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The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered non-state terrorism in 2006.
Israel, 2006: Qassam rockets fired by Hamas into Israel, especially the cities of Ashkelon and Sderot, injure many citizens.
Iraq, suicide attacks in 2006.
Syria, February 1: Three blasts at the South Korean Embassy in Damascus by Muslim extremists linked to al-Qaeda. 23 people were killed including 7 Koreans.
Philippines, February 2: In a deliberate anti-Christian massacre Muslim extremists killed at least five people on a farm in Patikul, a small town on Sulu Island near Jolo (Mindanao). After asking the residents if they were Christian, Abu Sayyaf gunmen opened fire on 9-month old Melanie Patinga who was killed and a three-year old boy who was seriously wounded. Also killed were Emma (16) and Pedro Casipong, Itting Pontilla (45) and Selma Patinga.[1]- Iraq, February 22: Al Askari Mosque bombing ignites sectarian strife in Iraq.
Kosovo, February 27: Some former members of Kosovo Liberation Army(KLA) detonated triple bomb at a church. 7 people were killed including 2 Danish.
Pakistan, March 2: Bombing in Karachi kills four, including a U.S. diplomat.[2]
Lebanon, March 2: The battle escalated between Lebanese security guard and several gunmen when the attackers attempt to attack the Egyptian embassy in Beirut. One Lebanese guard, one bystanders, and four attackers were killed. According to the captives, they were Christians that angry on the Muslim protesters tourched a church in the retaliation to the Danish cartoon controversy.
United States, March 3: Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, an Iranian-born graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, drives an SUV onto a crowded part of campus, injuring nine.
India, March 7: Bombings in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi kill 28 and injure more than 100.- Israel, March 30: Palestinian suicide bomber kills himself and four others at Kedumim Junction in the West Bank.[3][4]
- Pakistan, April 11: A suicide bomber explodes himself in Karachi, killing 57 Sunni worshippers.[5]
- Israel, April 17: Sami Hammad, a Palestinian suicide bomber, detonates an explosive device in Tel Aviv, killing eleven people and injuring 70.
Egypt, April 24: Bombings at three locations in Dahab kill 20 Egyptians and three foreigners, and injure 62 others.- Pakistan, May 11: Six policemen die and twelve are injured when five bombs go off in a police academy in Quetta.[6]
Canada, June 2-3: Police carry out an investigation and arrests 17 alleged terrorists plotting to attack areas in Downtown Toronto, Mississauga, Fort Erie, the Township of Ramara, among others.
Sri Lanka, June 15: The LTTE detonate two claymore mines targeting a bus carrying 140 civilians. 68 civilians, including ten children, three pregnant women and their unborns, are killed. Approximately 60 civilians are injured.[7]
- Israel, June 25: Eliyahu Asheri, an Israeli citizen, was kidnapped and murdered by the Palestinian terrorist group, the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC).
- Iraq, July 9: 40 Sunni civilians are massacred by Shia militants in Baghdad.
- India, July 11: A series of explosions rock commuter trains in Mumbai, India, killing 209 and wounding another 714 civilians.
- Pakistan, July 14: Suicide bomber in Karachi kills a Shiite Islamic cleric Allama Hasan Turabi and his nephew.
Libya, July 15: Suicide bomber in Tripoli kills a dozen Christian inside a church. According to the police, the target was the priest.- Iraq, July 17: Explosions and gunmen kill 48 people in a market in Mahmoudiya.[8]
- Iraq, July 18: Car bombing near a Shiite shrine in Kufa kills 53 and injures 103.[9]
Germany, July 31: Two suitcase bombs are discovered in trains near the German towns of Dortmund and Koblenz, undetonated due to an assembly error. Video footage from Cologne train station, where the bombs were put on the trains, led to the arrest of two Lebanese students in Germany, Youssef al-Hajdib and Jihad Hamad, and subsequently of three suspected co-conspirators in Lebanon.[10] On 1 September 2006, Jörg Ziercke, head of the Bundeskriminalamt (Federal Police), reports that the suspects saw the Muhammad cartoons as an "assault by the West on Islam" and the "initial spark" for the attack, originally planned to coincide with the 2006 Football World Cup in Germany.[11][12]
Colombia, July 31: 16 soldiers die in an ambush in Tibu and a car bomb kills one and injures 22 in Bogotá. Both attacks are blamed on FARC.[13]
Afghanistan, August 4: A suicide car bomber struck a market in Kandahar, killing 21 people.- Colombia, August 4: A car bomb kills five outside a police station in Cali. The local government blames FARC.[14]
United Kingdom, United States, August 10: A major anti-terrorist operation by British Police disrupts an alleged bomb plot targeting multiple airplanes bound for the United States flying through Heathrow Airport, near London.
Moldova, August 13: Two grenades explode on a trolleybus in Tiraspol, killing two people and injuring ten.[15]- India, August 16: A bomb exploded in a Hindu temple near Imphal, killing five and injuring nearly 50 other.[16]
- Iraq, August 20: Gunmen spray bullets on Shiites in Baghdad, killing 20 people and wounding more than 300.[17]
- United States, August 30: An Afghani Muslim hit 19 pedestrians, killing one, with his SUV in the San Francisco Bay area.
- India, September 8: At least two bomb blasts target a Muslim cemetery in the western town of Malegaon. The blasts kill 37 people and leave 125 others wounded.
- Syria, September 12: Four attackers armed with grenades and machine guns attempt to storm the U.S. embassy in Damascus. Three of the gunmen and one Syrian guard are killed during a battle between the attackers and Syrian security forces. One Syrian employee of the embassy and at least ten bystanders are wounded, among them, seven Syrian telephone company workers and a senior Chinese diplomat. Police recover a car laden with explosives and other IEDs. Syrian Ambassador to the United States Imad Moustapha announces that his government suspects a group called Jund al-Sham is responsible.[18] See Damascus terrorist attacks.
Yemen, September 15: Four suicide bombers and a security guard are killed in early-morning attacks on the Safer refinery in Marib and the al-Dhabba terminal in Hadramout. Although no group has claimed responsibility Islamic extremists are suspected. See the September 15 Yemen attacks page.
Thailand, September 16: 2006 Hat Yai bombings: four people killed, 82 injured, by six bombs along the main commercial street of Hat Yai. The devices were placed approximately 500 meters apart, and were remotely set off every five minutes.[19]
Somalia, September 18: Eleven people, including the presidents brother and six attackers, are killed in an assassination attempt on the Somalian president.[20] See 2006 Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed assassination attempt.- Sri Lanka, September 18: An LTTE suicide bomber rams a truck packed with explosives into convoy of buses carrying unarmed Sri Lankan Navy personal going home, on leave, killing at least 92 Navy Personnel. The Government of Sri Lanka called this a terrorist attack[21]
Norway, September 19: A person fire with an automatic weapon on a synagoge in Oslo at night. On March 25, 2008, the trial against Arfan Bhatti (29), of Pakistani origin, and two others (one Norwegian and one of Turkish origin) will begin, accused for the responsibility for the attack and for plots to attack the U.S. Israeli embassies in Oslo.[22][23][24]- Afghanistan, September 30: A suicide bomber detonates his explosives outside the interior ministry in Kabul. The attack kills twelve and wounds over 40.[25] This is one of three hundred and fifty attacks mostly suicide bombings that killed six hundred and sixty nine civilians in 2006 according to Human Rights Watch.[26]
- Colombia, October 19: A car bomb explodes in a military college in northern Bogotá, injuring five.[27]
- Colombia, October 28: A car bomb kills two and injures four outside a military base in Villavicencio, Meta. FARC is blamed.[28]
- United Kingdom, November 1: The Real IRA detonates a series of firebombs in a large hardware retailers, a sports store and toy shop all in Belfast, Northern Ireland; the hardware retailers and sports store were completely destroyed. No fatalities.[29]
- India, November 20: A suspected terrorist bomb explodes on a train in India. See 2006 West Bengal train disaster.
- Lebanon, November 21: Assassination of Pierre Amine Gemayel, an anti-Syrian politician and scion of Lebanon’s most prominent Christian family blamed on Syria, Iran and Hezbollah despite their denials.[30]
- Iraq. November 23: A series of car bombs and mortar attacks in Sadr City kills at least 215 people and wounds a further 257. See Sadr City bombings for details.
- United Kingdom, November 24: Michael Stone, prevented from murdering members of the Sinn Féin political party.[31][32]
Spain, December 30: A bomb explodes at Madrid Airport, killing two Ecuadorians and injuring 26 people. The ETA a Basque terrorist group has claimed responsibility.- Thailand, December 31: Eight bomb explosions in seven areas of Bangkok, Thailand's capital city, three people died, nearly 40 injured.
[edit] References
- ^ AsiaNews.it: Massacre of Christians in Jolo deals heavy blow to hopes for peace, February 3, 2006
- ^ CNN: 4 dead, dozens wounded in ttack near U.S. Consulate in Karachi, March 3, 2006
- ^ CNN: Suicide bomber kills 4 in West Bank, March 31, 2006
- ^ BBC News: Bomber strikes Israeli settlement, March 31, 2006
- ^ BBC News: Thousands attend Karachi funerals, April 13, 2006
- ^ CNN: Bombings at Pakistani police school kill 6, May 11, 2006
- ^ Pro-LTTE Simon Hughes and Priyath Liyanage lament over the dead ceasefire agreement and discuss interference
- ^ CNN: Gunmen kill at least 40 in Iraq market attack, July 17, 2006
- ^ BBC News: Car bombing kills dozens in Iraq, July 18, 2006
- ^ Reuters: Lebanon arrests fourth suspect in German bomb case, September 2, 2006
- ^ International Herald Tribune: Prophet drawings motivated by suspects behind failed German train bombings, investigator says, September 2, 2006
- ^ Der Spiegel: Bahn-Anschläge schon zur Fußball-WM geplant, September 2, 2006
- ^ M&G: At least 16 dead in rebel attacks in Colombia, July 31, 2006
- ^ BBC: Car bomb kills five in Colombia, August 4, 2006
- ^ RIA Novosti: Transdnestr security chief says trolleybus blast terror act, August 15, 2006
- ^ Hindu American Foundation: Hindu American Foundation Condemns Bomb Attack on ISKCON Temple in India, August 16, 2006
- ^ CNN: 20 pilgrims killed, hundreds wounded in Baghdad, August 20, 2006
- ^ Smith, Craig. "Gunmen in Syria Hit U.S. Embassy; 3 Attackers Die", New York Times, September 13, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-09-13.
- ^ CNN: Six bombs explode in Thailand city, killing 4, September 16, 2006
- ^ Hassan Yare: Eleven killed in Somali assassination attempt, Mail&Guardian (South Africa), September 18, 2006
- ^ The Guardian: Sri Lanka condemns 'barbaric' suicide blast, October 16, 2006
- ^ VG Nett: Gjerningsmann fortsatt på frifot - Skjøt mot synagoge, September 19, 2006 (Norwegian)
- ^ VG Nett: Bhatti tiltalt for terrorplaner, August 31, 2007 (Norwegian)
- ^ Nettavisen Bhatti-saken avvist av retten, November 11, 2007
- ^ BBC News: Suicide bomber strikes in Kabul, September 30, 2006
- ^ Human Rights Watch: Afghanistan: Civilians Bear Cost of Escalating Insurgent Attacks, April 16, 2007
- ^ BBC: Car bomb explodes in Colombia, October 19, 2006
- ^ Reuters: Colombia blames FARC rebels for bomb attack, October 29, 2006
- ^ BBC: Firebomb attacks on three stores, November 1, 2006
- ^ MSNBC: Lebanese Christian minister is assassinated, November 21, 2006
- ^ The Guardian: A thing of the past, November 24, 2006
- ^ BBC News: Stormont attack devices defused, November 24, 2006
