The 9/11 Tapes: The Story in the Air - Interactive Feature. Common Terrorist Incidents and Techniques. Types of Terrorist Incidents The most common types of terrorist incidents include: Bombings Bombings are the most common type of terrorist act.
Typically, improvised explosive devices are inexpensive and easy to make. Modern devices are smaller and are harder to detect. They contain very destructive capabilities; for example, on August 7, 1998, two American embassies in Africa were bombed. Kidnappings and Hostage-Takings Terrorists use kidnapping and hostage-taking to establish a bargaining position and to elicit publicity. Armed Attacks and Assassinations Armed attacks include raids and ambushes. Arsons and Firebombings Incendiary devices are cheap and easy to hide. Hijackings and Skyjackings Hijacking is the seizure by force of a surface vehicle, its passengers, and/or its cargo. Other Types of Terrorist Incidents In addition to the acts of violence discussed above, there are also numerous other types of violence that can exist under the framework of terrorism.
Terrorist Attacks in the U.S. or Against Americans. The following timeline lists terrorist attacks against the United States and Americans living either in the U.S. or abroad.
Sept. 16, New York City: TNT bomb planted in unattended horse-drawn wagon exploded on Wall Street opposite House of Morgan, killing 35 people and injuring hundreds more. Bolshevist or anarchist terrorists believed responsible, but crime never solved. Jan. 24, New York City: bomb set off in historic Fraunces Tavern killed 4 and injured more than 50 people. Puerto Rican nationalist group (FALN) claimed responsibility, and police tied 13 other bombings to the group. Directorblue.blogspot.com/2006/09/illustrated-history-of-terror-attacks.html.
The invaluable Powerline provides an eye-opening database that lists the major terror attacks that occurred during the Clinton administration.
On January 25, 1993, Mir Aimal Kansi, a Pakistani, fired an AK-47 directly into traffic waiting to enter CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, which killed two CIA employees. On February 26, 1993, Islamic terrorists attempt to bring down the World Trade Center towers by detonating truck bombs in the underground parking garage. The attack fails to topple the twin towers but kills six and injures over 1,000. Bollywood actor detained at Newark airport. (CNN) -- Leading Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan says he was detained for nearly two hours Friday night at New Jersey's Newark International Airport because of his last name.
Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan said he was detained by authorities at the Newark, New Jersey, airport. In an interview with CNN's sister network in India, CNN-IBN, Khan said immigration officials at the airport detained him for questioning after they said his name was flagged. "They kept on telling me that my name is common to some name that has popped up on the computer, so they need to follow procedure," he said. "It took them an hour and a half, two hours; they kept on asking me questions, if I could give them any ... numbers in America that they can contact and vouch for me and who I am. " A U.S. "I was really taken aback because there were people who knew me there," Khan told CNN-IBN, referring to other travelers who were nearby.
Gunman shoots 7, kills self at Empire State Building. Innocent Muslim doctor tells of arrest, two-week ordeal. SAN ANTONIO -- On the eighth day, they gave him a Quran.
Opening the Islamic holy text at random, Dr. Al Badr Al-Hazmi sat alone in a small, locked room and read the first verse from the book of Shura: "For those who are patient and forgiving, it is the most righteous of deeds. " Ever since federal agents had arrested him on Sept. 12 -- the day after the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington -- the San Antonio radiologist had been praying for a quick return home. Allah had finally answered him. "He wants me to be patient, and he wants me to forgive," he recalled thinking. Al-Hazmi believed that once he sat down with the authorities, he could explain his innocence. Like most of the country, he had watched in horror as hijacked planes ripped into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The Saudi native knew that authorities believed he might have had something to do with those "insane acts.
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