Colby A.

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9/28/15

9/11
Osama Bin Laden has claimed that Al-Qaeda was solely responsible for
the 9/11 attacks. The US Government's investigations into the events of
9/11 also came to the conclusion that Al-Qaeda was solely responsible. Bin
Laden has since claimed in a radio broadcast that the reason for the attack
was part of the, "fight, Allah willing, against the Israelis and their allies, in
order to pursue justice for the oppressed." This places the events of 9/11 as
being the culmination of a long power struggle in the Middle East, which has
its origins hundreds of years previously.
1979 - American Embassy in Iran is stormed by Iranians and embassy staff
taken hostage.
1982 - US Embassy in Beirut is bombed by Muslim extremists.
1982 - US Marine base in Beirut is bombed by Muslim extremists.
1985 - The ship the Achille lauro is seized by Muslim extremists and one US
citizen is killed by them.
1986 - A West German nightclub is bombed, killing an American, by Muslim
extremists based in the Libyan Embassy.
1986 - The US bombs Libya in retaliation for the Germany bombing.
1988 - Passenger jet Pam Am Flight 103 is blown up by Muslim Extremists
over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people.
1991 - First Iraq War.
1993 - 5 killed and hundreds injured by a bomb placed by Muslim extremists
in the World Trade Centre.
1993 - 18 US troops killed in Mogadishu, Somalia.
1995 - A car bomb planted by Muslim Extremists kills 5 Americans and
injures 30 more in Saudi Arabia.
1998 - US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania bombed by Muslim Extremists.
2000 - US warship USS Cole attacked by Muslim extremists.