TERRORISTS TIMELINE by Maria Gil

September 5, 1972 On September 5, 1972 in Munich Bavaria (Southern West Germany) members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage and eventually killed by the Palestinian group Black September. Eleven members were killed and the others who were held hostage were killed as well.

August 19, 1978 On August 19, 1978, in the Cinema Rex fire, in Abadan, Iran, was set on fire, killing over 400 individuals. It was caused by four Islamic Revolution followers in an attempt to help the cause of Iran's Islamic Revolution.

November 4, 1979 Hostages taken at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran: The Iran hostage crisis was a political crisis between Iran and the United States where 52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, Meanwhile, the U.S. President Jimmy Carter ordered a complete embargo of Iranian oil.

August 2, 1980 The Bologna massacre was a terrorist bombing of the Central Station at Bologna, Italy, on the morning of Saturday, 2 August It killed 85 people and wounded more than 200. Suspicions of an Italian secret service's involvement has emerged shortly after due to the explosives used for the bomb and the political climate in which the massacre happened, but it has never been proved.

April 18, 1983 Terrorists bombed United States targets in Beirut, Lebanon. The first target, on April 18, was the U.S. embassy, where 63 people, including 17 Americans, were killed. According to Reagan administration officials, the attack was caused by Hezbollah operatives, a Lebanese militant Islamic group. Hezbollah followers were receiving financial and logistical support from both Iran and Syria.

October 23, 1983 The Beirut barracks bombing in Beirut, Lebanon occurred during the Lebanese Civil War. Two truck bombs struck separate buildings housing United States and French military forces killing 299 American and French servicemen. The organization Islamic Jihad were responsible for the bombing.

December 3, 1984 Kuwait Airways Flight 221 Lebanese Shi'a hijackers redirect a Kuwait Airways flight to Tehran. Two American USAID officials are shot dead and dumped on the tarmac. The plane is taken by Iranian security forces who were dressed as custodial staff.

April 5, 1986 The 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing was a terrorist attack on the La Belle discothèque in West Berlin, Germany. A bomb placed under a table near the disk jockey's booth exploded at 1:45 am on April 5, 1986, killing three people and injuring around 230 people, including 79 American servicemen. Libya was blamed for the bombing.

December 21, 1988 On December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 259 people on board as well as 11 on the ground. Though it was almost immediately evident that a bomb had caused the disaster, it took more than eleven years to bring anyone to trial.

February 26, 1993 The 1993 World Trade Center bombing occurred on February 26, 1993, when a truck bomb was blown up below the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. It killed six people and injured more than a thousand. The attack was planned by a group of conspirators.

April 19, 1995 The Oklahoma City bombing was a terrorist bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City on April 19, It was the most destructive act of terrorism on America. The Oklahoma blast claimed 168 lives, including 19 children under the age of 6, and injured more than 680 people.

June 25, 1996 The Khobar Towers bombing was a terrorist attack on part of a housing complex in the city of Khobar, Saudi Arabia, located near the national oil company (Saudi Aramco) headquarters of Dhahran. Al-Queada was blamed but it was later on realized that Hezbollah was responsible.

November 17, 1997 The Luxor Massacre is the killing of 62 people, mostly tourists, that took place on 17 November 1997, at Deir el-Bahri, an archaeological site and major tourist attraction located across the River Nile from Luxor in Egypt.

October 12, 2000 The USS Cole Bombing, or the USS Cole Incident, was a suicide attack against the United States Navy destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67)on October 12, Seventeen American sailors were killed, and 39 were injured. Osama Bin Laden, member of the Al-Queda group was responsible.

September 11, 2001 Hijackers crashed two airplanes into the World Trade Center in New York. Around 3000 people were killed and many went missing. Osama Bin Laden and group, Al-Queada were responsible.

March 11, 2004 The Madrid train bombings consisted of a series of coordinated bombings against the Cercanías (commuter train) system of Madrid, Spain. It killed 191 people and wounded 1,800. The official investigation by the Spanish Judiciary determined the attacks were directed by an al-Qaeda- inspired terrorists.

September 1-3, 2004 The Beslan school hostage crisis (also referred to as the Beslan school siege or Beslan massacre) of early September 2004 was a three-day hostage- taking of over 1,100 people which ended in the deaths of over 380.

November 5, 2005 The 2005 Amman bombings were a series of coordinated bomb attacks on three hotels in Amman, Jordan, on November 9, The attacks killed 60 people and injured 115 others.

December 25, 2009 A Nigerian man tried to ignite an explosive device aboard a trans- Atlantic Northwest Airlines flight as the plane prepared to land in Detroit. The united states believes it was a threat of “Terrorism”.

May 1, 2010 The attempted car bombing of Times Square was a planned terrorist attack, two street vendors discovered the car bomb and alerted a NYPD Patrolman to the car bomb threat after they spotted smoke coming from a vehicle. The bomb had failed to explode, and was disarmed before it caused any casualties.

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Reflection 3,2,1 3 most memorable events that I remember is the Olympic Terrorist Attack in 1972, 9/11, and the train station bombing in Madrid. All these events have had a big impact on our world. In fact, every attack based on terror has had a change in our world. 2 people I would like to learn more about are the Hezbolloha and Al-Queda group. They seem to be very powerful and I would like to learn how they are so successful in creating such damages in the world. 1 recommendation I have to stop terrorism in the world is to think about peace. Lets all think about peace: stop hating and start loving. If we do so then nothing would stop us from terrorizing countries, not religion nor political views.