Qaeda involvement is suspected.
1995
Nov. 13, Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia: car bomb
exploded at U.S.
military headquarters, killing 5 U.S.
military servicemen.
1996
June 25, Dhahran,
Saudi Arabia:
A truck bomb exploded outside Khobar Towers
military complex, killing 19 American servicemen and injuring hundreds of
others. 13 Saudis and a Lebanese, all alleged members of Islamic militant group
Hezbollah,
were indicted on charges relating to the attack in June 2001.
1998
Aug. 7, Nairobi, Kenya, and
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania:
truck bombs exploded almost simultaneously near 2 U.S.
embassies, killing 224 (213 in Kenya
and 11 in Tanzania)
and injuring about 4,500. 4 men connected with al-Qaeda 2 of whom had received
training at al-Qaeda
camps inside Afghanistan,
were convicted of the killings in May 2001 and later sentenced to life in
prison. A federal grand jury had indicted 22 men in connection with the
attacks, including Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden.
2000
Oct. 12, Aden,
Yemen:
U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole heavily damaged when a small boat loaded
with explosives blew up alongside it. 17 sailors killed. It was linked to Osama bin Laden,
or members of al-Qaeda
terrorist network.
2001
Sept.
11, New York City, Arlington, Va., and Shanksville, Pa.: hijackers
crashed 2 commercial jets into twin towers of World
Trade Center;
2 more hijacked jets were crashed into the Pentagon and a field in rural Pa.
Total dead and missing numbered 2,9921: 2,749 in New
York City, 184 at the Pentagon, 40 in Pa.,
and 19 hijackers. Islamic al-Qaeda terrorist group blamed. (See September 11, 2001:
Timeline of Terrorism.)
2002
June 14, Karachi, Pakistan:
bomb explodes outside American consulate in Karachi,
Pakistan, killing 12. It
was linked to al-Qaeda.
2003
May 12, Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia:
suicide bombers kill 34, including 8 Americans, at housing compounds for
Westerners. Al-Qaeda suspected.
2004
May 29–31, Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia: terrorists attack the offices of a Saudi oil company in
Khobar, Saudi Arabia, take foreign oil workers hostage in a nearby residential
compound, leaving 22 people dead including one American.
June 11–19, Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia: terrorists
kidnap and execute Paul Johnson Jr., an American, in Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia. 2 other
Americans and BBC cameraman killed by gun
attacks.
Dec. 6, Jeddah, Saudi
Arabia: terrorists
storm the U.S.
consulate, killing 5 consulate employees. 4 terrorists were killed by Saudi
security.
2005
Nov. 9, Amman, Jordan:
suicide bombers hit 3 American hotels, Radisson, Grand Hyatt, and Days Inn, in Amman,
Jordan, killing 57.
Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility.
2006
Sept. 13, Damascus, Syria:
an attack by four gunmen on the American embassy is foiled.
2007
Jan. 12, Athens, Greece:
the U.S.
embassy is fired on by an anti-tank missile causing damage but no injuries.
Dec. 11, Algeria:
more than 60 people are killed, including 11 United Nations staff members, when
Al Qaeda terrorists detonate two car bombs near Algeria's
Constitutional Council and the United Nations offices.
2008
May 26, Iraq:
a suicide bomber on a motorcycle kills six U.S.
soldiers and wounds 18 others in Tarmiya.
June 24, Iraq:
a suicide bomber kills at least 20 people, including three U.S. Marines, at a
meeting between sheiks and Americans in Karmah, a town west of Baghdad.
June 12, Afghanistan:
four American servicemen are killed when a roadside bomb explodes near a U.S.
military vehicle in Farah Province.
July 13, Afghanistan:
nine U.S.
soldiers and at least 15 NATO troops die when Taliban militants boldly attack
an American base in Kunar Province,
which borders Pakistan.
It's the most deadly against U.S.
troops in three years.
Aug. 18 and 19, Afghanistan:
as many as 15 suicide bombers backed by about 30 militants attack a U.S.
military base, Camp Salerno,
in Bamiyan. Fighting between U.S.
troops and members of the Taliban rages overnight. No U.S.
troops are killed.
Sept. 16, Yemen:
a car bomb and a rocket strike the U.S.
embassy in Yemen
as staff arrived to work, killing 16 people, including 4 civilians. At least 25
suspected al-Qaeda militants are arrested for the attack.
Nov. 26, India: in
a series of attacks on several of Mumbai's landmarks and commercial hubs that
are popular with Americans and other foreign tourists, including at least two
five-star hotels, a hospital, a train station, and a cinema. About 300 people
are wounded and nearly 190 people die, including at least 5 Americans.
2009
Feb. 9, Iraq:
a suicide bomber kills four American soldiers and their Iraqi translator near a
police checkpoint.
April 10, Iraq:
a suicide attack kills five American soldiers and two Iraqi policemen.
June 1, Little Rock,
Arkansas: Abdulhakim Muhammed, a Muslim convert from Memphis,
Tennessee, is charged with shooting two soldiers outside a military recruiting
center. One is killed and the other is wounded. In a January 2010 letter to the
judge hearing his case, Muhammed asked to change his plea from not guilty to
guilty, claimed ties to al-Qaeda, and called the shooting a jihadi attack
"to fight those who wage war on Islam and Muslims."
Nov. 5,
Fort Hood Texas: A shooting took place at Fort Hood,
the most populous U.S. military installation
in the world, located just outside Killeen,
Texas.[1]
In the course of the shooting, a single gunman killed 13 people and wounded 29
others.[1]
It is the worst shooting ever to take place on an American military
base.
The sole suspect is Nidal
Malik Hasan, a U.S. Army Major serving as a psychiatrist.
He was shot and taken into custody by Department of the Army Civilian
Police officers,[3]
and is now paralyzed
from the waist down.[4]
Hasan has been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted
murder under the Uniform Code of Military Justice;
he may face additional charges at court-martial.
If he is convicted, he could be given the death penalty.
Dec. 25: A
Nigerian man on a flight from Amsterdam
to Detroit attempted to ignite an
explosive device hidden in his underwear. The explosive device that failed to
detonate was a mixture of powder and liquid that did not alert security
personnel in the airport. The alleged bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, told
officials later that he was directed by the terrorist group Al Qaeda. The
suspect was already on the government's watch list when he attempted the
bombing; his father, a respected Nigerian banker, had told the U.S.
government that he was worried about his son's increased extremism.
Dec. 30, Iraq:
a suicide bomber kills eight Americans civilians, seven of them CIA
agents, at a base in Afghanistan.
It's the deadliest attack on the agency since 9/11. The attacker is reportedly
a double agent from Jordan
who was acting on behalf of al-Qaeda.
2010
May 1, New
York City: a car bomb is
discovered in Times Square, New
York City after smoke is seen coming from a vehicle.
The bomb was ignited, but failed to detonate and was disarmed before it could
cause any harm. Times Square was evacuated as a safety
precaution. Faisal Shahzad pleads guilty to placing the bomb as well as 10
terrorism and weapons charges.
May 10, Jacksonville,
Florida:
a pipe bomb explodes while approximately 60 Muslims are praying in the mosque.
The attack causes no injuries.
Oct. 29: two
packages are found on separate cargo planes. Each package contains a bomb
consisting of 300 to 400 grams (11-14 oz) of plastic explosives and a
detonating mechanism. The bombs are discovered as a result of intelligence
received from Saudi Arabia's
security chief. The packages, bound from Yemen
to the United States,
are discovered at en route stop-overs, one in England
and one in Dubai in the United
Arab Emirates.
2011
Jan. 17, Spokane,
Washington: a pipe bomb is discovered along the route of the Martin
Luther King, Jr. memorial march. The bomb, a "viable device" set up
to spray marchers with shrapnel and to cause multiple casualties, is defused
without any injuries.
2012
Sept. 11, Benghazi, Libya:
militants armed with antiaircraft weapons and rocket-propelled grenades fire
upon the American consulate, killing U.S.
ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other embassy officials. U.S.
secretary of state Hillary Clinton said the U.S.
believed that Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, a group closely linked to Al
Qaeda, orchestrated the attack.
There have been others this year, but I believe this is the most
recent.
I’m sure it was just a coincidence that it occurred
on the anniversary of 9/11.
What do you see that they all have in common?
What I see is that
they are all terrorist attacks by Muslim men perpetrated against American
citizens. So, what is my point?
My point
is; I am completely and totally convinced that Obama is a Muslim and I have
posted plenty of evidence on this blog in the past to support my belief. Even if you don’t believe he is Muslim, it’s
obvious he is on their side just like he said he would be in his book.
Keep
that in mind as you as you decide what you’re going to do on November 6th. The day that will change the course of the
world. FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE.
ONE LAST THING. If you haven’t read these three recent blogs,
I really wish you would before November 6th.
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