Saudi November

The Grand Mosque seizure, in Mecca by the Ikhwan 244 180

Arabia 20, 1979
November The 1981 Azbakiyah bombing, in Damascus, by the Muslim
Syria 200 0
29, 1981 Brotherhood.
April 18, The 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing, in Beirut by the Islamic
Lebanon 63 120
1983 Jihad Organization.
October 23, The 1983 Beirut barracks bombing by the Islamic Jihad
Lebanon 307 75
1983 Organization.
The 90-minute coordinated 1983 Kuwait bombings of six
key foreign and Kuwaiti installations including two
embassies, the airport, and the country's main petro-chemical
December plant, was more notable for the damage it might have caused
Kuwait 5 0
12, 1983 than what was actually destroyed. What could have been "the
worst terrorist episode of the twentieth century in the Middle
East" succeeded in killing only six people because of the
bombs' faulty rigging.
September
Lebanon The 1984 United States embassy annex bombing in Beirut. 24 0
20, 1984
July 7, Tel Aviv Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack, near Kiryat
Israel 16 0
1989 Yearim.
September
Turkey Neve Shalom Synagogue attack. 22 0
6, 1986
December
Yemen The 1992 Yemen hotel bombings by al-Qaeda 2 7
29, 1992
July 2, Sivas Massacre, Arson attack at a gathering in Sivas killing
Turkey 35 0
1993 35 intellectuals from Turkey, most of whom were Alevis.
April 6,
Israel Afula Bus suicide bombing 8 55
1994
April 13,
Israel Hadera bus station suicide bombing 5 30
1994
The Dizengoff Street bus bombing was a Hamas suicide
October 19,
Israel attack on a passenger bus driving down Dizengoff Street in 22 50
1994
Tel Aviv.
November
Israel Netzarim Junction bicycle bombing 3 12
11, 1994
January 22, The Beit Lid suicide bombing was a suicide attack by
Israel 20 69
1995 Palestinian Islamic Jihad
July 24,
Israel The Ramat Gan bus bombing, a suicide attack by Hamas. 5 33
1995
February The Jaffa Road bus bombings, two attacks on Jerusalem
Israel 45 52
25, 1996 route 18 buses by Hamas.
 March 4, The Dizengoff Center suicide bombing was a terror attack by
Israel 13 130
1996 Hamas on the eve of the Jewish holiday of Purim.
Saudi June 25,
Khobar Towers bombing 20 372
Arabia 1996
March 21, The Caf Apropo bombing was a Hamas suicide bomber
Israel 3 46
1997 who detonated at a Tel Aviv sidewalk caf.
The 1997 Mahane Yehuda Market bombings were two
July 30,
Israel consecutive suicide bombings carried out by Hamas militants 16 178
1997
at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem.
October 12,
Yemen Attack on USS Cole in the Yemeni port of Aden. 17 39
2000
March 4, The 2001 Netanya bombing was a suicide bombing in
Israel 3 60+
2001 Netanya, Israel.
May 18,
Israel The 2001 HaSharon Mall suicide bombing in Netanya, Israel. 5 100+
2001
June 1,
Israel Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing 21 100+
2001
August 9, The Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing was a Hamas terrorist
Israel 15 130
2001 attack on a pizzeria in downtown Jerusalem.
The Nahariya train station suicide bombing was executed by
September
Israel an Arab-Israeli who was sent by Hamas and detonated 3 94
9, 2001
himself on the crowded platform
September The assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud in Takhar
Afghanistan 1 0
9, 2001 Province, Afghanistan
November The Pardes Hanna bus bombing was a suicide bombing on a
Israel 3 7
29, 2001 bus from Nazareth to Tel Aviv.
December
Israel Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing 15 40
2, 2001
The 2002 Tel Aviv outdoor mall bombing was a terrorist
January 25, attack which occurred in which a Palestinian suicide bomber
Israel 1 24
2002 blew himself up in Tel-Aviv, Israel, injuring at least 24
civilians.
January 27,
Israel Jaffa Street bombing. 2 100+
2002
February 1, Daniel Pearl, an American journalist working for The Wall
Pakistan 1 0
2002 Street Journal, was beheaded in Pakistan.
The Yeshivat Beit Yisrael massacre was a suicide bombing
March 2,
Israel which occurred in the Beit Yisrael neighborhood in 12 54
2002
downtown Jerusalem.
March 9, The Caf Moment bombing was a Palestinian terrorist attack
Israel 12 54
2002 in a coffee shop in downtown Jerusalem, Israel.
Israel March 20, The Umm al-Fahm bus bombing was a suicide bombing 8 27
2002 which occurred on a bus which was passing through Umm
al-Fahm in northern Israel.
March 21,
Israel King George Street bombing. 4 42
2002
March 27, The Passover massacre was a suicide bombing carried out by
Israel 31 140
2002 Hamas at the Park Hotel in Netanya.
March 29,
Israel Kiryat HaYovel supermarket bombing. 3 28
2002
The Matza restaurant suicide bombing occurred, when a
March 31, Palestinian Hamas suicide bomber detonated his bomb inside
Israel 17 40+
2002 the Matza restaurant in Haifa, Israel, near the Grand Canyon
shopping mall.
April 10,
Israel Yagur Junction bombing. 9 19
2002
April
Israel 2002 Mahane Yehuda Market bombing. 7 104
12,2002
The 2002 Rishon LeZion bombing was a suicide bombing
May 7,
Israel which occurred at a crowded game club located in the new 16 57
2002
industrial area of Rishon Lezion.
May 8, 2002 Karachi bus bombing A man driving a car bomb
Pakistan 15 40
2002 detonated next to a bus carrying mostly French engineers.
May 19,
Israel Netanya Market bombing. 4 59
2002
June 5,
Israel Megiddo Junction bus bombing. 14 43
2002
June 11,
Israel 2002 Herzliya shawarma restaurant bombing. 1 15
2002
June 14, The first of several attacks targeting the U.S. consulate in
Pakistan 12 51
2002 Karachi.
June 18,
Israel Patt Junction Bus bombing. 19 74
2002
June 19,
Israel 2002 French Hill suicide bombing. 7 50
2002
July 16,
Israel 2002 Immanuel bus attack. 9 20
2002
July 17,
Israel Neve Shaanan Street bombing. 5 40
2002
July 31,
Israel Hebrew University bombing. 9 100
2002
August 4,
Israel Meron Junction Bus 361 attack. 9 38
2002
 September
Israel Allenby Street bus bombing. 6 70
19, 2002
Faylaka Island attack Two Kuwaiti jihadists attacked a group
October 8,
Kuwait of United States Marines, killing one and injuring another. 1 1
2002
Both attackers were killed.
October 21,
Israel Karkur junction suicide bombing. 14 40+
2002
October 27,
Israel Sonol gas station bombing. 3 18
2002
November
Israel Kiryat Menachem bus bombing. 11 50
21, 2002
January 5,
Israel Tel Aviv central bus station massacre 23 100+
2003
February
Pakistan A gunman opens fire on the U.S. consulate in Karachi. 2 6
28, 2003
March 5,
Israel Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing. 17 53
2003
April 30,
Israel Mike's Place suicide bombing. 3 50+
2003
A man dressed in a Royal Saudi Navy uniform penetrated an
Saudi May 1,
American base, killing one American, before escaping 1 0
Arabia 2003
unscathed.
Several heavily armed gunmen open fire and detonate
Saudi May 12,
vehicle bombs outside three housing compounds in Riyadh 39 160+
Arabia 2003
occupied by Westerners.
May 18,
Israel 2003 French Hill suicide bombings. 7 20
2003
May 19,
Israel Afula mall bombing. 3 70
2003
June 11,
Israel Davidka Square bus bombing. 17 100
2003
August 19,
Israel Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing. 24 130+
2003
September
Israel Tzrifin bus stop attack. 9 15
9, 2003
September
Israel Caf Hillel bombing. 7 50+
9, 2003
The Maxim restaurant suicide bombing was a suicide
October 4, bombing in the beachfront "Maxim" restaurant in Haifa,
Israel 21 51
2003 Israel. Among the victims were two families and four
children, including a two-month-old baby.
Saudi November A suicide truck bomb detonated outside a housing compound 17 122
Arabia 8, 2003 in Laban Valley, west of Riyadh.
November
Turkey 1520, 2003 Istanbul bombings. 57 700
2003
January 14,
Israel 2004 Erez Crossing bombing. 4 10
2004
January 29,
Israel Gaza Street bus bombing. 11 50+
2004
February
Israel Liberty Bell Park bus bombing. 8 60
22, 2004
March 9, 2004 attack on Istanbul restaurant, caused by two
March 9,
Turkey Islamic militants who opened fire and detonated pipe bombs. 1 5
2004
One attacker was killed and the other was seriously injured.
Saudi April 21, A car bomb explodes outside a building originally used by
5 148
Arabia 2004 the Saudi police.
The 2004 Khobar massacre was a shooting and bombing
Saudi May 29 campaign led by four Al Qaeda-linked militants against two
22 25
Arabia 30, 2004 oil industry installations and a residential compound in Al-
Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
BBC journalist Simon Cumbers and correspondent Frank
Saudi June 6, Gardner were attacked by Al Qaeda sympathizers while
1 1
Arabia 2004 filming an Al Qaeda safehouse in Al-Suwaidi, Riyadh.
Cumbers was killed, while Gardner was seriously injured.
Saudi June 8, An American employee of Vinnell Corp. was killed in
1 0
Arabia 2004 Riyadh.
American Paul Marshall Johnson was beheaded in Riyadh
Saudi June 18,
after being kidnapped at a fake police checkpoint on June 13, 1 0
Arabia 2004
2004.
July 28,
Iraq 2004 Baqubah bombing. 68 24+
2004
August 1,
Iraq 2004 Iraq churches attacks. 12 71+
2004
Saudi August 3,
An Irish national was shot and killed in Riyadh. 1 0
Arabia 2004
Saudi SeptemberA British national working for the Marconi Company was
1 0
Arabia 15, 2004 shot to death in his car in Riyadh.
Five militants attacked the American consulate in Jeddah.
Saudi December
Three attackers were killed by Saudi security forces, and the 9 10
Arabia 6, 2004
other two attackers were wounded and arrested.