9/11

9 years ago

There can be no question that the defining event of the third millennium thus far has been the terrorist atrocities…

Suicide Attack on USS – 2000

9 years ago

In October 2000 the United States Navy warship USS Cole was on its way to the Gulf when it stopped…

Omagh Bombing – 1998

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After the British Labour Party’s election victory in May 1997, the new Prime Minister, Tony Blair, declared that one of…

Manchester IRA Bomb – 1996

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The Provisional IRA loved nothing better than a ‘spectacular’, and few attacks fitted the bill more impressively than the massive…

Tokyo Sarin Attack – 1995

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Religion and nerve gas don’t normally go hand in hand, but t hat’s the combination that brought terror to Tokyo…

Pan-Am Flight 103 Lockerbie Disaster – 1988

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The word ‘Lockerbie’ has chilling resonance in the context of international terrorism, for just before Christmas in 1988 it was…

US Embassy Bombings – 1988

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The man who would become the USA’s terrorist nemesis first came to international public attention in August 1988, after Osama…

Hipercor Bombing – 1987

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Along with Northern Ireland, Spain’s Basque region was one of two European hotspots for terrorist activity - with militant operations…

Remembrance Day Bombing – 1987

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Enniskillen is the largest town in County Fermanagh, one of six counties within the province of Ulster that remained part,…

Air India Flight 182 – 1985

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The mid-air destruction of Air India’s Boeing 747 Emperor Kanishka ranks as Canada’s largest mass murder. For Flight 182 in…