CDR: thank you Mr. Bin Laden
Historical and current counter-US activities seem to be focussing more on hitting the .mil (and spyhqHHHembassies) vs. airlines. Members of the flying public appreciate your new, more-to-the-point focus, Osama, and your PR consultant should be praised. See you in Utah... By The Associated Press A look at recent terrorist attacks against United States interests. July 8, 1998 -- U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania bombed, killing 224 people, 12 of whom were Americans. June 25, 1996 -- Truck bomb explodes outside the Khobar Towers housing complex near Dharan, Saudi Arabia, killing 19 Americans and injuring more than 500 Americans and Saudis. Nov. 13, 1995 -- Car bomb detonates at a U.S. military headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing five Americans. Sept. 13, 1995 -- Rocket-propelled grenade pierces wall of U.S. Embassy in Moscow, but causes no injuries. Dec. 21, 1988 -- Pan Am Boeing 747 explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland on a flight from London to New York, killing 270 people. Sept. 5, 1986 -- Hijackers seize Pan Am jumbo jet carrying 358 people at Karachi Airport. Twenty people killed when security forces storm the plane. April 2, 1986 -- Four Americans killed when a bomb under a seat explodes on a TWA airliner en route from Rome to Athens. June 14, 1985 -- Shiite gunmen seize a TWA airliner and forced it to Beirut, Lebanon. U.S. Navy diver was killed and 39 Americans held hostage for 17 days. Sept. 20, 1984 -- Car bomb at U.S. Embassy annex in east Beirut, Lebanon kills 16 and injures the ambassador. Dec. 12, 1983 -- Shiite extremists set off car bombs in front of the U.S. and French embassies in Kuwait City, killing five people and wounding 86. Oct. 23, 1983 -- Shiite suicide bomber blows up U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 241 Americans. April 18, 1983 -- Suicide car-bomber blows up U.S. Embassy in Beirut, killing 17 Americans. Nov. 4, 1979 -- Islamic students storm U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, holding 52 Americans hostage for 444 days.
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