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Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, a high-ranking member of Al-Qaeda, issued a statement after the bombing, claiming that the attack was a response to the 2005 publication of the Muhammed Cartoons. [ 25 ] The Battle of Wanat occurred on July 13, 2008, when forces including Al-Qaeda and Taliban guerrillas attacked NATO troops near the village of Wanat in the ...
The original World Trade Center (WTC) was a complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan in New York City that was destroyed September 11, 2001. The site is being rebuilt with six new skyscrapers and a memorial to the casualties of the attacks. World Trade Center; World Trade Center (PATH station) One World Trade Center; Marriott World Trade ...
Al-Qaeda attacks U.S. military forces for the first time in the Yemen hotel bombings in Aden. 26 Feb 1993 World Trade Center. New York City, New York, U.S. Ramzi Yousef carries out the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. 3-4 Oct Mogadishu, Somalia, Horn of Africa: 18 American servicemen are killed by al-Qaeda-trained forces in the Battle of ...
Spectators look up as the World Trade Center goes up in flames September 11, 2001 in New York City after two airplanes slammed into the twin towers in an alleged terrorist attack.
On September 11, 2001, 19 al-Qaeda terrorists took control of four commercial aircraft and used them as suicide weapons in a series of four coordinated acts of terrorism to strike the World Trade Center in New York City, The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and an additional target in Washington, D.C.
Al-Qaeda was released from prisons in exchange for the release of Paul Johnson, but the offer was rejected by the Saudi government. [75] Al-Qaeda members beheaded the hostage 72 hours after his kidnapping was announced online. [76] Security forces found Johnson's body in the Al-Munsiyah neighborhood, east of Riyadh.
Spain marked the 20th anniversary of the terrorist Madrid train bombings of March 11, 2004, that killed 191 people as experts say there are lessons learned on the importance of fighting Al Qaeda.
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