Suicide Bombing timeline
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Suicide Car Bombing on US Embassy and US Marine Corps
After bin Laden had decided that there was only one main enemy, the West, he was able to bring together the two main groups of Islam to destroy it.... Read more
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Tel Aviv-Jerusalem bus 405 attack
The Tel Aviv-Jerusalem bus 405 attack occurred on July 6, 1989. Abd al-Hadi Ghanayem, a Palestinian traveling in a crowded bus en route from Tel... Read more
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Yemen Hotel Bombings
On December 29, 1992 American troops were targeted in two bombings in Yemen. The bombs failed to kill any Americans but bin Laden still accepted... Read more
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Jaffa Road bus bombings
The Jaffa Road bus bombings were attacks on two No. 18 buses in Jerusalem, Israel in 1996. Hamas suicide bombers killed 45 people in the attacks,... Read more
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1997 Ben Yehuda Street bombings
On September 4, 1997, three Hamas suicide bombers simultaneously blew themselves up on the pedestrian mall, killing 5 Israelis. The bombing was... Read more
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USS Cole is Bombed
The USS Cole bombing was a suicide attack against the United States Navy destroyer USS Cole on October 12, 2000, while it was harbored and refueled... Read more
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Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing
The Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing was a terrorist attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on June 1, 2001 in which a suicide bomber blew... Read more
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Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing
Location: Jerusalem 2:00 pm – Attack type: suicide bomber Deaths: 15 Injured: 130 Perpetrator(s): Hamas The Sbarro restaurant suicide... Read more
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2001 Ben Yehuda Street bombings
On December 1, 2001 two suicide bombers detonated themselves on Ben Yehuda Street, followed by a car bomb set to go off as paramedics arrived.... Read more
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Passover massacre
Location: Netanya Attack type: suicide bomber Deaths: 30 Perpetrator(s): Hamas The Passover massacre (also known as the Netanya Bombing or... Read more
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Matza restaurant suicide bombing
Location: Haifa, Israel Attack type: suicide bomber Deaths: 16 Injured: 40+ Perpetrator(s): Hamas The Matza restaurant suicide bombing... Read more
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The Canal Hotel Bombing - At Least 22 Killed in Baghdad
The Canal Hotel Bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, in the afternoon of August 19, 2003, killed at least 22 people, including the United Nations' Special... Read more
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The Ashura Massacre Leaves At Least 178 Dead in Iraq
The Ashura massacre of March 2, 2004 in Iraq was a series of planned terrorist explosions that killed at least 178 and injured at least 500 Iraqi... Read more
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A Suicide Bombing Occurs In Zayouna, Baghdad
Zayouna is a neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. Zayouna a residential area in Baghdad, Iraq's capital city located on the side of the Rusafa city of... Read more
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Suicide Attack Kills 13 US Soldiers
A heavy explosion rocked Darul-Amman area of capital Kabul early Saturday. The incident took place after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives... Read more