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Al Qa’ida Attacks, 1994–2007 193<br />

Table B.1—Continued<br />

Date Location Description<br />

February 3,<br />

2006<br />

February 24,<br />

2006<br />

October 19,<br />

2006<br />

October 30,<br />

2006<br />

January 23,<br />

2007<br />

February 2,<br />

2007<br />

February 6,<br />

2007<br />

February 12,<br />

2007<br />

Kushtia,<br />

Bangladesh<br />

Abqaiq,<br />

Saudia<br />

Arabia<br />

Lakhdaria,<br />

Algeria<br />

Reghaia,<br />

Algeria<br />

Dergana,<br />

Algeria<br />

Gaza, Gaza<br />

Strip<br />

Benchoud,<br />

Algeria<br />

Benchoud,<br />

Algeria<br />

Si-Mustafa,<br />

Algeria<br />

Three bombs were targeted at a local BNP leader,<br />

identified as Azim, though no injuries or fatalities were<br />

reported.<br />

Suicide bombers attacked Saudi Arabia’s largest oilprocessing<br />

facility but were unable to interrupt oil<br />

production when guards prevented them from entering<br />

the heavily guarded compound; two guards and at least<br />

two terrorists were killed in the firefight; four others<br />

were injured.<br />

In a coordinated double-bombing, terrorist elements<br />

targeted a fuel cistern belonging to the French company<br />

Razel and then targeted Algerian police with a second<br />

bomb as they responded to the first explosion.<br />

In a coordinated double-bombing, terrorist elements<br />

opened fire on a police station in Reghaia, resulting in<br />

significant material damage but no injuries or casualties.<br />

In a coordinated double-bombing, terrorist elements<br />

detonated a truck bomb at a police station in Dergana,<br />

killing three and wounding 24.<br />

A group of nearly 40 assailants, claiming to be members<br />

of the al Qa’ida Organization in Palestine, attacked the<br />

al-Wahah tourist resort near Gaza, destroying it with<br />

explosives. No one was injured.<br />

A bomb exploded in the municipal stadium of<br />

Benchoud during a soccer match, injuring two. The al<br />

Qa’ida Organization in the Islamic Maghreb claimed<br />

responsibility.<br />

Members of al Qa’ida Organization in the Islamic<br />

Maghreb assassinated the mayor of Benchoud outside<br />

his home. The attack occured three days after a similiar<br />

attack at a soccer stadium in Benchoud.<br />

In one of seven coordinated bombings targeting<br />

Algerian police forces in the countryside east of Algiers,<br />

a bomb was detonated by the al Qa’ida affiliate known<br />

as al Qa’ida Organization in the Islamic Maghreb; in<br />

total, six people were killed and 30 wounded in the<br />

coordinated attacks.

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