09 October 2001
Fact Sheet: Chronology of Events in Campaign Against Terror
(Issued 10/9/01 by International Information Programs Office) (1080)
(begin fact sheet)
This fact sheet traces the main events related to the present campaign
against terrorism, starting from the first bombing of the World Trade
Center in February 1993.
-- 8 October, 2001: NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson states that
NATO Ambassadors have expressed their full support for the actions of
the United States and the United Kingdom against al-Qaida
installations October 7.
-- October 7, 2001: President Bush announces that the U.S. military
has launched strikes against al-Qaida terrorist camps and Taliban
military installations in Afghanistan.
-- October 5, 2001: The United Nations General Assembly's week-long
debate on international terrorism draws to a close with countries
continuing to express their horror over the September 11 attacks
against the United States, as well as their hope that governments can
work together to eradicate terrorism everywhere in the world.
-- October 4, 2001: President George Bush pledges $320 million in
additional humanitarian aid to Afghanistan in a speech delivered at
U.S. State Department headquarters. The amount is in addition to $184
million the United States has already contributed to Afghanistan in
2001, confirming the United States as the leading donor of aid to
Afghans.
-- October 4, 2001: President Bush calls 3,283 Army Reservists and
Army National Guard members to active duty as part of the partial
mobilization. This brings the total Army Reserves called to active
duty to 7,765 to date.
-- September 28, 2001: The United Nations Security Council unanimously
adopts resolution 1373 that establishes wide-ranging measures to
combat terrorism, especially focusing on the financial support
terrorists need to carry out their acts. A text of UNSCR 1373 can be
viewed at:
http://navigation.helper.realnames.com/framer/1/112/default.asp?realname=UN&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eun%2Eorg%2F&frameid=1&providerid=112&uid=30205666
-- September 24, 2001: President Bush signs an executive order
designed to starve terrorists of their support funds. The order
expands the Treasury Department's power to target the support
structure of terrorist organizations, freeze their assets and block
transactions of terrorists and those that support them. A list of
targeted organizations and individuals is published in tandem.
-- September 20, 2001: President George W. Bush addresses a Joint
Session of Congress and the American people, outlining a long and
comprehensive U.S. and international effort to end global terrorism.
He names al-Qaida and a loose network of terrorist groups as prime
suspects.
-- September 12, 2001: In a show of unity against the scourge of
terrorism, the U.N. Security Council September 12 adopted resolution
1368 that "unequivocally condemns in the strongest terms the
horrifying terrorist attacks" in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania
and called on "all states to work together urgently to bring to
justice the perpetrators, organizers, and sponsors" of the attacks.
The text of the resolution can be viewed at:
http://navigation.helper.realnames.com/framer/1/112/default.asp?realname=UN&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eun%2Eorg%2F&frameid=1&providerid=112&uid=30205666
-- September 12, 2001: The UN General Assembly passed a resolution
strongly condemning the deadly terrorist incidents in its host city,
New York, in Washington D.C. and in Pennsylvania.
-- September 11, 2001: Four American airliners are hijacked by
terrorists. Two planes hit the World Trade Center towers in New York
City, killing an estimated 6,000 civilians. In addition to Americans,
citizens of over 80 other nations died in the attack. Another plane
was crashed into the Pentagon Building in Washington, D.C., killing an
estimated 180 persons. The fourth highjacked plane crashed in
Pennsylvania killing all 38 passengers and seven crewmembers.
Subsequent investigations link the highjackers of all four planes to
Usama bin Laden.
-- May 30, 2001: Guilty verdict in trial of accused bombers of US
Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. Articles available at:
http://www.usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/sasia/afghan/bmbtrl/list.htm
-- December 19, 2000: UN Security Council unanimously adopts
resolution 1333 demanding that the Taliban abide by UN Security
Council Resolution 1267 by turning over Usama bin Laden to a country
where he can brought to justice, closing all terrorist training camps
in Afghanistan, and complying with other UNSC demands. A fact sheet on
UNSC resolution 1333 can be viewed at:
http://www.usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/sasia/afghan/fact/11decb01.htm
The text of UNSC 1333 is available at:
http://www.usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/sasia/afghan/un/res1333.pdf
-- October 12, 2000: The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole in the Yemeni
port of Aden is attacked by terrorists linked to Usama bin Laden. The
attack killed 17 crewmembers and injured 42.
-- October 15, 1999: The UN Security Council unanimously adopts
resolution 1267 imposing limited sanctions against the Taliban. The
UNSC demanded that the Taliban turn over Usama bin Laden "without
further delay to appropriate authorities in a country where he has
been indicted, or to appropriate authorities in a country where he
will be returned to such a country, or to appropriate authorities in a
country where he will be arrested and effectively brought to justice."
A fact sheet on UNSC 1267 is available at:
http://www.usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/sasia/afghan/un/res1267.htm
The text of UNSC 1267 is available at:
http://navigation.helper.realnames.com/framer/1/112/default.asp?realname=UN&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eun%2Eorg%2F&frameid=1&providerid=112&uid=30205666
-- August 7, 1998: U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar-as-Salaam,
Tanzania are attacked by suicide truck bombers linked to Usama bin
Laden. Two hundred thirteen people died as a result of the bombing in
Kenya, with thousands injured, most of them Kenyan citizens. Eleven
people died in Tanzania. Testimony given during the February 2001
trial of the perpetrators of the Africa bombings shed new light on the
efforts of Bin Laden and his terrorist organization, al-Qaida, to
acquire weapons of mass destruction from a source in Khartoum, Sudan,
in late 1993 or early 1994.
-- June 25, 1996: A truck bomb is driven into U.S. army barracks in
al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, killing 19 American servicemen. Thirteen
Saudis and a Lebanese were indicted June 22, 2001 on charges of murder
and conspiracy for the 1996 bombing that killed 19 American servicemen
in Saudi Arabia. The 46-count indictment alleges that all 14 men were
members of the Islamic militant group Hezbollah.
-- February 26, 1993: An improvised explosive device explodes on the
second level of the World Trade Center parking basement. The blast
killed six people and injured 1,000. Four men were tried for the
attack beginning September 13, 1993. The perpetrators were shown to
have ties to global terrorist networks. The trial lasted 6 months with
the presentation of 204 witnesses and more than 1,000 pieces of
evidence. A jury convicted the four defendants on March 4, 1994, in
federal court on all 38 counts against them.
(end fact sheet)
(Distributed by the Office of International Information Programs, U.S.
Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)
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