Timeline of Terror Plots Against the West (Freeper help needed)

10/12/02 US consulate in Indonesia is bombed
10/10/02 Philippines - Bus depot attacked
10/08/02 US troops shot in Kuwait
10/06/02 French oil tanker bombed near Yemen
10/02/02 Philippines - restaurant full of US troops is nail bombed
06/07/02 Philippines - Kidnapped American missionary killed in rescue attempt
03/17/02 Pakistan - 2 American women killed in church grenade attack
01/31/02 Philippines - hikers attacked, 1 killed
01/23/02 Daniel Pearl is kdnapped and later murdered
10/08/01 Plot to bomb US Embassy and Eagle Base airfield is stopped
09/13/01 Plots to bomb NATO headquartes and US Embassy in Paris are foiled
09/11/01 WTC and Pentagon attacked
08/03/01 14 Foreigners arrested in Afghanistan, accused of propogating Christianity
12/25/00 Terrorists arrested attempting to bomb Strasbourg Cathedral in Germany
10/12/00 USS Cole Bombed
06/27/00 Americans kidnapped in Uzbekistan
12/1999  Jordan- Terrorists arrested in millenium bombing plot
12/14/99 Millennium bomber arrested in Washington state
09/1999 Chechens bomb apartment buildings in Moscow
12/28/98 Tourits kidnapped and killed in Yemen
08/07/98 2 US Embassies in Africa are truck bombed
11/12/98 Americans murdered in Karachi
02/23/97 Palestinian gunman shoots tourists at Empire State Building obsevation deck
06/25/96 Khobar Towers are truck bombed
02/15/96 US Embassy in Athens takes rocket fire
11/13/95 US servicemen killed in bombing in Saudi Arabia
08/23/96 OBL declares war on USA
06/26/95 Unsuccesful assassination attempt on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak
04/18/95 OKC - Murrah building bombing
03/08/95 Karachi Pakistan - American diplomats assassinated
01/06/95 "Operation Bojinka" plot to hijack 12 US airplanes is foiled
07/18/94 Jewish center in Bueon Aries is bombed
11/1933 Assassination attempt on Egyptian Prime Minister
10/1993 "Black Hawk Down" incident in Mogadishu
08/1993  Assassination attempt on Egyptian Interior Minister
04/14/93 Assassination attempt on GHW Bush and family
02/26/93 WTC is truck bombed
01/25/93 CIA Employees shot in Langley, VA
12/29/92 Hotel that housed US troops bombed in Yemen
03/17/92 Israeli embassy in Argentina is bombed
12/21/88 Pan-Am 103 bombed
08/08/88 Pakistan - US Ambassador & Pakistan President killed in plane bombing
04/14/88 USO Club bombed in Naples, Italy
04/24/87 Greece bus carrying American servicemen is attacked
04/05/86 Berlin discofull of US servicemen is bombed
04/02/86 Anthens Greece plane bombing
12/27/85 Rome and Vienna airport shootings
10/07/85 Achille Lauro highjacking
08/08/85 Rhein-Main airbase car bombing
06/14/85 TWA 847 hijacked to Beirut 
06/13/85 Madrid Spain - Restaurant frequented by US servicemen bombed
12/03/84 Kuwait Airlines 221 hijacked and American passengers murdered
09/20/84 Beirut - US Embassy bombing
12/12/83 Kuwait - US Embassy is truck bombed
04/18/83 Beirut - Marine Barracks truck bombed
1982-1991 18 Americans kidnapped in Lebanon
10/06/81 Anwar Sadat Assassinated
11/04/79 Tehran - US Embassy seized

I'll see what I can do for you. My brother posts on a site where he lists this stuff. Drives the libs crazy. I'll ask him for his sources, etc. for you. Best Regards, jhw61.

The former President disembarks from his airplane after a trip back to Arkansas. Although the hoopla is less now that he is out of office, Clinton still occasionally finds himself greeted by military personnel. This is one such occasion. He climbs down the stairs, carrying two huge pigs, one under each arm. He gets to the bottom, and nods his head in return to the soldier's salute. "Son, what do you think about these?" he says. "Nice pigs, SIR!" comes the reply. Clinton gets mildly miffed and lectures, "I'll have you know these aren't just pigs but the finest of Arkansas Razorbacks. Top notch. I got one for Hillary, and one for Chelsea. What do you think about that?" "Nice trade, SIR!

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The former President disembarks from his airplane after a trip back to Arkansas. Although the hoopla is less now that he is out of office, Clinton still occasionally finds himself greeted by military personnel. This is one such occasion.

He climbs down the stairs, carrying two huge pigs, one under each arm. He gets to the bottom, and nods his head in return to the soldier's salute. "Son, what do you think about these?" he says. "Nice pigs, SIR!" comes the reply. Clinton gets mildly miffed and lectures, "I'll have you know these aren't just pigs but the finest of Arkansas Razorbacks. Top notch. I got one for Hillary, and one for Chelsea. What do you think about that?"

"Nice trade, SIR!

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14Feb79 - U.S. Ambassador Adolph "Spike" Dubs is kidnapped and murdered in Afghanistan.

Lets ping Angelus...

One other thing that I think is important is the date of September 11. This is the deepest penetration of the Muslims into Europe. September 12th the Muslims were defeated. A recap of the battle follows:

One of the most important battles of the 17th century was the battle of Vienna, which was fought on September 12, 1683. The outcome of this battle would have a profound effect on the future of Eastern, if not of all, Europe. The Battle of Vienna was mainly fought by the Turks, with about 15,000 Tatars on their side, against a less numerous combination of Polish, German, and Austrian forces. The Turkish forces were led by the Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa, an ambitious man, but who wasn't a very good general judging by the number of battles he had lost.

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One of those 18 Americans kidnapped in Lebanon:

William Francis Buckley Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army--Assassinated CIA Station Chief

Munich Olympics, Sept. 5, 1972, Eleven Israeli athletes are killed during a daylong seige.

One other thought Bobby Kennedy's death on June 5, 1968, in Los Angeles by assassin Sirhan Sirhan could be one of the first terrorist attacks.

Al-Qaeda's second of terrorist attacks against Western and allied targets from August 26 to November 15:

August 26:

Members of the United Forces of Caucasian Mujahideen (UFCM) successfully shoot down a Russian military helicopter, killing 118 Russian soldiers.

September 2:

UFCM forces in Chechnya shoot down a second Russian helicopter, killing 2.

September 3:

Kashmiri terrorist decapitate Ghulam Hassan, a member of the pro-Indian National Conference party.

September 5:

Al-Qaeda operatives in Kabul detonate a car bomb in the Afghan capital that kills at least 30. The attack is timed to coincide with a Taliban assassination attempt on Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

September 7:

Kyrgz Security Secretary Misir Ashirkulov survives an assassination attempt by the Islamic Movement of East Turkestan, a Chinese al-Qaeda affiliate.

Kashmiri terrorists assassinate Abdul Rehman Sheikh, a Kashmiri provincial elections candidate, disguised as Indian soldiers.

September 8:

Four Afghans are wounded after a music shop in Khost is bombed by surviving members of the Taliban.

September 9:

Four Harakat ul-Mujahideen members are arrested in an apparent plot to assassinate General Musharraf.

The ceasefire between the al-Qaeda affiliate Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Filippino government breaks down after MILF and Abu Sayyaf kill 15 Filippino soldiers in Sulu.

September 11:

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Ramzi Binalshibh appear on the al-Jazeera program “Top Secret,” in which they explain how the 9/11 attacks were planned.

Lashkar-e-Tayyaba terrorists assassinate Mushtaq Ahmad Lone, the Indian Minister of Justice for the Jammu and Kashmir province. 15 others are also killed during the shooting, including 4 of the minister’s bodyguards.

Note: Just prior to 9/11/02, the US upgraded its terror alert level to “High” in anticipation of a massive al-Qaeda attack somewhere in Southeast Asia that I believe was the nucleus for what would later become the Bali bombing. As a result, the al-Qaeda network appears to have shut down for nearly ten days, which is exceeding odd and suggests that they planned to wait the US out over the terror alert until they believed that we had become sufficiently complacent to strike.

September 20:

Two al-Qaeda fighters disguised as women opened fire at a market in Kandahar, killing 2 Afghan soldiers.

September 22:

11 Indians are wounded in a grenade attack on a Kashmiri bus by a Kashmiri terrorist.

September 23:

A car bomb destroyed a McDonald’s in Beirut. Asbat al-Ansar, a local al-Qaeda affiliate, claimed responsibility for the attack.

September 24:

23 worshippers are killed at the famous Hindu Akshardham Temple in Gujarat by 3 al-Qaeda operatives, who hold the congregation of over 100 hostage.

September 25:

Reports of al-Qaeda training camps operating in Iran are confirmed by the CIA.

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi gunmen storm the offices of a Christian welfare organization in Karachi and shoot 7 charity workers.

Elite Indian commandos storm Akshardham Temple, killing 3 al-Qaeda operatives. The final death toll for the temple seige is 30 civilians dead and 70 wounded.

Secretary-General Ahmad Sobri Lubis of the Indonesian Islamic Defenders Front issues a call for jihad against the United States. The IDF is one of several Southeast Asian groups that operates under the umbrella of Jemaah Islamiyyah.

September 28:

Kashmiri terrorists assassinate Kashmir opposition candidate Khaleda Mustafa and 3 of her supporters by detonating a remote-control bomb underneath her car.

September 29:

A Yemeni security officer is shot just outside the British Embassy in Yemen.

September 30:

Several thousand Chechen fighters disperse and flee their beseiged positions in Galashki, Ingushetia for the Pankisi Gorge in Georgia.

A German is killed in a car bombing in Riyadh. In atypical fashion, the Saudis blame Western alcohol smugglers for the act.

October 1:

Kashmiri terrorists kill 18 Kashmiris during the third round of provincial elections.

October 2:

Kashmiri terrorists kill 10 Kashmiri civilians during the fourth round of provincial elections.

A US soldier is killed along with two Filippinos by an Abu Sayyaf suicide bomber in the southern Philippines. Later evidence shows that Abu Sayyaf received its intelligence on where to stage its first suicide bombing from the Iraqi Embassy in Manila.

October 5:

Members of Ruslan Gelayev’s UFCM contingent attack Russian positions at the Kerigo-Ukerigo mountain crossing in Dagestan.

500 members of the Islamic Defenders Front attack nightclubs in Jakarta, beating the patrons with bamboo canes.

October 6:

The Islamic Army of Aden, al-Qaeda’s Yemeni affiliate, destroys the French oil tanker Limburg at the port of Ash Shihr in Yemen. In a related development, fighting between Islamic Army fighters loyal to MP Abdullah al-Ahmar and Yemeni security forces leaves 3 security officers dead.

October 8:

A US marine is killed in Kuwait by members of an al-Qaeda sleeper cell.

Three Kashmiri terrorists attack an Indian military base during the final round of polling in Jammu and Kashmir, killing 3.

Ayman al-Zawahiri issues a call to arms against the United States in an audiotape released by al-Jazeera.

October 9:

A Kuwaiti al-Qaeda member attempts a second attack on US troops in Kuwait.

October 10:

Hardline pro-Taliban parties sweep the Pakistani provincial elections in Baluchistan and the Northwest Frontier Province.

Six Filippinos are killed when MILF bombs a crowded bus in Zamboanga.

October 11:

The Bali bombing. Over 192 tourists, mostly Australian, are killed when Jemaah Islamiyyah launches its first mass casualty attack in Indonesia.

October 14:

Two US soldiers are wounded in Kuwait in drive-by attacks.

October 17:

Two MILF bombings in Zamboanga kill 6 Filippinos.

October 18:

An al-Qaeda plot to torpedo the yacht of Emir Hamad bin Khalifah al-Thani is thwarted. Later evidence surfaces stating that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ordered the plot with the assistance of the emir’s cousin Abdullah bin Khalid al-Thani, who had hoped to seize power in Qatar during the subsequent chaos and establish a Wahhabi theocracy. The coup also received support from the Iraqi Mukhbarat as well as Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal.

3 Filippinos are killed in a MILF bombing in Manila.

October 19:

5 Indian security officers are killed at a bombing in Sophore.

October 20:

A bomb explodes in the Pakistani town of Kamra, injuring five.

Abu Sayyaf bombs a Roman Catholic church in Zamboanga, killing 1 and injuring 15.

October 21:

Al-Qaeda second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri arrives in Bangladesh with over 200 aides, bodyguards, and functionaries.

October 23:

Roughly 40 members of the Chechen terrorist group Battalion of the Kamikaze Shaheed seized control of a Moscow theater during a showing of Nordost, holding over 800 patrons hostage. They are led by Movsar Barayev, one of Chechen al-Qaeda leader Shamil Basayev’s senior lieutenants.

A car bombing in Pakistan occurs at a college in Rawalpindi, killing 2.

2 Indonesians are killed after a bomb explodes at a shopping mall in Bandung.

October 25:

Elite Russian Spetsnaz troops storm the Moscow theater after using an unknown gas to paralyze the Chechen suicide bombers. All of the Chechens, including Movsar Barayev, are killed, though 118 of the hostages also die from the gas.

October 26:

The Armed Islamic Group (GIA) kills 21 Algerians in a massacre just south of Algiers.

October 28:

American diplomat Lawrence Foley is assassinated in Amman by two al-Qaeda operatives.

October 29:

UFCM forces shoot down a Russian helicopter near Grozny, killing 4.

November 1:

The Wahhabi pro-Taliban National Islamic Forum gains control of nearly half of the Bahraini parliament in the national elections.

November 3:

Gunmen open fire on a Hunt Oil Company helicopter in Yemen, injuring one American.

Saad bin Laden arrives in Iran.

UFCM forces shoot down a Russian helicopter, killing 9.

November 5:

UFCM forces killed 5 Russian soldiers in the district capital of Vedeno.

November 7:

Al-Qaeda claims formal responsibility for the Bali bombing.

November 8:

Sheikh Ibrahim ibn Mohammed al-Khalifa, a member of the Bahraini royal family, is revealed as being held at Guantanamo Bay.

November 10:

Open clashes break out in the Jordanian city of Maan between members of the Islamic Action Front led by Mohammed Ahmed Shalabi and Jordanian security forces in which 1 police officer and 3 militants are killed.

The pro-Taliban Muttahidah Majlis-e-Amal leader Qazi Hussein Ahmed demands the implemenation of the sha’riah in Pakistan.

Chechen rebel leader Aslan Makhadov declares an end to the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and the formation of the Supreme Emirate of Chechnya, with himself as the emir. UFCM leader Shamil Basayev is appointed to the post Emir al-Mujahideen.

November 12:

Clashes continue in Maan as Jordanian helicopters shell a neighborhood of the city that has been serving as a base for al-Qaeda operatives. 1 Jordanian soldier is killed in the midst of the fighting.

The US confirms that an audiotape purported to contain the voice of Osama bin Laden is genuine.

November 15:

A bus explosion in the Ingush town of Malgobek kills 4 and injures 9.

I distinguish between different al-Qaeda waves according to the instructions issued by the organization's leadership and the tactics employed by the individual cells of the organization. During the third wave, which lasted between November 16 and January 24, the network attempted to employ chemical weapons in order to carry out mass casualty attacks in Europe (as well as Russia and America according to the State Department's 2002 report on global terrorism) that I believe were designed to deter military action against the Iraqi government. While all of these attacks failed, had they been carried out successfully they would've killed hundreds if not thousands of innocent civilians in addition to causing mass panic.

November 16:

Chemical Weapons Plot#1: Cyanide in the subway

Three Algerian al-Qaeda members are arrested in the United Kingdom in an plot to release cyanide gas in the London Subway.

November 17:

Two Serb Orthodox churches in the Kosovar towns of Djurakovac and Ljubovo are destroyed in bombings carried out by suspected Islamic militants.

November 19:

Sudan’s ruling National Islamic Front revokes permission for the Ugandan military to enter Sudanese territory in pursuit of the Lord’s Resistance Army.

November 20:

2 military officers and 4 civilians are killed in sporadic violence perpetrated by the Pakistani al-Qaeda affiliates al-Badr and Hizb ul-Mujahideen.

The moderate Chechen religious leader Sayyid Pasha Salikhov and his son are assassinated in the village of Stariye Atagi by the UFCM.

November 21:

2 US soldiers are shot by a junior level Kuwaiti police officer while en route to Camp Doha.

November 22:

2 Islamic terrorists in Kashmir disguised as women gun down 5 Indian soldiers.

3 Russian soldiers are found decapitated in Ingushetia.

Members of Asbat al-Ansar bomb an electronic games shop in Ein al-Hilweh.

November 24:

Pro-al-Qaeda riots break out in the Jordanian city of Maan.

November 28:

Operatives of the Somali al-Qaeda affiliate al-Itihaad al-Islamiyyah carry out a double suicide bombing attack against an Israeli-owned hotel in the Kenyan city of Mombasa. This attack coincides with an attempt by two additional al-Itihaad operatives to shoot down an El Al airliner using SAM-7 rocket launchers.

November 29:

Allegations surface that Jemaah Islamiyyah has established training camps in the Blue Mountains area of Australia under the auspices of Abdul Rahim Ayyub, the alleged Australian leader of Jemaah Islamiyyah and a professor at the al-Hidayah Islamic School in Bentley.

December 3:

Chechen envoy Akhmed Zakayev is released by a Danish court on lack of evidence for his role in the Moscow theater seige.

December 4:

Jam Mohammed Yousef, the Chief Minister of Baluchistan, orders all imprisoned Islamic militants released in honor of the annual holiday of Eid al-Fitr.

Ansar al-Islam kills 10 PUK peshmerga in a skirmish outside the city of Halabja.

December 5:

Al-Qaeda operative Fathur Rahman al-Ghozi reveals that Thailand is inadvertently serving as a haven for al-Qaeda operatives in Southeast Asia as well as an unofficial coordinating center for Jemaah Islamiyyah, MILF, and the Kuala Lumpur Mujahideen.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon claims that al-Qaeda operatives are active in both Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. A statement broadcast from an al-Qaeda website announces the formal creation of al-Qaeda’s Palestinian branch.

Ansar al-Islam is forced to withdraw from the outskirts of Halabja by a PUK offensive.

An al-Qaeda attack on the Macedonian consulate in Karachi kills 3.

A Jemaah Islamiyyah bombing at a McDonald’s in Sulawesi kills 3 patrons.

December 6:

The Massachusetts-based company P-Tech is raided by the FBI on the suspicion of ties with al-Qaeda.

December 7:

10 Abu Sayyaf members flee the Philippines for Malaysia.

Three bombs explode simultaneously in Bangladesh, killing 15 and injuring over 200. The bombings are later attributed to al-Qaeda by the Bengali government.

A bombing at a McDonald’s in Bombay injures 21.

December 8:

Al-Qaeda spokesman Suleiman Abu Ghaith releases an audiotaped statement to al-Jazeera claiming responsibility for the attacks in Kenya.

The Israeli Mossad reports that al-Qaeda operatives are coordinating operations inside of the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein al-Hilweh in Lebanon.

December 9:

6 Algerian soldiers are killed in a firefight in the Stamboul Forest in Western Algeria during a battle with the Salafist Group for Call and Combat.

December 10:

9 Indian soldiers are killed during a Lashkar-e-Taiba attack at a military base in Srinagar. Altogether, the Lashkar terrorists kill 15 in various towns and villages during the course of the day.

December 11:

Chechen envoy Akhmed Zakayev begins the formal process for obtaining political assylum in the United Kingdom.

MILF fighters in the southern Filippino town of Sultan Sa Barongis kill 11 Filippino soldiers.

Jamaat-e-Islami leader Qazi Hussein Ahmed demands the complete withdrawl of the Pakistani military from Northwest Frontier Province.

December 12:

Research conducted by the International Crisis Group lists the role of an enigmatic figure named Kadungga (who remains at large) in establishing the political leadership of Jemaah Islamiyyah. Kadungga is an associate of a high-ranking Gamaa al-Islamiyyah leader named Osama Rashid and is believed to have assisted Abubakar Bashir in formalizes Jemaah Islamiyyah’s relationship with al-Qaeda. Kadungga is still at large.

US intelligence learns that Ansar al-Islam may have received VX nerve gas from the Iraqi government at some point between October and November 2002. The nerve gas was then believed to have been smuggled out of Iraq through Turkey.

A GIA bombing in the Algerian city of Boukadir kills 4.

Al-Qaeda is reported as having established suicide bombing camps in Pakistani-controlled Azad Kashmir.

December 13:

An al-Qaeda training camp is reported as being established in the Macedonian town of Skopje.

December 16:

Ansar al-Islam establishes a website displaying several video clips of the group’s brutal battles against the PUK.

December 17:

Chemical Weapons Plot#2: The Russian Embassy in Paris

Three Algerians and one Moroccan are arrested in an apparent plot to use chemical weapons to attack the Russian Embassy in Paris in retaliation for the Russian use of knock-out gas against UFCM forces led by Movsar Barayev in October 2002. One of the Algerians, Menad Benchellali, has a brother being held by the US at Guantanamo Bay.

A United Nations report states that al-Qaeda is establishing smaller training facilities in southeastern Afghanistan.

December 18:

4 Dutch al-Qaeda operatives are released on lack of evidence.

10 Algerian soldiers are killed by GSPC fighters near western town of Miliana.

Al-Qaeda operatives are reported as arriving in the extremely corrupt Triple Border area of Latin America from Lebanon. The operatives are being hosted by Hezbollah’s Latin American operations chief, Assad Ahmed Barakat, who is also one of six major drug lords in the area.

December 20:

UFCM forces successfully destroy a Russian T-80 tank and a BMP personnel carrier outside of Grozny. 3 police officers loyal to the Russian government are also killed during the course of the day.

Yemeni security forces get involved in a firefight with al-Qaeda operatives near the southern port of al-Mukalla. After a brief gun battle, the al-Qaeda operatives manage to escape.

Kashmiri terrorists assassinate Abdul Aziz Mir, a member of the ruling coalition in the legislature, outside of a mosque.

December 21:

A US soldier in Afghanistan is killed by Taliban forces in the town of Pakita, near the Pakistani border.

The Jaish-e-Mohammed kills 2 in a bus bombing in the southern Pakistani city of Hyderabad.

December 24:

7 Russian commandos are killed by UFCM forces near the Chechen city of Achkhoi-Martan.

A MILF bombing in the Filippino town of Datu Piang kills 13.

December 25:

A bombing at a Pakistani church in the village of Chianwala kills 3.

December 26:

Afghan warlord and Hezb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar formally merges his organization with al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

Sayyid Amin Adizov, a leader of the United Russia party, was assassinated in the Chechen capital of Grozny.

An alleged message from Osama bin Laden is carried by 3 Saudi envoys to Niger, where it is delivered to GSPC leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar.

December 27:

Two suicide car bombs explode outside the main government building in the Chechen capital of Grozny, killing at least 80.

December 28:

12 Filippino members of the Toronto Ventures company are massacred by MILF fighters in Mindanao.

Yemeni Socialist Party leader Jarallah Omar is assassinated by an al-Qaeda operative during a speech before the rival Islah Party.

December 29:

The West African nations of Liberia and Burkina Faso are said to be harboring a number of al-Qaeda operatives, including Abu Mohammed al-Masri. In both cases, the al-Qaeda operatives are alleged to have been enjoying cooperation at the highest levels of both nations’ governments.

December 30:

A Yemeni al-Qaeda operative kills 3 US doctors at a Baptist hospital in Jibla. The operative is a companion of the gunman who shot Jarallah Omar two days earlier.

December 31:

A MILF bombing at a Filippino New Year’s celebration kills 4 in the town of Tacurong.

January 1:

15 ships owned by al-Qaeda are reported as flying Tongan flags while on the high seas.

January 5:

56 Algerian soldiers are massacred by the GSPC outside of the village of Teniet al-Abed.

January 7:

Chemical Weapons Plot#3: The UK ricin lab

6 Algerians are arrested in London after the discovery of a ricin lab at their flat. Later information will surface that the men had planned to use the ricin to poison the food at a British military base.

January 9:

5 Algerian civilians are killed by the GSPC in the village of Douadiche.

January 10:

The unofficial Taliban radio station “Voice of the Resistance” begins broadcasting in Paktia province, urging Afghans to reject the interim government and take up arms against the US.

January 13:

UFCM fighters in Grozny kill 9 Russian soldiers during an attack on a military convoy.

January 14:

A British police officer is killed during a follow-up raid on members of an al-Qaeda support cell in Manchester.

January 16:

3 Filippino soldiers are killed members of Abu Sayyaf on Jolo Island.

January 18:

Australian intelligence identifies 10 active al-Qaeda training facilities on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, though Indonesia claims that most of these were abandoned or relocated in the wake of the Bali bombings.

January 20:

Al-Qaeda leader Abu Ubeid al-Qurashi issues a statement declaring that the organization has chemical weapons.

January 23:

Chemical Weapons Plot#4: The NATO base Plot

5 Moroccan al-Qaeda operatives are arrested near Venice in an apparent plot to attack the NATO military base in Verona with crude chemical weapons. They are also discovered with a kilogram of C4 that they had planned to use to bomb a Catholic cathedral during services.

January 24:

Chemical Weapons Plot#4: The Spanish Connection

16 Algerian members of the GSPC are arrested throughout northeastern Catalonia with several barrels of ricin that were apparently planned to be used in terrorist attacks.

This marks the official end of al-Qaeda’s third wave. All in all, 309 people were killed by the terrorist network during this time period. Had even one of the chemical weapons plots succeeded, things would have been much, much worse.

11/03/92 - Agents of the Chinese intelligence community infiltrate the highest levels of the United States National Command Authority and initiate efforts to destabilize the U.S. Military.

Lead-up to the War in Iraq

As of January 25, 2002 al-Qaeda had a serious problem. Its last chemical weapons cell in Europe had been successfully disrupted by Spanish authorities and shortly thereafter one of the organization’s central hubs in the United Kingdom, the Finsbury Park Mosque, was raided by MI5. Clearly, any efforts to deter the US-led coalition against Iraq had failed, so the organization continued to focus on local struggles while it awaited directions from the central leadership on what to do next.

January 28:

A MILF bombing in Kidapawan City in the southern Philippines injures 18.

January 29:

Prominent Islamic cleric Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi, who hosts a popular television program on al-Jazeera devoted to Islamic law, issues a fatwa declaring any Muslim killed in an effort to evict US forces from the Persian Gulf a martyr.

January 30:

Jamaat al-Muslimeen, an al-Qaeda affiliate based in Trinidad and Tobago that attempted a coup against the government in 1990, issues a statement pledging its allegiance to bin Laden and calling for Muslims to fight against a prospective US-led war against Iraq.

January 31:

Al-Qaeda operatives in Afghanistan set off a massive bomb on the Rambasi Bridge near Kandahar, killing 18 Afghan civilians.

MI6 releases documents to the BBC claiming that al-Qaeda successfully constructed at least one radiological dispersal device (dirty nuke) during the late 1990s in Afghanistan.

February 1:

Sudanese military forces backed by al-Qaeda fighters succeeded in capturing the southern city of Leer.

February 2:

The International Maritime Bureau reports an increase in piracy along the Somali coast.

February 3:

A bombing at the Clifton Shopping Galleria in Karachi kills 1 and injures 2.

February 7:

Officials in Kazakhstan, Kyrgzstan, and Tajikistan report that Hizb-ut-Tahrir, one of al-Qaeda’s political wings, is actively recruiting members in the Ferghana Valley for the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.

February 8:

Taliban fighters kill 5 Afghan soldiers and kidnap 2 more during Friday prayers at a mosque in Helmand province.

Mullah Omar issues a statement calling for renewed jihad against US forces in Afghanistan.

February 9:

Saudi and Jordanian al-Qaeda operatives are reported to have entered the Pankisi Gorge in Georgia to assess the current state of the terrorist training camps there.

Several members of Ansar al-Islam assassinate General Shawkat Haji Mushir (a member of the PUK oligarchy), Sheikh Jaffar Mustafa, the district military commander in Halabja, Hekmat Osman, the security chief of the Sirwan district, and Sardar Qafoor, the military commander of the Sirwan district, as well as 3 civilians. The Ansar al-Islam members had claimed to be defectors seeking to meet with the PUK leadership.

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi members gun down 4 Hindus in the Pakistani city of Quetta.

February 10:

MILF fighters kill 3 Filippino soldiers near Pikit as over 1,000 MILF fighters mass inside of the city to prepare to take action if the US goes to war with Iraq.

A North Korean intelligence operative is arrested by Lebanese authorities while trying to enter the Ein al-Hilweh refugee camp, a known stronghold of al-Qaeda. The operative, Jim Kim Su, is arrested with $3,000 he claims were to have been used to finance attacks against US interests in Lebanon by Islamic extremists if the US went to war with Iraq.

February 11:

Altaf Hussain, a Lashkar-e-Taiba commander, escapes from a Surankote jail in the Indian province of Jammu and Kashmir.

Osama bin Laden issues an audiotaped statement in which he calls for cooperation between Islamic extremists and the Iraqi government in the interest of fighting a US-led war with Iraq.

February 12:

The first day of the Battle of Pikit ends with 60 MILF fighters dead.

Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah issues a call for his organization to send fighters to Iraq to fight any US-led invasion. The timing of this announcement, one day after bin Laden’s own call to arms, is intriguing.

February 13:

The second day of the Battle of Pikit ends with 140 MILF fighters and 9 Filippino soldiers dead.

The UK-based al-Ansar News Agency releases a new audiotape of Osama bin Laden talking about launching a lethal blow against the United States within the next year.

Saad bin Laden is once again sighted in Tehran meeting with Iranian officials.

February 14:

The Battle of Pikit ends with over 1,000 MILF fighters fleeing Pikit, Kabasalan, Rajamuda, and Buliok for other safe havens in Mindanao. All four strongholds are quickly occupied by over 3,000 Filippino troops.

February 16:

The Osama bin Laden audiotape released by the al-Ansar News Agency claims that US military operations in the Middle East will eventually target Iran, Sudan, and Saudi Arabia, all of which are arguably state sponsors of al-Qaeda.

February 17:

The Saudi deputy governor of Jouf province is assassinated by an al-Qaeda operative while driving to work.

February 18:

MILF fighters kill 7 Filippino soldiers in Maguindanao.

February 20:

MILF fighters kill 14 civilians in the Filippino city of Kalawit.

A British national is killed in a car bombing in Saudi Arabia. The attack is, as usual, attributed to alcohol smugglers.

February 22:

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi gunmen kill 7 Shi’ites worshipping at a mosque in the Pakistani city of Karachi.

February 23:

East Timor accuses the Laskar Jihad of carrying out the killing of five former pro-independence activists in January.

February 24:

UFCM forces kill 10 Russian soldiers in the Chechen city of Argun.

On March 1, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was arrested in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi with two associates. These arrests threw al-Qaeda into complete disarray and forced a major reorganization of the network. Nevertheless, a number of existing plots were still able to go forward, particularly those already in place in Iraq.

I'd add TWA 800!

Let's not forget Achille Laura and the hijacked aircraft that were dynamited in the Jordanian desert by our friendly neighborhood Arafart!

One other thought Bobby Kennedy's death on June 5, 1968, in Los Angeles by assassin Sirhan Sirhan could be one of the first terrorist attacks.

My DH sat next to him in high school, said he was always angry about Israel and the Palis. DH has always been horrified that he knew him when.

If you're including kidnapping & murder of Daniel Pearl, you might as well go back to the Muslim Barbary Pirates who were capturing European and American seamen and selling them into slavery until Congress had enough and decided to send the US Navy and Marines to police the Med.

In one episode in 1805 American marines marched across the desert from Egypt into Tripolitania, forcing Tripoli to make peace and surrender all American slaves, and giving rise to the famous line in the U.S. Marine Corps anthem.

Hell, we've been fighting off these Islamofascists as long as the USA has been a nation. Europe has been doing it even longer, unfortunately they seem to have given up. Islam is invading them through their meek immigration policy.

Exacto!

Sirhan Sirhan is a radical Islamic terrorist, prototype for future assassinations.

Not quite the "religion of peace".

Everytime one of these Muslim clerics gets on TV or talk radio that bring up Oklahoma City as if one act trumps all of their mayhem.

The American public is so uniformed about the long continual string of insane cultist slaughter of innocents; over time they either forget or become numbed and unable to hear.

The Democrat party is playing little girlfriend to the terrorists.

Every knock on George W. Bush and our conduct and small losses in Iraq is a vote for el-Quaeda.

In particular the speech and actions of one American minority that defends and supports the terrorists is outright treason.

Big problem for the Dems in 2004.

Howard F. Dean, F. John Kerry, and that F. dingbat from Cinncinnati with Rev. Al thrown in to sing "3 Tenors" with Jesse F. Jackson and Screwy Louie Farrakan.

Go left, young Democrats!

Let's hear it for M?. Hillary F. Rodham-Blythe-Clinton the 1st!