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Malcolm Kerr, American University president, assassinated in Beirut; Islamic Jihad claims responsibility
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Car bomb explodes in front of US Embassy in Lebanon, killing 63 and wounding over 100; Hizballah responsible.
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Islamic Jihad bombs US Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 241 US Marines and 58 French paratroopers.
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US and French embassies in Kuwait bombed, killing six and wounding 80; Hizballah responsible.
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US official William Buckley seized in Lebanon, later killed by Hizballah.
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Islamic Jihad Organization responsible for truck bomb at US Embassy annex in Beirut; 23 killed.
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In UAE, Hizballah’s Islamic Jihad Organization hijacks plane bound for Tehran; two US officials killed.
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US journalist Terry Anderson kidnapped in Lebanon
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Two Hizballah members hijack TWA flight 847 from Greece and murder US Navy diver, Robert Stethem.
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5 American citizens were killed in simultaneous terrorist attacks at the Rome and Vienna airports, Libya responsible.
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Terrorists bombed a West Berlin dance hall known to be frequented by U.S. servicemen. 2 killed, 200 injured. U.S. intelligence reportedly intercepted radio messages sent from Libya responsible, ordered the attack.
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Jesse Turner, Alan Steen, Robert Polhill, and Mithileshwar Singh kidnapped in Beirut
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Pan Am Flight 103 destroyed by bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland; all 259 passengers and 11 on ground killed, majority American. Libya responsible, in retaliation for 1986 U.S. bombing campaign against Libya’s capital city, Tripoli. Libyan leader eventually extradites bombers and pays damages to the families of the victims.
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Bombing of Gold Mohur Hotel in Aden, Yemen, where US servicemen were known to stay. Few casualties. Incident is believed to be the first attack by al-Qa‘ida against US interests.
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World Trade Center bombed, 6 killed and 1,000 wounded. Bombing in parking lot below the towers with failed plan to topple them. Bomber received training and financial support from al-Qa’ida.
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Shaykh Umar ‘Abd al-Rahman convicted in plot to blow up UN Headquarters and other landmarks in New York.
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In UAE, car bomb at US military advisors’ facility in Riyadh kills seven, wounds more than 60; Saudis with ties to Bin Ladin arrested.
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Osama bin Laden issues declaration of war against the US and the West, calling for the death of Americans wherever they are found.
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Bombings at the US Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 224 people killed, 4,500+ wounded. Linked to al-Qa’ida.
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Bombing of USS Cole off Yemen coast kills 17 and wounds 39, Osama bin Laden and al-Qa’ida responsible.
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Opposition leader and US-backed Ahmad Shah Massour assasinated by al-Qa’ida suicide bombers in Afghanistan, ordered by Osama bin Laden.
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Four passenger planes hijacked, two crash into the World Trade Center in NY, one crashes into the Pentagon, one crashes into a field in PN. 2,977 people killed, 6,000+ injured. Osama bin Laden and al-Qa’ida responsible.
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US-led coalition begins military campaign in response to 9/11 attacks. Goal is to topple the Taliban government and dismantle al-Qa'ida
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Islamist, British citizen who converted to Islam and trained with al-Qa’ida, attempts to detonate a bomb aboard a flight from Paris to Miami but is restrained by those on board.
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Two bombs detonated near the finish line at the Boston Marathon. Two individuals responsible; motivated by extremist Islamist beliefs and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; said that they were self-radicalized and unconnected to any outside terrorist groups. Killed 3, injured 264.
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ISIS (off-shoot of al-Qa'ida) seizes control of Mosul, Iraq. Later in the month ISIS announces the formation of a caliphate stretching from Aleppo in Syria to Diyala in Iraq.
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A US-led coalition begins airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq and expands the campaign to Syria the following month.
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White supremacist man opens fire at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, killing nine.
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In San Bernardino, CA a married couple opened fire at a municipal building, killing 14. They left 2 bombs that failed to detonate. They were self-radicalized and inspired by foreign terrorist groups.
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Driver in NYC struck pedestrians and cyclists, then hit school bus. 8 killed and 12 injured. Attacker was inspired by ISIS.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi declares victory over the Islamic State in Iraq. ISIS has lost 95% of its territory.
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A far-right Trump supporter mails 13 explosives over the course of 2018 to figures/locations including Obama, Hillary Clinton, and the CNN headquarters in New York. None of the explosives detonated as planned.
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White supremacist man opens fire at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, killing 11 and wounding 7.
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Syrian forces defeat remaining ISIS forces in Baghouz, Syria, formally ending the caliphate’s claim to any territory.
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White supremacist man opens fire at a synagogue in Poway, CA, killing one.
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A 21-year-old white man shot and killed 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso after posting a manifesto that described his motive as a “Hispanic invasion” and expressed support for the deadly attacks against mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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