Terrorist attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities

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[edit] Security of US missions

The Regional Security Office is staffed by Special Agents of the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), and is responsible for all security, protection, and law enforcement operations in the embassy or consulate. The Regional Security Officer (RSO) is the senior DSS Special Agent in country and is the principal advisor the Ambassador (or Consul General) on all security, law-enforcement, and counter-terrorism issues for that country or region. The RSO is responsible for liaising with host government security and law enforcement officials. The RSO is supported by technical security specialists and a force of local guards.

[edit] Terrorist attacks on US diplomatic facilities

Date Location Details Deaths
September 26, 1971 Phnom Penh Attack on embassy softball game 1
? 1972 Manila Attack by communist group, Marine guard wounded none
August 19, 1974 Nicosia Riot outside Embassy; Ambassador and assistant shot by sniper 2
August 4, 1975 Kuala Lumpur Japanese Red Army gunmen raid Embassy none
November 21, 1979 Islamabad Islamist riots destroy Embassy (see 1979 U.S. Embassy Burning in Islamabad) 2
December 2, 1979 Tripoli Islamist riots destroy Embassy (see 1979 U.S. Embassy Burning in Libya) none
April 18, 1983 Beirut Islamic Jihad car bomb destroys Embassy (see April 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing) 63
December 12, 1983 Kuwait City al-Dawa truck bomb outside Embassy 6
September 20, 1984 Beirut Hezbollah truck bomb outside Embassy 24
November, 1984 Bogotá Car bomb outside Embassy planted by drug cartel 1
February, 1986 Lisbon Popular Forces of 25 April car bomb outside Embassy none
May 14, 1986 Jakarta Japanese Red Army mortar barrage none
June 9, 1987 Rome Japanese Red Army mortar barrage none
September 17, 1989 Bogotá RPG fired on Embassy by unknown assailant none
July 27, 1993 Lima Car bomb outside Embassy planted by Shining Path none
September 13, 1995 Moscow RPG fired on Embassy by unknown assailant none
June 21, 1998 Beirut RPG fired on Embassy by Hezbollah none
August 7, 1998 Nairobi and Dar es Salaam al-Qaeda simultaneously attacks both Embassies with truck bombs (more details) 224
January 22, 2002 Calcutta Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami gunmen attack Consulate 5
June 14, 2002 Karachi al-Qaeda truck bomb detonates outside Consulate (more details) 12
October 12, 2002 Denpasar Consular Office bombed by Jemaah Islamiyah as part of the Bali bombings none
February 28, 2003 Islamabad Unknown gunmen attack Embassy 2
June 30, 2004 Tashkent Islamic Jihad Group of Uzbekistan suicide bomber attacks Embassy 2
December 6, 2004 Jeddah al-Qaeda gunmen raid diplomatic compound 9
March 2, 2006 Karachi Car bomb explodes outside Embassy unknown 2
September 12, 2006 Damascus Gunmen raid US Embassy 4
January 12, 2007 Athens RPG Fired at Embassy by Revolutionary Struggle none
October 1, 2007 Vienna Bosnian with improvised bomb caught before detonation none
February 21, 2008 Belgrade Serb demonstration turns violent, embassy burned 1
March 18, 2008 Sana'a Mortar attack against US Embassy[1] 2

[edit] References

  1. ^ AP: US says embassy was target of Yemen attack

[edit] See also