SHSU4 Timeline

1987 Apr 17 Osama bin Laden in the Soviet-Afghan War
It was the eve of April 17, 1987 when Osama bin Laden led his assault in the Soviet-Afghan War. It was his first company lsized attack in the Soviet-Afghan War that he had planned for mon...
1995 Nov 13 National Guard Bombing
On November 13, 1995 in downtown Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Telateen Street a car-bomb exploded. It was close to where the U.S. Army and the Vinnell Corporation were training the Saudi Natio...
1995 Nov 19 The bombing of the Egyptian Embassy
In Islamabad, Pakistan on November 19, 1995 Zawahiri's men from his al-jihad operation bombed the Egyptian Embassy. Two men with Samsonite briefcases, one filled with weapons approache...
1996 Jun 25 The bombing of the Khobar Towers
On June 25, 1996 a terrorist truck exploded outside the military housing complex in Dahrahn, Saudi Arabia ( the Khobar Towers). It was the barracks for the 4404th Airlift Wing. The explo...
1998 Feb Bin Laden declares war against the US
Osama bin Laden wrote a series of documents refereed to as "fatawa." These were a declaration of war and one written in Feb. of 1998 declared official war with the United States. Origin...
1998 Aug 7 East Africa Bombings
Mullah Omar’s loyalty was split between Osama bin Laden and prince Turki. Originally Omar had agreed to hand bin Laden to Turki and was negotiating the exchange. Bin Laden had been in O...
1999 Jun 7 FBI adds bin Laden to Most Wanted list
Although bin Laden was responsible for the bombings of East Africa and had declared war on the US, he was not placed on the FBI's Most Wanted list until June 7th, 1999. More than a year ...
1999 Nov Planning for the Attacks on 9/11
The first plan to hijack the planes in order to attack the United States was introduced by Khaled Sheikh Mohammed prior to 1999. A series of meetings occurred in spring of 1999, involving...
1999 Dec 30 Abdul Ghani Meskini Arrested
Abdul Ghani Meskini was arrested in Brooklyn, New York on December 30, 1999, after his phone number was found on Ahmed Ressam who had crossed the border from Canada carrying explosives to...
1999 Dec 31 Y2K Panic masks fear of terrorism
In 1999 although bin Laden had declared war against the US and was now on the FBI's Most Wanted List, his threats still did not receive the attention they deserved. This was because most ...
2000 The Millennium Attack Plots
The Millennium Attack Plots were terrorist attacks planned to occur on or near January 1, 2000. The bombings were supposed to occur in four sites in Jordan, the bombing of Los Angeles Int...
2000 Jan 3 The attack on the USS The Sullivans Spoiled
Members of al-Qaeda attempted an attack on The Sullivans while in port at Aden, Yemen on 3 January 2000 as a part of the 2000 millennium attack plots. The plan was to load a fiberglass sk...
2000 Oct
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Joh O'Neill and the USS Cole Investigation
John O'Neill was the on-scene commander of the FBI investigations of the USS Cole attack. He was removed because of the problems between him and the US ambassador, Barbara Bodine, in Yem...