Timeline of Terrorism vs. US Presidents (Is the Bush Family responsible for ALL of this, Mr. Moore?)

1910 A bomb at the Los Angeles Times newspaper building in Los Angeles, California killed 21 workers.

1914 Assassination of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, precipitating World War I
1920 Jerusalem pogrom of April, 1920 incited by Haj Amin Al-Husseini (subsequently the grand mufti of Jerusalem).
1920 Wall Street Bombing - A bomb exploded on Wall Street in New York City, killing 40 people and wounding 300 others.

1929 The ancient Jewish community of Hebron is destroyed in the Hebron massacre. [1]

1946 Bombing of King David Hotel, the British Army HQ, by the Zionist terrorist group Irgun.

1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. A member of the Ku Klux Klan bombed a Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four girls.

1966 Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the then-quiescent IRA; June 26 engage in 3 sectarian murders
1969 A bomb in a Bank killed 16 people in Milan

1970 October Crisis (Quebec): FLQ murder of Pierre Laporte, kidnapping of James Cross
1970 Nahariya/Avivim School Bus Attack by Palestinian PLO terrorists
1971 Dec. 4: UVF bomb in McGurk's bar in Belfast's North Queen Street kills 15 people.
1972 Lod Airport Massacre by the Japanese Red Army terrorists
1972 Munich Olympic Massacre by Black September
1972 Bloody Friday nine are killed and many injured as Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) set off 22 bombs.
1973 December 20th, ETA basque terrorist group kills spanish Prime Minister Admiral Carrero Blanco bombing his car in Madrid, one more person dead.

1974 Guildford pub bombing by the IRA leaves 5 dead and 44 injured.
1974 Birmingham pub bombing by the IRA kills 19, 182 people are injured.
1974 Kiryat Shmona Massacre at an apartment building by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Palestinian terrorists
1974 Maalot Massacre at the Maalot High School in Northern Israel by Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Palestinian terrorists
1974 UVF detonate 3 car bombs in Dublin and one in Monaghan; 33 dead - the deadliest toll of any one day in Ireland's 'Troubles'.
1974 TWA Flight 841
1974 September 13th, ETA basque terrorist group bombs the "Rolando" cafeteria in Madrid, kills 12.
1975 Tel Aviv Savoy Hotel guest attacked by Palestinian PLO terrorists
1975 July 31: Three members of Ireland's popular Miami Showband killed in UVF gun attack.
1976 Hijacking of Air France Flight 139 (Tel-Aviv-Paris) and the following Operation Entebbe
1976 Orlando Letelier assassinated in Washington by Chilean government
1976 73 died when a Cubana aircraft was bombed while flying from Barbados to Havana.

1978-1995 The Unabomber kills three and injures 29 in a string of anti-technology bombings
1978 A bomb is detonated outside the CHOGM meeting in Sydney Australia, killing 2 people. 3 Ananda Marga members are later arrested and jailed for the attack
1978 Palestinian Fatah terrorists on the Tel Aviv - Haifa highway kill 34 Israelis.
1979 Aug. 27th: Lord Mountbatten and three others are killed by IRA bomb on board his boat off Mullaghmore. The same day two IRA bombs kill 18 British Soldiers near Warrenpoint.
1979 July 29th, ETA basque terrorist group bombs two railway stations in Madrid, kills 7.
1980 Archbishop Oscar Romero assassinated by Death squads in El Salvador
1980 Four US nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador
1980 December U.S. trained Salvadoran Army unit executes 800 civilians at the village of El Mozote
1980 Neo-Fascist bomb kills more than 80 people in Bologna railway station
1980 Iranian Embassy siege: Iraqi agents took over the Iranian Embassy in London, gaining hostages. After a number of days, one hostage was killed by the Iraqis, and the Special Air Service assaulted the building to rescue the remaining hostages. One hostage died during the assault.

1982 Two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park, London by the IRA killl 8 members of the Household Cavalry and the Royal Green Jackets. Seven horses are also killed.
1983 U.S. Embassy Bombing in Beirut, Lebanon kills 63.
1983 Marine Barracks Bombing in Beirut kills 241 U.S. Marines.
1983 Harrods bomb by the IRA. Six are killed (including three police officers) and 90 wounded during Christmas shopping at the West London department store.
1983 Gulf Air Flight 771
1984 IRA bomb in the Grand Hotel Brighton 5 are killed in an attempt to kill members of the British cabinet.
1985 TWA Flight 847 hijacking
1985 Achille Lauro cruise ship hijacking by Palestinian Liberation Front
1985 IRA mortar attack kills nine soldiers in Newry
1985 Air India flight 182 is blown up by a bomb put onboard the flight from Canada by Sikh nationalists. All 329 passengers are killed. The single most deadly terrorist attack prior to September 11, 2001.
1985 EgyptAir Flight 648 hijacked by Abu Nidal group, flown to Malta, where Egyptian commandos storm plane; 60 are killed by gunfire and explosions.
1985 Rome and Vienna Airport Attacks
1985 Investigators associated with the WHO reported that U.S.-funded Contras repeatedly destroyed health-care facilities and murdered health-care workers in Nicaraqua.
1986 New Year's Eve fire at the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, claimed 97 lives, mainly in the casino area. Fire set by 3 hotel workers, trying to make tourists stay away from Puerto Rico as a protest to their working wages.
1986 TWA Flight 840 bombed on approach to Athens airport; 4 Americans, including an infant, are killed.
1986 July 15th, ETA basque terrorist group bombs a Guardia Civil police truck, kills 12.
1986 Berlin discotheque bombing On April 6, the La Belle discotheque, a known hangout for U.S. soldiers, was bombed, killing 3 and injuring 230 people, for which Libya is held responsible.
1986 Pan Am Flight 73 is hijacked; 22 people die when plane is stormed in Karachi, Pakistan.
1987 Enniskillen massacre. Remembrance Day parade in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh is bombed by the IRA and 11 are killed and 63 injured
1987 June 19th, ETA basque terrorist group bomb in Hipercor Mall's parking in Barcelona, kills 21, 45 injured.
1987 KAL Flight 858 bombed by North Korea.
1987 December 11th, ETA basque terrorist group bomb a Guardia Civil police bedrooms in Zaragoza, kills 11, 40 injured.
1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing (Lockerbie)

1989 Ten Royal Marines bandsmen are killed and 22 injured when base in Deal, Kent is bombed by the IRA.
1989 UTA Flight UT-772
1989 Avianca Flight 203 bombed over Colombia
1990 A series of car bombings directed by the IRA in Northern Ireland leave 7 people dead and 37 wounded.
1991 Two IRA members are killed by their own bomb in St Albans.
1991 May 29th, ETA basque terrorist group bombs the Guardia Civil police barracks in Vic (Barcelona), kill 10.
1992 Israeli Embassy bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina; 29 die.
1992 Eight Protestant builders killed by an IRA bomb on their way to work at an Army base near Omagh.

1993 World Trade Center bombing
1993 Failed New York City landmark bomb plot
1993 June 21st, ETA basque terrorist group bombs a militar truck in Madrid, kills 7, 36 injured.
1993 Mumbai car bombings in India
1993 IRA bomb in Warrington kills two children.
1993 IRA detonate a huge truck bomb in the City of London at Bishopsgate, killing two and causing approximately £350m of damage.
1993 Oct 23: A bomb at a fish and chip shop on the Protestant Shankill Road, Belfast kills 10 people, including two children.
1993 Oct. 30: Seven people killed in a Loyalist UFF gun attack in a bar in Greysteel, Co Derry.
1994 Bombing of Jewish Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 86 and wounds 300.
1994 Baruch Goldstein kills 29 Arabs in machine gun attack on mosque in Hebron.
1994 Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked by GIA members who planned to crash the plane on Paris but didn't succeed.
1994 A small bomb explodes on board Philippine Airlines flight 434, killing a Japanese businessman. Authorities found out that Ramzi Yousef planted the bomb to test it for his planned terrorist attack.
1994 June 18: Six Catholic men shot dead by Loyalists in a pub in Loughinisland, Co Derry.
1995 Operation Bojinka is discovered on a laptop computer in a Manila, Philippines apartment by authorities after an apartment fire occurred in the apartment.
1995 Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway
1995 April 19, ETA basque terrorist group tries to kill Jose Maria Aznar (then leader of the Popular Party, later spanish Prime Minister) bombing his car, kills 1 woman.
1995 Oklahoma City bombing
1995 islamist terror bombings in France by a GIA unit (Khaled Kelkal being one of the operational leaders)
1995 Bombing of military compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
1995 December 11th, ETA basque terrorist group bombs a militar truck in Madrid, kills 6 civilian public servants.
1996 Central Bank Bombing in Sri Lanka kills 90 and wounds 1,400.
1996 A series of four suicide bombings in Israel leave 67 dead and 161 wounded within 10 days.
1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing, killing one and wounding 111.
1996 IRA break their cease-fire and kill two in a bomb at the Canary Wharf towers in London.
1996 Manchester bombing by IRA
1996 Khobar Towers bombing
1997 Islamic terrorists attack tourists in Luxor, Egypt, killing 71 people, most of them European and Japanese vacationers.
1997 A terrorist opened fire on tourists at an observation deck atop the Empire State Building in New York City, killing a Danish national and wounding visitors from the United States, Argentina, Switzerland and France before turning the gun on himself. A handwritten note carried by the gunman claimed this was a punishment attack against the "enemies of Palestine".
1997 December 22. 46 killed while praying in Acteal, Chiapas, Mexico. A paramilitary group associated with ex-president Salinas is held responsible.
1998 U.S. embassy bombings
1998 Omagh bombing by the so-called "Real IRA" kills 29.
1999 Gunmen opened fire on Shi'a Muslims worshipping in an Islamabad mosque killing 16 people injuring 25.
1999 David Copeland nail bomb attacks against ethnic minorities and gays in London.
1999 Ahmed Ressam is arrested on the US-Canada border in Port Angeles, Washington; he confessed to planning to bomb the Los Angeles International Airport as part of the 2000 celebration terrorist attacks plot
1999 Jordanian authorities foil a plot to bomb US and Israeli tourists in Jordan and pick up 28 suspects as part of the 2000 celebration terrorist attacks plot
1999 Indian Airlines Flight 814, which just took off from Kathmandu, Nepal for Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, India is hijacked, one passenger is killed and some hostages are released. After negotiations between the Taliban and the Indian government, the last of the remaining hostages on board Flight 814 are released
1999 Russian Apartment Bombings lead Russia into Second Chechen War.
Fatal Terrorist Attacks in Israel since the Declaration of Principles (September 1993) to September 2000
2000 The last part of the 2000 celebration terrorist attacks plot fails, as the boat meant to bomb USS The Sullivans sinks
2000 Beginning of a campaign of attacks on civilians in Israel - see Terrorism against Israel in 2000.
2000 USS Cole bombing
2000 German police foil plot to attack a cathedral in Strasbourg, France

2001 September 11, 2001 attacks ("9/11") kill thousands in New York, and hundreds in Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania.
2001 Paris embassy terrorist attack plot foiled
2001 Anthrax attacks on the offices the United States Congress and New York State Government offices, and on employees of television networks and tabloid.
2001 December 13, 2001 Terrorist attack on Indian Parliament.
2001 Palestinian attacks against Israeli civilians continue - see Terrorism against Israel in 2001.
2001 Richard Reid, attempting to destroy American Airlines Flight 63, is subdued by passengers and flight attendants before he could detonate his shoe bomb
2002 Singapore embassies terrorist attack plot foiled
2002 Ghriba Synagogue Attack in Tunisia
2002 May 8 Bus Attack in Karachi
2002 June 14 attack outside U.S. Consulate in Karachi
2002 Limburg tanker bombing in Yemen
2002 Kidnapping and murder of journalist Daniel Pearl
2002 Bali car bombing of holidaymakers
2002 Zamboanga bombings in the Philippines
2002 Moscow theatre siege
2002 Most deadly year of Palestinian terror campaign against Israel, including the Passover Massacre in which 30 people are killed - see Terrorism against Israel in 2002.
2002 Kenyan hotel bombing
2002 Beltway sniper attacks
2003 Palestinian terror attacks against Israel continue, including the Maxim restaurant massacre. See Terrorism against Israel in 2003.
2003 Chechen militants carry out several deadly suicide bombings across Russia and nearby provinces, killing more than 250 people.
2003 Riyadh Compound Bombings--bombings of United States expat housing compounds in Saudi Arabia kill 26 and injure 160. Al-Qaeda blamed.
2003 Casablanca Attacks in Casablanca, Morocco leaves 41 dead. The attack involved 12 bombers and 5 targets. The targets were "Western and Jewish". Attack attributed to a Moroccan al-Qaeda-linked group.
2003 Canal Hotel Bombing in Baghdad, Iraq kills 22 people including the top UN representative, Sergio Vieira de Mello.
2003 In response to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, terrorists in that country stage dozens of suicide bombings targeting Iraqi and Coalition targets.
2003 Istanbul Bombings: Within five days, truck bombs go off at two synagogues, the British Consulate, and the HSBC Bank in Istanbul, Turkey.
2003 October 15 - A bomb is detonated by Palestinians against a US diplomatic convoy in the Gaza Strip.
2004 Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 2004
2004 109 Kurds are killed in 2 suicide bombings in Arbil, Iraq.
2004 Bomb on Moscow subway kills 41.
2004 Suicide bombings at Shia holy sites in Iraq kill 181 and wound more than 500.
2004 Attack on procession of Shia Muslims in Pakistan kills 43 and wounds 160.
2004 March 9, 2004 attack of Istanbul restaurant
2004 Bombing of Spanish commuter trains kills 191 people and injures more than 1,400.
2004 21 April 2004 Basra bombs
2004 April 21 bombing of a security building in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia kills 5.

1979 Aug. 27th: Lord Mountbatten and three others are killed by IRA bomb on board his boat off Mullaghmore. The same day two IRA bombs kill 18 British Soldiers near Warrenpoint. 1979 July 29th, ETA basque terrorist group bombs two railway stations in Madrid, kills 7.

I think there one little detail left out... 1979 Nov 4th. An Iranian crowd of about 500 seized the US Embassy in Teheran, Iran. Of the approximately 90 people inside the embassy, 52 Americans remained in captivity until the end of the crisis. (444 days). Hostages were released the moment Ronald Reagan was sworn in as 40th POTUS.

There's probably a number of communist and anarchist attacks missing and some Civil War era terrorism.

If we are going to hold to international terrorism, we still have the barbary pirates, anarchists, and communists.

Might want to include presidential assassinations and attempts.

It is a good list, but looks like there is much to add.

Should you include middle eastern assassin Sirhan Bishra Sirhan? Murderer of possible president RF Kennedy?

Here's my source, I only copied their list, and frankly, I haven't even read through it myself yet. So everyone can add whatever else they think belongs on the list.

List of terrorist attacks

There are probably better/more complete/accurate lists out there, but I just grabbed this one. Find/post a better one if you like.

I think you left out some significant terrorism during the FDR and Truman administrations: 6 million Jews killed, 20 million Russians killed under Stalin, plus all the WW II dead.

9 posted on 07/27/2004 2:55:11 AM PDT by L.N. Smithee (Just because I don't think like you doesn't mean I don't think for myself)

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