This Week In History...Previous Incidents of Terrorism: anuary 14, 2004 GAZA STRIP First female HAMAS suicide bomber kills four, wounds 10 at Erez Crossing January 14, 2008 AFGHANISTAN Attack on Serena Hotel in Kabul kills six, injures six others including American Thor David Hessla; Taliban claims responsibility January 15, 2002 WEST BANK Palestinian militia leader Raid al-Karmi killed by bomb outside his home; Israel implicated January 16, 2006 AFGHANISTAN Twenty-two civilians killed, 27 wounded by suicide bomber on motorcycle in Spin Buldak; no claim of responsibility January 16, 2013 ALGERIA Attack on gas facility near In Amenas kills 39, including three Americans; Those Who Sign With Blood Battalion led by Mokhtar Belmokhtar claims responsibility January 17, 1991 Operation Desert Storm air offensive begins January 17, 1996 UNITED STATES Uma Abd al-Rahman (the Blind Shaykh) sentenced to life in prison for his role in 1993 WTC bombing January 18, 1982 LEBANON Malcolm Kerr, American University president, assassinated in Beirut; Islamic Jihad claims responsibility January 18, 2011 IRAQ Suicide bomber kills 50, wounds 150, in attack on police applicants in Tikrit; no claim of responsibility but al-Qaida in Iraq strongly suspected January 19, 2007 ETHIOPIA Twenty-five killed in attack on community in Gunagado; Ogaden National Liberation Front believed responsible January 20, 1981 IRAN Remaining 52 US Embassy hostages seized in November 1979 released January 20, 2012 NIGERIA Coordinated attacks in Kano kill more than 185; Boko Haram claims responsibility
Posted on: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 15:07:15 +0000
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