Posted on 07/24/2005 10:05:56 AM PDT by Wolfstar
An incredible number of attacks by Islamic jihadists have been planned over the last 35 years. Although many have been averted, far too many plots have succeeded:
Since 1970, jihadists carried out attacks in over 60 cities, in at least 41 countries, on five continents and Pacific islands. Jihadists have assassinated heads of state, ambassadors and military personnel, and killed thousands of men, women, and children of many ages, ethnicities and religions (including Muslims). They have sometimes deliberately targeted children and babies. The 78 incidents listed below should not be taken as a complete list, merely a representative one. The listed attacks resulted in at least 7478 deaths (rate of over two attacks/death toll over 210 annually). They began 33 years before our invasion of Iraq. |
Had just one of the biggest known aborted attacks been successful (e.g., Operation Bojinka), the death toll would have been in the tens of thousands, resulting in an annual rate of many hundreds killed. Luck, as much as intelligence and investigative skill, has prevented some massive attacks. Operation Bojinka was only discovered due to an apartment fire. However, the frequency and complexity of such attacks have continued to escalate since the 1970's.
We easily could have lost well over 10,000 on 9/11/01. Yet that was not the biggest known planned attack on New York City. The same cell which carried out the 1993 WTC attack intended to bomb the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels, the UN building, and other NYC landmarks on one day. Had they succeeded, the death toll could have been beyond unthinkable. Similarly, had the plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport succeeded during New Year's, 2000, the death toll could have been horrendous. Sooner or later, we may run out of luck.
We know the jihadists train and carry out small test runs for much larger planned attacks. Was the 2001 anthrax bioweapons attack such a test run? We may never know that is, we may never know until the day we're hit with a much larger bioweapons attack. We also know from captured terrorist documents, computers and equipment that the jihadist network wants to make or obtain chemical and nuclear weapons. They are already way too close to such weapons in Pakistan and Iran. Most importantly, we know they take a very long view of history. Their plots can and often do take years to execute.
If this list doesn't make clear that we are in a bona fide World War, what will? Yes, it's an unconventional war or, to use the current faddish term, an asymmetrical war. We are facing what amounts to a shadowy guerrilla army that operates worldwide, rather than massed armies openly fielded by nations. Nevertheless, for our own survival we need to come to grips with the fact that we are, indeed, in a World War such as has never been seen before. The enemy has been escalating the frequency and ferocity of his attacks over the past 35 years while we have been oblivious to the growing danger.
Year
|
Month
|
Day
|
Location
|
Description
|
Dead
|
1970 |
Feb |
21 |
Zurich, Switzerland |
SwissAir 330 bombed by Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a member group of Yasser Arafats Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). All aboard were killed. |
47 |
1970 |
Sept |
67 |
Europe: Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt, Zurich | First multiple aircraft hijackings: Five planes were hijacked. (Two landed at a desert airstrip in Jordan called Dawson's Field, giving the incident its name.) The PFLP was responsible. |
2 |
1972 |
May |
30 |
Tel Aviv, Israel | First known joint operation between jihadists and a terroristic Communist group. PFLP dispatches members of the Japanese Red Army to attack Lod Airport in Tel Aviv. |
27 |
1972 |
Sept |
5 |
Munich, Germany | Israeli athletes murdered at Munich Olympics by a group calling themselves "Black September," an arm of Fatah operating under Yasser Arafat's direct command. (The PLO was kicked out of Jordan and fled to Lebanon in September, hence the term "black."). |
11 |
1973 |
Dec |
17 |
Rome, Italy | Phosphorus bombs thrown aboard Pan Am 110. The terrorists were all members of Fatah, and Abu Nidal masterminded the attack. |
30 |
1973 |
Mar |
1 |
Khartoum, Sudan | Palestinian terrorists take over Saudi embassy. A Belgian and two Americans, were killed, including Cleo Noel, U.S. Amb. to Sudan. |
3 |
1974 |
May |
15 |
Ma'alot, Israel | One of the earliest known incidents when jihadists deliberately targeted children. PFLP broke into a high school where 14 to 16-year-olds were resting after an outing. They killed a security guard, detonated grenades and shot the children. |
26 |
1974 |
Sept |
8 |
Athens, Greece | TWA 841 explodes after takeoff killing all aboard. A youth group in Beirut claimed responsibility. Abu Nidal was the suspected mastermind. |
88 |
1976 |
July |
34 |
Entebbe, Uganda | Hijacking of Air France 139 and subsequent Operation Entebbe: Six terrorists and three hostages died. Ugandan forces opened fire on Israeli troops killing Col. Jonathan "Yoni" Netanyahu, the operations commander; 45 Ugandan soldiers were killed and Ugandan fighter planes sitting on the ramp were "put into non-flying condition." |
55 |
1979 |
Nov |
4 |
Tehran, Iran | A militant Islamic mob took over the U.S. embassy and held 52 Americans hostage for the next 444 days. A U.S. rescue attempt in April 1980 failed. The hostages were released Jan. 20, 1981. |
8 |
1981 |
Oct |
6 |
Cairo, Egypt | Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated by the Egyptian branch of Islamic Jihad (a code name for Hezobllah). |
1 |
1982 |
Sept |
14 |
Lebanon | Lebanese Prime Minister Bashir Gemayel and 25 others were killed in a car bomb attack. Gemayel was seen by many Muslims as too "pro" Israel. |
26 |
1983 |
Apr |
18 |
Beirut, Lebanon | A van drove up to the U.S. embassy, parked under the portico and exploded. The front section of the embassy collapsed. Islamic Jihad was responsible. |
63 |
1983 |
Dec |
12 |
Kuwait City, Kuwait | A truck loaded with explosives crashed into the U.S. Embassy annex. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. |
4 |
1983 |
Oct |
23 |
Beirut, Lebanon | A truck drove to HQ, U.S. Marines. The driver gunned his engine, crashed through a barbed-wire fence, passed between two sentry posts, crashed through a gate, and barreled into the lobby. The Marine sentries did not have loaded weapons and were unable to shoot the driver. (According to one Marine, the driver was smiling as he sped past him.) The suicide bomber detonated his truck. The force collapsed the four-story cinder-block building.About 20 seconds later, an identical attack occurred on the French paratroop barracks.It was the deadliest single-day death toll for the American military since World War II. Hezbollah, backed by Iran and Syria, were responsible. |
299 |
1983 |
Sept |
23 |
Abu Dhabi, UAE | Gulf Air 771 enroute from Abu Dhabi to Karachi exploded and crashed in the desert near Mina Jebel Ali, UAE, killing all aboard. |
117 |
1985 |
Apr |
12 |
Madrid, Spain | A bomb exploded in a restaurant where U.S. soldiers liked to eat. |
18 |
1985 |
Dec |
27 |
Rome, Italy & Vienna, Austria |
Four terrorists walked to the ticket counter of El Al airlines at Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport and opened fire with assault rifles and grenades. Minutes later, an identical attack occurred at the Vienna International Airport. The Abu Nidal group was responsible. |
20 |
1985 |
Nov |
23 |
Valeta, Malta | EgyptAir 648 hijacked by Abu Nidal group. The plane was flown to Malta where Egyptian commandos stormed it. |
60 |
1985 |
Oct |
7 |
Port Said, Egypt | Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro hijacked by Palestinian terrorists. Wheelchair-bound elderly man, Leon Klinghoffer, was shot and thrown overboard. Instructions for the attack originated from Yasser Arafat's headquarters in Tunis. |
1 |
1986 |
Apr |
2 |
Athens, Greece | A bomb exploded aboard TWA 840, sucking four American passengers, including a nine-month-old baby, to their deaths below. The "Arab Revolutionary Cells" claimed responsibility. The group was later connected to Yasser Arafat. |
4 |
1986 |
Apr |
6 |
Berlin, West Germany | The La Belle discotheque was bombed in an attack on U.S. servicemen. Libya was responsible. |
3 |
1986 |
Sept |
5 |
Karachi, Pakista | Pan Am 7 hijacked by four armed men (Abu Nidal). The leader ordered flight attendants to collect passports. Rajesh Kumar, a 29-year-old California resident who had recently become a naturalized U.S. citizen, was shot in the head, then heaved onto the tarmac. The terrorists positioned themselves in front and behind the crowd of passengers/crew. After reciting a martyrdom prayer in Arabic, they opened fire, throwing hand grenades into the crowd and spraying the trapped people with automatic weapons fire. A 2nd U.S. citizen was killed; the father of two young children who were next to their dad when he was shot. Scores of other passengers were injured. |
21 |
1988 |
Dec |
21 |
Lockerbie, Scotland | Pan Am 103 exploded over Lockerbie killing 270, including 11 people on the ground; 189 were Americans. The terrorists were traced to Libya. |
270 |
1989 |
Sept |
19 |
Sahara Desert | UTA 772, a French DC-10, exploded killing all aboard. The brother-in-law of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and five other Libyans were put on trial in absentia for the bombing. In 2003, Libya admitted responsibility and agreed to pay the families of the victims. |
170 |
1992 |
Mar |
17 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina | A car bomb exploded in front of the Israeli Embassy. Most victims were Argentine civilians, including children. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. In 1998, a telephone call intercepted from the Iranian embassy in Argentina proved Iran had been involved in the attack. |
29 |
1993 |
Feb |
26 |
New York | First World Trade Center bombing, which was planned by Ramzi Youssef. |
6 |
1993 |
Jan |
25 |
Langley, Virginia | Mir Aimal Kansi, a Pakistani, fired an AK-47 assault rifle into cars waiting at a stoplight in front of CIA HQ. He was captured in Pakistan and executed in the United States Nov 14, 2002. |
2 |
1994 |
Dec |
11 |
Near Okinawa, Japan | Small bomb on Philippines Airlines plane kills one, injures six. Authorities learned that Ramzi Yousef planted the bomb as a test run for "Operation Bojinka." |
1 |
1994 |
Dec |
24 |
Algiers, Algeria | Air France 8969 was hijacked by GIA (Armed Islamic Group). The terrorists planned to crash the plane into the Eiffel Tower in Paris. |
7 |
1994 |
July |
18 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina | A powerful bomb made of ammonium nitrate was driven through the front gates of the seven-story Argentina-Israeli Mutual Association, leveling the building. The suicide bomber, Ibrahim Hussein Berro, a 29-year-old Shiite Muslim, has been honored with a plaque in southern Lebanon. |
86 |
1994 |
July |
19 |
Panama | A Panamanian commuter plane exploded killing all aboard. A group based in Lebanon claimed the attack, but it is believe Hezbollah was responsible, with backing from Iran. |
29 |
1995 |
Jan |
67 |
Manila, Philippines | Plans for "Operation Bojinka" were discovered on a laptop computer in Manila after an apartment fire. It was to be a large-scale attack on airliners in 1995, and was a precursor to the Sept 11 attacks. The plot was developed by Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed while they were in Manila in 1994 and early 1995. Bombs were to be planted on 11 U.S.-bound airliners that had stopovers all around East Asia and Southeast Asia. The aircraft would have blown up over the Pacific and South China Sea almost simultaneously. If this plan worked, as many as 4000 would have perished and air travel would have been shut down worldwide. |
0 |
1995 |
Nov |
13 |
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | A car bomb exploded outside a joint HQ for U.S. and Saudi military. Three Islamic terror organizations claimed responsibility. |
7 |
1995 |
Nov |
19 |
Islamabad, Pakistan | Egyptian Embassy was bombed. |
19 |
1996 |
Dec |
3 |
Paris, France | A bomb exploded aboard a subway train killing four and injuring 86, including a U.S. citizen. No one claimed responsibility, but Algerian extremists were suspected. |
4 |
1996 |
June |
25 |
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia | Fuel truck carrying a bomb exploded outside the U.S. military's Khobar Towers housing facility. The Saudi branch of Hezbollah was responsible. |
19 |
1997 |
Nov |
17 |
Luxor, Egypt | Six gunmen emerged from desert cliffs into the Temple of Hatshepsut and opened fire with automatic weapons at dozens of tourists. The dead included Japanese, German, Swiss and Egyptian citizens. |
71 |
1997 |
Sept |
18 |
Cairo, Egypt | Three men calmly walked up to a tourist bus outside the Egyptian Museum, pulled weapons from a plastic bag, and unleashed an attack that killed 10, at least seven of them German tourists. One gunman, Saber Mohammed Farhat Abu el-Ulla, had carried out a similar attack four years earlier, killing two Americans and a French citizen. |
10 |
1998 |
Aug |
7 |
Nairobi, Kenya & Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania | Twin truck bomb attacks against U.S. embassies. At least 225 dead and more than 4000 wounded. |
225 |
1999 |
Jan |
3 |
Islamabad, Pakistan | Gunmen opened fire on Shi'a Muslims worshipping in a mosque. |
16 |
1999 |
Dec |
24 |
Kathmandu, Nepal | Indian Airlines 814 was hijacked by Taliban agents. |
1 |
1999 |
Aug |
31 |
Moscow, Russia | Multiple Russian apartment bombings by Chechen terrorists, killing at least 300. |
300 |
2000 |
Oct |
12 |
Aden, Yemen | Boat bomb attack on the USS Cole. |
17 |
2001 |
Dec |
13 |
New Delhi, India |
Terrorists attack Indian Parliament building. Laskhar-e-Taiba, a radical Islamic group (affiliated with Al Qaeda), was thought responsible. A terrorist arrested in connection with the attack told investigators Al Qaeda had plans to attack the British and Australian Embassies, and Parliament. |
12 |
2001 |
Sept |
11 |
New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania | Hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center and Pentagon. A fourth crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. Nearly 3000 dead, including 265 on the planes; 343 firemen; 60 New York City and Port Authority police officers; 125 at the Pentagon. |
2,985 |
2002 |
Oct |
1718 |
Zamboanga & Manila, Philippines |
Two bombs exploded in the main shopping district of the mostly Christian city of Zamboanga. A day later, a bus was bombed in Manila. Jemaah Islamiyah, an Islamic extremist group affiliated with Al Qaeda, was responsible. |
9 |
2002 |
Apr |
11 |
Djerba, Tunisia | Car bomb attack against a synagogue on the resort island of Djerba. At least 21 dead. |
21 |
2002 |
June |
14 |
Karachi, Pakistan | Truck bomb attack against U.S. Consulate. |
12 |
2002 |
May |
9 |
Kaspiisk, Dagestan |
A bomb explosion in kills at least 42 people and injures 130 or more during Victory Day festivities. |
42 |
2002 |
Nov |
28 |
Mombasa, Kenya | Attack on an Israeli-owned hotel. Surface-to-air missile launched at Israeli airliner the same day. |
12 |
2002 |
Oct |
12 |
Bali, Indonesia | Attacks against U.S. Consulate, Sari Club and Paddy's Bar. Most of the dead were Australian tourists. |
202 |
2002 |
Oct |
23 |
Moscow, Russia |
Moscow theater hostage crisis begins; 120 hostages and 40 terrorists killed in rescue 3 days later. |
160 |
2003 |
Apr |
3 |
Russia |
Chechen Islamists carry out 10 deadly suicide bombings across Russia and nearby provinces between Apr and Dec. |
250 |
2003 |
Aug |
19 |
Baghdad, Iraq |
Canal Hotel Bombing (UN HQ) in Baghdad, Iraq kills 22 people including the top UN representative, Sergio Vieira de Mello. |
22 |
2003 |
Aug |
5 |
Indonesia | Car bomb attack against Marriott Hotel. At least 12 dead. |
12 |
2003 |
Aug |
1 |
Mozdok, Russia |
The Russian hospital in Mozdok, North Ossetia, was bombed. |
50 |
2003 |
May |
12 |
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Attacks at three compounds housing non-Saudi workers. At least 30 dead. Al Qaeda was responsible. |
30 |
2003 |
May |
16 |
Casablanca, Morocco | Multiple suicide bombings against Spanish and Jewish facilities, and involved 12 bombers and 5 targets. The Attack was attributed to a Moroccan Al Qaeda-linked group. |
45 |
2003 |
May |
12 |
Znamenskoye, Chechnya |
Truck bomb attack on a government building. |
59 |
2003 |
Nov |
8 |
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Car bomb attack against residential compound housing mainly workers from other Arab countries. |
17 |
2003 |
Nov |
1520 |
Istanbul, Turkey | Two car bomb attacks at Jewish synagogues, plus car bomb attacks at HSBC Bank and the British Consulate. |
60 |
2004 |
Feb |
1 |
Arbil, Iraq |
Two suicide bombings kill 109 Kurds. |
109 |
2004 |
Mar |
2 |
Iraq |
Known as the Ashoura Massacre, Al Qaeda carries out suicide bombings at Shia holy sites killing 181 and wounding over 500. |
181 |
2004 |
Aug |
24 |
Russia |
Multiple, nearly simultaneous Russian airplane bombings. |
90 |
2004 |
Aug |
31 |
Moscow, Russia |
Suicide bombing near a subway station entrance in northern Moscow. |
10 |
2004 |
Dec |
12 |
Gen. Santos, Philippines |
Bombing at Christmas market in General Santos, Philippines. |
15 |
2004 |
Feb |
6 |
Moscow, Russia |
Bomb on Moscow subway. |
41 |
2004 |
Feb |
27 |
Philippines |
Superferry 14 was bombed by Abu Sayyaf group. |
116 |
2004 |
Mar |
11 |
Madrid, Spain | Bomb attacks against four trains. Terrorists blew themselves up when confronted by police. |
199 |
2004 |
May |
1 |
Yanbu, Saudi Arabia | Attack on non-Saudi oil workers. |
7 |
2004 |
May |
29 |
Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia |
Islamic terrorists kill 22 people at an oil compound in Saudi Arabia. |
22 |
2004 |
Oct |
8 |
Taba, Egypt | Large explosions at Hilton Hotel in Taba and at two campsites in the Sinai area. |
30 |
2004 |
Oct |
7 |
Sinai, Egypt |
Three car bombs explode in the Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 32 and wounding 114, most of them Israeli tourists. |
32 |
2004 |
Sept |
9 |
Jakarta, Indonesia | Car bomb outside Australian Embassy. |
9 |
2004 |
Sept |
13
|
Beslan, North Ossetia, Russia |
Beslan school hostage crisis in North Ossetia, Russia results in a massacre of children. |
330 |
2004 |
Sept |
9
|
Jakarta, Indonesia |
The Australian embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia was bombed. |
8 |
2005 |
July |
7 |
London, England | Four suicide bomb attacks in three tube trains and a bus. At least 56 dead. |
56 |
Thanks, OXEN.
Nah.
That p***y would first wet himself, say "that's crazy", then fall all over himself assuring the sandmaggots that we know that most of them are "good" muslims.
And Condi Rice is in Israel trying to set up another Islamikazi government, as if all of these evils had not happened. I have never met a single Palestinian who wanted to live under Palestinian rule, and all of them have suffered abuse under the Islamikazi rule of Arafat, and they are looking for some way out of there. Money had been stolen by Arafat that should have been used for the people in the Palestinian areas. I find this all unbelievable, and beyond comprehension.
Just when will enough be enough?
That's their plan. You've got it exactly right. However it's "on HER white horse."
This is Hillary's plan precisely, and those of us who see it and understand it must do everything possible to prevent her socialist take-over of America. She should be deported, along with every militant "imam" spewing anti-American rhetoric in mosques all over America, because Hillary is equally as dangerous to the health and well being of this country.
Thanks for your post, Wolfstar.
Char
Now, if I can just somehow meld it with Wolfstar's table...
Incidentally, has anyone else picked up on the fact that the list is already obsolete?
The latest ROP atrocity on the vacation spot on the Red Sea is not listed.
Not me. Why should it bother you at all?
Seems to me the people of Boston either agree that it's a problem, or die. It's their choice.
All the more reason to include them.
That tiny country has suffered far out of proportion to their threat to Islam.
You don't expect them to waste their time, do you?
Don't you realize how long it would take to train you to avoid all the thousands of things that you must not do to upset the ROP?
Get real. Organizing ourselves allow us to chuck all the BS. And the bureaucrats can interfere at their own risk.
What time frame? What area of the country? This lady has *****. The world consists of talkers and doers. This woman is obviously a doer. Her opinion, as an example, is worth the opinion of 10,000 Danes (with apologies to the people of Denmark, I am aware that your flag has the proper symbol, but you have exported some doozies!)
Now, how to end this 1,400 history of appalling human subjugation for the benefit of a few potentates? How do we "demand" that they end their "educational system" (grooming children to become homicidal killers)?
Personally, I agree with Ali Sina [http://www.faithfreedom.org] who says that Islam in its entirety must be eradicated from the face of the earth.
That's the solution. I don't quite see the process, however, although President Bush's idea of leading these antiquated, corrupt dictatorial systems to democracy is one way of eradicating Islam. I'm rather impatient, though, with the "go slow" policy which could take tens of thousands more innocent lives over 2 generations.
A few doses of "shock and awe" in the right islamic hotbed locations could speed the process along and finally end what has been a scourge to humanity for 1,400 years.
Thanks for your excellent analysis.
Char (:
fair enough
Abbas is no better; the last $20 mil the US gave Abbas immediately after Arafat's death to use some to pay Israel for utilities. The rest was put to very good use, indeed. (/sarc.off)
The Abbas government has the equivalent of our House and Senate. Every member of the House got a brand new Audi A4 and every member of the Senate got a brand new Audi A6!!
PS. I read this at the time and can't supply a link.
Keep reading, Publius6961. I found the article and posted more details. It's one of the most fascinating articles I've read in a long time and I'd love to see a similar effort, in a coordinated way, sponsored and taught by our government.
You miss the point entirely. The object of the exercise ough not to be how conveniently short we can make the list of muslim atrocities; rather how complete we can make it. Excluding Israel is a slap in the face to the thousands of her dead; worse, in my opinion, than "focusing" on her alone.
For my purposes, I will assemble a nuclear strike (rhetorically speaking) to the next imbecile, muslim or flying monkey who asks, "What about Timothy McVeigh?"
For that purpose alone, this thread is a rare jewel.
You took a piece out of context. That is a tactic that the Democrats have a monopoly on.
Post #80 had a theme--all phrases and sentences are part of that theme.
I bet you know that, too. Yet how many Jews live in Saudi Arabia? Millions of Jews were expelled from Muslim-oriented or Arab states -- many before 1947, too. Iraq comes to mind. Iraq had a huge Jewish population before the 1920's.
Jew are peace-lovers. And I bet you know that too.
There is NO Jewish vendetta against Muslims -- there is only a will to survive. And there IS -- post 1920's -- a real strain, a deep and wide strain, too -- of Muslim hate against Jews and Christians.
So while the list of terrorist incidents in Israel given above starts after 1947, better that it go back to 1920 or so. Hebron. The massacre.
And at that hideous massacre, evidently planned by the Muslim Mufti of Jerusalem -- a number of good Muslims took the side of the Jews, and protected the few survivors with sword in hand.
There are good Muslims. But the vile ones have the power and the moment.
Thanks, and a dread thanks that is, for too many names and dates ... all sad.
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