Monday, November 23, 2015

Islamist Terrorist Incidents Including ISIS and Al Qaeda on America and Western Allies

Islamist Terrorist Incidents Including ISIS and Al Qaeda on America and Western Allies ---

Incidents linked to militant or criminal Islamists or crimes by Muslims. All ethnic groups commit crimes at different points in history, but there is much to be learned by the context in which these people live and their historical narrative.

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*Types

  • AQ Al Qaeda
  • ISIS
  • LONE Lone wolf committed by muslim with no proven links to any particular terrorist or political movement


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November 22, 2015 Thomas Hegghammer Retweeted Laura Rozen NYT: Several Belgian media reported police had arrested 4 people Sat. pm, 1 wearing a suicide belt. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/23/world/europe/brussels-remains-on-highest-alert-level-as-manhunts-expand

November 20, 2015 Islamic State Tactics Shift, Borrowing From al Qaeda, likely directed other large attacks Wall Street Journal While the goal of Islamic State hasn't changed—build a caliphate , now borrowing from al Qaeda’s playbook, deploying trusted lieutenants to engineer larger, more coordinated plots against the West. The attacks in Paris were the latest and most visible manifestation of this new approach, U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials suspect. Intercepted communications and other intelligence analyzed after two other earlier large-scale attacks in Beirut and Ankara, Turkey, similarly suggest those plots were directed by Islamic State leaders in Syria and Iraq and carried out by local leaders empowered to take action in the group’s name Paris Attacks Suggest Shift in Islamic State's Strategy To Attacks On West - WSJ The Wall Street Journal Nov 15 Paris Attacks Suggest Shift in Islamic State's Strategy ... than people acting on direct orders from the militant group, also known as ISIS and ISIL. ... it represents a major change from an earlier focus on state-building:

18 November 2015 Stabbing 0 1 Jewish teacher was attacked, insulted, taunted and stabbed in the arm and leg in the streets of Marseille by three men. One of the three was wearing an ISISt-shirt and they showed the teacher a cell phone image of Mohamed Merahthe terrorist who carried out the 2012 Toulouse and Montauban shootings as they stabbed him.[23] wkp

November 16, 2015 Experts vs Trump and Carson: ISIS is not an 'existential threat' to the United States  Does the group -- also known as ISIL or the Islamic State -- pose an "existential threat" to the United States?  That’s a claim made by at least two Republican presidential candidates.....Generally speaking, the experts described ISIS as a serious threat to international security -- but they agreed that the group, even in the wake of the Paris attacks, does not qualify as an existential threat to the United States.  "An existential threat is one that would deprive the United States of its sovereignty under the Constitution, would threaten the territorial integrity of the United States or the safety within U.S. borders of large numbers of Americans, or would pose a manifest challenge to U.S. core interests abroad in a way that would compel an undesired and unwelcome change in our freely chosen ways of life at home," said Ted Bromund, a foreign policy analyst at the conservative Heritage Foundation.

13 November 2015 November 2015 Paris attacks - Wikipedia 13-14 November 2015 Shootings, hostage taking and suicide bombings 137 352 November 2015 Paris attacks. The single deadliest terrorist attack in French history. Multiple shooting and grenade attacks occurred on a Friday night; among the locations targeted were a music venue, sports stadium and several bar and restaurant terraces. 90 persons were killed during a siege at anEagles of Death Metal concert inside the Bataclan. French president François Hollande evacuated from a football match between France and Germany at the Stade de France, slated venue for the UEFA Euro 2016 Final, after three separate suicide bombings over the course of about 40 minutes. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attacks and President Hollande named the Paris attacks an "'act of war'".[22] wkp


ISIS   Lebanon November 12, 2015 2015 Beirut bombings Suicide bombings targeting Shi'a civilians in the Hezbollah dominated suburb Bourj el-Barajneh 43 dead, 200-240 injured Perpetrators dead. wkp

Nov. 4, 2015 Egypt ISIS's Sinai affiliate claimed responsiblity for a suicide bombing that killed at least four police officers. MORE »

Nov. 4, 2015 Bangladesh ISIS claimed responsibility for a stabbing and shooting that left one police officer dead and another wounded. MORE »

ISIS  Egypt/ Russia October 31 2015 Metrojet Flight 9268 Flight en route from Egypt to Saint Petersburg bombed 224 dead (nearly all Russians) Unknown wkp


Oct. 24, 2015 Bangladesh ISIS claimed responsiblity for bombings that killed one person and wounded dozens more during a procession commemorating a Shiite Muslim holiday. MORE »

ISIS  Turkey October 10 2015 2015 Ankara bombings Suicide bombing targeting protesters at a peace rally 102 dead, 400+ injured Perpetrators dead. wkp On 10 October 2015 at 10:04 local time (EEST) in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey, two bombs were detonated outside Ankara Central railway station. As of October 16, the death toll stands at 102[1] and more than 400 people were injured.[2][5] T

Oct. 6, 2015 Yemen A series of bombings in Yemen's two largest cities killed at least 25 people. MORE »

Oct. 3, 2015 Bangladesh ISIS claimed responsibilty for the shooting death of a Japanese manriding a rickshaw. MORE »

Sep. 28, 2015  Bangladesh ISIS claimed responsiblity for the shooting death of an Italian aid worker. MORE »
Sep. 18, 2015
Libya Militants loyal to the Islamic State attacked a prison inside a Tripoli air base. MORE »
Sep. 2, 2015
Yemen Yemen's ISIS affiliate claimed responsibility for two bombings at a mosque that killed at least 20 people. MORE »
Aug. 26, 2015
Egypt The Sinai Province of the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for three gunmen who shot and killed two police officers. 

ISIS 21 August 2015 Shooting and stabbing 0 4 2015 Thalys train attack. An attempted mass shooting occurred on a train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris. Four people were injured, including the assailant who was subdued by other passengers.[21] wkp Connected to same mastermind as Nov Paris coordinated ISIS attacks.
Aug. 20, 2015
Egypt An ISIS affiliate claimed responsibility for bombing a branch of the Egyptian security agency. MORE »
Aug. 12, 2015
Egypt An ISIS affiliate said it had beheaded a Croatian expatriate workerbecause of Croatia's "participation in the war against the Islamic State."MORE »
Aug. 7, 2015
Saudi Arabia ISIS claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a mosque that killed at least 15 people, including 12 members of a Saudi police force. MORE »


ISIS   Turkey July 20 2015 2015 Suruç bombing Suicide bombing targeting the youth wing of the Socialist Party of the Oppressed 33 dead, 104 injured Perpetrator dead. wkp The 2015 Suruç bombing took place in the Suruç district of Şanlıurfa Province in Turkey at approximately 12:00 local time on 20 July 2015, outside the Amara Culture Centre.[6] 33 people were killed[1][2] and 104 were reported injured.[3][7][8][9] Most victims were members of the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) Youth Wing and the Socialist Youth Associations Federation (SGDF), university-ages students who were giving a press statement on their planned trip to reconstruct the Syrian border town of Kobanî.[10][11] Jul. 20, 2015 Turkey A Turkish citizen believed to have had ties to ISIS killed at least 32 people at a cultural center. MORE »


ISIS Iraq July 17 2015 2015 Khan Bani Saad bombing Suicide car bombing targeting Shi'a market in the city of Khan Bani Saad 120-130 dead, 130+ injured Perpetrator killed in explosion wkp A suicide car bombing occurred on 17 July 2015 in the Iraqi city of Khan Bani Saad, targeting a local marketplace. As of 19 July 2015 approximately 130 people were killed in the bombing, with a similar number of injured. Several people were killed by collapsed buildings. The bomb was hidden under an ice truck in an attempt to attract more people amid the heat. Responsibility for the attack was claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Jul. 16, 2015 Egypt In what appeared to be the first attack on a naval vessel claimed by Sinai Province, the ISIS affiliate said it destroyed an Egyptian naval vessel and posted photographs on social media of a missile exploding in a ball of fire as it slammed into the vessel. MORE »

ISIS   Egypt July 11 2015 2015 Cairo bombing Car bombing of the Italian consulate building in Cairo 1 dead, 9 injured suspects unknown wkp  Assassination of Hisham Barakat. For 2015 Cairo Supreme Court Bombing, see List_of_terrorist_incidents,_2015 § March. On 11 July 2015, a car bomb exploded outside the Italian consulate in the Egyptian capital Cairo resulting in at least one death and four people injured, responsibility was claimed by ISIS. [39][40][41]

ISIS   Egypt July 1 2015 July 2015 Sinai clashes Members of the Wilayat Sinai launch attacks on military checkpoints and a police station in and around the town of Sheikh Zuweid in North Sinai 21 dead, 9 injured 241 attackers killed, several dozen escaped wkp On 1 July 2015, the IS-affiliated Sinai Province militant group launched the largest scale battle the Sinai Peninsula has seen since the 1973Yom Kippur War,[3] killing 21 soldiers in the numerous attacks which targeted multiple Egyptian army checkpoints and the Sheikh Zuweidpolice station in the Sinai Peninsula. More than 100 militants were reportedly killed by the army during the battle.[4]


attack occurred on the same day as several other Islamist terrorist attacks, which have subsequently been named the 2015 Ramadan attacks in Kuwait, Tunisia, Syria and France, all credited to ISIS.


  1. ISIS  Kuwait June 26 b2015 2015 Kuwait mosque bombing Suicide bombing of a Shi'a mosque in Kuwait City 27 dead, 277 injured Bomber killed in explosion, 15 others convicted of involvement in the attack wkp uicide bombing took place on 26 June 2015 at a Shia mosque in Kuwait. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attack.[2]Kuwait's Emir arrived at the location of the incident a few hours after the bombing.[4] Twenty-seven people were killed and 227 people were wounded. Twenty-nine suspects were taken to court and after approximately ten sessions, most of them public, 15 were found guilty, with 7 to receive capital punishment (5 in absentia). Those include Adel Eidan, who drove the bomber to the mosque and admitted his intention to bomb the mosque and claimed that he wanted the mosque itself to be bombed, but "not the people", and Mohammed and Majid az-Zahrani (in absentia), who delivered the explosives to the terrorists in Kuwait and were arrested by Saudi authorities.
  1. ISIS   Tunisia June 26  2015 2015 Sousse attacks Mass shooting targeting western tourists at a hotel in Port El Kantaoui 10 kilometres north of Sousse 38 dead, 39 injured Perpetrator killed by police wkp  On 26 June 2015, an Islamist attack occurred at the tourist resort at Port El Kantaoui, about 10 kilometres north of the city of Sousse, Tunisia.[1][2] Thirty-eight people, thirty of whom were British, were killed when an armed gunman attacked a hotel.[8] It was the deadliest non-state attack in the history of modern Tunisia, with more fatalities than the twenty-two killed in the Bardo National Museum attack three months before.[9]
  1. ISIS 26 June 2015 Beheading 1 2 Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack. An Islamist delivery driver probably linked to ISIS decapitated a man and rammed a company van into gas cylinders at theAir Products gas factory in an attempt to blow up the building. wkp ISIS   France June 2015 Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack French-born islamist beheads his boss and then rams his car into a gas cylinder outside a factory 1 dead, 2 injured Suspect charged wkp
  1. ISIS a suicide bombing by ISIL in Al-Hasakeh, also in Syria, resulted in 20 fatalities
  1. ISIS Kobanî a large-scale massacre by ISIL resulted in more than 223 civilians murdered, in line with over 79 assailants (including 13 suicide bombers) and 23 Kurdish militiamen,[11] dubbed the second largest massacre by ISIL since summer 2014;





ISIS   Turkey June 5 2015 2015 Diyarbakır rally bombing TNT bombing targeting a rally of the People's Democratic Party 4 dead, 100+ injured Perpetrator arrested. wkp occurred on 5 June 2015 in Diyarbakır, Turkey during an electoral rally of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) at 17:55 local time. The bombing took place two days before the June 2015 general election and killed 4 supporters, injuring over 100. Suspicions as for the perpetrators still lie on ISIL. [4]

June 1, 2015 Don’t Exaggerate the Threat From ISIS or Escalate Involvement New York Times
Daniel Benjamin is the director of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College. He previously served as ambassador-at-large and coordinator for counterterrorism at the Obama State Department.  ISIS seeks territory for its caliphate, and to stoke Sunni-Shia conflict. It has no known experience in long-distance covert operations.

6 from Minnesota Somalis charged with trying to join Islamic State  KARE Apr 20, 2015 - Two of the six Minnesotans were arrested in San Diego. ... from March 30th, the complaint states Abdurahman Daud told the informant "I don't ... law in Minnesota, says Isis is preying successfully on young, disillusioned males. complaint says the men sought to reach countries near Syria by flying from the airports in San Diego and New York City, but were stopped. The complaint names Mohamed Farah, 21; Adnan Farah, 19; Abdirahman Daud, 21; Guled Omar, 20; Hanad Musse, 19; and Zacharia Abdurahman, 19. All were from Minneapolis except for Abdurahman, who is from Columbia Heights. It alleges they were in contact with another Minnesota man, Abdi Nur, who has worked to recruit Western fighters.

19 April 2015 Shooting 1 0 Unsuccessful attack against 2 churches in Villejuif by an Algerian jihadist. He killed a woman probably when trying to steal her car but accidentally shot himself in the leg, putting an end to his plans.[20] wkp

1 arrested for terroristic threats April 10, 2015 Somali Muslim Mahamed Abukar Said ISIS Terroristic Threat Case Mahamed Abukar Said was angered after the arrests of the six men, all of Somali descent accused of plotting to join ISIS in Syria. He was accused of tweeting a photo exposing an FBI informant and made terroristic threats against the attorney general, and a massacre against the general public: "Ima whack that us attorney general... the Feds are getting two choices. Either they gon free my bros or they gon have a massacre happen then they gon take me too"  In October Said pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of impeding a law enforcement officer. He was sentenced in November to  sentenced Monday to four years of probation with a long list of conditions meant to keep him out of trouble including  drug treatment, mental health counseling, living at a halfway house for a year, and that he not possess jihadist terror porn reflecting extremist views.

Mar 24, 2015 ISIS Reaches Out to Africa Boko Haram and Somali Terror Group Al-Shabaab breitbart.com As al-Qaeda fades and ISIS rises, ISIS looks like a better partner for Somali's ... ISIS recently accepted an oath of fealty from Boko Haram in Nigeria. ...mall massacres like the one it perpetrated at the Westgate Mall in Kenya.

3 February 2015 Stabbing 0 3 3 military men, guarding a Jewish community center in Nice, are attacked by Moussa Coulibaly (not related to the January Coulibaly attacks). wkp

ISIS   Yemen March 2015 2015 Sana'a mosque bombings Suicide bombings of two Shi'a mosque in Sana'a 142 dead. 351 injured All perpetrators killed in the explosions wkp

ISIS and / or AQ  Tunisia 18 March 2015  Bardo National Museum attack Mass shooting and hostage-taking of foreign tourists at the Bardo National Museum 22 dead, 50 injured 2 perpetrators killed by police, 1 escaped wkp Tthree terrorists attacked the Bardo National Museum in the Tunisian capital city of Tunis, and took hostages.[4] Twenty-one people, mostly European tourists, were killed at the scene, while an additional victim died ten days later. Around fifty others were injured.[8][9][10] Two of the gunmen, Tunisian citizens Yassine Labidi and Saber Khachnaoui, were killed by police, while the third attacker is currently at large.[7] Police treated the event as a terrorist attack.[11][12]  The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack, and threatened to commit further attacks.[13] However, the Tunisian government blamed a local splinter group of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, called the Okba Ibn Nafaa Brigade, for the attack. A police raid killed nine members on 28 March.[5]

ISIS   Denmark February 14-15 2015 2015 Copenhagen shootings Danish-born Jordanian-Palestinian Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein opened fire on a free speech event hosted by Lars Vilks and the Great Synagogue of Copenhagen. El-Hussein had pledged allegiance to ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi a few days prior. 2 dead, 5 injured Perpetrator shot by police wkp  14–15 February 2015, shootings occurred in Copenhagen, Denmark. Two victims and the suspected perpetrator were killed, while five police officers were wounded.  The first shooting took place on 14 February at a public afternoon event called "Art, Blasphemy and Freedom of Expression" at the Krudttønden cultural centre, where a gunman killed one civilian and wounded three police officers. Swedish artist Lars Vilks was among the speakers and is thought to have been the main target because of his drawings of Muhammad. The second shooting took place later that night (after midnight, and, therefore, on the 15th), outside the city's Great Synagogue in Krystalgade. A gunman killed a Jewish man on security duty during a bat mitzvah celebration, and wounded two police officers. Later that morning near Nørrebro station, police tracking the suspects shot and killed a man, after he opened fire on them while he attempted to enter a location under police surveillance. The man was identified as Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein, whom police said was responsible for both attacks.

January 2015 Charles Hebdo / Île-de-France attacks From 11:30 CET on 7 January to 18:35 CET on 9 January 2015, a series of five terrorist attacks occurred across the Île-de-France region, particularly in Paris. The attacks killed a total of 17 people, in addition to the three perpetrators,[6][7] and wounded 22 others. A fifth shooting attack did not result in any fatalities. The group that claims responsibility for the attacks, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, claimed that the attack had been planned for years ahead.[8] and thought to be unrelated to ISIS.

Motives "unknown" but apparently Al Queda inspired, no ties to ISIS: July 16, 2015 2015 Chattanooga shootings - Wikipedia On July 16, 2015, Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez opened fire on two military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He first committed a drive-by shooting at a recruiting center, then traveled to a U.S. Navy Reserve center and continued firing, where he was killed by police in a gunfight. Four Marines died on the spot. A Navy Sailor, a Marine recruiter, and a police officer were wounded; the sailor died from his injuries two days later. The motive behind the shootings is currently under investigation. but he made critical statements against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) that it was "stupid" and he owned CDs and had downloaded videos by al-Qaeda recruiter Anwar al-Awlaki. Officals have found no evidence that Abdulazeez was in contact with any social media recruiters working for ISIS, ... Report: Chattanooga Shooter Thought ISIS Was 'Stupid ... BreitbartJul 21, 2015 - Report: Chattanooga Shooter Thought ISIS Was 'Stupid,' Preferred al-Qaeda. Chattanooga Shooter Followed Al Qaeda Cleric Online in ...abcnews.go.com/US/chattanooga-shooter-mohammod...al-qaeda.../story?id...Jul 21, 2015 - Al-Awlaki was a high-profile member of al Qaeda, from which ISIS ... Chattanooga shooting: New details emerge about gunman ... CNN Jul 20, 2015 - Chattanooga shooter followed writings of al Qaeda cleric ..... (CNN) told a friend that ISIS was stupd... Four misconceptions about the Chattanooga shooting ... Chattanooga Times Free PressJul 23, 2015 - In other words, they do not believe that anyone — ISIS or otherwise — helped him carry .... Abdulazeez followed a radical member of al Qaeda. Probe so far finds no ISIS ties to Chattanooga shooter ... CBS News Jul 20, 2015 - Al-Awlaki, who was killed in Yemen by a drone strike in 2011, was an American-born cleric and leading member of al Qaeda in the Arabian ...

LONE 3 killed suspect killed January 14, 2015 FINLAND: SOMALI man who hacked two men to death with an axe at a Pub killed by police A SOMALI immigrant attacked and hacked two men to death with an axe at a pub in Tuira area of Oulu, police said. The attack took place at about 6:00pm and included one employee of the pub. Police offered no motive, but counterjihad pundits pointed to his likely Islam religion as a possible clue.

ISIS   Libya January 2015 2015 Corinthia Hotel attack Car bombing, suicide attack and subsequent hostage situation in hotel known for hosting foreigners and government officials. 10 dead Some perpetrators dead, others escaped wkp

ISIS   France January 2015 Porte de Vincennes hostage crisis As part of the 2015 Île-de-France attacksAmedy Coulibaly took hostages at a Hypercacher kosher superette in Paris. This took place concurrently with the Dammartin-en-Goële standoff with the Charlie Hebdo gunmen. Amedy Coulibaly had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. Coulibaly was killed in the police siege which ended the hostage crisis. Four were killed as well as nine injured. 4 dead, 9 injured Perpetrator shot dead. wkp

ISIS   France January 2015 Fontenay-aux-Roses and Montrouge shootings On 7 January, Amedy Coulibaly shot a 32-year-old jogger in the park next to Coulibaly's home. He suffered injuries to his arm and back. On January 8, Coulibaly shot and killed municipal police officer Clarrisa Jean-Philippe inMontrougeParis while critically wounding a street sweeper. These attacks were connected to Coulibaly after the shell casings on both scenes were matched to the hostage crisis in Porte de Vincennes. 1 dead, 2 injured Perpetrator shot dead after Porte de Vincennes hostage crisiswkp

ISIS  Saudi Arabia January 2015 2015 Arar attack Two attackers open fire on border guards, killing 3 before one detonates hissuicide vest 3 dead, 1 wounded Both perpetrators killed wkp

Year 2014

ISIS  Canada October 2014 2014 shootings at Parliament Hill, Ottawa Soldier standing guard at National War Memorial shot dead. Gunman storms Parliament. Security officer shot in leg trying to take gun from perpetrator. 1 dead, 3 injured Perpetrator shot dead in Parliament Building. wkp

ISIS  Canada October 2014 2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack Two soldiers run down with car. One dies. 1 dead, 1 injured Perpetrator shot dead after chase. wkp

ISIS  Australia September 2014 2014 Australian terror raids 15 people were detained after planning to kidnap a random Australian citizen and execute him. None One person charged wkp

ISIS  Belgium May 2014 Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting The Jewish Museum of Belgium in BrusselsBelgium was targeted when a gunman identified as Mehdi Nemmouche opened fire at the museum. Three people died at the scene while a fourth died on 6 June due to injuries. When apprehended in Marseille, with his belongings was a camera with a recording claiming responsibility for the shooting, and a white sheet with the name of the Islamic State emblazoned onto it. 4 dead Subject in custody,extraditedto Belgium. wkp

ISIS  Australia September 2014 2014 Endeavour Hills stabbings Two counter-terrorism police officers stabbed 2 injured Perpetrator shot dead wkp

Thomas Hegghammer‏@Hegghammer  Daniel Benjamin: ISIS unproven threat to U.S.: http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2014/08/11/counterterrorism-expert-isis-an-unproven-threat-to-the-u-s/ … 4:44 PM - 11 Aug 2014 Director of terrorism research at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) and adjunct professor at @UniOslo.

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