Events
| Significant Al-Qaeda and Sunni Militant Attacks | ||
|---|---|---|
| 7-7 London transmit bombings | July 7, 2005 | London, United Kingdom |
| 3-11 Madrid train bombings | March 11, 2004 | Madrid, Spain |
| Abu Sayyaf ferry bombing | Feb. 27, 2004 | Manila, Philippines |
| Mombasa hotel bombing and SAM shot | Nov. 28, 2002 | Mombasa, Kenya |
| US Diplomat Foley assasinated | Oct. 28, 2002 | Amman, Jordan |
| Bali nightclub bombing | Oct. 12, 2002 | Kuta, Bali, Indonesia |
| Limberg oil tanker bombing | Oct. 6, 2002 | Arabian Sea |
| Djerba synagogue bombing | April 11, 2002 | Djerba, Tunisia |
| 9-11 | Sept. 11, 2001 | New York, New York, United States Arlington, Virginia, United States Shanksville, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Massoud assassinated | Sept. 9, 2001 | Panjshir Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan |
| Rizal Day Bombings | Dec. 30, 2000 | Manila, Philippines |
| Indonesia Christmas Eve bombings | Dec. 24, 2000 | Indonesia |
| USS Cole bombing | Oct. 12, 2000 | Aden, Yemen |
| East African embassy bombings | Aug. 7, 1998 | Nairobi, Kenya Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania |
| Saudi National Guard car bombing | Nov. 13, 1995 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Mubarak assassination attempt | June 26, 1995 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Black Hawk Down | Oct. 3-4, 1993 | Mogadishu, Somalia |
| World Trade Center truck bombing | Jan. 26, 1993 | New York, New York, United States |
| Aden hotel bombing | Dec. 29, 1992 | Aden, Yemen |
| Hezbollah/Shia militant attacks | ||
| Khobar Towers | June 25, 1996 | Dhahran, Saudi Arabia |
| Special Pages | ||
| Al-Qaeda and WMD | Timeline | |
| Al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein's Iraq | Timeline | |
| Halted Terrorist Plots | ||
| UK foils transatlantic airplane bombings | July 2005-August 2006 | United Kingdom |
| Attemped shoe-bombing of airliner | Dec. 22, 2001 | North Atlantic Ocean |
| Foiled Singapore bombing plot | December 2001 | Singapore |
| Attempted USS The Sullivans bombing | Jan. 3, 2000 | Aden, Yemen |
| LAX millennium plot | December 1999 | Los Angeles, California |
| Jordan millennium plot | 1998-November 1999 | Jordan |
| Project Bojinka | August 1994-January 1995 | Manila, Philippines |
| New York Landmarks plot | 1993 | New York, New York, United States |
| Key Counterterrorism Actions | ||
| Other Key Events | ||
| Osama bin Laden declares jihad | Aug. 23, 1996 | Afghanistan |
| Osama bin Laden moves from Sudan to Afghanistan | May 19, 1996 | Khartoum, Sudan Jalalabad, Afghanistan |
| Formation of al-Qaeda | 1989 | Afghanistan |
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