
From NBC's Robert Windrem
2,974 killed New York and Washington, D.C. Sept. 11, 2001 Four planes plunge into the World Trade Center, Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field. 477 killed Abadan, Iran. Aug. 20, 1978 Anti-shah radicals commit arson in a movie theater during the Iranian revolution. 400 killed, at least Yazidi villages, Iraq. Aug. 14, 2007 Al-Qaida uses four suicide bombs to kill members of the Yazidis, a small religious group. The death toll is mounting and could be as high as 500. 334 killed Beslan, Russia. Sept. 1, 2004 Armed Chechen rebels take more than 1,200 schoolchildren and adults hostage. Of those killed, 186 are children. 329 killed Irish Sea. June 23 1985 A terrorist bomb explodes on an Air India plane. The attack is blamed on Sikh radicals. 299 killed Beirut, Lebanon. Oct. 23, 1983 Suicide truck bombings strike U.S. and French marine compounds. Hezbollah claims responsibility. 270 killed Mumbai, India. March 12, 1993 Twelve bombs and a grenade explode in India’s financial district. Muslim radicals are found responsible, with possible collusion of a Pakistani intelligence service. 270 killed Lockerbie, Scotland. Dec. 21, 1988 Libyan terrorists bomb a Pan Am plane as it flies from London to New York. 224 killed Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar Es Salaam. Tanzania, Aug. 8, 1998 Al-Qaida suicide truck bombs explode at U.S. embassies in the two capitals. The Nairobi attack kills 212. 215 killed Baghdad, Iraq. Nov. 23, 2006 Mortar fire and five car bombs detonate in Baghdad's Shiite Muslim enclave of Sadr City. 202 killed Bali, Indonesia. Dec. 2, 2002 Truck bombs explode outside Indonesian nightclubs. Al-Qaida finances the attack, and Indonesia terrorists carry the plot out. 191 killed Madrid, Spain. March 11, 2004 Eleven knapsack bombs placed by Muslim radicals explode on four commuter trains. This is Europe's worst terrorist attack. 183 killed Mumbai, India. July 11, 2006 Seven bombs placed by Muslim radicals in first-class carriages of commuter trains rock the financial center. 181 killed Karbala and Baghdad, Iraq. March 2, 2004 At least six bombs kill Shiite worshippers at holy sites in the two cities. Al-Qaida in Iraq is blamed. 170 killed Tiniri Desert, Niger. Sept. 19 1989 Libya admits responsibility for a bomb aboard a Union de Transportes Airiens plane. 168 killed Oklahoma City, Okla. April 19, 1995 A domestic terrorist truck bomb destroys a federal building. Tim McVeigh is later executed, and his compatriot given a life sentence. 150 killed Luanda, Angola. Aug. 10, 2001 Rebels attack a train south of the Angola capital. 150 killed Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. May 14, 1985 Tamil Tigers militants attack a civilian crowd in the city streets. 143 killed Budennovsk, Russia. June 14-19, 1996 Hostage-taking and failed rescue attempts in an area near Chechnya leave scores dead. 140 killed Kattankudy, Sri Lanka. August 1990 Attacks on two mosques by Tamil rebels occur during Sri Lanka's long civil war. 130 killed Lubango, Angola. Nov. 8 1983 A TAAG-Angola Airlines plane is shot down by guerrillas. 130 killed Moscow, Russia. Sept. 13, 1999 Chechen rebels blow up an apartment building. 129 killed Moscow, Russia. Oct. 26, 2002 Hostage-taking by Chechen rebels and a failed rescue attempt at a Moscow theater leave scores dead. 125 killed Karbala, Iraq. Aug. 29, 2003 Two car bombs explode outside the Imam Ali Shrine. 125 killed Hilla, Iraq. Feb. 28, 2005 A suicide car bomb attack strikes Hilla, a city south of Baghdad. Source: NBC's Robert Windrem Updated: 4:46 p.m. ET Aug. 16, 2007 © 2007 MSNBC.com URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20287932/ |