Terrorist attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities

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 to the Chief of Mission (generally an 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.

Terrorist attacks on US diplomatic facilities

Date Location Details Deaths
26 September 1971 Phnom Penh Attack on embassy softball game 1
1972 Manila Attack by communist group, Marine guard wounded none
19 August 1974 Nicosia Riot outside Embassy; Ambassador and assistant shot by sniper 2
4 August 1975 Kuala Lumpur Japanese Red Army gunmen raid Embassy none
21 November 1979 Islamabad Islamist riots destroy Embassy (see 1979 U.S. Embassy Burning in Islamabad) 2
2 December 1979 Tripoli Islamist riots destroy Embassy (see 1979 U.S. Embassy Burning in Libya) none
18 April 1983 Beirut Islamic Jihad car bomb destroys Embassy (see April 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing) 63
12 December 1983 Kuwait City al-Dawa truck bomb outside Embassy 6
20 September 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
14 May 1986 Jakarta Japanese Red Army mortar barrage none
9 June 1987 Rome Japanese Red Army mortar barrage none
17 September 1989 Bogotá RPG fired on Embassy by unknown assailant none
27 July 1993 Lima Car bomb outside Embassy planted by Shining Path none
13 September 1995 Moscow RPG fired on Embassy by unknown assailant none
21 June 1998 Beirut RPG fired on Embassy by Hezbollah none
7 August 1998 Nairobi and Dar es Salaam al-Qaeda simultaneously attacks both Embassies with truck bombs (more details) 224
22 January 2002 Calcutta Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami gunmen attack Consulate 5
14 June 2002 Karachi al-Qaeda truck bomb detonates outside Consulate (more details) 12
12 October 2002 Denpasar Consular Office bombed by Jemaah Islamiyah as part of the Bali bombings none
28 February 2003 Islamabad Unknown gunmen attack Embassy 2
30 June 2004 Tashkent Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan suicide bomber attacks Embassy 2
6 December 2004 Jeddah al-Qaeda gunmen raid diplomatic compound 9
2 March 2006 Karachi Car bomb explodes outside Embassy unknown 2
12 September 2006 Damascus Gunmen raid US Embassy 4
12 January 2007 Athens RPG Fired at Embassy by Revolutionary Struggle none
18 March 2008 Sana'a Mortar attack against US Embassy 2
9 July 2008 Istanbul Armed attack against Consulate (more details) 6
17 September 2008 Sana'a Two car bombs outside US embassy in Yemeni capital 16
5 April 2010 Peshawar An attack near the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, kills two consulate security guards and at least six others 8

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