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Here is a look at some of the major attacks linked to al Qaeda, the terrorist group formed by Osama bin Laden, left, after the U.S-backed Afghan resistance against the Soviet Union in the 1980s. The exiled Saudi millionaire, whom U.S. officials named as the mastermind behind the September 11 attacks, has been on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list since 1999. |
| NOVEMBER 9,2005 |  |
Three near-simultaneous blasts rip through three hotels in downtown Amman, Jordan. At least 67 people are killed, including members of a wedding party at one hotel, and more than 150 others are injured. Jordan's deputy prime minister says Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is a "prime suspect." Zarqawi, who was born in Jordan, is the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq. | Prime Suspect doesn't mean "guilty" |
| JULY 23,2005 |  |
At least 83 people are killed when three bombs explode in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Two of the early morning blasts are thought to be suicide car bombs and the third a planted bomb. In a statement posted on an Islamic Web site, an al Qaeda-linked group called the Abdullah Azzam Brigades claims responsibility. A second group also says it carried out the attacks. CNN could not authenticate either claim. | Posted on a web site? Hmmmm. If I post on this website that John F. Kennedy was killed by the CIA does that make it true? |
| OCTOBER 7,2004 |  |
A truck bomb detonates after crashing through the lobby of a Hilton Hotel in Taba, Egypt, yards from the Israeli border. The explosion shears off the outer rooms from a 10-story wing of the hotel. About two hours later, two other bombs explode in camping areas in Ras al Sultan and Tarabeen. The three blasts kill more than 29 people and injure more than 120. Three groups claim responsibility for the attacks, with one saying it is linked to al Qaeda. | One says it is linked? So I'm bestest friends with George Clooney does that make us linked? |
| MARCH 11,2004 |  |
Ten bombs concealed in backpacks are detonated via cell phone on crowded commuter trains in Madrid, Spain, killing 191 people and injuring more than 1,500. Spanish authorities blame Islamic terrorists, and there are claims of responsibility in the name of al Qaeda. | There are claims? Huh? So none were actually made? |
| NOVEMBER 8,2003 |  |
Seventeen people, including five children, were killed and 122 people were wounded in a suicide car bombing in a mostly Arab neighborhood in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Press Agency said. The attackers stormed the affluent neighborhood near Riyadh's diplomatic quarter, first firing on security guards and then driving their explosives-laden cars through the gates. The Saudis blamed al Qaeda for the attack and pledged to track down those responsible. | The saudi's blamed Al Qeada so it must be true. Again the CIA killed JFK? Just cause I say it doesn't make it true. |
| AUGUST 5,2003 |  |
A suicide car bomber detonates his explosives at the JW Marriott Hotel in central Jakarta, Indonesia, an American-owned hotel popular with expatriate business executives. The suicide blast causes heavy damage to the Marriott, kills 10 and injures more than 100. A few days later, al Qaeda claims responsibility for the bombing in an unsigned statement released to Arab media sites. Indonesian authorities believe al Qaeda's Southeast Asian arm, Jemaah Islamiyah, carried out the attack. | An unsigned statement? Are you serious that is really stretching it. Here is a typed confession but I'm not gonna sign it. I admit nothing if I do not sign it. |
| MAY 16,2003 |  |
Five near-simultaneous suicide bombings shocked the peaceful town of Casablanca, Morocco, killing 32 bystanders at targets including a downtown hotel, a Jewish community center and a Spanish restaurant. Moroccan authorities contend that the bombings were carried out by Moroccan citizens from poor slums around Casablanca, members of the clandestine al Qaeda-linked group, Salafia Jihadia. | Clandestine from the slums?? No comment here....LOL |
| MAY 12,2003 |  |
Suicide truck bombers attack three secured residential compounds occupied mainly by Westerners in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, killing at least 21 and causing extensive damage. No evidence immediately ties al Qaeda to the attacks, but the tight coordination of the strikes raises suspicions. | Tight coordination of the attack raise SUSPICION but NO actual proof that Al Qeada did it. |
| NOVEMBER 28,2002 |  |
Shoulder-launched missiles are fired at an Israeli charter plane leaving Mombasa, Kenya. The missiles miss their target, but minutes later, three suicide bombers strike the Israeli-owned Paradise Hotel in Mombasa, killing ten Kenyans and three Israelis. A statement believed to be from al Qaeda claims responsibility. | Believed to be from Al Qeada....come on! |
| OCTOBER 12,2002 |  |
Deadly explosions rip through two popular nightclubs in Kuta on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, killing 202 people, most of them young Australians, and injuring more than 300. Dozens of victims are burned beyond recognition or blown to pieces. The attack is attributed to Jemaah Islamiyah, an Indonesian group affiliated with al Qaeda. Trials of the suspects are pending. | affiliated with, but NOT ALQEADA |
| APRIL 11,2002 |  |
A suicide truck bomber detonates his explosives near the entrance of a tourist-packed synagogue on the resort island of Djerba in Tunisia, killing 18 people, including a dozen German tourists. Authorities initially say the blast was an accident, but later call it a terror attack. Statements on a Web site believed linked to al Qaeda claim credit for the attack. | Blast was an accident but later the story changes cause a website says Al Qeada did it...Again JFK... |
| SEPTEMBER 11,2001 |  |
Suicide hijackers commandeer four U.S. commercial flights in order to crash them into American landmarks. They crash two jumbo jets into the World Trade Center in New York and one into the Pentagon in Washington. The fourth attempt fails after passengers learn of the other flights and rush the hijackers. The incident ends when the plane, headed toward Washington, crashes into a field in Pennsylvania. The impact and fire at the World Trade Center cause the towers to collapse. By day's end, nearly 3,000 people have been killed. | No hijackers on the planes, global hawk technology, Bush reading about a goat...need I say more? |
| OCTOBER 12,2000 |  |
A massive bomb explodes in an attack on the Navy destroyer USS Cole during a port call in Yemen, crippling the vessel, killing 17 sailors and injuring 33. | Never proven.
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| AUGUST 7,1998 |  |
Simultaneous bombings at the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania kill 224 people, mostly Kenyans. In retaliation, U.S. cruise missiles strike al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and a factory in Sudan that U.S. officials say was linked to bin Laden. |
Never proven.
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| JUNE 25,1996 |  |
A bomb kills 19 U.S. Air Force members at Khobar Towers, a military housing complex in the Saudi city of Dhahran. Although al Qaeda has not been conclusively linked to the attack, U.S. officials blame Osama bin Laden and pressure Sudan to expel him; he moves to Afghanistan. | Never proven.
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| FEBRUARY 26,1993 |  |
A powerful car bomb explodes in a garage beneath the World Trade Center in New York, killing six and wounding hundreds more. Six followers of radical Egyptian cleric Omar Abdel Rahman are convicted in the bombing. Rahman once led an Egyptian group that later merged with al Qaeda, and two of his sons are al Qaeda members. | Never proven.
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