Read The 50 Worst Terrorist Attacks Online
Authors: Edward Mickolus,Susan L. Simmons
Peru,
viii
,
xix
,
15
,
106â10
,
146
,
208
,
212
Philippines,
viii
,
8
,
89
,
122
,
132
,
133
,
135
,
136
,
138
,
144â46
,
247
Russia,
viii
,
ix
,
xix
,
20
,
53
,
92
,
94â99
,
103
,
104
,
123
,
137â40
,
149â54
,
159
,
167â69
,
172
,
200
,
210
,
212
,
218
,
246
,
247
Saudi Arabia,
22
,
24
,
43
,
44
,
113
,
141
,
142
,
156
,
184
Somalia,
27
,
32â34
,
75
,
114
,
115
,
123
,
167
,
169
,
170
,
171
,
175
,
176
,
178
,
179
,
193
,
248
South Korea,
5
,
6
,
8
,
51
,
107
,
108
,
162
Spain,
29
,
49
,
75
,
78
,
85
,
107
,
145â48
,
188
,
219
,
249
Strait of Gibraltar,
127
Sudan,
ix
,
21
,
25
,
45
,
53
,
88
,
89
,
111
,
114
,
115
,
128
,
170
,
184â87
Switzerland,
8
,
9
,
10
,
24
,
26
,
36
,
53
,
60
,
77
,
123
,
138
,
194
,
213
Syria,
19
,
20
,
23
,
56
,
60
,
65
,
69
,
70
,
75
,
85
,
91
,
124
,
148
,
152
,
157
,
159
,
173
,
198
,
229
Tanzania,
viii
,
xviii
,
112â16
,
124
,
126
,
170
,
171
,
221
,
252
Thailand,
8
Turkey,
67
,
103
,
123
,
138
,
141
,
147
,
169
,
233
,
234
Uganda,
ix
,
xviii
,
25â28
,
169â71
,
176
Ukraine,
138
United Arab Emirates,
24
,
129
,
138
United Kingdom,
viii
,
x
,
xviii
,
8â10
,
28
,
37
,
58
,
60
,
69
,
73â75
,
107
,
123
,
124
,
127
,
132
,
135
,
138
,
140
,
141
,
153
,
155â59
,
172
,
177
,
178
,
185
,
208
,
214
,
238
,
240
,
253
United States,
iv
,
vii
,
ix
,
xviii
,
xix
,
1
,
2
,
4
,
5
,
7â10
,
12
,
16
,
27â31
,
39â44
,
47
,
49
,
54â58
,
60
,
61
,
63â69
,
71â79
,
84
,
87â89
,
95
,
98â102
,
106
,
111â17
,
121â28
,
131
,
132
,
134â36
,
138â44
,
146
,
155
,
157
,
160
,
162
,
164
,
167
,
168
,
170
,
172
,
173
,
178
,
179
,
181â92
,
194
,
196â98
,
200â205
,
208â10
,
212â15
,
217
,
218
,
221â23
,
226
,
233â39
,
241
,
243
,
250
,
251
,
253
Vatican City,
233
Venezuela,
21
,
22
,
26
,
28
,
29
,
30
,
84
,
107
,
108
West Germany,
8â10
,
16
,
18
,
24â26
,
32
,
60
,
63
,
65
,
66
,
73
,
123
,
185
,
187
,
192
,
194
.
See also
Germany
Worldwide,
xiv
,
14
,
16
,
21
,
99
,
113
,
171
,
196
,
208
,
244
,
245
Yemen,
viii
,
xviii
,
24
,
32
,
33
,
45
,
114
,
124â27
,
131
,
143
,
144
,
171
,
187
,
239
,
240
AAR.
See
Arm of the Arab Revolution
Abbas, Abu,
59â64
Abdallah Azzam Battalion,
113
Abdullah Azzam Brigades.
See
Al Qaeda in Syria
Abdulmutallab, Umar Farouk (The Underwear Bomber),
239
,
240
Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades,
146
,
155
Abu Nidal (Black June Organization),
xviii
,
68
,
71
Agca, Mehmet Ali,
233
Aimal Secret Committee,
204
Akkasha, Zuhair,
33
Al Qaeda,
xi
,
xviii
,
48
,
57
,
81
,
99
,
103
,
112
,
121
,
123
,
126
,
128â32
,
137
,
140
,
144â49
,
152
,
154
,
155
,
157â159
,
167
,
176
,
199
,
205
,
217â219
,
221â223
,
226
,
227
,
230
,
235
,
237
,
238
; in Iraq,
122
,
132
,
229â30
; in Malaysia,
130
; in Syria,
159
; in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP),
122
,
132
,
167
,
168
,
239
,
240
; in the Islamic Mahgreb (AQIM),
122
,
132
,
171
Al-Asiri, Ibrahim Hassan,
240
Al-Balawi, Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal,
222
Al-Baluchi, Amar,
132
Al-Batawi, Huthaifa,
230
Al-Gama'at al-Islamiyyah,
47
,
51
,
110
Al-Harazi, Muhammad Omar,
126
Al-Hawsawi, Mustafa Ahmed,
132
Al-Khattab, Ibn,
138
Al-Kini, Usama,
221
Al-Megrahi, Abdel Basset Ali,
73â76
Al-Mulathameen (Masked Brigade),
173
Al-Nashiri, Abd-al-Rahim,
127
,
142
Al-Owhali, Mohammed Rashed Daoud,
115
,
126
Al-Qa'ida.
See
Al Qaeda
Al-Sadat, Anwar,
17
,
47
,
50â53
,
88
,
110
,
112
,
186
Al-Safarini, Zayd Hassan Abd al-Latif Masud,
69â72
Al-Shabaab,
xi
,
167
,
169â71
,
175â79
Al-Tufayli, Subhi,
90
Alunni, Corrado,
35â36
Alvarez, Mauricio Duarte,
188
Al-Walid, Abu,
139
Al-Yemeni, Hussein,
226
Al-Zarqawi, Abu Musab,
217
Al-Zawahiri, Ayman,
47
,
53
,
110
,
113
,
115
,
121
,
124
,
132
,
152
,
157
,
237
Amador, Carlos Fonseca,
188
Amal, Islamic,
56
Anti-American Liberation Front,
64
AQAP.
See
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
AQIM.
See
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Mahgreb
Arguello, Patrick Joseph,
11
,
13
Armed Islamic Group (GIA),
235
Armed Proletarian Nuclei (Nuclei Armati Proletari),
35
Armed Revolutionary Nuclei (Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari, NAR),
48
Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia,
xviii
Arm of the Arab Revolution (AAR),
21â25
Army of the Red Star,
13
Army of the Righteous,
164
Asahara, Shoko (Chizuo Matsumoto),
95â98
Atef, Muhammed,
116
Attash, T awfiq bin,
116
,
127â28
Attash, Walid Muhammad bin,
132
Aum Shin Rikyo (Aum Supreme Truth),
81
,
94â98
,
205
Aweys, Hassan Dahir,
175
Baader-Meinhof Group,
xix
,
16
,
31
,
32
,
64
,
83
,
123
,
192â94
Baasyir, Abubakar,
132
,
133â36
Barayev, Movzar,
138â39
Bar-Lev, Uri,
11
Basayev, Shamil,
103â04
,
138â39
,
150
,
152
,
154
Basque Nation and Liberty (Euskadi ta Askatasuna; ETA),
xviii
,
31
,
145
,
146
Beamer, Todd,
130
Berenson, Lori Helene,
107
Black September Organization (BSO),
xix
,
8
,
13
,
16â19
,
184â88
Bosch, Orlando,
30
Brandt, Willy,
17
Breivik, Anders Behring,
230â31
Brigade of the Masked Ones.
See
Al-Mulathameen
Brotherhood, The,
52
BSO.
See
Black September Organization
Capucci, Hilarion,
26
Carlos the Jackal.
See
Illich Ramirez Sanchez
Cartolini, Nestor Cerpa (Comrade Edigiro Huerta, Comrade Evaristo, Commandante Huertas),
107â9
Ché Guevara Brigade of the PFLP.
See
Popular Front of the Liberation of Palestine
Clandestine Chadian Resistance,
76
Combatant Communist Cells,
48
Communist Fighting Cells,
48
Communist Party of the Philippines,
8
Comrades in Jail,
49
Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations (CORU),
29â31
CORU.
See
Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations
Costa, Pietro,
36
Curcio, Renato,
35
Direct Action,
48
Edgar Sanchez Special Forces,
107
El Jihad,
52
Elbrick, Charles Burke,
181â84
El-Hage, Wadih,
115
Esa.
See
Mohammed Masalhah
ETA.
See
Basque Nation and Liberty
Fadlallah, Mohammed Hussein,
56
Farag, Abdel Salam,
52
Fatah,
xiv
,
1
,
18
,
19
,
24
,
68
,
78
,
187
Felice, Fabio de,
49
Ferdinand, Franz,
xvii
Fhimah, Lamen Khalifa,
73â76
First of October Anti-Fascist Resistance Groups (GRAPO),
145
Free Islamic Revolution Movement (aka Islamic Revolutionary Movement),
56
FSLN (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional).
See
Sandinista National Liberation Front
GIA.
See
Armed Islamic Group
Giotopoulos, Alexandros,
189
GRAPO.
See
First of October Anti-Fascist Resistance Groups
Group of al Qaeda of Jihad Organization in Europe,
155
Guardians of the Islamic Revolution,
72
Hamas,
19
Harkat-e-Jihad,
156
Hasi, Ahmed Nawaf Mansour,
65
Hawatmeh, Naif,
21
Headley, David Coleman,
164
,
165
Heroes of the Return,
28
.
See also
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Hija, Abu,
14
Hizballah (Party of God),
xix
,
20
,
54
,
55â57
,
73
,
78
,
82
,
84
,
85
,
90â92
,
122
,
181
,
197â98
Holger Meins Commando,
64
Holy War (Jihad),
53
Holy Warriors of Egypt (Mujahideen of Egypt),
160
Independent Organization for the Liberation of Egypt,
52
INLA.
See
Irish National Liberation Army
IRA.
See
Irish Republican Army
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC),
72
IRGC.
See
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps
Irgun,
xvii
Irish National Liberation Army (INLA),
37
,
38
Irish Republican Army (IRA),
xix
,
31
,
37
Islambouli Brigades,
149
Islamic Army for the Liberation of Holy Places,
113
Islamic Army of Aden (Aden-Abyan Islamic Army),
124
Islamic Command,
90
Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade,
103
Islamic Jihad (Islamic Holy War) Organization (IJO),
53â55
,
55â57
,
77
,
82â85
,
99
,
113
Islamic State of Iraq.
See
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Ivins, Bruce E.,
216
Iyad, Abu,
18
Jaber, Al Haj Jayez,
28
Jamaat-ud-Dawa.
See
Lashkar-e-Taiba
Japanese United Red Army (JURA),
xix
,
4
,
8
,
12â16
Jehani, Khaled,
142
Jemaah Islamiyah (JI),
122
,
132â37
JI.
See
Jemaah Islamiyah
Jibril, Ahmad,
15
JURA.
See
Japanese United Red Army
Kaczynski, Theodore Kaczynski (The Unabomber),
xv
,
72
,
181
,
194â97
,
231
Kaddoura, Walid,
11
Kasab, Mohammed Ajmal Amir,
161
,
163
Kashmir Liberation Front,
58
Katchalsky, Aharon,
13
Khaalis, Khalifa Hamaas Abdul (Ernest Timothy McGee),
190
Khalifi, Amine el,
241
Khan, Mohammed Sidique,
156
Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah,
39
,
40
,
41
,
44
,
56
Kodama International Trading,
7
Krabbe, Hanna Elise,
21
Kraus, Petra,
26
Kritzman, Max,
14
Krocher-Tiedemann, Gabriele,
21
,
24
,
28
Laden, Osama bin,
21
,
110
,
113â116
,
121
,
124
,
125
,
132
,
146
,
167
,
235
Lakhvi, Zaki-ur-Rehman (or Lakhwi),
163
La Rose, Colleen R. (Jihad Jane),
123
Lashkar-e-Taiba (or Tayyiba),
155
,
163
,
219â20
,
239
Lashkar-i-Jhangvi,
221
Lewthwaite, Samantha (Natalie Faye Webb),
176
,
179
Liberation Army Fifth Battalion,
86
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam,
82
Libyan Revolutionary Cells,
68â72
Masalhah, Mohammed (Esa),
17
,
18
McGirl, Francis,
38
McMahon, Thomas,
38
McVeigh, Timothy James (Tim Tuttle),
99â102
Meinhof, Ulrike,
16
Mejjati, Abdelkarim,
147
Michigan Militia,
100
MILF.
See
Moro Islamic Liberation Front
Mohammed, Walter,
32
Moro, Aldo,
34â37
Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group,
147
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF),
135
,
144
Moro National Liberation Front,
144
Mountbatten, Earl Louis,
37â39