Historical Dictionary of Terrorism Third Edition

xlviii • CHRONOLOGYlim extremist plot to bomb the Canadian Houses of Parliament and tokidnap and murder Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. 7 June:U.S. forces kill al Qa’eda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi alongwith seven of his aides in an air strike north of Baquba, Iraq. 11 July:Seven coordinated bombings of several commuter trains in Mumbai,India, during evening rush hour leave 209 dead and 714 injured. Thebombings are believed to be the work of the Lashkar-e Tayyaba. 12July: Israeli troops attack Lebanon due to kidnappings of two Israelisoldiers, leading Hezbollah to declare war on Israel on 14 July. InconclusiveIsraeli invasion of southern Lebanon and continuous Hezbollahmissile barrages on Israel eventually end with UN-brokered truce on 8September 2006. 9 August: British police arrest 21 people involved inBritish airliner bombing plot targeting aircraft traveling from Britain tothe United States. Discovery of the plotters’ use of nondetectable peroxide-basedexplosives leads to U.S. and British bans on liquids and gelsfrom checked and carry-on baggage. 30 December: Basque Fatherlandand Liberty bombs Madrid’s Barajas International Airport, killing twoEcuadorians and ending 22 March cease-fire.2007 27 February: Taliban suicide bombing attack at Bagram AirBase in Afghanistan kills 23 people but does not harm visiting U.S. VicePresident Dick Cheney. 23 March: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corpsnaval unit seizes 15 British Royal Navy personnel in waters claimed byIran; the sailors are later released on 4 April. 11 April: Salafist Groupfor Preaching and Combat carries out two bombings in Algiers, killing atleast 33 people and injuring 222 others. 15 May: Coalition government ofal Fatah and Hamas in Palestinian Authority collapses, leading to virtualcivil war and Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip. 7–15 June: Fightingbetween Hamas and al Fatah and Hamas takeover of Gaza Strip ends inthe dismissal of the government of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh by PalestinianAuthority President Mahmoud Abbas, leaving al Fatah in controlof the West Bank. 30 June: Apparent suicide attack by two Islamistextremists ramming a gasoline-loaded Jeep Cherokee into the entranceof the main terminal of Glasgow International Airport results in death ofthe driver and injuries to the passenger and three bystanders. 14 August:Four simultaneous car bombings by Sunni insurgents kill 796 people andinjure 1,562 others in the towns of Qahtaniya and Jazeera in northernIraq. 6 September: Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat bombingin Batna, Algeria, intended for visiting Algerian President Abdelaziz