Ataques terroristas de Al-Qaeda

El Gobierno Británico ha recopilado una lista de ataques terroristas destacados desde 1993 y llevados a cabo por Al-Qaeda o grupos relacionados con la red terrorista de Osama Bin-Laden. El objetivo es tratar de demostrar que los ataques de Londres no están relacionados con la participación del Reino Unido en la guerra de Irak, aunque a mi modo de ver no lo consigue, para empezar habría que ver a quién han afectado los ataques terroristas en países árabes, los ataques en Arabia Saudí estaban destinados a complejos donde residen trabajadores occidentales, los atentados de Indonesia iban destinados al turismo australiano, los atentados en Estambul contra objetivos judíos y británicos, los de Casablanca contra objetivos españoles, belgas y judíos.

List of Al qaida inspired terror attacks released

• Feb. 26, 1993, New York: World Trade Center bombing by Ramzi Youssef; six killed, more than 1,000 injured.

• Dec. 11, 1994, Philippines: Bomb explodes on a Philippines Airlines flight; one killed, 10 injured.

• 1995, France: Four month bombing campaign in Paris and Lyon, including attacks on the Paris Metro, the Arc de Triomphe and a Jewish school.

• Nov. 13, 1995, Saudi Arabia: Car bombs explode at military compound in Riyadh.

• Sept. 18, 1997, Egypt: Gunmen attack tourist bus in Cairo; 10 killed.

• Nov. 17, 1997, Egypt: Gunmen attack tourists in Luxor; about 70 killed.

• Aug. 7, 1998, Kenya and Tanzania: Truck bomb attacks against U.S. embassies; more than 200 killed, thousand injured.

• Oct. 12, 2000, Yemen: Bomb attack on U.S.S. Cole; 17 U.S. soldiers killed, 39 injured.

• Sept. 11, 2001, New York and Washington: Hijacked planes crash into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon; a fourth plane crashes into a field in Pittsburgh; nearly 3,000 killed.

• April 11, 2002, Tunisia: Bomb attack of synagogue on resort island of Djerba; 21 killed.

• May 8, 2002, Pakistan: Bomb attack on bus carrying French engineers in Karachi.

• June 14, 2002, Pakistan: Truck bomb attack against the U.S. consulate in Karachi; 12 killed, 51 injured.

• Oct. 6, 2002, Yemen: Bomb attack against French oil tanker MV Limburg; one killed.

• Oct. 12, 2002, Indonesia: Bomb attacks against U.S. Consulate in Jakarta and two Bali nightclubs; 202 killed.

• Oct. 28, 2002, Jordan: U.S. diplomat Laurence Foley assassinated in Amman.

• Nov. 28 2002, Kenya: Attack on an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa; 12 killed.

• May 12, 2003, Saudi Arabia: Attacks at expatriate compounds in Riyadh; more than 30 killed.

• May 16, 2003, Morocco: Multiple suicide bombings in Casablanca; about 45 killed, 100 injured.

• Aug. 5, 2003, Indonesia: Bomb attack against Marriott Hotel in Jakarta; 12 killed, 100 injured.

• Nov. 8, 2003, Saudi Arabia: Bomb attack against expatriate compound in Riyadh; 17 killed, 80 injured.

• Nov. 15 & 20, 2003, Turkey: Bomb attacks at Jewish synagogues, bank and British Consulate in Istanbul; more than 60 killed.

• Jan. 14, 2004, Pakistan: Bomb attacks close to the Bible Center in Karachi target Pakistani Police.

• March 11, 2004, Spain: Bomb attacks against four trains in Madrid kill 191. Terrorists blow themselves up when confronted by police.

• May 1, 2004, Saudi Arabia: An attack on expatriate oil workers in Yanbu kills 7.

• May-September 2004, Saudi Arabia: Eight foreign nationals assassinated.

• May 26, 2004, Pakistan: Bomb attacks near U.S. Cultural Center in Karachi target Pakistani Police.

• May 29, 2004, Saudi Arabia: Armed assaults on commercial and western targets in al Dammam and al Khobar kill 24, injure 25.

• June 10, 2004, Pakistan: Karachi assassination attempt against Commander Lt. Gen. Azmat Hayat Khan.

• July 30, 2004, Uzbekistan: Three explosions outside the U.S. and Israeli Embassies and the Uzbek Prosecutor's Office in Tashkent.

• July 30, 2004, Pakistan: Assassination attempt in Rawalpindi against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.

• May 30, 2005, Saudi Arabia: Four attacks target oil companies and a compound in Al Khobbar.

• Sep. 9, 2004, Indonesia: A vehicle bomb explodes outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, nine killed, 100 injured.

• Oct. 8, 2004, Egypt: Explosions at the Hilton Hotel in Taba and at two campsites in the Sinai area kill more than 30.

• Oct. 28, 2004, Pakistan: Explosion at Islamabad Marriott Hotel injures seven.

• Nov. 2, 2004, Netherlands: Islamic extremist murders controversial filmmaker Theo Van Gogh.

• Dec. 6, 2004, Saudi Arabia: Armed assault on U.S. consulate in Jiddah injures 5.

• March 19, 2005, Qatar: Vehicle bomb attack outside the Doha Players' Theater, one killed, 12 injured. — April 7, 2005, Egypt: Attack near Cairo tourist bazaar kills three, injures 18.

• April 30, 2005, Egypt: Shooting attack on Cairo tourist bus injures eight.

• July 7, 2005, London: Four explosions in subway trains and a bus kill at least 52 and injure 700.