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The Cinema Rex Fire
On August 19, 1978 at a cinema in Abadan, Iran the fire that happened at the cinema cost the lives of 470 people, most of them unidentified because of the problems the burns that the fire has caused. The Iranian newspapers reported that it was started by radical Islamists. The cinema was shut down by the government, however, later on they found out that the anti-Shah militants were behind the fire and that’s who caused it. -
Beirut Barracks Bombing
The beirut barracks bombing was one of the major acts in the 1980s. On October 23, 1983 at the height of the Lebanese Civil War, when two truck bombs exploded near the housing of US and French military forces. The attack again the multinational forces in Lebanon was claimed by the organization Islamic Republic of Iran. The explosives were equal to 5400 kg of TNT, resulted in the deadliest single-day death casualties for the US Marine Corps which included 241 servicemen. -
Pan Am Flight of 103
Pan Am Flight of 103 also known as the ‘Lockerbie Bombing’ happened on December 21, 1988 in a Pan Am transatlantic flight from London Heathrow Airport on it way to JFK International Airport in New York. The Boeing (jumbo jet) 747-121, “Clipper Maid of the Seas,” exploded killing all 243 passengers aboard as well as its 16 crew members before it crashed in Lockerbie, Scotland killing 11 more people that were on the ground. After 3 years of investigating of the Scottish police and the leader of Mu -
Oklahoma City Bombing
The Oklahoma City Bombing was the deadliest act of terrorism in the US before the 9/11 attacks, the bombing that occurred on April 19, 1995 in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, an office complex in Oklahoma that 168 people died, 19 of them were children below 6 years old and left 800 more with serious injuries. This also caused damaged to 324 buildings within a 16-block radius, burned 86 cars, shattered the windowpanes of nearly 258 buildings, resulting $652 million worth of damages. Timot -
Attack in Bentalha, Algeria
The attack in Bentalha also known as the “Bentalha Massacre,” happened on September 22/23 1997. Armed guerrillas stormed the village and killed 200 to 400 of its inhabitants. It all started with an explosion near the orange groves in the Hal el-Djilali neighborhood at about 11:30 pm followed by assailants armed with machine guns, machetes, and hunting rifles going from house to house and killing men, women, and children. This monstrosity claimed by the Armed Islamic Group, who was also responsi -
Bali Bombing
The bali bombing was considered one of the deadliest acts of terrorism in history of Indonesia. This event happened on October 12, 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta. There were 202 deaths, including 38 locals. The attack at the local nightclubs were carried out by some people of the Jemaah Islamiyah with the use of two bombs in a backpack carried by suicide bombers and a car bomb while the third bomb had exploded in the US Embassy in Denpasar. -
SuperFerry 14 Bombings
On February 27, 2004 90 minutes after the superferry 14 sailed from the port of Manila on it’s way to Cagayan de Oro City. Carried out by an Islamist terrorist group. 116 people were killed. People thought it was by accident at first, investigations later on revealed on a tv set with 4 kg of TNT was a cause of the explosion. They figured out that it was Abu Sayyaf, who was behind this. -
Yazidi Communities Bombing
On August 14, 2004 the second deadliest attack ever committed after 9/11. When four similar suicide bombs exploded in the towns of Yazidi and Jazeera. This bombing was the deadliest car bomb explosion under major US combat operations. It was estimated that 796 people were killed and 1,562 people were injured. Two tons of explosives that the 3 cars and a fuel tanker carried destroyed buildings such a crumbled and burnt trapping everyone under it while others destroyed the entire neighborhoods wor
