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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.

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