Terrorism in Kuwait

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Terrorism in Kuwait is directed primarily against the Kuwaiti government and foreign allies.

[edit] 1980s

• December 12, 1983 - US and French embassies were bombed, along with the Kuwait International Airport by the Islamic Dawa Party.
• May 1985 - A failed assassination attempt was made on Sheikh Jaber Al-Sabah, who was the emir of Kuwait at the time.

[edit] 2000s

• October 8, 2002 - An American soldier was killed and another wounded during training exercises on Failaka Island.
• October 10, 2002 - Two gunmen with ties to Al-Qaeda open fire on an American Humvee.
• November 21, 2002 - Two American soldiers were wounded while driving a civilian vehicle when a Kuwaiti police sergeant opened fire at them at close range.
• January 31, 2005 - Kuwait Police infiltrate a terrorist cell belonging to the Peninsula Lions in a Salmiya apartment complex. Five terrorist members and a civilian bystander were killed.

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