Terrorist+attacks

Welcome... This is a page where the information tells you the horrible stuff people does to kill people... Often times, the environment we grow up in influences the thoughts we have and the decisions we make. Many suicide bombers come from backgrounds where they are brainwashed into believing they are doing the right thing by killing others- Religion, geography, political influences and economic conditions may all play a role in their decision, A suicide bomber may seek martyrdom, honor, rewards in the afterlife or may even do it so that their family receives monetary compensation. Or some people may just be inherently evil and gain pleasure from harming others - Whatever the reason, in the end of the day there is no justified reason for murdering innocent people. Throughout human history, there have been many threats to the security of nations. These threats have brought about large-scale losses of life, the destruction of property, widespread illness and injury, the displacement of large numbers of people, and devastating economic loss. Recent technological advances and ongoing international political unrest are components of the increased risk to national security. ([] unknown author, unknown music, from youtube) media type="youtube" key="1AeB3wJ505M?fs=1" height="385" width="480" 9/11 2001. A suicide bomber decides to endanger alot of people by killing himself and destorying the Twin Towers. ([], unknown author, unknown music, from youtube) media type="youtube" key="VO6-5BqBkIM?fs=1" height="385" width="480" 2 June 2009, terrorists riding in a van destroys a police station ([] __ unknown __ music, unknown author, from youtube.)media type="youtube" key="56ZvyZK7Mik?fs=1" height="385" width="640" This was filmed in 21 May 07. This also happened in the same date. [], unknown music, unknown author, from youtube. media type="youtube" key="i3Z4K_WWeBA?fs=1" height="385" width="480" Deaths on terrorism: **1920**
 * Sept. 16, New York City:** TNT bomb planted in unattended horse-drawn wagon exploded on Wall Street opposite House of [|Morgan], killing 35 people and injuring hundreds more. Bolshevist or anarchist terrorists believed responsible, but crime never solved.

**1975**
 * Jan. 24, New York City:** bomb set off in historic [|Fraunces Tavern] killed 4 and injured more than 50 people. Puerto Rican nationalist group (FALN) claimed responsibility, and police tied 13 other bombings to the group.

**1979**
 * Nov. 4, Tehran, Iran:** Iranian radical students seized the U.S. embassy, taking 66 hostages. 14 were later released. The remaining 52 were freed after 444 days on the day of President Reagan's inauguration.

**1982–1991**
 * Lebanon:** Thirty US and other Western hostages kidnapped in Lebanon by Hezbollah. Some were killed, some died in captivity, and some were eventually released. Terry Anderson was held for 2,454 days.

**1983**
 * April 18, Beirut, Lebanon:** U.S. embassy destroyed in suicide car-bomb attack; 63 dead, including 17 Americans. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
 * Oct. 23, Beirut, Lebanon:** Shiite suicide bombers exploded truck near U.S. military barracks at Beirut airport, killing 241 marines. Minutes later a second bomb killed 58 French paratroopers in their barracks in West Beirut.
 * Dec. 12, Kuwait City, Kuwait:** Shiite truck bombers attacked the U.S. embassy and other targets, killing 5 and injuring 80.

**1984**
 * Sept. 20, east Beirut, Lebanon:** truck bomb exploded outside the U.S. embassy annex, killing 24, including 2 U.S. military.
 * Dec. 3, Beirut, Lebanon:** Kuwait Airways Flight 221, from Kuwait to Pakistan, hijacked and diverted to Tehran. 2 Americans killed.

**1985**
 * April 12, Madrid, Spain:** Bombing at restaurant frequented by U.S. soldiers, killed 18 Spaniards and injured 82.
 * June 14, Beirut, Lebanon:** TWA Flight 847 en route from Athens to Rome hijacked to Beirut by Hezbollah terrorists and held for 17 days. A U.S. Navy diver executed.
 * Oct. 7, Mediterranean Sea:** gunmen attack Italian cruise ship, //Achille Lauro//. One U.S. tourist killed. Hijacking linked to Libya.
 * Dec. 18, Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria:** airports in Rome and Vienna were bombed, killing 20 people, 5 of whom were Americans. Bombing linked to Libya.

**1986**   **1988**
 * April 2, Athens, Greece:**A bomb exploded aboard TWA flight 840 en route from Rome to Athens, killing 4 Americans and injuring 9.
 * April 5, West Berlin, Germany:** Libyans bombed a disco frequented by U.S. servicemen, killing 2 and injuring hundreds.
 * Dec. 21, Lockerbie, Scotland:** N.Y.-bound Pan-Am Boeing 747 exploded in flight from a terrorist bomb and crashed into Scottish village, killing all 259 aboard and 11 on the ground. Passengers included 35 Syracuse University students and many U.S. military personnel. Libya formally admitted responsibility 15 years later (Aug. 2003) and offered $2.7 billion compensation to victims' families.

**1993**
 * Feb. 26, 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.

**1995**
 * April 19, 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. (//See// [|Miscellaneous Disasters].)
 * Nov. 13, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia:** car bomb exploded at U.S. military headquarters, killing 5 U.S. military servicemen.

**1996**
 * June 25, 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.

**1998**   **2000**
 * Aug. 7, 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.
 * Oct. 12, 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** [|**Sept. 11, New York City, Arlington, Va., and Shanksville, Pa.:**]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. Total dead and missing numbered 2,992 1 : 2,749 in New York City, 184 at the Pentagon, 40 in Pa., and 19 hijackers. Islamic al-Qaeda terrorist group blamed. (//See// [|September 11, 2001: Timeline of Terrorism].)

**2002** **June 14, Karachi, Pakistan:** bomb explodes outside American consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 12. Linked to al-Qaeda.

**2003**
 * May 12, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia:** suicide bombers kill 34, including 8 Americans, at housing compounds for Westerners. Al-Qaeda suspected.

**2004** **May 29–31, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia:** terrorists attack the offices of a Saudi oil company in Khobar, Saudi Arabia, take foreign oil workers hostage in a nearby residential compound, leaving 22 people dead including one American. **2005** **Nov. 9, Amman, Jordan:** suicide bombers hit 3 American hotels, Radisson, Grand Hyatt, and Days Inn, in Amman, Jordan, killing 57. Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility. **2006** **Sept. 13, Damascus, Syria:** an attack by four gunman on the American embassy is foiled.
 * June 11–19, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia:** terrorists kidnap and execute Paul Johnson Jr., an American, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 2 other Americans and BBC cameraman killed by gun attacks.
 * Dec. 6, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:** terrorists storm the U.S. consulate, killing 5 consulate employees. 4 terrorists were killed by Saudi security.

**2007** **Jan. 12, Athens, Greece:** the U.S. embassy is fired on by an anti-tank missile causing damage but no injuries.
 * Dec. 11, Algeria:** more than 60 people are killed, including 11 United Nations staff members, when Al Qaeda terrorists detonate two car bombs near Algeria's Constitutional Council and the United Nations offices.

**2008** **May 26, Iraq:** a suicide bomber on a motorcycle kills six U.S. soldiers and wounds 18 others in Tarmiya. **2009** **Feb. 9, Iraq:** a suicide bomber kills four American soldiers and their Iraqi translator near a police checkpoint. **2010** **May 2, New York City:** After discovering a bomb in a smoking vehicle parked in Times Square, authorities arrest Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistani who recently became a naturalized U.S. citizen, and charge him with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and several other federal charges. American officials later announce that the Pakistani Taliban likely played a role in the bomb plot, including training Shahzad.
 * June 24, Iraq:** a suicide bomber kills at least 20 people, including three U.S. Marines, at a meeting between sheiks and Americans in Karmah, a town west of Baghdad.
 * June 12, Afghanistan:** four American servicemen are killed when a roadside bomb explodes near a U.S. military vehicle in Farah Province.
 * July 13, Afghanistan:** nine U.S.soldiers and at least 15 NATO troops die when Taliban militants boldly attack an American base in Kunar Province, which borders Pakistan. It's the most deadly against U.S. troops in three years.
 * Aug. 18 and 19, Afghanistan:** as many as 15 suicide bombers backed by about 30 militants attack a U.S. military base, Camp Salerno, in Bamiyan. Fighting between U.S. troops and members of the Taliban rages overnight. No U.S. troops are killed.
 * Sept. 16, Yemen:** a car bomb and a rocket strike the U.S. embassy in Yemen as staff arrived to work, killing 16 people, including 4 civilians. At least 25 suspected al-Qaeda militants are arrested for the attack.
 * Nov. 26, India:** in a series of attacks on several of Mumbai's landmarks and commercial hubs that are popular with Americans and other foreign tourists, including at least two five-star hotels, a hospital, a train station, and a cinema. About 300 people are wounded and nearly 190 people die, including at least 5 Americans.
 * April 10, Iraq:** a suicide attack kills five American soldiers and two Iraqi policemen.
 * Dec. 25:** A Nigerian man on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit attempted to ignite an explosive device hidden in his underwear. The explosive device that failed to detonate was a mixture of powder and liquid that did not alert security personnel in the airport. The alleged bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, told officials later that he was directed by the terrorist group Al Qaeda. The suspect was already on the government's watch list when he attempted the bombing; his father, a respected Nigerian banker, had told the U.S. government that he was worried about his son's increased extremism.
 * Dec. 30, Iraq:** a suicide bomber kills eight Americans civilians, seven of them CIA agents, at a base in Afghanistan. It's the deadliest attack on the agency since 9/11. The attacker is reportedly a double agent from Jordan who was acting on behalf of al-Qaeda.

What other people think about terrorism: You do not tell us which groups, but in my opinion, the main reason groups come to use terrorism is that they are too weak to do anything else. Terrorism is a last resort type of tactic. Groups that have better ways of achieving their goals do not use it. You can see that none of the terrorist groups are strong in comparison to countries. Al Qaeda cannot hope to attack America militarily, so what is it supposed to do if it wants to hurt us? It can't launch missiles so it has to do terrorism. Posted by [|pohnpei397] on Apr 21, 2010 on []

We, the target victims, are the ones who call them "terrorists." They do not see themselves as such. They are a completely unique subculture of fanatics who believe that what they are doing is correct, that their targets are the enemy, and that attacking them will bring them some form of benefit. That sort of negative motivation comes from the training these subgroups receive. It is a type of brainwashing no different than a hardcore sect. They are physically and mentally conditioned to stick to their system of belief, and that is why they start many of their representatives at a very young age. What can u do with an 8 year old who has been told that America is evil, and that our way of life should be terminated? Add to that the amount of consistent persuasion, the promise of a glorious ending, and monetary funding to your family should you become a suicidal bomber? It is the reality that we must face: They are bound to their belief systems and they are not willing to change that. Therefore, they are willing to fulfill every expectation placed upon them and, on top of that, they are told that what they are doing is honorary. //Post Note:// //I was due in Afghanistan at the first of the month, when all sort of killings broke lose. I received the same amount of information about the Taliban as maybe they got about us. However, isn't that interesting that (in our mentalities,) we STILL could not fathom even facing or confronting them the same way they do US? It was out of the question! In fact, we became more educated on THEIR way of life than they were on OURS. This may be a sort of example to differentiate between a culture and a subculture.// Posted by [|herappleness] on Apr 21, 2010 on []

There is no one correct answer to this question, but here are some suggestions. First, some people use terrorism to create fear in an effective way. I say that terrorism is effective, because you are largely fighting an invisible enemy. This fact is very scary. Second, some people use terrorism to carry out strategic attacks on places that are symbolic. For instance, it is not chance that the NY and DC were targets on 9/11. Finally, I think that people use terrorism, because there is little else that they can do in terms of power. Without a standing army, you really cannot wage a traditional war. Posted by [|readerofbooks] on Apr 21, 2010 on []

Take a closer look at the groups that use terrorism as a method of fighting against empires of government. When you think of al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas or the Sunni insurgency, we think of car bombings, roadside bombs, and suicide bombers. Those who are willing to fight in that manner, to target women and children, to target those who believe the same religion as they do - these are the characteristics of a fanatic. They believe strongly enough in their cause that they are willing to do //anything// to fight for it. Terrorism to them is just a method of carrying out that fight. They do not need advanced weapons or expensive ones, or even that many of them in order to commit these acts. They are hard to catch as they do not fight in the open, army to army. And they receive both attention and response so disproportional to their military strength and skill because of the horror of their attacks that they feel they are being effective. Posted by [|brettd] on Apr 21, 2010 on [] My Questions: Why do people kill themselves to kill other people? How many people died of Terrorist attacks? Why do people do these things? What does most surviors of Terrorist Attacks think about Terrorism?

 