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Al-Qaeda attacks since 9/11
10/09/2007 21:22 - (SA)
Here is a list of some of the deadliest attacks linked to al-Qaeda since about 3 000 people were killed in the September 11 2001 attacks:
October 12 2002: At least 202 people are killed, including 88 Australians, in blasts on the tourist island of Bali. Al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah (JI) militants are blamed.
May 12 2003: At least five suicide bombs kill 45 people, including 12 bombers, in Casablanca, Morocco. The Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group, known by its French acronym GICM, and accused of supporting al-Qaeda, is suspected.
March 11 2004: Ten bombs on four Madrid commuter trains kill 191 people, and injure more than 2 000 people, in the deadliest al-Qaeda-related attack in Europe.
November 9 2005: Three Iraqi suicide bombers strike three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing at least 60 people and injuring nearly 100. Al-Qaeda in Iraq claims responsibility.
April 11 2007: Bombs rip through the Algerian prime minister's office and a police station, killing at least 30 people and wounding about 160 in Algiers. The attacks are claimed by the new al-Qaeda wing in Islamic North Africa.
- Reuters
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