CASSIOPIA COX DR.

HARRIS HOMELAND SECURITY

1990
On 3rd August 1990, guncarrying Tamil Tiger terrorists swooped on Muslim prayers inside the holy KATTANKUDY mosque and butchered 103 Muslim prayers including over 25 small children. The dastardly mass murder provoked condemnation from the international community.

13 Aug 1990: armed attack at mosque in Eravur, Sri Lanka (122)

2 Oct 1990: crash of hijacked PRC airliner in Guangzhou, PRC (132)

1993
26 Feb: New York City: bomb exploded in basement garage of World Trade Center, killing 6 and injuring at least 1,040 others. In 1995, militant Islamist Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and 9 others were convicted of conspiracy charges, and in 1998, Ramzi Yousef, believed to have been the mastermind, was convicted of the bombing. Al-Qaeda involvement is suspected

12 Mar: 15 bombings in Bombay, India (317)

22 Sep: crash of airliner struck by missile in Sukhumi, Georgia (106)

1995

19 Apr: Oklahoma City: car bomb exploded outside federal office building, collapsing wall and floors. 168 people were killed, including 19 children and 1 person who died in rescue effort. Over 220 buildings sustained damage. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols later convicted in the antigovernment plot to avenge the Branch Davidian standoff in Waco, Tex., exactly 2 years earlier

13 Nov: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: car bomb exploded at U.S. military headquarters, killing 5 U.S. military servicemen.

1996
14-19 June: hostage taking in Budennovsk, Russia, and two failed rescue attempts (143)

25 June: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia: truck bomb exploded outside Khobar Towers military complex, killing 19 American servicemen and injuring hundreds of others. 13 Saudis and a Lebanese, all alleged members of Islamic militant group Hezbollah, were indicted on charges relating to the attack in June 2001.

23 Nov: crash of hijacked Ethiopian Air flight off Comoros (127)

1997
29 Aug: attacks at Sidi Moussa and Hais Rais, Algeria (238)

22 Sep: attack at Ben Talha, Algeria (277)

30 Dec: attack at Ami Moussa, Algeria (272)

1998
4 Jan 1998: attacks at Had Chekala, Remka, and Ain Tarik, Algeria (172) 11 Jan 1998: attack on movie theater and mosque at Sidi Hamed, Algeria (103)

7 Aug 1998, Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: truck bombs exploded almost simultaneously near 2 U.S. embassies, killing 224 (213 in Kenya and 11 in Tanzania) and injuring about 4,500. 4 men connected with al-Qaeda 2 of whom had received training at al-Qaeda camps inside Afghanistan, were convicted of the killings in May 2001 and later sentenced to life in prison. A federal grand jury had indicted 22 men in connection with the attacks, including Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden, who remained at large.

8 Aug 1998: truck bombings of U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Saalam, Tanzania (303)

1999
13 Sep 1999: bombing of apartment building in Moscow, Russia (130) 31 Oct 1999: intentional crash of Egypt Air flight off Massachusetts, USA, by pilot (217)

2000
12 Oct , Aden, Yemen: U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole heavily damaged when a small boat loaded with explosives blew up alongside it. 17 sailors killed. Linked to Osama bin Laden, or members of al-Qaeda terrorist network.

2001
10 Aug: attack on train south of Luanda, Angola (152) 11 Sep: crashing of hijacked planes into World Trade Center, New York City, New York, Pentagon in Alexandria, Virginia, and site in Pennsylvania, USA (2,993), hijackers crashed 2 commercial jets into twin towers of World Trade Center; 2 more hijacked jets were crashed into the Pentagon and a field in rural Pa. with 2,749 in New York City, 184 at the Pentagon, 40 in Pa., and 19 hijackers. Islamic al-Qaeda terrorist group blamed. http://youtu.be/titNIkNc9e8