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Terrorism...


February 26th, 1993.

World Trade Center bombed.

Severe building damage. Towers remain intact.

6 dead. 1,000 severly injured.


July 26th, 1994.

London, England.

Israeli Embassy Attack.

Car-bomb wounded twenty - including children.


March 20th, 1995.

Tokyo Subway System.

Sarin Gas Attack.

12 dead. 6000 severly injured.


April 19th, 1995.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Oklahoma Federal Building-bombed.

168 dead. 19 of them, children.

Largest domestic terrorist attack in U.S. history.


November 11th, 1995.

Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Suicide bombing. U.S. army headquarters.

15 dead.


February 25th - March 4th, 2006.

Series of four suicide bombings.

60 dead. 284 wounded.


July 27th, 1996.

Atlanta, Georgia.

Centennial Olympic Park. Bombed.

1 dead. 111 wounded.


February 24th, 1997.

Empire State Building.

Man opens fire. Claims U.S. is "enemy of palestine".

13 dead. Many more wounded.


August 7th, 1998.

U.S. Embassy bombings. Tanzania and Kenya.

225 dead. 4,000 injured.


October 12th, 2000.

USS Cole bombed.

Aden, Yemen.

17 dead. 40 injured.


September 11th, 2001.

World Trade Center & U.S. Pentagon.

Hi-jacked planes crash into landmark.

Towers collapse.

2,997 dead. Many injured.



World changes forever...


April 11th, 2002.

Tunisia.

Truck driven into synagogue. Filled with gas and explosives.

20 dead. 80 injured.


October 2002.

Baltimore - Washington region.

Snipers prey on civilians.

10 dead.


May 12th, 2003.

Saudi Arabia.

U.S. expatriate houses bombed.

26 dead. 160 injured.


March 11th, 2004.

Madrid, Spain.

Coordinated bombings of trains.

191 dead. 1500 injured.


July 7th, 2005.

London, England.

Bombs explode on double-decker bus and three underground trains.

56 dead. 700 injured.



And recently...


August 10th, 2006.

London, England.

Multiple plane attack foiled.


Terrorism...
Religion. Fear.Death.Life.Good.War.Nations.Extremists.Evil. Civilians.Land.

So many words, so many feelings. With the recent plot to blow up American bound planes throughout the Atlantic Ocean, the world is once again altered due to terrorism. Security is tight, governments are uneasy, international intelligence is in high gear and people are worried. One thing is for sure our world has changed.

Despite the history of terrorism going back to the 19th century, post 9/11 put things in perspective.

Certain things that some how, some way, cannot be put into words.

Terrorism...our world has changed.

History of Terrorsim ---->http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents

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