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1920 September 16th. - USA, New York City, Wall Street: a TNT bomb was planted in an unattended horse-drawn wagon; 35 persons were killed and hundreds injured

1963 September 15th. - USA, Alabama, Birmingham, Baptist Church 16th Street: a dynamite bomb was planted by white Klan members; 4 teenagers died and 20 people were injured.

1969 December 12th. - Italy, Milan, National Bank of Agriculture: 16 people died and 90 were injured.

1971 March 14th. - Netherlands, Rotterdam: fuel tanks were blown up.

1971 July 27th. - France, Paris, Jordanian embassy: bomb attack by Palestinian terrorists.

1972 May 11th. - West Germany, Frankfurt: bombing at the headquarters of the Fifth U.S. Army Corps; 1 officer died and 13 people were injured.

1972 February 6th. - Netherlands, Rotterdam: two gas-processing plants were blown up by Black September terrorists

1972 March 21st. - Northern Ireland, Belfast, Donegal Street: a car bomb explosion killed 6 people and injured 150 others

1973 May 17th. - Italy, Milan, Police Headquarter: a grenade exploded at the entrance killing 1 person and injuring 200.

1974 June 17th. - Italy, Brescia: bomb detonated at an anti-Fascist rally; 7 people died and 93 were injured.

1974 November 22nd. - U.K., Birmingham, Mulberry Pub: a bomb planted by the IRA (Irish Republican Army) exploded inside the pub; 21 people died, 182 were injured.

1975 December 29th. - USA, New York City, La Guardia Airport: a bomb exploded in the locker area of the main terminal; 11 people died, 75 were injured.

1978 August 12th. - Lebanon, Beirut, Frakrami building: a 400-pound bomb exploded, killing approximately 200 people.

1980 August 2nd. - Italy, Bologna, Central Train Station: a suitcase with 40 kilos of high explosives detonated in a waiting room, impacting an adjacent restaurant and carriages of an express train; at least 75 people died and hundreds were injured.

1980 December 31st. - Kenya, Nairobi: bomb explosion in the Norfolk Hotel, owned by a Jewish family; 16 people died.

1982 March 30th. - France: bomb detonated on a Paris-Toulouse train; 6 people died and 15 were injured.

1983 October 23rd - Lebanon, Beirut: truck bomb attack on the Marine Corps Barracks; 243 U.S. soldiers died; the US mission to establish peace in the area was aborted.

1983 December 17th. - U.K., London, Harrods: a bomb planted by the IRA outside the department store killed 6 people and injured at least 90 others.

1986 April 6th - Germany, Berlin, Discotheque La Belle: A 2 kg bomb packed with plastic explosives and shrapnel detonated close to the dance floor; 3 people (2 US servicemen and a Turkish woman) died and 229 were injured (including 79 Americans).

1986 September 14th. - South Korea, Seoul, Kimpo Airport: bomb explosion; 5 people died and 26 were injured.

1987 June - Italy, Rome: car bombing and mortar attack against the US Embassy

1988 April 14th - Italy, Naples: a car bomb exploded in front of the USO Club at 8pm; 5 people, including a US servicewoman, died and 15 other were injured.

1992 - Argentina, Buenos Aires, Israeli embassy: a car parked in front of the building contained over 100kg of explosives; 22 people died and at least 252 were injured.

1992 August 28th. - Algeria, Algiers Airport: bombing attack; 9 people died and 128 were injured.

1993 February 26th. - USA, New York City, World Trade Center building: a car bomb exploded in the basement garage; 6 people were killed and at least 1,000 others injured

1993 October 23rd. - Lebanon, Beirut: suicide terrorist drove a truck loaded with TNT into the American Marine Headquarters where it exploded; at least 161 Marines died, 75 were injured

1994 April 24th. - South Africa, Johannesburg, ANC Headquarters: a car bomb exploded killing 9 people and injuring 90 more.

1994 July 18th - Argentine, Buenos Aires: car bomb attack at the 7-story AMIA Jewish cultural center; at least 80 people died and more than 200 were injured

1995 April 19th. - USA, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City: a car bomb exploded outside the Federal office building, causing walls and floors to collapse; 168 persons were killed, including one nurse who assisted in rescue efforts; over 220 other buildings in the vicinity sustained damage.

1995 November 13th. - Saudi Arabia, Riyadh: a car bomb exploded at a U.S.-run military training facility; 7 people, including 5 American advisers to the Saudi National Guard were killed, more than 60 injured.

1996 June 25th. - Saudi Arabia, Dharan, King Abdul Aziz Air Force Base, Khobar Tower: around 10:30 pm a 40-foot tanker truck containing at least 5,000 pounds of explosives was parked about 100 feet away from the dormitory building and was detonated moments later; 19 Americans died, and an estimated 300 people were injured.

1996 July 27th. - USA, Georgia, Atlanta, Centennial Park: a bomb exploded at a music festival during the Olympic games; despite an anonymous phone warning 30 minutes before the blaze, 2 people died and 111 sustained injuries

1996 December 3rd. - France, Paris, Port Royal Subway Station: a bomb in a subway train of the Paris Metro killed 12 people and injured 50 others.

1998 August 7th. - Kenya, Nairobi, U.S. Embassy: in a bomb explosion 213 people died and 4,500 were injured

1998 August 7th. - Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, U.S. Embassy: bomb explosion; 11 people died and 85 were injured

1998 August 15th. - Northern Ireland, Omagh: car bomb exploded; 28 people died and more than 200 were injured.

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2000 July 27th. - Germany, Duesseldorf: Bombing of a light rail station; 11 people sustained severe injuries.

2000 October 12th - Yemen, USS Cole: suicide attackers rammed the US Navy ship with a small boat loaded with explosives; 17 sailors died.

2001, March 6th. - Thailand, Hat Yai railway station: a bomb planted in a bag left at an information counter exploded in a crowded train station 600 miles south of Bangkok. At least one young boy was killed and an estimated 30 people were injured.

2002 April 12th. - Tunisia, Djerba Island, El Ghriba Synagogue: suicide truck bombing; 21 people, mostly German tourists, died.

2002 June 14th. - Pakistan, Karachi, U.S. Consulate: suicide truck bombing; 14 people (all Pakistani nationals) died and 45 injured.

2002 October 6th - Yemen, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, Port of Ash Shihr, at Mukallah, 350 miles (570 kilometers) east of Aden: 330 meter (1,000 feet) long French supertanker "Limburg" owned by Euronay loaded with 160,000 tons of crude oil was attacked by a small boat resulting in an explosion and subsequent fire; the blaze was extinguished but 90,000 barrels of oil spilled into the sea and spread along 45 miles of coastline. The tanker was eventually towed by three tug boats into nearby Mina al-Dabah port for repairs. 1 crew member died, and 24 survived (17 sustained injuries)

2002 October 11th. - Finland, Vantaa, suburb of Helsinki: a home-made three-kilo bomb exploded inside one of the largest shopping malls in Finland, crowded with approximately 2,000 people; the device was planted by a 19-year old chemistry student; 7 people died and estimated 60 were injured

2002 October 12th. - Indonesia, Bali: car bomb in a nightclub area; 202 people died and hundreds were injured (many of the casualties were Australian tourists).

2002 November 28th. - Kenya, Mombassa, Israeli-owned resort hotel: suicide car bomb; 14 people died and 80 were injured.

2002 December 2nd. - India, Maharastra State, Bombay: a bomb exploded on a bus, killing 2 and injuring 27.

2003 December - Russia, Moscow: suicide bombing in front of the National Hotel

2003 January - India, Maharastra State, Suburb of Bombay: a bomb attached to a bicycle exploded in a crowded street; 30 people were injured.

2003 March 13th. - India, Maharastra State, Bombay, Mulund Station: a bomb exploded in a commuter train; 11 people died and at least 55 others were injured.

2003 May - Russia, Chechnya: truck bomb attack; at least 60 people died

2003 May 10th. - Philippines, South Cotabato province, Koronadal: two bombs made from a 81-millimeter mortar shell exploded simultaneously in the midst of a crowded market street; at least 13 people died, 26 other were injured

2003 May 13th. - Saudi Arabia, Riyadh: in synchronized strikes, groups of attackers shot their way into three housing compounds and then set off multiple suicide car bombs; 34 people, including 8 Americans, and 9 attackers were killed. The dead included the son of Riyadh's deputy governor. More than 190 people, including at least 40 Americans, were injured, most of them slightly. Many of the US citizens killed had lived in a four-story building that was heavily damaged. Seventy Americans employed by a Virginia company with a contract to train Saudi military and civilian officials, lived in the building. By chance, 50 were away on a training exercise.

2003 May 16th. - Morocco, Casablanca: Five simultaneous bombings around 9:30 pm. Three car bombs, and two attacks by suicide bombers wearing explosive belts damaged the Belgian consulate, a Jewish center and a Spanish restaurant; at least 41 people, including 10 assailants were killed, more than 60 injured.

The blast at the Spanish social club and restaurant Casa de España caused most of the deaths. It was crowded when more than one suicide bomber detonated explosives. At the Hotel Farah, security guards intercepted two would-be bombers attempting to enter. One of the assailants stabbed a security guard to death, proceeded into the lobby, where he detonated his bomb, killing himself and a baggage handler. That explosion incapacitated the second attacker, who was captured by hotel guards and handed over to police. The third place of attack, the Cercle de l'Alliance Israelite, a Jewish community center, was closed for the Sabbath and empty at the time of the blast. The building sustained significant damage. The Belgian consulate was also empty, but two Moroccan guards died and one side of the building was completely demolished.

2003 June - Russia, Region of North Ossetia, City of Mozdok, near the border to Chechnya: a female suicide attacker detonated a bomb near a bus carrying soldiers and civilians to work at a military airfield; at least 16 people died.

2003 July 5th. - Russia, Moscow, Tushino airfield: Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up at a rock festival in the north-western outskirts of Moscow. A crowd of up to 40,000 people were attending the all-day summer festival.

The first blast happened as people queued near the concert entrance at 1439 local time. A woman detonated an explosives belt near an admissions booth when police tried to stop her entering. The assailant and a bystander were killed and many others injured.

Fifteen minutes later a more powerful explosion took place at another entrance as another female bomber blew herself up just yards from the main entrance.

Both bombs, each containing the equivalent of 1 pound of TNT had been stuffed with screws and nails, and were obviously intended to cause maximum damage.

Many festival-goers inside the air base remained unaware of events, since the organizers decided not to make any announcement and to continue the stage performances for the next two hours in order to avoid a stampede.

At least 16 people died and more than 60 were injured. Russian officials blamed the attacks on Chechen separatists.

2003 July 5th. - Pakistan, Quethe, Prince Road, Jamia Ashrafia Imamnargah: attack on Muslim Shiite worshippers in the city of nearly 1.5 million residents; two suicide bombers entered the mosque and blew themselves up after firing a volley of bullets into the crowd. A third assailant was shot by a guard; at least 48 people (45 Hazara Shiite worshippers and 3 attackers) died, and more than 40 were hospitalized.

The attack triggered violent unrest and rioters set aflame cars, fire-trucks, and two bank-buildings. The Pakistani government imposed an indefinite curfew and deployed troops.

2003 July 28th. - India, Maharastra State, Bombay: a bomb ripped through a bus packed with commuters during the evening rush hour in the commercial centre of the city; at least 4 people died and 31 were injured. The militant Islamic group Lashker-e-Taiba is blamed for the attack.

2003 August 1st. - Russia, Region of North Ossetia, City of Mozdok, near the border to Chechnya: a suicide truck with an estimated load of one ton of explosives detonated; the blast caused the collapse of a four-story brick military hospital; at least 50 people died and 64 others sustained severe injuries

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2003 August 7th. - Iraq, Baghdad, Jordanian Embassy: remote-controlled car explosion; at least 19 people died

2003 August 19th. Iraq, Baghdad, Canal hotel housing United Nations (UN) headquarters: in a suspected suicide attack a cement truck packed with explosives detonated around 4:30 p.m. local time at the concrete wall outside the three-story building. The blast occurred while a news conference was under way in the building, where 300 U.N. employees work. The truck was parked on an access road just outside the compound. The explosion created a six-foot-deep crater in the ground; 20 people, including the U.N. envoy, died and at least 100 people were injured.

The U.N. distributes humanitarian aid and is developing programs aimed at boosting Iraq's emerging free press, justice system and monitoring of human rights. United Nations weapons inspectors worked out of the hotel during the period before the war.

The Canal Hotel operates more as an office building than a hotel. The cafeteria is a popular meeting place for humanitarian workers and journalists. U.S. officials often met at the compound as well for discussions with their U.N. counterparts.

2003 August 29th. - Iraq, Najaf, Iman Ali Mosque: a car bomb exploded outside one of the Shiites' most holy sites, as hundreds of people left at the close of prayers. Najaf, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, is Shiite Islam's holiest city. The week before, about a half-mile from the mosque, another bomb had exploded at the house of a relative of the ayatollah Al-Hakim, one of Shiite Islam's top clerics.

U.S. forces were providing security at one hospital, trying to maintain order in front, where hundreds of relatives of victims clamored to get information about their loved ones.

125 people, including the ayatollah died, and at least 142 were injured.

2003 November 8th. - Saudi Arabia, Riyadh: suicide car bomb in a residential area: 17 people died and 122 were injured.

2003 November 15th - Turkey, Istanbul: simultaneous suicide attacks; two trucks filled with homemade explosives detonated Saturday morning outside the crowded Beth Israel and Neve Shalom synagogues; 25 people (6 Jews, & 19 Muslins including the 2 bombers) died

2003 November 20th - Turkey, Istanbul: simultaneous suicide attacks on the UK consulate and the 18-story Turkish headquarter of the London-based HSBC bank; at the consulate, a 19th-century Georgian building in a shopping and entertainment district, a truck loaded with homemade explosives smashed through the gates before detonating; 30 people (including the British Consul) died, and more than 400 were injured at both sites.

Some countries (i.e., Israel, USA, UK, Australia) have issued travel warning for Istanbul and Turkey, advising against "all but the most essential travel" and "to exercise extreme caution and maintain a low profile throughout Turkey".

2004 February 6th - Russia, Moscow: a suicide bomber blew himself up on a Green Line Subway train during morning rush hour. The bomb made of ammonia, saltpeter and aluminum powder, exploded in a tunnel between Avtozavodskaya station and Paveletskaya station; 41 people died, and more than 100 were injured.
Moscow's subway is the world's busiest in terms of passenger traffic, carrying as many as 8.5 million people a day.

2004 May 7th: Pakistan, Karachi: suspected suicide bombing in a crowded Shia mosque inside the historic Sindh Madrassatul Islam; the 1,000 square foot hall in the heart of the old city was packed for Friday prayers when it was shattered by a bomb at 1:20pm; the explosive may have been attached to the body of the bomber in the sixth row of worshippers; at least 15 people died and more than 120 were injured.

2004 May 25th - Pakistan, Karachi: around 5 pm, a bomb went off at the gate of the Pakistan-American Cultural Center, a private language school not affiliated with the US government, located in an upscale neighborhood; 1 police officer died and 12 people were injured.

25 minutes later, as the police and reporters rushed to the spot, another, more powerful bomb exploded about 10 feet away in a car that had an official license plate. The second explosion created a 10-foot-wide crater and damaged a retaining wall around the school. Students had been told to stay inside the school after the first explosion, and none were hurt; 14 people (4 police officers and 10 journalists) were injured.

2004 May 31st - Pakistan, Karachi: a bomb went off at the Shiite Ali Raza mosque; the blast seriously damaged the facility and several nearby buildings; at least 16 people died and more than 50 were injured.

2004 June 9th - Germany, Cologne: around 4pm local time, a bomb, probably attached to a parked bicycle, exploded outside a hair salon located on Keup street, a busy shopping area in the district of Muelheim; several buildings and cars where damgaged in the mainly Turkish neighborhood, which is populated with small restaurants and retail shops. Hundreds of 4inch (10cm) nails found at the scene were embedded in the IED (improvised explosive device); eyewitnesses complained that it took fire/rescue and EMS crews, in the 4th largest city of Germany, more than 45 minutes to respond with adequate resources; 22 people were injured, 4 of them critically; the motive, potentially ranging from criminal activities, business disputes, hate, or terrorist attacks, is unknown and, as of yet, no group has claimed responsibility.

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2004 June 24th - Turkey, capital city of Ankara: small bomb went off near the entrance of the Hilton hotel, where US President Bush is expected to stay during a brief visit on Sunday, prior to a NATO summit in Istanbul's European quarter. 1 police officer was seriously injured.

2005 October 1th - Indonesia, Island of Bali: Bombing Attack

Three simultaneous suicide bomb attacks around 20:00 hours local struck three restaurants, one in downtown Kuta (the three-story Raja's noodle and steak restaurant) and two outdoor beach restaurants about 60 meters (6 0 yards) apart in the resort town Jimbaran, about 18 miles (30 km) south of Kuta. One bomb detonated at the Nyoman Cafe, followed minutes later by another explosion in the a neighboring restaurant; at least 26 people died and more than 100 were injured, including at least included 49 Indonesians, 17 Australians, six Koreans, four Japanese and two Americans.

According to some unconfirmed reports, police had found a number of other unexploded devices.

Bali is an island 2,200 square miles (5,700 km2) with a population of 3 million (90% Hindu) and popular with Western tourists, particularly Australians.

The blasts come less than two weeks before the third anniversary of massive bomb attacks in Kuta on October 12, 2002. That bombing killed at least 202 people - including 88 Australians.

Several governments, including the United States, had warned about a high terrorist threat to foreigners in Indonesia ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins next week. A report issued in early September warned that Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri, may be planning a series of attacks in October, dubbed "The Great Ramadan Offensive.