Islamic Terrorism Events

1979 Nov 4 Tehran Iran Hostage Crisis
In Tehran, Iran, Iranian radical students seized the US embassy, taking 66 hostages. The students were demanding for the Shah of Iran to be extradited back to Iran to stand trial. 14 woul...
1983 Dec 28 Kuwait Bombings
The Kuwait Bombings were attacks on six key foreign installations. Shiite truck bombers attacked the US embassy and other targets. This attack resulted in the fatalaties of 5 and injuring...
1986 Apr 2 Trans World Airlines TWA Flight 840 Attack
A bomb exploded aboard the TWA Flight 840 en route from Rome to Athens killing 4 americans and injuring 9. The fatalities occurred during a rapid decompression caused by the initial expo...
1986 Apr 5 West Berlin Dance Hall Attack
A dance hall in West Berlin that numerous US soilders attended was bombed by terrorists tied to Muammar Gadafi, leader of Libya. Fatalaties included 2 U.S. soilders and injuries totaled o...
1988 Dec 21 Airflight Attack in Lockerbie, Scotland
A New York bound flight Pan Am Flight 103, exploded in flight from a terrorist's bomb and crashed into a Scottish village. Fatalities included all 259 on board and 11 on the ground. Libya...
1993 Feb 26 Ramzi Yousef's attack on World Trade Center
"Yes, I am a terrorist, and proud of it as long as it is against the US government " —Ramzi Yousef
1993 Feb 26 World Trade Center Bombing
A large rising of an Islamic radical group during the early 1990's in the United States brought forth the first plan of a terrorist attack on the nation's homeland. On February 26, 1993,...
1995 Nov 13 US Military Headquarters Bombed in Saudi Arabia
In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a car bomb exploded at U.S. Military Headquarters. Fatalaties included 5 U.S. Servicemen. Injuries included were 34 Americans and the rest were civilans. Two expl...
1996 Jun 25 Khobar Towers Bombing
On this fatal day, a truck bombing outside of the Khobar Towers building exploded. This facility housed US and allied forces fighting in the coalition against Iraq. In all 19 U.S Soilders...
1998 Aug 7 Bombing of US Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya
The United States Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya was attacked by Islamic terrorists on August 8, 1998. A truck filled with explosives was driven to the compound and detonated. The attack kil...
1998 Aug 7 US Embassy Bombing in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
The United States Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania was attacked by Islamic terrorists on August 8, 1998 at about the same time as the embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. A truck filled with exp...
2011 Sep 30 Anwar al-Awlaki Killed in Yemen
President Obama called Anwar al-Awlaki's death in Yemen today "a major blow to al Qaeda's most active operational affiliate."