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The bombings occurred at around 7:20 pm on August 14, 2007, when four co-ordinated suicide bomb attacks detonated in the Yazidi towns of Qahtaniyah and Jazeera (Siba Sheikh Khidir), near Mosul, Nineveh Governorate, northern Iraq. They targeted the Yazidis, a religious minority in Iraq, [13] [14] using a fuel tanker and three cars.
9 September 2004: Australian Embassy bombing in Jakarta – A one-tonne car bomb, packed into a small delivery van, exploded outside the Australian embassy in Kuningan District, South Jakarta, at about 10:30 a.m. local time (03:30 UTC), killing nine people (including the suicide bomber) and wounding over 150 others. [15]
The Qahtaniyah bombings kills nearly 800; this was the Iraq War's most deadly car bomb attack during the period of major American combat operations. It was also the third deadliest act of terrorism in history, only being surpassed by the September 11 attacks in the United States and the Camp Speicher massacre in Iraq .
A car bomb exploded in the basement of the Jakarta Stock Exchange, triggering a chain of explosions in which a number of cars caught fire. Most of the dead were drivers waiting by their employer's cars. Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings: 24 December 2000 Medan, Bandung, Batam, Ciamis, Mataram, Mojokerto, and Pekanbaru: 18
Suspected group members hail from not just Indonesia, but neighboring countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, and Thailand. [12] JI was the group responsible behind the 2002 Bali bombings which resulted in 202 casualties. [13] In October 2002, JI was designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the US Department of State. [14]
The Hooded Man (or The Man on the Box) [1] is an image showing a prisoner at Abu Ghraib prison with wires attached to his fingers, standing on a box with a covered head. The photo has been portrayed as an iconic photograph of the Iraq War, [1] "the defining image of the scandal" [2] [3] and "symbol of the torture at Abu Ghraib". [4]
Suicide car and truck bombings in Indonesia (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Suicide bombings in Indonesia" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Imam Samudra (Arabic: الإمام سامودرة, romanized: al-Imām Sāmūdirah, 14 January 1970 – 9 November 2008), also known as Abdul Aziz, [3] Qudama/Kudama, Fatih/Fat, Abu Umar or Heri, [4] was an Indonesian terrorist who was convicted and executed for his role in carrying out the Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings and 2002 Bali bombings. [1]