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Terrorist Attacks Leading to the War on Terrorism
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Nuclear Bombs Dropped
The US dropped 2 atomic bombs on Japanese cities: Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
Blair House Attack in D.C.
Puerto Rican nationalists attack Blair House in Washington DC, United States, in an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate US president Harry S Truman. One Secret Service agent and one terrorist killed. -
Puerto Rican Nationalists Opened Fire In Capitol Building
Five US congressmen were wounded when Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire in the Capitol Building, Washington DC, United States. All four of the terrorists were arrested after firing twenty five rounds -
Cuban Airliner Hijacked
Cuban airliner hijacked by the Twenty Sixth of July Movement and forced to attempt night landing in remote airfield in Cuba. The aircraft crashes killing seventeen of the twenty people on board. -
First U.S. Aircraft Hijacked
Puerto Rican born Antuilo Ramierez Ortiz forced at gunpoint a National Airlines plane to fly to Havana, Cuba, where he was given asylum. -
Ambassador to Japan Attacked
U.S. Ambassador to Japan A.H. Meyer was attacked by a knife-wielding Japanese citizen. -
Munich Massacre
1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Bavaria in southern West Germany. the members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage and then killed by the Palestinian group called Black September. The hostage takers demanded the release and safe passage to Egypt of 234 Palestinians and non-Arabs jailed in Israel; these terms were never met. As revenge, Operations Wrath of God and Spring of Youth was organized by Israli leaders. -
Bus Blast at Kenyan Capital
A Nairobi-Mombasa regular route bus blast at Kenyan capital of Nairobi, killing 26, injuring another 60, Kenyan People Liberation Front has claimed responsibility this blast. -
U.S. Marine Barracks Bombed
Bombing of U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, during the Lebanese Civil War, when two truck bombs struck separate buildings housing United States and French military forces—members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon—killing 299 American and French servicemen. The organization Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the bombing. -
Lockerbie Bombing
Pan Am Flight 103 was a flight from London Heathrow Airport to New York's JFK International Airport. The plane was destroyed by a bomb, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew members. Eleven people in Lockerbie, in southern Scotland, were also killed as large sections of the plane fell in the town and destroyed several houses, bringing total fatalities to 270. -
Truck Bombs in Underground Parking Garage
Islamic terrorists attempt to bring down the World Trade Center towers by detonating truck bombs in the underground parking garage. The attack fails to topple the twin towers but kills six and injures over 1,000. -
Oklahoma City Bombing
A terrorist bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. It was the most destructive act of terrorism on American soil until the September 11, 2001 attacks. The blast claimed 168 lives, including 19 children under the age of 6, and injured more than 680 people. The blast destroyed or damaged 324 buildings within a sixteen-block radius, destroyed or burned 86 cars, and shattered glass in 258 nearby buildings -
6 Day Hostage Crisis at Budyonnovsk Police Station
A six day hostage crisis begins as Chechen Islamist rebels storm the Budyonnovsk police station, hospital, city hall, and other buildings. They take between 1,500 and 1,800 hostages including many women and children. 105 civilians and 25 Russian troops perish. -
USS Cole Bombing
The USS Cole Bombing, was a suicide attack against the United States Navy destroyer USS Cole was harbored and refueled in the Yemeni port of Aden. 17 American sailors were killed, and 39 were injured. This event was the deadliest attack against a United States Naval vessel since 1987.
Al-Qaeda took responsibility for the attack. -
9/11 Terrorist Attakcks
Hijacked planes crash into the Twin Towers, one into the Pentagon, and one crashed into field, suspected of planning to hit the Capitol or White House -
Mumbai Terrorist Siege