Terrorism TimelineBy Haley Dowdie

Period 3

• Terrorism has once again shown it is prepared deliberately to stop at nothing in creating human victims. An end must be put to this. As never before, it is vital to unite forces of the entire world community against terror.

-Vladimir Putin

1972Munich Olympics

A Palestinian group holds innocent Israeli athletes hostage at the Olympic games in Germany. The

terrorists demand the release of Palestinian

prisoners held in Israel. 17 killed.

January 7, 1973• Mark Essex, a former

member of the Black Panthers, goes on killing rampage in New Orleans. After claiming 19 lives ( 10 of which were officers), Essex set fire to the Howard Johnson Hotel.

December 21, 1975 Carlos the Jackal and his raid “the Arm of

the Arab Revolution” kill 3 people and take 65 hostage at the Organization of Petroleum

Exporting Countries headquarters. Carlos demands a broadcasted anti- Israeli

statement by radio and that transportation be provided for the terrorists and hostages.

June 27, 1976 In Greece an Air France airline is hijacked with 258 passengers by the Baader- Meinhof Group and PFLP forcing to land in Uganda.

Two hostages and one hijacker are killed. This act

was by Palestinian and German terrorists called

Operation Entebbe.

August 3, 1977 The FALN terrorist group

bombs the Mobil Oil and building containing US Defense Department security personnel. They also threaten 13 other bombs in buildings resulting in the evacuation of about one hundred thousand people in Manhattan.

November 3, 1979 An Anti-Klan march and

conference in Greensboro turns into a massacre. Five members of a communist group are killed by KKK and American Nazi Party.

April 7 1980 Five Palestinian terrorists enter

kibbutz Misgav Am into a nursery. A kibbutz secretary and child were killed. The terrorists held the rest of the children hostage, demanding the release of 50 terrorists held in Israeli prisons. After a 2nd rescue attempt the terrorists were killed, two kibbutz members and one soldier were also killed. Four children and eleven soldiers were injured in the process.

October 6, 1981• Anwar al- Sadat, the

president of Egypt is assassinated by members of the Al- jihad group. This group was part of his own army and injured 20 during annual military parade.

July 19, 1982• David Dodge,

President of the American University in Lebanon is kidnapped twice and eventually killed. His captors are Hezbollah a Muslim militant group.

April 18, 1983• A radical Islamic Jihad

suicide bombing destroys the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon. A total of 63 lives were taken, 17 of which were American, while another 120 were injured.

June 14 1985• TWA flight 847 is hijacked in Greece and

forced to fly to Lebanon. The hostages consist of 8 crew members and 145 passengers. After the release of 435 Lebanese and Palestinian Shiite prisoners the flight returns to Lebanon.

September 5 1986 Abu Nidal

Organization hijack Pan Am flight 73 from Pakistan to Frankfurt. In an attempt to recover the plane, Pakistanis and 20 passengers are killed.

February 17 ,1988 William Higgins, the

American Chief of the United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization, is kidnapped and murdered in Lebanon while serving the United Nations Truce Organization. His captors were the Iranian Hezballah.

January 15 1990• In Peru, the Tupac

Amaru Movement bombs the U.S. Embassy. Nine people are killed and 32 are wounded.

January 25 1993 Pakistani immigrant Mir Amal Kansi, a gunman,

kills two and wounds three CIA employees with a rifle outside CIA headquarters in McLean, Virginia. He said he shot the employees because of U.S. policies against Muslims in the Middle East.

April 19, 1995

• Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols plan and carry out the Oklahoma City Bombing. A truck bomb containing ammonium nitrate is detonated. As the building collapses 168 people, 19 of which are children, are killed. 800 people are injured.

September 11, 2001 Four planes are hijacked; two planes crash into the World Trade Center, one plane crashes on a field in Pennsylvania, the other plane by the Pentagon. Approximately 3,000 people are killed and thousands of others are injured.

March 12 2010In Cuidad Juarez Mexico, drug hit men kill two rivals in a hospital in front of nurses and doctors. The rivals had brought in a partner who was injured from a gun battle.

July 22 2011In Oslo Norway 77 people are killed by Anders

Behring Breivik after bombing government buildings and a youth camp. Breivik later confesses

to have planned the attack for nine years.

September 6 2011Before setting his own body on fire, an Islamist kills a 38 year old teacher in Yala Thailand. In Natathiwat,

Thailand, Muslim gunmen attack a teahouse victimizing a 9 year old boy. In Zakaleo, Nigeria four

Christians are burned alive by militant Muslims.

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Terrorism Reflection When I thought of terrorism, I thought of the middle east only. After this project I learned, terrorism really happens all over the world. Terrorist attacks happened in the U.S. too. Any kind of state of fear or use of violence and threats for political, cultural, or religious purposes is terrorism. The events that occurred in the U.S. really had an impression on me, because it made me realize that it really is not safe anywhere, not even home. Every country has experienced or can experience terrorism. The only way to end terrorism or war is for all the countries in the world to understand that differences will not be solved with violence. We have to learn to accept that every country, culture, or religion is different. However we also have to draw a line between those things and what is humane. I would like to learn more about the conflicts between Palestine and Israel as well as Lebanon. Many of the events I researched involved these countries and I wanted to know the history behind it.