terrorism 101 1.who did it? 2.why did he/they do it? 3.what did he/they get out of it?

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Terrorism 101

1. Who did it?2. Why did he/they do it?

3. What did he/they get out of it?

September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks• Coordinated suicide attacks on the U.S. • 19 terrorists hijacked 4 airliners• Hijackers intentionally crashed:– 2 of the airliners into the World Trade Center, killing everyone

on board and many others working in the buildings. Both buildings collapsed within 2 hours.

– 3rd airliner into the Pentagon just outside Wash, D.C. – 4th plane crashed into a field in rural Pennsylvania after some

of its passengers & crew attempted to retake control of the plane.

• There were no survivors from any of the flights, plus many died on the ground.– Nearly 3,000 victims and the 19 hijackers died in the attacks.

September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks

• Who did it?: al Qaeda, extremist Muslim terror group• Why did they do it?– Wanted to punish the US for:

• Supporting Israel• Stationing troops in Saudi Arabia (location of the holiest sites of

Islam)• Sanctioning Iraq

• What did they get out of it?– U.S. did not change its policies re: Israel, Saudi Arabia and

Iraq– AQ is still trying to end Western influence in Muslim

countries and to implement laws based on the Koran (Sharia Law)

Madrid Train Bombings – March 11, 2004

• 10 simultaneous bombings on four commuter trains during the morning rush hour

• 3 days before Spain's general elections• The explosions killed 191 people and wounded

1,800.

Madrid Train Bombings – March 11, 2004

• Who did it: – al Qaeda cell (small group of terrorists separate from

the main organization, with a specific terrorism target), though no direct link to al Qaeda has been proven

• Why did they do it?– Wanted Spain to stop supporting the US in the war in

Iraq• What did they get out of it?– The party who won the election carried out its

promise to pull out of the war in Iraq

Bombing of an airplane over Lockerbie, Scotland – Dec. 21, 1988

• Pan Am Flight 103 crashed as a result of a terrorist bomb.

• The 270 fatalities (all 259 on the plane, 11 in Lockerbie)

Bombing of an airplane over Lockerbie, Scotland – Dec. 21, 1988

• Who did it?– Libyan government agent probably acting on orders of

former dictator Muammar Ghadaffi • Why did he do it?– Revenge for several attacks by the US navy in the

Mediterranean against Libya• What did he get out of it?– 8.5 years of jail (before being released b/c he had cancer)– Sanctions against Libya– eventually Libya took responsibility and paid each victim’s

families over $5 million

Munich Olympic Massacre 1972• Israeli Olympic team members were taken

hostage & eventually murdered • 11 Israeli athletes/coaches & 1 West German

police officer were killed• 5 of the 8 terrorists were killed by police officers

during a failed rescue attempt

Munich Olympic Massacre 1972• Who did it? – The militant Palestinian terrorist group Black

September• Why did they do it?– Anger at the establishment of Israel and Jordan’s

kicking the Palestinian Liberation Organization out of Jordan

• What did they get out of it?– Anger of much of the world– All surviving Palestinian terrorists killed by Israel

Oklahoma City Bombing - 1995• Attack on the Alfred Murrah Federal Building• Explosive-filled truck parked in front of the building • Claimed 168 lives, including 19 children under the

age of 6, and injured more than 680 people. Most destructive act of terrorism on American soil until 9/11.

• Blast destroyed or damaged 324 buildings within a sixteen-block radius, destroyed or burned 86 cars, and shattered glass in 258 nearby buildings.

Oklahoma City Bombing - 1995• Who did it?– Timothy McVeigh, an US army veteran and American

militia movement sympathizer• Why did he do it?– Angry at the US government for attacking the

compounds of people who defied it (Waco, TX and Ruby Ridge, ID)

• What did he get out of it?– Death sentence carried out in 2001

Sarin gas attack - 1995

• 5 coordinated attacks of releasing sarin on several lines of the Tokyo Metro.

• Killed 13 people, severely injured 50 & caused temporary vision problems for nearly 1,000 others.

• Attacks directed against trains passing through the area where major Japanese government buildings are located.

Sarin gas attack - 1995

• Who did it?– Aum Shinrikyo religious cult

• Why did they do it? Good question– Wanted to hasten the apocalypse?– Wanted to take over the government?

• What did they get out of it?– Leader sentenced to death in 2004 (still to be

carried out)– Cult membership drastically cut

Mosque Massacre -1994

• Extremist wearing his Israeli army reserve uniform open fired in a mosque in Hebron in the West Bank

• Killed 29 Muslims at prayer and wounded another 150

Mosque Massacre - 1994

• Who did it ?– American-born Jewish Israeli extremist Baruch

Goldstein • Why did he do it?– He was an extremist settler who wanted to push

Palestinians out of the West Bank• What did he get out of it?– Beaten to death by survivors of the massacre– Seen as a martyr (perceived as a religious hero for

dying for a religious cause) for extremist Israelis

Iranian Hostage CrisisNovember 1979 - January 1981

• An angry mob overran the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 Americans hostage

• Early on in the crisis the hostages were frequently paraded blindfolded in front of the press

• Women and African Americans were released, but 52 Americans were held hostage in secret locations for 444 days

Iranian Hostage CrisisNovember 1979 - January 1981

• Who did it?– An angry mob of young Islamic revolutionaries

• Why did they do it?– Angry that the previous government of Iran had been

closely allied with the U.S.• What did they get out of it?– Attention of the entire world– Poor relations with the U.S. (still)

Mumbai Attacks 2008• 11 coordinated shooting & bombing attacks across

Mumbai (India’s financial center) killing 164 people and wounding at least 308

• Attacked train stations, hotels, hospital, a Jewish community center, movie theater, newspaper office, college and a major port.

• Caused complete chaos for 3 days

Mumbai Attacks 2008• Who did it?– Islamist terrorists from the Pakistani group Lashkar-e-

Taiba • Why did they do it?– India and Pakistan are longtime enemies, still dispute

their border in Kashmir• What did they get out of it?– 9 out of 10 men killed– Last man sentenced to death (carried out November 21,

2012)– Added strain to already poor India-Pakistan relations

Attacks in Norway - 2011• Bomb exploded outside a government building • Sniper dressed in a military uniform attacked a

summer camp run by a liberal political party • 78 people killed, 209 injured

Attacks in Norway - 2011• Who did it? – Anders Brievik, a right-wing extremist from Norway

• Why did he do it?– Opposed multi-culturalism in Norway (the camp was

run by a political party that promoted multi-culturalism)

• What did he get out of it?– Much animosity– Life in prison (no death penalty in Norway)