LIST OF MAJOR ISLAMIC ATTACKS & PLOTS ON AMERICA…before 9/11 Some people ignore that Islamics have been attacking the United States long before September 11, 2001. Here is just a sampling: 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis: seizure of US Tehran Embassy, Iran (Nov 4, 1979 for 444 days) 1983 Bombing of US Beirut Embassy, Lebanon (April 18, 1983) 1983 Bombing of US Marine barracks, Beirut, Lebanon (Oct 23, 1983) 1983 Bombing of US Kuwait Embassy (Dec 12, 1983) 1984 Bombing of US Beirut Embassy (again) (Sept 20, 1984) 1984 Kuwait Airlines Flight 221 hijacked to Tehran – American passengers murdered (Dec 3, 1984) 1985 Hijacking TWA Flight 847 hijacked to Beirut (June 14, 1985) 1985 Hijacking cruise ship Achille Lauro, wheelchair-bound American is thrown overboard & killed (Oct 7, 1985) 1986 Bombing Berlin disco frequented by US servicemen (April 5, 1986) 1988 Bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, 100’s murdered (Dec 21, 1988) 1993 First bombing World Trade Center, New York City, 7 Killed, 1,042 wounded (Feb 26, 1993) 1993 Foiled NY Landmarks plot by Omar Abdel Rahman to blow up the Holland and Lincoln tunnels and other New York City landmarks 1993 Attempted Assassination of Pres. Bush Sr. during visit to Kuwait (April 14, 1993) 1993 Black Hawk Down: shot down US helicopters in Mogadishu, Somalia, during Operation Restore Hope (Oct 3-4, 1993) 1994 Plot to assassinate President Clinton during visit to the Philippines 1995 Failed Project Bojinka by Ramzi Yousef to blow up a dozen US airliners over the Pacific (end in Jan 1995) 1995 Bombing US military headquarters, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Nov 13, 1995) 1996 Bombing Khobar Towers, Saudi Arabia, housing U.S. foreign military personnel (Jun 25, 1996) 1998 Bombing U.S. Nairobi Embassy, Kenya, Africa (Aug 7, 1998) 1998 Bombing U.S. Dar es Salaam Embassy, Tanzania, Africa (Aug 7, 1998) 1999 Foiled LAX Millennium plot by Ahmed Ressam to bomb Los Angeles International Airport (Ressam was arrested at US Canadian border) 2000 Failed USS The Sullivans bombing that was refueling in the port of Aden, Yemen. (Jan 3, 2000) 2000 Bombing USS Cole in the port of Aden, Yemen, 17 U.S. Navy sailors murdered (Oct 12, 2000) (The USS Cole was not engaged in any combat during this period) 2000 Bombing plaza across from US Manila Embassy (Dec 30, 2000) 2001 9/11 attacks: World Trade Center, Flight 93, Pentagon, 3000+ murdered (Sept 11, 2001)
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