Terrorism US History
Taliban Established during Russia/Afghanistan War Took control of Afghanistan 1994 Very strict religious fundamentalism Goal = Muslim Theocracy, “anti-modern”
Al- Qaeda “The Base” in Arabic Osama Bin Laden is the founder in late 1980’s WEST has too much influence in Middle East (Israel) - political and economical - poisoned culturally (dress, alcohol, general way of life) Wants ISLAMIC STATE in Middle East “West, GET OUT!” West does not leave------------>>>>>>>>>> Terrorism Goal= total collapse of US & “Western” Econ thus lose influence in Middle East
ATTACKS World Trade Center Truck Bomb 1993 USS Coal in Yeman Two US Embassy bombings in Africa Clinton air strikes Al-Qaeda, misses Bin Laden by 10 minutes Bin Laden on the run, sides with Taliban for protection in Afghanistan
ATTACKS 1993 first attack on the World Trade Center in NYC 6 killed, 1500 wounded
ATTACKS 1996 Plot to assassinate President Clinton. Discovered minutes before
ATTACKS 1998: 2 simultaneous bombing of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania – 12 US killed
ATTACKS !999-2000: Failed attack on LA airport
ATTACKS 2000: USS Cole bombed in Yemen 17 US killed
September 11, 2001 Hijacking of 4 planes w/small knives, box cutters Approximately 3,000 killed, worst attack ever on US soil 2 planes into the World Trade Center Twin Towers, NYC 1 plane into the Pentagon, Washington DC 1 plane headed to Washington DC, crashes in Pennsylvania
ATTACKS Sept 11, 2001: Second attack on WTC also Pentagon and Flight 93 2,977 killed
911: Pentagon
911: Flight 93
Aftermath MAJOR hit to the economy Patriot Act created (monitor phones, email, internet, transactions, etc.) Department of Homeland Security (secure nation from threat) Guatanamo Bay (Cuba) used to detain suspected terrorists
ATTACKS 2002: Night club in Bali, India 202 killed
ATTACKS Moscow theater siege 170 killed
ATTACKS 2004: Moscow train bomb 40 killed
ATTACKS 2004: Train bomb Madrid, Spain 190 killed
ATTACKS 2005: London bus bombing 56 killed
ATTACKS 2008: Mumbai, India hotel siege 166 killed
ATTACKS 2014: Brussels gunman attack at a Jewish museum 4 killed
ATTACKS 2015: Paris, Charlie Hebedo office attacked 17 killed
ATTACKS 2015: Russian airliner crash in Egypt 224 killed
ATTACKS 2016: Brussels 32 killed hundreds injured
ATTACKS 2016: Berlin Germany. Truck runs down civilians 86 killed 436 injured
ATTACKS 2017: London, England Car runs down civilians on a tourist bridge. 49 injured, 4 killed
ATTACKS 2017: Great Britain London Bridge attack 48 injured, 8 killed
ATTACKS August 2017: Barcelona, Spain Multiple bombs at multiple sites 130 injured, 13 killed
ISIS Formed from War in Iraq Trained, unemployed soldiers, brutal tactics Goal to create Islamic State (Syria & Iraq) Media savvy, savagely brutal Unlike Al Qaeda, they are not only using terrorism as diplomacy, but also taking territory by force regardless of what “country” it “belongs” to.