FACTBOX: Major Al-Qaeda related attacks since Sept 11

Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:04am EDT
 
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(Reuters) -- Here is a list of some of the deadliest attacks linked to al Qaeda since around 3,000 people were killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks.

-- October 12, 2002: Some 202 people are killed, including 88 Australians, in blasts on the tourist island of Bali. Al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah (JI) militants are blamed.

-- March 11, 2004: Ten bombs on four Madrid commuter trains kill 191 people, and injure more than 2,000 people, in the deadliest al Qaeda-related attack in Europe.

-- November 9, 2005: Three Iraqi suicide bombers strike three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing at least 60 people and injuring nearly 100. Al Qaeda in Iraq claims responsibility.

-- May 12, 2003: At least five suicide bombs kill 45 people, including 12 bombers, in Casablanca, Morocco. The Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group, known by its French acronym GICM, and accused of supporting al Qaeda, is suspected.

-- April 11, 2007: Bombs rip through the Algerian prime minister's office and a police station, killing at least 30 people and wounding about 160 in Algiers. The attacks are claimed by the new al Qaeda wing in Islamic North Africa.

Source: Reuters

 

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