How Terrorist Groups End - RAND Corporation
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190 <strong>How</strong> <strong>Terrorist</strong> <strong>Groups</strong> <strong>End</strong>: Lessons for Countering al Qa’ida<br />
Table B.1—Continued<br />
Date Location Description<br />
November<br />
20, 2003<br />
April 27,<br />
2004<br />
Istanbul,<br />
Turkey<br />
Damascus,<br />
Syria<br />
In one of two coordinated attacks, a car bomb was<br />
detonated in Istanbul near the HSBC Bank headquarters<br />
and the Metro City shopping center, killing 11; it is<br />
impossible to disaggregate the number injured based<br />
on the reporting, but, in total, approximately 450 were<br />
wounded in the simultaneous attacks.<br />
<strong>Terrorist</strong>s launched a fierce assault on Damascus’<br />
diplomatic district, including detonation of a car bomb<br />
close to the British ambassador’s residence, wounding<br />
one.<br />
May 30,<br />
2004<br />
June 8, 2004<br />
June 12,<br />
2004<br />
Khobar,<br />
Saudi Arabia<br />
Riyadh,<br />
Saudi Arabia<br />
Riyadh,<br />
Saudi Arabia<br />
A terrorist shooting rampage and hostage standoff in<br />
Saudi Arabia’s oil-industry hub killed 22 people, mostly<br />
foreigners.<br />
Al Qa’ida terrorists gunned down a U.S. defense<br />
contractor working for the Vinnell Corp in Saudi Arabia.<br />
Al Qa’ida–linked terrorists kidnapped and, days<br />
later, executed a U.S. defense contractor working for<br />
Lockheed Martin in Riyadh.<br />
Al Qa’ida–linked terrorists fatally shot a U.S. defense<br />
contractor working for the Advanced Electronics<br />
Company as he parked his car in front of his villa in<br />
Riyadh.<br />
September<br />
15, 2004<br />
Riyadh,<br />
Saudi Arabia<br />
Al Qa’ida–linked terrorists fatally shot a British citizen<br />
working for the communication firm Marconi in Riyadh.<br />
October 7,<br />
2004<br />
Taba, Egypt<br />
Nuweiba,<br />
Egypt<br />
Nuweiba,<br />
Egypt<br />
In one of three coordinated attacks, a car bomb was<br />
detonated at the Hilton hotel in the Egyptian resort<br />
city of Taba, killing approximately 34 and wounding<br />
approximately 159.<br />
In one of three coordinated attacks, a car bomb was<br />
detonated at the al-Badiyah campground in Ras al-<br />
Shitan, near Nuweiba; casualties suffered during the<br />
simultaneous blasts cannot be precisely disaggregated,<br />
but approximately five were killed and 12 wounded in<br />
both blasts.<br />
In one of three coordinated attacks, a car bomb was<br />
detonated at the Moon Island campgrounds in Ras al-<br />
Shitan, near Nuweiba; casualties suffered during the<br />
simultaneous blasts cannot be precisely disaggregated,<br />
but approximately five were killed and 12 wounded in<br />
both blasts.