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Palestinian guerrillas expelled from Jordan
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Israeli athletes held hostage at Munich Olympics by Black September; 11 killed.
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Three Black September terrorists hijack Lufthansa plane and demand release of those who committed 1972 Olympics massacre; hijackers are captured but all later released
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The assassination Carrero Blanco, also known by its code name Operación Ogro. Admiral Carrero Blanco was killed in Madrid by the Basque separatist group ETA.
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Two bombs exploted in public houses and killed 21 people also, 182 wounded. This attack was carried out by the IRA.
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Air France flight hijacked by PFLP; two hostages and one hijacker are killed
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US Embassy in Tehran seized, 66 taken hostage
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EGYPT: President Sadat assassinated by Egyptian Islamic Jihad
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UAE: Omani Gulf Aircraft bombed, 111 killed, including one US citizen
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LEBANON: Islamic Jihad bombs US Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 241 US Marines and 58 French paratroopers
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INDIA: Prime Minister Indira Gandhi assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards, many Sikhs killed in retaliation for her death
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CANADA: Bomb explodes on Air India flight 182, killing 329; Sikhs Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri held responsible
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WEST BANK: Founding of the Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS) by Shaykh Ahmad Yasin
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UK: Pan Am Flight 103 destroyed by bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland, all 259 passengers and 11 on ground killed, Libya responsible
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FRANCE: UTA Flight 772 to Paris explodes over Niger, killing 170; Libya held responsible
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UK: Attack on No. 10 Downing Street; mortar rounds fired at Prime Minister John Major’s residence wound three; PIRA responsible
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YEMEN: Few casualties in bombing of Gold Mohur Hotel in Aden; incident is believed to be first attack by al-Qa‘ida against US interests
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FRANCE: Paratroopers storm hijacked Air France jet in Marseille, killing hijackers and freeing passengers
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US: Truck bomb explodes at Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 and wounding hundreds; Timothy McVeigh found guilty and executed 11 June 2001
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SAUDI ARABIA: 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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WORLDWIDE: Osama Bin Laden issues first declaration of war against the United States and the West, calling for the death of Americans wherever they are found
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ISRAEL: Double suicide attack kills 16 and wounds 150 in Jerusalem, HAMAS responsible
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Bombing of Moscow apartment building kills 94, Islamic Dagestan Liberation Army claims responsibility
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Bombing of USS Cole off Yemen coast kills 17 and wounds 39, Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda responsible -
Four passenger planes hijacked two crash into World Trade Center in New York City, one crashes into Pentagon, fourth crashes into field in the middle of Pennsylvania.Nearly 3,000 killed, Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda responsible -
AFGHANISTAN: US-led coalition begins military campaign in response to 9/11 attacks
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Multiple car bombs explode outside nightclubs in Bali, killling 202; JI responsible
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Planned 9/11 attacks in United States -
Al-Sirat al-Mustaqim members conduct near-simultaneous explosive attacks at five locations in Casablanca, killing 42 and wounding 100
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Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigade claims responsibility for four bombs on Madrid trains, killing 198, wounding 600
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Three near-simultaneous bombs on London transportation system, followed by another bombing less than an hour later, kill more than 50, wound over 700; al-Qa'ida claims responsibility -
Abu Mus’ab al-Zarqawi, leader of al-Qa`ida in Iraq, killed in Coalition raid
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In counterterror raids, police in Copenhagen arrest eight al-Qa'ida-linked individuals for plotting terrorist attacks
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Three arrested in Oberschledorn as authorities foil plot to attack US and other targets; Islamic Jihad Union claims responsibility for failed attack
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in Baghdad and Kurdish demonstrators in Kirkuk; more than 50 killed in bombings and clashes prompted by the attacks
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Sieges end three days later with more than 170 dead and 300 wounded; surviving attacker says Lashkar-e-Tayyiba responsible -
More than 60 people wounded in car bomb attack in Burgos; ETA claims responsibility
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Baitullah Mehsud, leader of Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan, killed; Mehsud was responsible for many high-profile attacks including assassination of Benazir Bhutto in 2007 -
Zarein Ahmedzay pleads guilty to conspiracy charges associated with Najibullah Zazi's plan to attack New York City subway system
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Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah, spiritual leader of Hizballah, dies in Beirut
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Usama Bin Ladin, leader of al-Qa‘ida and responsible for the 11 September 2011 attacks in the United States that killed nearly 3,000 people is killed by US forces in Abbotabad, Pakistan -
Al-Qa'ida names Ayman al-Zawahiri as new head of the group following death of Usama Bin Ladin
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kill more than 185; Boko Haram claims responsibility
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killing six Israelis, one Bulgarian, himself, and wounding more than 30 others; no claim of responsibility but Israeli prime minister blames Iran and Hizballah
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Three killed, 264 wounded when bombs explode at Boston Marathon; Djokhar Tsarnaev arrested, Tamerlan Tsarnaev killed in manhunt -
At least 34 killed in three attacks over past four days in Volgograd; Ansar al-Sunna claims responsibility in January on website linked to Imirat Kavkaz
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More than 250 schoolgirls kidnapped in Boko Haram attack in Chibok; group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, claims responsibility
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Kills 145, including 132 schoolchildren, and wounds another 130; TTP claims responsibility
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Suicide bombers attack four Shia mosques in Sanaa, killing 140 and wounding more than 350; ISIL claims responsibility
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Series of attacks in and around Paris, most prominently at the Bataclan theatre, kill 129, injure more than 400; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility
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Five militants took hostages in a Bakery. The police shortly arrived but 29 people were killed then the army raided the bakery
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22-year-old Younes Abouyaaqoub drove a van into pedestrians on La Rambla street in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain killing 13 people and injuring at least 130 others -
A convoy of vehicles carrying Indian security personnel was attacked by a vehicle-borne. The attack killed 40 Indians.
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The succesor of Osama Bin Laden is killed in a drone attack by the US