a collection of terrorist attacks, jan-2004 to jan-2005 by cpact

Date City Country PerpetratorWeapon InjuriesFatalitiesDescription24-Jan-04 Yala Thailand Unknown Knives

& sharpobjects

0 2 Two Buddhist monks, Pra Vichai andNovice Jepakak were killed byunknown perpetrators in Yala. Themonks were both slashed to death asthey were walking on their morningrounds in separate parts of the city.This attack comes two days afteranother monk was killed in the sameway in Yala and also comes aftermartial law was declared in southernThailand in the beginning of themonth because of widespreadseparatist violence.

24-Jan-04 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 Unknown perpetrators on amotorbike hacked to death ChukiatTiewcharoenchai, a monk, inNarathiwat. The perpetrators used amachete in the attack and were ableto escape on the motorbike. ThaksinShinawatra, the prime minister ofThailand believed the attack to havebeen carried out by individualslooking to escalate tensions amonglocal communities.

25-Jan-04 Corte France Unknown Explosives0 0 Two explosive charges were plantedat the Corte Town Hall on the islandof Corsica. One of the devicesexploded, causing slight damage tothe front door of the premises andthe second device was discoveredand defused. No one has claimedresponsibility and there were noreported injuries.

25-Jan-04 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A Jordanian truck driver was attackedand killed en route to Baghdad whilehauling a mobile home to be used bya Japanese military officer inBaghdad. The incident took place inRamadi at a checkpoint manned bylocal police.

25-Jan-04 Gadid WestBank/Gaza

Hamas(IslamicResistanceMovement)

Explosives0 0 The military wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for firing two Qassamrockets against the Gadid settlementsouth of Gaza.

25-Jan-04 NetzarimWestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 The military wing of Hamas, the al-Qassam Brigades, claimedresponsibility for firing a mortaragainst the Netzarim settlementsouth of Gaza City. There were noinjuries or damage.

25-Jan-04 QatifBloc

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 A mortar shell was fired at an Israelisettlement in the Qatif Bloc. The shelllanded near the settlement'sentrance but there were no injuries.

25-Jan-04 Belfast NorthernIreland

Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Loyalists are being blamed forplanting a makeshift explosivedevice at the Lamh Dhearg GaelicAthletic Association (GAA) in westBelfast. The device was found aschildren between the ages of 10 and14 were about to start training at thefacility. Bomb experts were able tosafely remove the device from thepremises.

25-Jan-04 Nantes France Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated at theAudencia school in Nantes. TheAudencia school has been run since1989 by Aissa Dermouche, a manwho was recently named prefect ofthe eastern department of Jura.Dermouche was born in Algeria andthe first Muslim named to such ahigh position within the government.A car belonging to Dermouche wastargeted by an explosive device oneweek prior to this incident. On 9March, twelve members of a right-wing radical movement, werearrested and held in connection withthis attack and two others thattargeted Dermouche.

26-Jan-04 Doda Kashmir Unknown Explosives5 0 In Doda, five people were injured in abomb blast near a bus stand. Anunidentified person on a motocyclehurled a grenade targeting a securitybunker at a bus stand. Aside fromcausing the injuries, the blastshattered the windows in a nearbyhotel and some of the buses parkednearby.

26-Jan-04 Amiriyah Iraq Unknown Firearms3 2 Two policemen were killed whenassailants opened fire from a car at acheckpoint outside of Amiriyah (45miles) southwest of Baghdad. Theattack also wounded a policemanand two civilians.

26-Jan-04 Karbala Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Unknown assailants opened fire onthe house of the local police chief inKarbala, killing one of his guards andwounding another.

27-Jan-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 2 Two men, both Iraqi citizens, workingfor CNN were shot and killed byassailants outside of Baghdad. Thepair was returning from anassignment in a two-car convoywhen a man popped through the roofof a car and fired on them with anAK-47. A CNN cameraman in thesecond car was grazed in the headby a bullet. The four other individualsin the car were not injured.

27-Jan-04 Armavir Russia Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb was found near the entranceto a large apartment building in thecity of Armavir in KrasnodarTerritory. Residents alertedauthorities and the building wasvacated while the explosive wasdefused. The device was made of tworadio controlled mines and a bagwith bolts, nails, and gray powderattached to a keg. Investigators werelooking into the incident.

27-Jan-04 Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 A bomb exploded in a Basra market,killing one person and woundingthree others. Eyewitnesses reportedthat a man in a police uniformplanted the bomb. The attack comesamid instability and tension in Basra,between police and British troopsstationed there.

28-Jan-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives11 3 A car bomb, disguised as anambulance, exploded in front of theShaheen Hotel in the Karadah districtkilling three people and injuringeleven. The van contained between400 and 500 pounds of explosives.

28-Jan-04 Colombia UnitedSelfDefenseForces ofColombia(AUC)

Firearms0 0 Alleged paramilitaries shot at aninternational humanitarian missionas thirteen of its members traveleddown the Magdalena River by boat.The mission included some membersfrom the Norwegian Council ofRefugees and Project CounselingService. The attack was viewed asan attempt to prevent internationalorganizations from helping displacedpeople in Colombia.

29-Jan-04 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

11 0 A roadside bomb exploded inBaqubah, wounding eleven Iraqis.The bomb was placed on a road neara sports stadium, exploding duringmorning rush hour.

29-Jan-04 JerusalemIsrael Hamas(IslamicResistanceMovement)

Explosives50 11 A suicide bomber blew up a bus nearthe prime minister's residence, killingten bystanders and wounding atleast fifty. Prime Minister Sharon wasnot home at the time of the bombing.The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigadesclaimed responsibility for the attack.Hamas has also claimedresponsibility for the bombing anddenounced al-Aqsa. Hamas has alsosent a picture of the suicide bomberto the media to verify their claim.

29-Jan-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives1 1 One member of the Iraqi CivilDefense Corps died and another wasinjured in an attack near Kirkuk.Unknown assailants fired rocket-propelled grenades at a checkpointin the village of al-Muradiyah, 51miles south of Kirkuk.

29-Jan-04 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

4 0 A pick-up truck carrying Iraqi CivilDefense Corps (ICDC) members washit by an explosive device, packedwith C-4 type explosives, concealedin a handcart on the roadside nearthe town of Baqubah. The US militaryhad reports that four ICDC werewounded. An ICDC officer stated thatanother remote control device waslater found in the area.


Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device, called by policea viable device, was discovered anddefused at an office of a loyalistprisoners' group in north Belfast.Authorities are blaming Republicansfor the attempted attack. Thisincident comes in the wake of anumber of high profile loyalistpolitical meetings.

29-Jan-04 MakhachkalaRussia Unknown Firearms1 2 The police department head ofMakhachkala was killed when hisvehicle came under fire. The driver ofthe vehicle, also a policeman, wasalso killed in the attack and a womanpasser-by was injured. Unidentifiedpersons opened fire at the vehicle ata road crossing. The attack isthought to be linked to the work ofdepartment head, GuseinAdzhamatov. Investigators offered areward for any information leading tothe arrest of the perpetrators.

29-Jan-04 Nantes France Unknown Explosives0 0 An small explosive device detonatedin a mailbox of a secondary school inNantes. The son of AissaDermouche, the newly-appointedMuslim prefect of Jura, attends thisschool. This is the third time thatDermouche or his family wastargeted in an explosive attack in thepast two weeks. The blast causedonly minimal damage. On 9 March,police arrested twelve members of aright-wing radical movement thatthey believe played a role in thisattack and two others that targetedDermouche.

29-Jan-04 Khulna BangladeshUnknown Explosives0 1 Khulna Awami Leader MonjurMorshed Labu died of injuriessustained in an attack. He wasattacked by unidentified persons,who threw a bomb at him.

30-Jan-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Attackers fired two rockets at theDutch Embassy in Baghdad sparkinga fire in the empty building butcausing no casualties.

31-Jan-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives45 9 A car bomb outside of a policestation in Mosul killed at least ninepeople, including policemen andcivilians, and wounded forty-five.

31-Jan-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 A time-triggered bomb explodedunder a senior police officer's carparked in front of his house inBaghdad, slightly injuring fivechildren in the street.

1-Feb-04 TegucigalpaHonduras Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A security vehicle of HonduranCongress President Porfirio Lobo wasfired on by unknown assailants. Lobowas not in the vehicle at the time ofthe attack because he had decidedto travel by air. Several members ofhis security team and a camera manwere in the vehicle but where notinjured. It is suspected that theattack is a result of Lobo's struggleagainst armed gangs and an adcampaign calling for combatingcriminals.

1-Feb-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 An Iraqi Turkmen party official wasshot dead and another died from hiswounds after an ambush by gunmennear Kirkuk.

1-Feb-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 Four Iraqi policemen were injured inan attack in eastern Kirkuk whenunknown attackers threw a grenadeat a police patrol.

1-Feb-04 Irbil Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Explosives221 117 117 people were killed and 221 wereinjured when suicide bomberswearing explosives separatelyattacked the offices of both theKurdistan Democratic Party and thePatriotic Union of Kurdistan. Amongthe dead in the near simultaneousattacks was the autonomous region'sdeputy prime minister Sami AbdulRahman and Turkish businessmanResat Sevkat Akalin who was in Irbilin order to hold talks with Iraqiofficials about the fair to beorganized by Iraqi-AmericanBusinessmen's Association. Ansar al-Sunnah has claimed responsibility.

1-Feb-04 Pristina FRY(Kosovo)

Unknown Explosives0 0 A number of cars were damagedwhen a powerful explosion occurredbetween the American University andthe Ismail Xhemali primary school inthe Suncani breg district of Pristina.Police were still looking for theperpetrators.

1-Feb-04 Alleroy ChechnyaUnknown Firearms4 6 Five members of Akhmad Kadyrov'ssecurity forces were killed when asmany as 10 attackers burst into thehome of the local commander of thesecurity forces, Sultan Dadayev.Dadayev and four other members ofthe force were killed along with oneassailant. Sources said that fourassailants were also injured,including the rebel commander.Kadyrov's son, Ramzan who is headof the security services, said that hewas offering a $200,000 reward forinformation on the whereabouts ofthe attackers. Alleroy, is also thehome village of Ichkeria PresidentAslan Maskhadov and is only 15 kmfrom the home village of Kadyrov.Alleroy has also been the site ofnumerous attacks by gunmen ongovernment officials and politicians.

1-Feb-04 Nablus WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Police arrested two Palestinian mensuspected of preparing a terrorattack with explosives. The locationof the charge was discovered andsafely detonated.

1-Feb-04 Lira Uganda Lord'sResistanceArmy(LRA)

Other 0 8 The Lords Resistance Army (LRA) issuspected in the killing of eightwoman in Northern Uganda whowere beaten to death on their way tocollect food. This type of attack isconsistent with LRA tactics.

1-Feb-04 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 A group of gunmen and plain-clothespolice officers attacked a group ofalcohol vendors in Basra. Britishsoldiers stationed in the areabecame involved in the shoot-outand two of the plain clothespolicemen were killed. Alcohol shopsare the freqent target of attacks byextremists who feel alcohol salesviolate strict Islamic law.

1-Feb-04 Than To Thailand Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 Police Sergeant Prawas Wongsawatwas killed while guarding a school inThan Tho district, Yala province.Police believe that the guard wasattacked by four to five assailants,who clubbed and stabbed Prawas todeath and dragged his body into aswamp behind the school.

2-Feb-04 Cigli Turkey Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Unknown perpetrators threw a firebomb into the local office of theDemocratic People's Party (DEHAP) inCigli. The blast caused minordamages to the building, includingshattering the windows. There wereno reported injuries.

2-Feb-04 ShelkovskoyDistrict

ChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 0 A female suicide bomber wasdetained before she could use hersuicide belt in a terrorist attack. Thewoman was arrested after residentsreported seeing her in severalvillages of the district.

2-Feb-04 Moscow Russia Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosion occurred inside one ofthe entrances to a five-storeyapartment building in BolshoiGnezdnovsky Pereulok, in centralMoscow. The bomb, made of 100grams TNT, had been attached to thehandle of the door to a privateapartment belonging to journalistYelena Tregubova, who until recentlyworked for three Russian dallies,Izvestia, Russky Telegraf, andKommersant. Tregubova is bestknown for writing a book that gave abehind the scenes account of theKremlin and criticized Putin's rise topower and his attempts to controlthe media. Luckily, the bombexploded moments before she lefther apartment and so she was notinjured. Tregubova said that she feltthe attack was an attempt on her lifeand also commented that shebelieved her phone was tapped.Officials were still investigating.

2-Feb-04 Russia Unknown Firearms1 0 The deputy chairman of the FederalSecurity Department in Khasavyurtwas severely wounded when hisvehicle came under fire on a bridgein Dagestan. Officials said that theshots came from the nearby woodsand were continuing theirinvestigation.

2-Feb-04 Khost AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 An explosion occurred in Nader ShahKot during a concert. The low-leveldevice caused no casualties andauthorities believe its aim was onlyto frighten concert-goers. UnderTaliban rule, events like concertswere not allowed.

2-Feb-04 Thailand Unknown Unknown0 0 A Buddhist temple in NarathiwatProvince, in southern Thailand, wasattacked by suspected Muslimseparatists. No specific informationabout the weapon used in the attackis provided. This incident comes onlya few weeks after martial law wasdeclared in southern Thailandbecause of separatist violence.

2-Feb-04 Washington,DC

UnitedStates

Unknown ChemicalAgent

0 0 A white powdery substance, whichtested positive for ricin, was found inthe mailroom of Senate MajorityLeader Bill Frist, in Washington, DC.The substance, which didn't harmanyone, was found on the south sideof the fourth floor of the DirksenSenate Office Building. As a result,all three Senate office buildings wereclosed for a week. This ricin letter issimilar to two others that were sentin the fall of 2003 by a mysteriousfallen angel. The earlier lettersthreatened the White House andTransportation Department thatmore ricin letters would be sent ifnew federal trucking regulationswere scrapped. Authorities areinvestigating whether this mostrecent attack could be connected tothe fall 2003 attacks.

3-Feb-04 VladikavkazRussia Unknown Explosives10 3 An explosion occurred near theGamid bank and 100 meters from themarket in Vladikavkaz, the capital ofNorth Ossetia. The bomb was plantedin a car in front of the bank and wasmade up of two shells and a remotecontrol detonator. One Russianmilitary vehicle was damaged in theincident. At least three cars werereportedly burning following theblast. Three people were killed. Tenpeople, including some Russianinterior troops, were wounded.Several sources noted that given thedeadly explosion in this market in1999, suspicion was likely to fall onChechen rebels. Investigators saidthat they believed the incident wasterrorism and had identified threepeople suspected of involvement inthe attack. Police had located the flatwhere the suspects supposedly livedand raided it, discovering a numberof weapons and ammunition. OnFebruary 21, Interfax reported thatthe Russian Prosecutor General'sOffice has identified the primesuspect in the attack. His name isVladimir Khodov and he is aUkrainian by birth. Police werecurrently searching for him.

3-Feb-04 Hangdev Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives2 0 A bomb hidden at Janata High Schoolin Hangdev village exploded, injuringtwo students. Authorities areblaming the Communist Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M) rebels ofplanting the device.

3-Feb-04 Thailand Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 A police officer was killed when histhroat was slashed in Yala Province,in southern Thailand. This attackcomes amid rising tensions insouthern Thailand a few weeks aftermartial law was declared because ofmilitant violence. Officials blamemost of the recent violence onMuslim separatists.

4-Feb-04 Athens Greece Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 An explosive device, made up of twosmall propane canisters, detonatedoutside a Eurobank branch in the AnoPatissia neighborhood of Athens.The blast caused minor damage tothe premises but no injuries.Witnesses saw two unidentified menplant the devices and run away fromthe scene.

4-Feb-04 Cartago Colombia Unknown Firearms0 1 Oscar Polanco Herrera, news directorat the Canal Noticias Cartago (CNC)television channel, was shot andkilled by two gunmen on amotorcycle. The attack took placeoutside the television station asPolanco left the building. Somereports believe the attack could be aresult of the news program thatPolanco hosted, which often criticizedlocal officials. However, no officialstatement has been made about whocarried out the attack or whatmotivated it. He had not reportedreceiving any death threats.

4-Feb-04 VientianeLaos Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated at thePatouxay Victory Monument inVientiane. There were no reportedcasualties caused by the blast. Thisattack took place as a meeting ofinternational tourism ministers andofficials from all over Southeast Asiawere meeting in Laos. A group ofLaotian dissidents claimedresponsibility for this blast andanother that took place two dayslater in a market. In their statementof claim, the group writes, They (thecommunist government) don't workto develop Laos but to developVietnam.

5-Feb-04 Achkhoi-MartanChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 0 Law enforcement officials found anddefused a powerful homemadeexplosive device in the Aikhallocemetery in Achkhoy-Martan. Thedevice was found following a tip fromlocal residents. This is one of severalrecent bombs found in cemeteries inChechnya, prompting one source tonote that Chechen rebels were tryingto turn cemeteries into minefields.

5-Feb-04 JalalabadAfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 Jalabad airport came under rocketattack. There were no reportedinjuries or casualties. No furtherinformation is provided.


Other 50 47 The Lords Resistance Army (LRA) issuspected in a raid on the Abiarefugee camp which is estimated tohave resulted in forty-seven deathsand fifty injuries. The perpetratorskilled their victims with machetes,clubs, and firearms. The LRA haveapparently ratcheted up theircampaign in the Lira district, havingnow carried out a number of highprofile attacks in recent months.

5-Feb-04 Colombia Unknown Firearms1 0 Jose Edilberto Jaramillo, the mayor ofPuerto Triunfo, was shot byunidentified gunmen. Jaramillosurvived the attack and wasreportedly in the hospital with agunshot wound to the stomach. Theincident took place as Jaramillo wasleaving a mayor's meeting in easternAntioquia.

6-Feb-04 Moscow Russia Unknown Explosives122 40 A blast tore apart a metro train car inMoscow during the morning rushhour. The train was travelingbetween the Paveletskaya stationand the Avtozavodskaya stationaround 8:40am. The explosionoccurred in the second car of thetrain, blowing out windows andcausing metal pieces of the train tobe strewn in all directions. Thedevice had an explosive power ofabout 4-5 kg of TNT. The device wassimilar to that used in the commutertrain attack in Yessentuki in 2003.Those who survived were forced towalk through the dark tunnel to exitthe subway. At least forty peoplewere killed and 122 injured.However, the death toll wasexpected to rise as many bodies hadbeen torn apart during the explosionand so were difficult to identify.Police believe that they havesurveillance video of two of theperpetrators. The video shows twosuspicious looking people boardingthe train with briefcases. In additionto these two people, police had alsoidentified one other suspect, also awoman. The main theory ofinvestigators was that the blast wasperpetrated by suicide bombers,probably the two women companionsof the man caught on video.However, other theories, includingthe possibility that the bomb was seton time delay and placed in abriefcase, were also beingconsidered. Police had released aphotograph of the male suspect. OnFebruary 8, the case was transferredto the FSB, as officials felt that theywere unlikely to find the suspect inMoscow. Instead, they were hopingto gain information from otherregions. Although Russian officialsbelieve that Chechen rebels werebehind the attack, particularlyterrorists affiliated with Abu al-Walidal-Ghalidi, Chechen leaders denyinvolvement. Some officialsspeculated that the attack hadoccurred in an attempt to disrupt theupcoming March elections. Putinvowed that this would not happen.There was also some speculationthat the was a connection betweenal-Qaida and this incident. On March1, several sources reported that apreviously unknown terrorist group,known as Gazoton-Murdash (aChechen group), claimedresponsibility for the incident. Astatement was received first onFebruary 8, and then several timesafter that. Kavkaz-Tzentr did notpublish the letter until it had beenreceived three times along with aphone call. The leader of the groupsaid that the attack was intended tocommemorate the fourth anniversaryof the killing of Chechen civilians byRussian soldiers who took control ofGroznyy. Chechen authorities wereunsure if the group was a validorganization and were attempting toascertain the true identity of thegroup leader, Lom-Ali Chechensky,and determine if the claim ofresponsibility is accurate. On March4, Izvestiya reported that thestatement of Lom-Ali was actually areaction to the reported killing ofRuslan Gelayev in Dagestan. Thesource stated that this claim ofresponsibility was only propaganda,used to deflect attention from thekilling of Gelayev and as retaliationfor Russian propaganda.On Sept. 28,Officials announced that theybelieved Anzor Izhayev wasresponsible for the blast. Theybelieve that he died in the attack.The suspicion was based on genetictests.

6-Feb-04 Moscow Russia Unknown Explosives122 40 A blast tore apart a metro train car inMoscow during the morning rushhour. The train was travelingbetween the Paveletskaya stationand the Avtozavodskaya stationaround 8:40am. The explosionoccurred in the second car of thetrain, blowing out windows andcausing metal pieces of the train tobe strewn in all directions. Thedevice had an explosive power ofabout 4-5 kg of TNT. The device wassimilar to that used in the commutertrain attack in Yessentuki in 2003.Those who survived were forced towalk through the dark tunnel to exitthe subway. At least forty peoplewere killed and 122 injured.However, the death toll wasexpected to rise as many bodies hadbeen torn apart during the explosionand so were difficult to identify.Police believe that they havesurveillance video of two of theperpetrators. The video shows twosuspicious looking people boardingthe train with briefcases. In additionto these two people, police had alsoidentified one other suspect, also awoman. The main theory ofinvestigators was that the blast wasperpetrated by suicide bombers,probably the two women companionsof the man caught on video.However, other theories, includingthe possibility that the bomb was seton time delay and placed in abriefcase, were also beingconsidered. Police had released aphotograph of the male suspect. OnFebruary 8, the case was transferredto the FSB, as officials felt that theywere unlikely to find the suspect inMoscow. Instead, they were hopingto gain information from otherregions. Although Russian officialsbelieve that Chechen rebels werebehind the attack, particularlyterrorists affiliated with Abu al-Walidal-Ghalidi, Chechen leaders denyinvolvement. Some officialsspeculated that the attack hadoccurred in an attempt to disrupt theupcoming March elections. Putinvowed that this would not happen.There was also some speculationthat the was a connection betweenal-Qaida and this incident. On March1, several sources reported that apreviously unknown terrorist group,known as Gazoton-Murdash (aChechen group), claimedresponsibility for the incident. Astatement was received first onFebruary 8, and then several timesafter that. Kavkaz-Tzentr did notpublish the letter until it had beenreceived three times along with aphone call. The leader of the groupsaid that the attack was intended tocommemorate the fourth anniversaryof the killing of Chechen civilians byRussian soldiers who took control ofGroznyy. Chechen authorities wereunsure if the group was a validorganization and were attempting toascertain the true identity of thegroup leader, Lom-Ali Chechensky,and determine if the claim ofresponsibility is accurate. On March4, Izvestiya reported that thestatement of Lom-Ali was actually areaction to the reported killing ofRuslan Gelayev in Dagestan. Thesource stated that this claim ofresponsibility was only propaganda,used to deflect attention from thekilling of Gelayev and as retaliationfor Russian propaganda.On Sept. 28,Officials announced that theybelieved Anzor Izhayev wasresponsible for the blast. Theybelieve that he died in the attack.The suspicion was based on genetictests.

6-Feb-04 Achkhoi-MartanChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 0 A bomb was detonated in theadministrative center of AchkhoiMartan, but caused no victims.Officials were looking into theincident.

6-Feb-04 SavannakhetLaos Unknown Explosives0 0 A low-level explosive device, whichhad been planted in a toilet in aprovincial market in Savannakhet,detonated. There were no reportedinjuries caused by the blast. Thisincident, and another similar oneabout a week earlier, came as Laoshosted an international forum ontourism. A group of Laotiandissidents claimed responsibility forthe attack. In their statement ofclaim, the group writes, don't blameanyone else for what has happened.The bombings were conducted bythe Laotian people to alert theoutside world to the communistgovernment's poor treatment of itscitizens.

7-Feb-04 BarranquillaColombia Unknown Firearms1 1 Jose Mendivil Cardenas, a humanrights defender, was killed while inhis car. Mendivil, a lawyer, wasknown for his work with AmnestyInternational. A passenger in the carwas also seriously injured. Itunknown who carried out the attack.

7-Feb-04 CharlottesvilleUnitedStates

EarthLiberationFront(ELF)

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 The Earth Liberation Front (ELF)claimed responsibility for causingover $30,000 in damages to aconstruction site in Charlottesville,Virginia. The group set fire to abulldozer and caused damage toother equipment that was parked offof Route 29. This site is to bedeveloped into a retail, commercialand residential community. On theirwebsite, the ELF writes that the sitewas targeted as part of the ELF'songoing actions against large-scaledevelopments going up at theexpense of what little green space isleft in North America.

8-Feb-04 MacedoniaUnknown Firearms0 0 Unknown attackers threw grenadesat the Asan Baba Mosque in anAlbanian neighborhood in Macedonia.The windows and gutters of themosque were broken during theattack. Officials were investigatingthe incident.

8-Feb-04 MacedoniaUnknown Firearms0 0 Unknown attackers threw grenadesat the private Bozhur company inFYROM. The company has been thetarget of attacks several timesbefore. Police were looking into theincident.

8-Feb-04 Russia Unknown Explosives0 0 Police found 44kg of explosives nearrailway tracks in Ingushetia. Theexplosives were 15 meters from therailway lines. Officials were trying totrack persons involved in placing theexplosives here.

8-Feb-04 SawaryahIraq Unknown Explosives8 3 Three people were killed and eightwounded in a bomb attack in theoffices of the Iraqi deputy police chiefin Sawaryah, 40 miles south ofBaghdad. The homemade bomb isbelieved to have been planted by anight-shift security guard.

8-Feb-04 KhanYunis

WestBank/Gaza

PalestineIslamicJihad (PIJ)

Explosives0 0 The military wing of Islamic Jihadclaimed responsibility for firing tworockets against Neve Dekalim andGadid settlement in Kahn Yunis(southern Gaza). There were noinjuries or damage reported.

9-Feb-04 ThessalonikiGreece Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A homemade explosive device, madeof six small propane canisters,detonated outside a branch of theNational Bank in Thessaloniki. Theblast caused minor damage to thebank and to two cars that wereparked nearby.

9-Feb-04 Kiev Ukraine Unknown Explosives0 0 Two explosions occurred at theDarnitsa district court of Kiev,injuring eleven people, damaging thefaçade of the building, and knockingout the windows of nearby buildings.The explosive device was plantedinside a toilet on the ground floor ofthe building and had an explosivepower of 1.5kg of TNT. This incidentfollows several threats directed atjudges who work in the courthouse,which had been received in the daysbefore the explosion. By February 12,eleven suspects had been detainedin connection with the incident.Investigators were continuing to lookinto the incident.

9-Feb-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 US forces thwarted an attempt tosabotage an oil pipeline in northernIraq. An explosive charge of 17pounds was placed on the pipelinelinking the oil fields in Kirkuk to al-Dibs. Oil facilities in northern Iraqhave been repeatedly sabotagedsince the ousting of Saddam Hussein.

9-Feb-04 Gekhi ChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 0 Bomb disposal experts found anexplosive device containing two highexplosive mines, two shells for a152mm assault gun, two bags of anexplosive mixture, four electricdetonators and a radio transmitter onthe side of the Kavkaz federalhighway. The bomb was defused.Officials believe that they alreadyhave identified one of the planners ofthe attack.

9-Feb-04 KathmanduNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 A bomb damaged KathmanduMetropolitan at Teku, an officebuilding in the Nepalese capital. Theblast significantly damaged thepremises and blew out the windowsof nearby buildings. Authoritiesblame Maoist rebels from theCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M) for the attack.

9-Feb-04 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 A suicide bomber blew himself up infront of the home of Majid and AmerAli Suleiman, two tribal leaders whohad cooperated with US forces. Theattack took place in the city ofRamadi. Three of the brothers' bodyguards were seriously injured by theblast, but the leaders were unhurt.

9-Feb-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A mortar attack on the BaghdadInternational Airport killed a Fijianguard employed by the Britishsecurity company, Global RiskStrategies.

10-Feb-04 IskandariyahIraq Unknown Explosives67 55 A car bomb with approximately 250kilos of explosives blew up at a policestation as dozens of would-berecruits lined up to apply for jobs. Anapparent suicide operation, carriedout by a driver who detinated histruck as it passed by the station.Fifty-five people were killed andsixty-seven injured. It is unclear ifthe bomber is part of the mortalitycount.

10-Feb-04 KathmanduNepal Unknown Explosives0 0 A powerful bomb, planted bysuspected Maoist rebels, rippedthrough a crowded bazaar inKathmandu and damaged a statue ofthe late King Mahendra.

11-Feb-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives54 46 A suicide attacker blew up a carpacked with 300 to 500 pounds ofexplosives in a crowd of hundreds ofIraqis waiting outside an armyrecruiting center. Up to forty-sixpeople were killed and fifty-fourwounded.

11-Feb-04 Eccica-Suarella

France Unknown Explosives0 0 A powerful explosive chargedetonated under a mechanical shovelthat belonged to a constructioncompany. The attack took place on apublic construction site in Eccica-Suarella, in Corse-du-Suddepartment. The blast destroyed themachine's motor but caused noinjuries. This was one of twoexplosive attacks on Corsica on thisevening.

11-Feb-04 LondonderryNorthernIreland


0 0 Several petrol bombs were thrown atpolice cars in Rossville Street andNailors Row in Londonderry. Theofficers were called into the area inresponse to reports of trouble andwere bombarded upon their arrival.This section of Londonderry is mainlyProtestant.



0 0 Three petrol bombs were thrown at apolice car in Durrow Park, inLondonderry. There were noreported injuries. This is the secondattack against police on this day inLondonderry.

11-Feb-04 ThessalonikiGreece MidnightSaboteurs

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0 0 Unknown perpetrators threw ahomemade explosive device, madeof three gas canisters and flammableliquid, under a truck belonging toGroup 4, a private security group.The attack took place at the corner ofAyios Stilianou and 28th OktovriouStreets in Thessaloniki. The blastcaused serious damage to thevehicle's engine. A caller claimedresponsibility for the attack on behalfof the 'Midnight Saboteurs.' In theirclaim, the groups says We, themidnight saboteurs, prefer that thesmall vans of the Group 4 Companyfall first into the hands of robbersand then into the hands of arsonists.

11-Feb-04 Colombia Unknown Firearms0 0 Bolivar Rafael Ramos, San PabloCouncil Secretary, was shot at byunknown gunmen. Ramos was notinjured in the attack although at leastseven shots were fired. Ramos is alsothe former leader for the No-to-DMZ(Demilitarized Zone) for the NationalLiberation Army (ELN) movement, atitle which made him an officialmilitary target for the ELN rebels.

12-Feb-04 Olmeto-Plage

France Unknown Explosives0 0 A holiday villa, that belongs to aresident of mainland France, waspartially destroyed by an explosivecharge in Olmeto-Plage, nearPropriano. This is the second timethis villa was targeted since March2003.

12-Feb-04 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Firearms1 2 Two Iraqi policemen were killed andone civilian wounded when they wereattacked by unknown assailants inRamadi near a checkpoint.


0 0 A homemade explosive device,consisting of gas canisters andflammable liquid, was thrown at abuilding in Thessaloniki that housesoffices of the Evangelist Church. Theblast caused about 3,000 euros indamage to the premises.


0 0 An explosive device, made of gascanisters, was found, unexploded,outside the offices of ErotokritosTheotokatos, a candidate deputyfrom the New Democracy (ND) party.There were no reported injuries ordamage caused, as the device failedto explode.

12-Feb-04 Kilkis Greece Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A homemade explosive devicedetonated at the political office ofSavvas Tsitouridhis, a NewDemocracy (ND) party candidatedeputy, in Kilkis. The devicedetonated, causing a minor fire atthe premises, which burned itselfout.

12-Feb-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 The Assyrian Democratic Movement,an Iraqi Christian party, stated thatits headquarters in Mosul cameunder attack when assailants openedfire and hurled a grenade. One of itsguards was wounded.

12-Feb-04 AltukhovoRussia Riyad us-SaliheynMartyrs'Brigade

Firearms0 0 An unknown criminal fired anautomatic weapon at a segment ofthe gas pipeline near the village ofAltukhovo, causing a fire and gasleak. The fire was reported by a localman and workers and firefightersresponded to battle the blaze and cutoff the gas flow to the dangerousarea. Police were looking into theincident, but noted that theindividuals who perpetrated theattack likely had special equipment.This was one of two similar attackson the same gas pipeline on thissame day. The Riyad us-SaliheynMartyrs' Brigade claimedresponsibility for this and five otherexplosive attacks on pipelines andpower transmitters.


Explosives13 6 Maoist rebels from the CommunistParty of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M)hurled bombs at a passenger buskilling at least six people. The buswas carrying civilians as well assome soldiers to the Kabhre district.

12-Feb-04 Palpa Nepal Unknown Explosives2 1 A child was killed in a blast in PalpaDistrict. Two others were injured.No further information is available.

12-Feb-04 Khost AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 2 A U.S. deputy intelligence officer forKhost was shot and killed by aTaliban fighter, who also killedhimself to avoid arrest. The Talibanclaimed responsibility for the attack,threatening any other U.S. official orcollaborators with the United States.

12-Feb-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A liquor store in Baghdad wasbombed, destroying the store. It wasnot known if any casualties occurred.Alcohol venders and shops are thefrequent target of attacks byextremists who believe alcohol salesviolate Islamic teachings.Note: Attackdate is approximate.

13-Feb-04 Doha Qatar Unknown Explosives1 1 After living in Qatar for three years,former Chechen president ZelimkahnYandarbiyev, whose extradition fromQatar had been demanded by Russia,was killed and his son wounded whena blast targeted their car. This is thefirst such incident in Qatar whichoften hosts rebel figures.



0 0 Several petrol bombs were thrown atthe home of Denis Bradley, the vice-chairman of the Policing Board, inLondonderry. Bradley's wife andteenaged son were home at the timeof the attack, but were uninjured.There have been several attacksagainst Catholic members of policingpartnerships in recent months.Bradley vows not to quit the policingboard because of this incident.

13-Feb-04 ChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 0 A powerful explosive was found anddefused on a roadside betweenStarya Sunzha and Berkat-Yurt inChechnya. Officials were notified bylocals and responded immediately.The explosive was a tank filled withplastic explosives and metal pits andpieces. Following an investigation,police arrested on man, YusupTepsurkayev, for involvement in thisand other terrorist attacks. RuslanAlimimov was also arrested forparticipation in this and otherincidents, following information froma rebel who turned himself in.

13-Feb-04 Cyprus Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 The front door of a Peace andDemocracy Movement (BDH)headquarters was set alight byunknown arsonists in northernCyprus. The perpetrators broke intothe backyard of the building, set theblaze and then threw a gas tube intothe flames. The fire wasextinguished by the fire brigadeswithout incident. This attack comesas fresh peace talks are taking placebetween the northern Turkishcypriots and the southern Greekcypriots.

13-Feb-04 ThessalonikiGreece Unknown Unknown0 0 A fire was started, by unknownmeans, at a car dealership owned byThomas Rombopoulos, a candidatedeputy from the PASOK politicalparty. Serious damage was causedto two cars at the dealership andminor damage was caused to theoffice.

14-Feb-04 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 27 Insurgents launched bold twinassaults on Iraqi security positions inFallujah, sparking a battle with thepolice that left twenty-threepolicemen and four attackers deadand dozens injured. According tolocal police, about fifteen attackersstormed the police station withrocket-propelled grenades andautomatic weapons.

14-Feb-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms3 1 One US civilian was killed and threeothers injured in an ambush attackon their car while traveling on theroad between Babil and Baghdad. Allfour victims were Baptist ministersfrom the United States.

15-Feb-04 LabranzagrandeColombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Explosives0 0 Alleged Revolutionary Armed Forcesof Colombia (FARC) rebels planted acar bomb near Labranzagrande.Bomb specialists were able to defusethe bomb which was made of 40 kgof ammonium nitrate fuel oil (ANFO)that was placed inside of a carwithout plates. It is suspected thatthe car was stolen in Bogotá.

15-Feb-04 Istanbul Turkey Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A Molotov cocktail was thrown at apolice armored vehicle in theBeyoglu neighborhood of Istanbul.The vehicle caught fire and materialdamage was caused, but there wereno injuries. The attack took place asa group of people attempted to stagea demonstration to commemoratethe fifth anniversary of the capture ofAbdullah Ocalan.

15-Feb-04 Ioannina Greece Nuclei forPromotingTotalCatastrophe

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0 0 A group calling itself the Nuclei forPromoting Total Catastrophe claimedresponsibility for setting a mobilelibrary, which belongs to theRegional Union of Municipalities andCommunities of the Ioannina Prefect,on fire. The library was damaged butnot destroyed in the attack. In theirclaim of responsibility, the groupwrites, The education system isoperating according to the system'sguidelines. Education and culturechurn out only miserable extras inthis theater of absurdity. Our soledemand is the total destruction ofthe system. Our fire will burn untilwe walk on its rubble.

15-Feb-04 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms2 7 Masked men jumped out of two vansin Basra and opened fire at a groupof sidewalk alcohol venders. Somesources reported that some of theattackers were wearing policeuniforms and may have been a partof the Basra police. At least sevenpeople were killed in the attacks andtwo wounded. Alcohol shops are thefrequent target of attacks in Iraq byextremists who feel the sale ofalcohol is a violation of strict Islamiclaw.

16-Feb-04 Quito Ecuador ArmedRevolutionaryLeft

Explosives0 0 A leaflet bomb exploded in theEconomy Minister Mauricio Pozo'soffice in downtown Quito. The ArmedRevolutionary Left (IRA) wasresponsible for the blast andpamphlets at the scene expressedthe groups opposition to PresidentLucio Gutierrez and his financialpolicies. The incident occurred at 10:30 pm and no one was injured. Thebomb did resulted in minor propertydamage at the Economy and FinanceMinistry offices.

17-Feb-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Iraqi police in Kirkuk killed a gunmanand wounded another when theyreturned fire against the two menattacking their patrol. The policestated that the men were responsiblefor several attacks against the policeand had been hunting the two forsome time.

17-Feb-04 Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 The Kuwaiti NGO, NationalCommittee for POWs and MissingPeople's Affairs, stated that one ofthe NGO's teams had been attackedby a bomb planted on one of themain roads leading to a mass gravebeing dug up. The attack resulted inonly minor injuries to one teammember and property damage.

17-Feb-04 Cagliari Italy ProletarianNuclei forCommunism

Explosives0 0 The Proletarian Nuclei forCommunism claimed responsibilityfor a bomb attack against the officesof Confidustria, an employers' union,in Cagliari. The explosion took placein the middle of the night and causedonly material damage. In their claimof responsibility, the group refers tothe workers' struggle againstcapitalists.

17-Feb-04 Deage Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Suspected separatist rebels, who hadkerchiefs tied to their head, shot andkilled Khaliya Halai, the village headof Deage, in Rangae district, inNarathiwat Province. The attack tookplace when the attackers entered therestaurant where Halai was eatingdinner, took him outside, chattedbriefly with him and then pulled out ashot gun and shot him repeatedly.There has been an increase inviolence, especially againstgovernment officials and staff, allover southern Thailand since January4th when four soldiers were killedand 300 weapons were stolen from amilitary camp.

18-Feb-04 Ofra WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Firearms1 0 An Israeli man was lightly injuredwhen gunmen opened fire at thevehicle he was riding in north of theOfra settlement in the West Bank.

18-Feb-04 Belfast NorthernIreland

Unknown Other 1 0 Four bricks were thrown into thehome of Jane Crudden, a 105-year-old woman, in the Oldpark area ofnorth Belfast. Crudden's grandson,who was home at the time of theattack, was cut by shards of glass.Authorities say this incident may besectarian.



0 0 A number of petrol bombs werethrown at a home in the Clifton ParkAvenue area of Belfast. Two smallchildren were at home during theattack, but no one was injured. Thedevices caused scorch damage tothe home.

18-Feb-04 Russia Riyad us-SaliheynMartyrs'Brigade

Unknown0 0 Deliberate damage to the gaspipeline in Mosoblgaz caused a gasleak. The crack in the pipe wascaused through some sort ofmechanical procedure and wasbelieved to have been doneintentionally. The gas did not ignite,but operating pressure droppedrapidly. This is the third attack to agas pipeline in this area in the pastweek. The Riyad us-Saliheyn Martyrs'Brigade claimed responsibility forthis and five other explosive attackson pipelines and power transmitters.

18-Feb-04 Moscow Russia Riyad us-SaliheynMartyrs'Brigade

Explosives0 0 Two main gas pipelines and a powerstation that heats water for Moscowwere damaged by grenades. Riyadus-Saliheen Islamic brigade ofMartyrs claimed responsibility for theattack and said that the attack wasintended to bring a halt to Moscow'sheating system and stop the flow ofoil. The attack involved the use ofsixty artillery shells. This is one ofseveral recent attacks on gaspipelines, which Russian authoritiesconsider to have been perpetratedby the same group of people.

18-Feb-04 GuayaquilEcuador Unknown Explosives0 0 A small bomb exploded at the homeof the chairman of the EcuadorianSupreme Electoral Court, NicanorMoscosol. The bomb damagedMoscoso's wife's car, but no one wasinjured. The motive for the attack isunknown.

18-Feb-04 Tokyo Japan Unknown Explosives0 0 No one was hurt and no damage wascaused by two explosions near theJapanese Ministry of Defense. Policesuspect the blasts are linked toJapan's agreement to send troops toIraq, a decision unpopular with manyJapanese residents.

19-Feb-04 Cyprus Unknown Explosives0 0 A small explosive device detonatedoutside the home of Mehmet AliTalat, the prime minister of the self-declared northern Turkish state onthe island of Cyprus. The blastsmashed windows and causeddamage to trees and street signsnearby. This attack took place onlyhours before talks between GreekCypriot President TassosPapadopoulos and Turkish Cypriotleader Rauf Denktash and Talat wereto begin.

19-Feb-04 Moscow Russia Riyad us-SaliheynMartyrs'Brigade

Explosives0 0 An explosive device on a gas pipelinehas been rendered harmless in theRamenskiy District of Moscow. Thedevice consisted of an RPG-7warhead, an electronic timer, abattery cell, and wires. The devicewas found under the gas pipeline andwas defused by experts. This is thefourth incident involving gaspipelines in the last week. The Riyadus-Saliheyn Martyrs' Brigade claimedresponsibility for this and five otherexplosive attacks on pipelines andpower transmitters.

19-Feb-04 Berbeo Colombia Unknown Firearms2 1 Jose Gabino Rodriguez, the mayor ofBerbeo, was attacked during acommunity meeting. Rodriguez whatshot three times, but survived andwas reported in serious condition at alocal hospital. Two other peopleattending the meeting were alsowounded by the gunfire, one, awoman, died.

19-Feb-04 VoronezhRussia Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded in a trash bin at abus stop in Vornezh. Police initiallyclosed the investigation, butfollowing another attack on the samebus station in July, reopened the casestating that the two attacks may beconnected.

20-Feb-04 ThessalonikiGreece IndomitableMarxists

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0 0 Three gas canister devices werethrown at a car used by a high-ranking employee of the EuropeanCenter for the Development ofVocational Training (CEDEFOP). Agroup calling itself the IndomitableMarxists claimed the attack, stating,at the same time that genuinefighters, like Khristos Tsigaridhas, arebeing on trial and are convicted, thereal murderers of the state and ofthe capital continue to murder manyworkers in the biggest terroristoperation that has ever been set upin Greece, the Olympic Games.

20-Feb-04 Zabol AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 0 The car and convoy of the head ofthe Public Health Department ofZabol Province was fired on but noone was injured.

21-Feb-04 UrusMartan

ChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 0 A landmine was planted on the sideof a busy road between Urus-Martanand Alkhan-Yurt. The bomb wassupposed to be detonated by a clockmechanism and had a hidden handgrenade inside. The device wasdefused just minutes before it wassupposed to explode.

21-Feb-04 Groznyy ChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 0 A remote controlled landmine wasfound and defused on a roadside inGroznyy. The device had a trapinside. Experts say the bomb wouldhave caused significant damage if ithad exploded.


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60 239 The Lords Resistance Army (LRA)killed more than two-hundred peoplein an attack on a refugee camp inNorthern Uganda. The LRA dispersedthe camps' militia with a show offorce including heavy arms andRPG's before burning to death thecivilian population that fled to theirhuts. The LRA advocates a politicalsystem based on the 10Commandments and has becomerenowned for its brutality andatrocities. Local press is reportingthat the leader of the LRA, JosephKony, has given orders for theextermination of the Acholi people, atribe that predominates in Uganda'sNorthern districts.

22-Feb-04 Karbala Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A oil pipeline was sabotaged nearKarbala in southern Iraq in the firstattack in the south since the collapseof Saddam's regime. The blast of theKirkuk-Baghdad-Basra pipeline set offa fire at the site of the attack.

22-Feb-04 JerusalemIsrael al-Fatah Explosives60 9 A suicide bomber killed himself andeight other passengers on a rushhour bus in Jerusalem, underliningthe bitter arguments around theopening of an international court ofjustice on the legality of Israel'sseparation barrier. The al-AqsaBrigades claimed responsibility forthe attack and said the bombing wasalso a reprisal for the Israeli army'skilling of fifteen Palestinians in Gazatwo weeks before.

23-Feb-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives45 10 A suicide bomber detonated anexplosive-packed vehicle outside anIraqi police station in a Kurdishneighborhood killing at least tenpeople and wounding forty-fiveothers. This is the third blast sincelate January 2004 to target Kurds.

23-Feb-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms4 2 The Mosul chief of police wasattacked at his home by four menwith machine guns leading to severalguards being wounded and the deathof two of the attackers. The chief wasnot injured. This is the second attackon Mosul's police chief. He wasattacked in the same manner morethan two months before andsustained serious wounds then.

24-Feb-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 The third assassination attempt wasmade against Iraqi Oil MinisterMuhammad Bahr al-Ulum whenunidentified armed persons openedfire at his car. One of his personalbodyguards was wounded.

24-Feb-04 Mumbai India Unknown Explosives1 0 A boy was injured in a bomb-likeexplosion Tuesday outside of asuburban railway station in Mumbai.

24-Feb-04 Medellin Colombia Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb, made of a coffee thermos,was left outside the National CivilRegistry Office in Medellin. Policewere able to defuse the device andno one was injured. Some reportsdescribed the perpetrator as amilitiaman who pretended to be acoffee vendor before planting thebomb and disappearing.

25-Feb-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen opened fire on Mosul'sdeputy police chief Brigadier HikmatMohammad as he was headed to hisoffice. Mohammad was killed in theattack. The incident comes onlyhours after leaflets were found atpolice stations around the areathreatening attacks on police andKurdish militias for cooperations withAmerican troops.


Explosives0 0 Two bombs planted by CommunistParty of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M)rebels in the Sunrise Boarding Schoolwere defused before they couldexplode.

26-Feb-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 One Iraqi civilian and one policemanwere injured in an attack at a Kirkuk-Howeija road checkpoint west ofKirkuk.


Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device was discoveredand safely deactivated outside a pubin north Belfast, after a telephonewarning was made to authorties.There were no reported injuries andno damages caused.

26-Feb-04 Greece Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Unknown perpetrators planted smallgas cylinders in two vans that werebeing used by the Ministry of theEnvironment, Physical Planning andPublic Works. The attack took placeon a side road off the Athens toLamia highway. A caller claimedresponsibility for the attack andstated Fivos and Athina (Olympicmascots) assume responsibility forthis action. It is in protest at theofficial visit of the IOC (InternationalOlympic Committee) members toAthens, and the forced labor camp ofthe Olympic Games, where workersare being murdered.

26-Feb-04 AssinovskayaChechnyaUnknown Explosives7 6 An explosive device went off in awooded area in the Achkhoy-Martandistrict of Chechnya. The blastoccurred as the residents werereturning home by lorry from pickingwild leek. Six people were killed andseven others injured in the attack. Aninvestigation had been opened.

26-Feb-04 KathmanduNepal Unknown Explosives2 0 A tempo (three-wheeler) was guttedwhen the Maoist-affiliated All NepalNational Independent Students'Union exploded two bombs at aparking lot in front of the Royal NepalAirline Corporation (RNAC) building.

26-Feb-04 MahendranagarNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives3 0 Maoists from the Communist Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M) hurled abomb at the mobil home of a Frenchnational in Jhalari, as it was going toBardia from India

27-Feb-04 Hebron WestBank/Gaza

PopularFront fortheLiberationofPalestine(PFL

Firearms0 2 An Israeli man and woman werekilled in a shooting attack along theBeersheba-Hebron Road. The Al-AqsaMartyrs Brigade and the PopularFront for the Liberation of Palestine(PFLP) claimed joint responsibility forthe attack.


0 0 A bomb attack, the first in a series offour on this day, took place outside aNew Democracy (ND) party office inthe Kallithea residential district ofAthens. A fire broke out after theexplosion, which caused majormaterial damage to the office but noinjuries.


0 0 An explosive device detonatedoutside a New Democracy (ND) partyoffice in the Neo Psychico area ofAthens, only three minutes after asimilar device detonated at anotherND office in the city. Only minordamage was caused to the premises.


0 0 An explosive device, the third of itskind on this day, detonated outsidean office of the PASOK political partyin the Hymettus neighborhood ofAthens. This attack took place tenminutes after two others againstpolitical party offices in the city. Theblast started a fire, which causedextensive material damage to thepremises.


0 0 An explosive device, the fourth onthis day, detonated outside a PASOKpolitical party office in the Melissianeighborhood of Athens. Theincident took place six minutes aftera similar device detonated at anotherPASOK office in Hymettus, Athens.The blast caused extensive damageto the premises but no injuries.

27-Feb-04 PervouralskRussia Unknown Explosives1 0 A PAZ passenger bus carrying sixpassengers was blown up in the cityof Pervouralsk. One passenger washurt. Officials said the blast wascaused by a hand grenade placedinside the petrol tank. Severaltheories were being pursued.


Unknown Other 1 0 One police officer was injured whenhe was hit in the face with a brick.The attack took place shortly aftermidnight when the officer wasresponding to a disturbance where agroup of youths were throwingstones at police on the MonaghBypass in north Belfast.

27-Feb-04 Srinagar Kashmir Jamiat ul-Mujahedin(JuM)

Explosives4 1 A Muslim girl was killed andfourpeople, including one policeofficer, injured when Islamic militantstried to attack a public function beingattended by Kashmiri Chief MinisterMufti Mohammed Sayeed. Twogrenades were fired from a rifle. TheJamiat ul-Mujahedin group claimedresponsibility for the attack.

27-Feb-04 ValleduparColombia Unknown Explosives0 0 Four propane gas canisters packedwith explosives were found 20meters from the landing strip ofValledupar airport. The strategicallyplaced bombs were discovered 24hours prior to when President AlvaroUribe was scheduled to land at theairport. All four were disposed ofbefore the presidents arrival and noone was injured.

27-Feb-04 Manila PhilippinesAbuSayyafGroup(ASG)

Explosives9 118 An explosive device tore through aferry boat, killing at least 118 peopleon the shores outside Manila. Thedevice had been planted inside atelevision on board the Superferry14. Six suspects were arrested andcharged in connection with thisattack. The six are believed to haveties with the Abu Sayyaf Group(ASG). When arrested the suspectsindicated that eight pounds of TNThad been left inside the television todetonate. This attack was theregion's worst terrorist attack sincethe 2002 bombing of a Bali nightclub.

28-Feb-04 Dhaka BangladeshUnknown Knives& sharpobjects

1 0 A prominent writer was attackedwhen he was returning home fromthe Bangla Academy book fair on theDhaka University campus. He is in acoma. He wrote a controversialbook, which made him a target ofIslamic fundmentalists, opposing theBangladeshi 1971 War ofIndependence.

29-Feb-04 Jenin WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Three Palestinian boys were seizedby Israeli police, near Jenin, as itappeared they were on their way tocarry out a suicide attack to showtheir rage against Israel's separationbarrier. The boys were armed withhomemade pipe bombs and wereacting on behalf of Islamic Jihad.

29-Feb-04 Spain BasqueFatherlandandFreedom(ETA)

Explosives0 0 Police stopped a small truck, about140 km outside Madrid, thatcontained over 1,000 pounds ofbomb-making chemicals. Authoritiesseized the truck, which contained aton of potassium chloride compound,sixty-five pounds of dynamite, 100yards of core fuse and an electricaldetonator, and arrested the twomembers of the Basque Fatherlandand Freedom (ETA) who were drivingit. Police are unsure of the intendedtarget, but they believe the driverswere headed toward Madrid. Somesources have speculated that theSpanish daily newspaper, La Razonwas the intended target. Thisincident comes only two weeksbefore Spain is to hold nationalelections.

1-Mar-04 NaghmanAfghanistanTaliban Fire orFirebomb

0 0 The Taliban claimed responsibility foran arson attack on two girls' schoolsin Naghman Province. The first waslocated in Bador village of Alisheng.The Taliban said that the girls wereattending school under the pretext oflearning, but were really engaging inimmoral activities.

1-Mar-04 NaghmanAfghanistanTaliban Fire orFirebomb

0 0 The second of two girls' schools wasburned in an attack claimed by theTaliban. The school was located inSera village of Shaltag.Ref #11,409

1-Mar-04 Florence Italy Unknown Explosives0 0 A parcel bomb, disguised in a videocassette tape, was sent to LeonardoDomenici, the mayor of Florence.The bomb had been sent through thepostal services and addresseddirectly to Domenici. Mail handlersnoticed the device and called inbomb experts, who safely removedthe package. This incident could berelated to similar mail bomb attacksthat took place in Italy in Octoberand November 2003.

1-Mar-04 Cornella Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A Molotov cocktail, the second of itskind on this evening, was thrown atthe first floor of the municipal townplanning department in Cornella.The blast caused a fire, thatdestroyed computer material, papersand furniture. There were noreported injuries.

1-Mar-04 Teseney Eritrea Unknown Explosives12 3 Two bombs exploded at theHashferai Hotel in Western Eritrea,killing three and injuring twelve. Nogroup claimed the attack, althoughthe regime in Asmara cast suspicionon groups supported by Sudan andEthiopia, among them EritreanIslamic Jihad, also known as theIslamic Salvation Movement. (EIJ),which is based in Sudan and aims toreplace the present Eritreangovernment with Islamic rule. Thesite of the attack is just a few milesfrom the Eritrea-Sudan border.

1-Mar-04 Burgos Italy Unknown Explosives0 1 Bonifacio Tilocca, the father of themayor of Burgos, was killed when abomb exploded outside hisapartment in Burgos. In recentmonths the mayor has been thetarget of multiple attacks andthreats, including a bombing at hismother's grave in the town'scemetery. Local authorities havebegun raids on the homes ofpotentials suspects.

1-Mar-04 Batticola SriLanka

LiberationTigers ofTamilEelam(LTTE)

Firearms2 1 A United National Party candidate forthe Batticola District in an upcomingelection was gunned down yesterdayin the first polls-related killing. TheLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) is suspected in the attack; thecandidate resisted an earlier warningfrom the group. Unidentifiedgunmen had attempted to shoot himSunday night. A niece and nephewliving in the same house were alsoattacked.

2-Mar-04 Kalanki Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives3 0 Three people were injured when apowerful bomb went off in a parkedbus at Khanisbazar of Kalanki

2-Mar-04 Cornella Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A Molotov cocktail, one of twoincidents on this evening, detonatedat the offices of the Party of theSocialists of Catalonia (PSC) inCornella. The blast caused seriousdamage to the office, but no one wasinjured.

2-Mar-04 KathmanduNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Firearms0 21 Hundreds of Maoist rebels from theCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M) stormed the telephonetower in Bhopur in the most deadlyattack there since the collapse ofpeace talks in August. At leasttwenty-one security personnel werekilled.

2-Mar-04 Karbala Iraq Unknown Explosives233 106 At least 106 people were killed andover 233 injured in a massive suicideattack on the holy Shiite city ofKarbala. At least four bombsdetonated (some report up to ninebombs) by the Baghdad Gate in thecity, where pilgrims had gatheredoutside the Shrine of Hussain. Thisattack came on the same day asanother Shiite shrine was attacked inBaghdad and on one of the holiestShiite holidays. Police suspect agroup linked to Al Qaeda or loyalistsof Abu Musab al-Zarqawi of carryingout the attacks. The perpetratorsused a combination of suicidebombs, mortar rounds and plantedbombs.

2-Mar-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives320 65 A massive suicide attack occurred ata Shiite holy shrine in Baghdad,killing over sixty-five people andinjuring at least 320 others. Theattack occurred when three suicidebombers detonated their explosivessimultaneously. Authorities areblaming this attack, and another on aShiite shrine in the city of Karbala, oneither groups associated with AlQaeda or loyalists of Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi. The attacks come on one ofthe holiest days of the Shiitecalendar and targeted Shiitepilgrims. Iraqi leaders, who werepreparing to sign a new constitution,declared three days of nationalmourning and postponed signing theconstitution until the mourningperiod was over.

2-Mar-04 Basra Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 Police in Basra discovered a carpacked with over 550 pounds ofexplosives, set to detonated byremote control. The car bomb wasparked at a gas station where theAshoura procession was due to pass.Police were able to defuse the carbomb and arrested several people inconnection with the attemptedattack. One of the suspects waslater released.

2-Mar-04 Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Two women were caught attemptingto plant explosives in a Shiitemosque in the city of Basra. One ofthe women was arrested and theother managed to escape with theexplosives. This attack would havetaken place on the same day thattwo other Shiite mosques weredestroyed in Baghdad and Karbala.

2-Mar-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Police discovered and defused a 22-pound roadside bomb in the city ofKirkuk. The bomb was found on aroad where a Shiite processional wassoon to pass. This attack would havetaken place on the same day thattwo bombs destroyed two Shiitemosques in Baghdad and Karbala.

2-Mar-04 Najaf Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Police arrested two people in Najafwho were carrying explosives nearthe Imam Ali shrine. This attackwould have taken place on the sameday that two other Shiite mosqueswere destroyed by bombs inBaghdad and Karbala.

3-Mar-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 1 Three rockets hit a telephoneexchange building in Baghdad,knocking out international phoneservice for much of the country onlydays after the system was back inservice. One Iraqi worker was killedand another was wounded.

3-Mar-04 Abyan Yemen Hizballah Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Unknown perpetrators attacked aschool in the Abyan province andtried to set it ablaze in protestagainst boys and girls beingeducated together. The suspects arebelieved to be members of IslamicJihad.

3-Mar-04 Hawijah Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 Unknown attackers injured two Iraqipolicemen when they fired a rocket-propelled grenade at their car in thecity of Haijah (120 miles) north ofBaghdad.

3-Mar-04 KathmanduNepal Unknown Explosives0 0 Members of the Communist Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M) bombed thehouse of Ram Mangal Yadav, anactivist of the ruling government'sparty Rashtriya Prajatantra (RPP).

3-Mar-04 Eibar Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 An explosive device, which was madeof two aerosol cans and a petrol can,detonated at the Onda Cero radiostation in Eibar. The blast causedsome damage to the corridor, thedoor and the plaster on the ceiling ofthe radio station, but there were noreported injuries.

3-Mar-04 Quetta Pakistan Lashkar-e-Jhangvi

Firearms130 47 At least forty-seven people werekilled and 130 injured following anattack on a Shia Muslim parade inQuetta. All of the injured sufferedbullet wounds. Two bodies werefound that appeared to be those ofbombers who had blown themselvesup to avoid arrest. The Shia wereobserving Ashoura. The bombs werereportedly from the group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.

3-Mar-04 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 Unknown gunmen attacked a convoyof Turkish trucks in Samarra. OneTurkish driver was killed and twoothers were wounded in the attack.The perpetrators also completelyburned two of the trucks, whichbelong to the International HighwayTransport (TIR) company. The attackwas probably perpetrated as astatement against foreigners in thearea.

4-Mar-04 Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Iraqi police arrested five Iraqistraveling in a car packed withexplosives in Basra. The would-beattackers admitted being supportersof the former regime and wereplanning to blow up the car in thecenter of Baghdad.

4-Mar-04 TarragonaSpain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Unknown perpetrators pouredinflammable liquid all over an officeof the Popular Party (PP) inTarragona, and set it alight. The firecaused smoke damage to furnitureand destroyed some documents.There were no reported injuries.

5-Mar-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 Two people were seriously woundedin attacks with Katyusha rockets onthe home of the deputy police chiefin Kirkuk.

5-Mar-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 5 Three policemen and two civilianswere killed in a rocket and automaticrifle attack.

5-Mar-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 An Iraqi police officer was killed andtwo others seriously wounded inKirkuk when gunmen attacked theirpatrol.


Explosives3 0 Three people were wounded when abomb exploded in building thathoused the Nepalese mayor. Thedevice was hidden in a plastic bagand exploded when the mayor washolding a meeting. The injured wereemployees of the mayor. TheCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M) are the suspectedperpetrators.

5-Mar-04 PeshaKand

AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 1 A Turkish engineer was killed in anarmed attack on the Kabul Kandaharhighway. He was an employee of theKolin-Nafter construction company.According to the Interior Ministry thepeople involved are linked to MolaRuzi, a former Taliban commander.

5-Mar-04 BallycastleNorthernIreland

Unknown Other 2 0 In what police are calling a sectarianattack, a group of youths threwstones at a school bus in theoutskirts of Ballycastle. A boy and agirl, who were riding on the bus atthe time of the attack, were slightlyinjured. The bus driver reportedlygot off the bus to disperse the crowdand was also targeted by stonethrowers.Note: Incident date isapproximate.

5-Mar-04 Than To Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A group of unidentified men set fireto two schools in Ban Lae, Than Todistrict, Yala province. Thanks toalert community guards, the attackcaused little damage. There werealso arson attacks on a health centerand a bus shelter in the area on thesame day.


0 0 A group of unidentified men set fireto a health station, in Ban Lae, ThanTo district, Yala province. Thanks toalert community guards, the attackcaused little damage. Arsonists alsoset fire to two schools and a busshelter in the same area on thisevening.


0 0 A group of unidentified men set fireto a bus shelter in Ban Lae, Than Todistrict, Yala province. Thanks toalert community guards, the attackcaused little damage. Arsonists alsoset fire to two schools and a healthcenter in the region on the same day.

6-Mar-04 DhankutaNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 Armed Maoists exploded a bomb atthe District Education Office inDhankuta. The damage was minor.

6-Mar-04 Pristina FRY(Kosovo)

Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device was found nearUN headquarters in Pristina. Thedevice was defused by KFOR forcesand no damages were caused. Trafficaround the UN building was closedfor a period of time. The bomb wasdiscovered propped against a fencein the parking lot behind UNheadquarters and was foundfollowing a telephone call. Theinvestigation was ongoing.

6-Mar-04 Erez WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives20 5 Two Palestinian policeman and threesuicide bombers were killed andtwenty other people wounded in afoiled twin attack on the Erezcrossing point between Israel and theGaza Strip. One of the suicidebombers intended to blow up a jeepdisguised as an Israeli army vehicleand died in the explosion; the othertwo bombers were shot dead byIsraeli troops.

6-Mar-04 Istanbul Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 Police sappers found and defused anexplosive device that was left in frontof the Justice and Development Party(AKP) office in the Uskudarneighborhood of Istanbul. Theauthorities were alerted to thedevice, that was left in a box in frontof the building.

6-Mar-04 Paktia AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 A truck carrying supplies to coalitionforces was attacked by unidentifiedpersons in souther Paktia Province'sZadran District. The attackers usedmissiles and light weapons causingdamage to the truck but nocasualties.

7-Mar-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives1 1 A shootout between Iraqi police andgunmen claimed the life of onecivilian and left another wounded inMosul after the attackers fired arocket-propelled grenade at a policestation.

7-Mar-04 Bugaroi ChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 0 Two handmade explosive deviceswere found at the Polling Station inthe village of Bugaroi. One was foundin the upper story over the day roomfor the polling station guard. Theother, was found under the floor, inan adjacent building 25 meters fromthe polling station. The devices weredefused safely. The incident comesone week before the nation-widepresidential election. Police werelooking for those involved in theattacks.

7-Mar-04 Sainte-Lucie-de-PortoVecchio

France CorsicanNationalLiberationFront(FLNC)

Explosives0 0 A holiday villa, belonging to aresident of the mainland, waspartially destroyed by an explosivecharge, in Sante-Lucie-de-Porto-Vecchio. The home was unoccupiedat the time of the attack and therewere no injuries caused. On April 15,the Corsican National LiberationFront (FLNC) claimed responsibilityfor eleven attacks on the island inMarch and April. Seven of theseattacks were against holiday villasand while this incident is notmentioned specifically, it is likely thatit is part of this claim ofresponsibility.


Explosives0 0 A bomb planted by the suspectedMaoists went off at Ward 19 officebuilding at Nardevi. Only minordamage was done to the building.According to police, Maoists hadbeen targeting the building.

7-Mar-04 Qalat AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot a leading worker withthe Provincial Red Crescent Societyin southeast Afghanistan. He waskilled when traveling to Naw Khiezvillage where he was living. Theworkers vehicle was stopped by twomen. He was shot dead on a roadbetween Qalat and Naw Khiez. Sixmen were arrested and authoritiesdid not indicate who they thoughtwas responsible pendinginvestigation of the case.

7-Mar-04 Zabol AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 0 A security command post wasattacked by Taliban forces. A leastone hand grenade was thrown at thesecurity command building aroundnoon.

8-Mar-04 PlumbridgeNorthernIreland

Unknown Explosives0 0 A letter bomb, packed in a paddedenvelop, was sent through the mailto Tom McBride, the chairman of theStrabane District Police Partnership(DPP). Bomb disposal experts wereable to safely defuse the device.This is the most recent in a spate ofattacks targeting DPP members.Police blame the attacks on dissidentrepublicans.

8-Mar-04 Nazran Russia Unknown Explosives0 0 A powerful explosive device,equivalent to 6 kg of TNT, was foundand defused on the side of the roadbetween the community center andthe Assa hotel in Nazran. The deviceappeared to be homemade. Officialswere looking into the incident.

8-Mar-04 JerusalemIsrael Unknown Other 2 0 Dozens of ultra-Orthodox Jewsattacked Arab taxi drivers with rocksin the Me'a Sharim neighborhood ofJerusalem. One driver was woundedand his car was damaged. Thesecond driver was lightly hurt andsent to hospital.

8-Mar-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 Assailants fired a rocket at the mainpolice station in Baghdad's Karradadistrict, wounding four people,minutes before Iraq's GoverningCouncil signed a landmarktransitional constitution elsewhere inthe capital.

9-Mar-04 Istanbul Turkey Abu Hafsal-MasriBrigade

Explosives6 2 Two suicide bombers blewthemselves up outside a Masoniclodge in the Kartal neighborhood ofIstanbul, killing one person andinjuring five others. Only one of thebombers died in the attack, the otherwas seriously wounded. Theattackers began by firing shots withautomatic weapons into the Masoniccafé, they then detonated theirbombs at the entrance to the lodge.Witnesses claim that one of thebombers chanted Allahu Akbar (Godis great) before detonating himself.This leads police to believe that theattackers may have been Islamicmilitants. There is no belief that thisattack is connected to larger alQaeda attacks in Istanbul inDecember 2003. By 13 March,authorities had arrested fifteenpeople in connection with this attack,including two who had receivedmilitary training in Afghanistan. CNNreports that the Abu Hafs al-MasriBrigade, the same group thatclaimed responsibility for the 11March Madrid train bombings, alsoclaimed responsibility for thisincident. At least two of theattackers, Nihat Dogruel (who died inthe attack) and Engin Vural (who wasinjured) had gone to Chechnya tofight after their training inPakistan/Afghanistan.

9-Mar-04 ThessalonikiGreece RevolutionaryTorch-BearingRun

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A group calling themselves theRevolutionary Torch-Bearing Runclaimed responsibility for causing afire at the Masoutis supermarket witha Molotov cocktail. The attackersbroke the shop's windows withstones and then threw the deviceinside. The ensuing fire extinguisheditself. In their claim of responsibilitythe group writes, In this society oftriumph, of money, and merchandise,when everyone prostitutes orbecomes a prostitute with their headdown, we continue to submit thevote of revolutionary fire and endlessrage. Resistance to the OlympicGames. Freedom to the accused inthe 17N case and ELA (People'sRevolutionary Struggle).

9-Mar-04 Hillah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Two US civilian workers and theirIraqi interpreter were shot deadwhen stopped by individualsdisguised in Iraqi police uniforms at afake checkpoint near Hillah. Theperpetrators were later interceptedby Polish troops, who found thevictims' bodies in the car.

9-Mar-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A member of the Mosul City Councilwas wounded and died the followingday when a passing car opened fireon him.

10-Mar-04 SanSebastian

Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Unidentified perpetrators threw aMolotov cocktail at a van thatbelongs to the Telefonica company,in San Sebastian. The device starteda fire, which caused damage to thevehicle. No further information isprovided.

10-Mar-04 Larne NorthernIreland


0 0 Loyalists are being blamed forthrowing a pipe bomb into a home onBryan Street in Larne. The devicewas thrown through the living roomwindow of the home but failed todetonate. The couple and young boywho live in the home were asleep atthe time of the attack, but wereuninjured. Authorities believe thisattack to be sectarian.

10-Mar-04 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 One person was injured in a bombattack on the Baqubah office of oneof Iraq's most important Shiitepolitical parties, the Supreme Councilfor the Islamic Revolution of Iraq(SCIRI).

10-Mar-04 Hebron WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Firearms1 0 Palestinian gunmen shot andwounded an Israeli in the center ofHebron near the Tomb of thePatriarchs.

10-Mar-04 ChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 0 Following tips from local residents,police found a homemade explosivedevice equivalent to 2.5kg of TNToutside of the administrative buildingof the Selkhoznetkhnila enterprise.The device was placed where aconsiderable number of civilianshave been gathering in preparationfor the spring sowing campaign.

10-Mar-04 ElHarrach

Algeria SalafistGroup forCall andCombat(GSPC)

Firearms0 1 Abdennacer Abou Hafs, an imamfrom el Harrach, was assassinated bythe Salafist Group for Call andCombat (GSPC) for allegedlycollaborating with the Algeriansecurity services. The GSPC claimedthe attack, citing the imam's closerelations with Algerian securityagencies.

10-Mar-04 RawalpindiPakistan Unknown Explosives6 0 Six people were injured when a bombwent off in Rawalpindi. The blastoccurred outside of Tasvir Cinema.

11-Mar-04 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen killed two Iraqi womenworking as translators for the Britisharmy. The two women, sisters, weredriving home in a taxi in Basra whengunmen stopped the vehicle andopened fire on them.

11-Mar-04 Madrid Spain Abu Hafsal-MasriBrigade

Explosives600 191 191 people were killed and over 600others injured when ten bombsdetonated in four different locationson Madrid's train line. Three of thesebombs detonated in a train that waspulling into the Atocha station, abusy hub for the commuter train lineand the metro rail. It is not reportedhow many fatalities occurred at eachlocation, but this was the mostserious of the bomb sites. Thebombs were detonated by cellphones and were left in backpacks.At first the Spanish governmentblamed the separatist group, theBasque Fatherland and Freedom(ETA) for the attacks, but later theAbu Hafs al-Masri Brigade claimedresponsibility on behalf of Al Qaeda.By the end of March 2004,authorities had arrested over twentypeople in connection with the attack.The suspects hailed from Morocco,India, Syria and Spain. In their claimof responsibility, the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigade says that Spain wastargeted because of theircooperation with the US in the war inIraq. In response to the attacks, theruling Spanish party was defeated inelections (which took place four daysafter the incident) and the new PrimeMinister vowed to remove Spanishtroops from combat in Iraq. On 3April, as the police were closing in onfour suspects, including Serjame benAbdelmajid Fakhet, who they believewas the ringleader in this incident,the suspects blew themselves up intheir apartment in Madrid. This blastalso killed a police officer. Onesuspect managed to escape theapartment explosion, as he wastaking out the trash at the time ofthe raid. Abdelmajid Boucharescaped to Serbia, where he hid outuntil he was captured in August2005.


Explosives0 0 191 people were killed and over 600others were wounded when tenbombs detonated in Madrid on thetrain line. Four of these bombsdetonated on the street outside ofthe Atocha station, a hub for both thecommuter train and the metro line.It is impossible to disaggregate thecasualties from any of the blast sitesbecause of poor reporting. Thebombs were detonated by cellphones and were left in backpacks.At first the Spanish governmentblamed the separatist group, theBasque Fatherland and Freedom(ETA) for the attacks, but later theAbu Hafs al-Masri Brigade claimedresponsibility on behalf of Al Qaeda.By the end of March 2004,authorities had arrested over twentypeople in connection with the attack.The suspects hailed from Morocco,India, Syria and Spain. In their claimof responsibility, the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigade says that Spain wastargeted because of theircooperation with the US in the war inIraq. In response to the attacks, theruling Spanish party was defeated inelections (which took place four daysafter the incident) and the new PrimeMinister vowed to remove Spanishtroops from combat in Iraq. On 3April, as the police were closing in onfour suspects, including Serjame benAbdelmajid Fakhet, who they believewas the ringleader in this incident,the suspects blew themselves up intheir apartment in Madrid. This blastalso killed a police officer. Onesuspect managed to escape theapartment explosion, as he wastaking out the trash at the time ofthe raid. Abdelmajid Boucharescaped to Serbia, where he hid outuntil he was captured in August2005.


Explosives0 0 191 people were killed and over 600others were wounded when tenbombs detonated in Madrid on thetrain line. At least one of thesebombs detonated at El Poso, a smallcommuter station in Madrid. It isimpossible to disaggregate thecasualties from any of the blast sitesbecause of poor reporting. Thebombs were detonated by cellphones and were left in backpacks.At first the Spanish governmentblamed the separatist group, theBasque Fatherland and Freedom(ETA) for the attacks, but later theAbu Hafs al-Masri Brigade claimedresponsibility on behalf of Al Qaeda.By the end of March 2004,authorities had arrested over twentypeople in connection with the attack.The suspects hailed from Morocco,India, Syria and Spain. In their claimof responsibility, the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigade says that Spain wastargeted because of theircooperation with the US in the war inIraq. In response to the attacks, theruling Spanish party was defeated inelections (which took place four daysafter the incident) and the new PrimeMinister vowed to remove Spanishtroops from combat in Iraq. On 3April, as the police were closing in onfour suspects, including Serjame benAbdelmajid Fakhet, who they believewas the ringleader in this incident,the suspects blew themselves up intheir apartment in Madrid. This blastalso killed a police officer. Onesuspect managed to escape theapartment explosion, as he wastaking out the trash at the time ofthe raid. Abdelmajid Boucharescaped to Serbia, where he hid outuntil he was captured in August2005.


Explosives0 0 191 people were killed and over 600others were wounded when tenbombs detonated in Madrid on thetrain line. At least one of thesebombs detonated at Santa Eugina, asmall commuter station in Madrid. Itis impossible to disaggregate thecasualties from any of the blast sitesbecause of poor reporting. Thebombs were detonated by cellphones and were left in backpacks.At first the Spanish governmentblamed the separatist group, theBasque Fatherland and Freedom(ETA) for the attacks, but later theAbu Hafs al-Masri Brigade claimedresponsibility on behalf of Al Qaeda.By the end of March 2004,authorities had arrested over twentypeople in connection with the attack.The suspects hailed from Morocco,India, Syria and Spain. In their claimof responsibility, the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigade says that Spain wastargeted because of theircooperation with the US in the war inIraq. In response to the attacks, theruling Spanish party was defeated inelections (which took place four daysafter the incident) and the new PrimeMinister vowed to remove Spanishtroops from combat in Iraq. On 3April, as the police were closing in onfour suspects, including Serjame benAbdelmajid Fakhet, who they believewas the ringleader in this incident,the suspects blew themselves up intheir apartment in Madrid. This blastalso killed a police officer. Onesuspect managed to escape theapartment explosion, as he wastaking out the trash at the time ofthe raid. Abdelmajid Boucharescaped to Serbia, where he hid outuntil he was captured in August2005.


Unknown Explosives1 0 Unknown assailants threw a grenadeat the home of Kosovo presidentIbrahim Rugova, injuring a securityguard. The grenade was thrown intothe garden at the house. Police werelooking into the incident and hadsealed off the president's residence.

12-Mar-04 Ankara Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device, most likely aresonant bomb, detonated on thefifth floor of the Ankara court house.The blast caused material damage,but there were no reported injuries.Authorities believe the device wasplanted to cause panic amongworkers.

12-Mar-04 Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 Authorities discovered and defusedtwo resonant bombs that had beenleft outside a building that housesJustice and Development Party andNationalist Action Party offices inIstanbul Province.

12-Mar-04 Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 A resonant bomb detonated in aparking lot in Izmir Province, next toa police station, where policevehicles are parked. The blastshattered the windows of the station,but caused no injuries. Policeofficers tried to stop two suspiciouspeople in the lot. The suspectsopened fire on the officers and fledthe scene.

12-Mar-04 Dellys Algeria Unknown Firearms0 2 Two men, one an elected official ofthe Municipal People's Assembly,were assassinated by what aresuspected to be elements linked tothe Salafist Group for Call andCombat (GSPC). According to thelocal news source, the attackersnumbered four.

13-Mar-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A Shiite mosque under constructionwas blown up in Ghazalia, an areawest of Baghdad, inhabited by Shiiasand Sunnis. Four explosive chargescaused damage. There were noinjuries reported.


Firearms0 0 Members of the Communist Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M) hijacked anambulance of the Nepal Red CrossSociety on the Tulsipur-Salyansection of the highway as theambulance was taking a patient tothe hospital. The driver was alsoabducted.

13-Mar-04 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Firearms1 3 Three Afghan policemen were killedwhen they were attacked by Talibanmembers. Their vehicles were alsodamaged.

13-Mar-04 LaghmanAfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 1 Two missiles landed near theresidence of the governor ofLaghman Province. One missile fellon his land, the other near hisresidence, killing one man. It is notclear who is responsible for theattacks.

14-Mar-04 ChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 0 Explosions occurred outside of twopolling stations in SunzhenskiyDistrict in Chechnya on the morningof the Presidential election. Thewindows of the polling station weredamaged, but the voting was able tocontinue after a short delay.

14-Mar-04 Turhal Turkey Unknown Firearms4 0 Four Nationalist Action Party (MHP)members were injured when theirelection bus was fired upon byunknown perpetrators in Turhal, inTokat Province. Authoritiesrecovered twenty-two emptycartridges at the scene of the attack.This attack comes only a weekbefore local elections are set to takeplace all over Turkey.

14-Mar-04 Athens Greece RevolutionaryStruggle

Explosives0 0 A small time bomb, consisting ofdynamite, was discovered anddefused outside a Citibank branch ina suburb of Athens. Police werealerted to the device by ananonymous phone call to theElevtherotipia newspaper. Later, acaller claiming to represent theRevolutionary Struggle claimedresponsibility for the attack on behalfof the group.

14-Mar-04 Ashdod Israel Hamas(IslamicResistanceMovement)

Explosives0 12 Ten Israeli civilians and twoPalestinians suicide-bombers werekilled when they blew themselves upat the southern port of Ashdod. Onebomb went off at a citrus fruitpackaging factory and the other atan office just outside the perimeterof the port. A cache of grenades wasfound later hidden in a bag with afalse bottom. Hamas and the al-AqsaMartyr Brigades claimed jointresponsibility for the blasts, statingthey were in retaliation for recentmembers deaths in Jenin.

14-Mar-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 While traveling in Mosul, high-ranking officials of the KurdistanDemocratic Party (KDP) wereattacked by unknown assailants. As aresult of the attack, the director-general of the Health Ministry,Mu'tasam abd-al-Rahman was killedand his driver injured.

14-Mar-04 Pokhara Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 Rebels from the Communist Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M) detonated apowerful bomb at a governmentoffice in New Road, a tourist hub ofNepal.

14-Mar-04 JalalabadAfghanistanUnknown Explosives2 0 Three rockets hit Jalalabad airportinjuring two people. Three rocketshit the city and one failed to explode.

15-Mar-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms1 2 Unknown attackers assassinatedAkkar Nazal al-Someideh, the leaderof Kirkuk's Arab community. He wasshot dead on his way to work. One ofhis bodyguards was killed andanother seriously wounded.

15-Mar-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms2 0 Unknown attackers tried toassassinate the head of the TurkmanFront, Farouk Abdullah AbdelRahman, as his convoy traveled fromKirkuk to Baghdad. Two bodyguardswere injured and two of three carswere completely destroyed.

15-Mar-04 Gaza WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 3 Israeli soldiers shot and killed threePalestinians attempting to place alarge bomb near the Karni-Netzarimroad in northern Gaza. Hamas laterclaimed responsibility for the attack.

15-Mar-04 NetzarimWestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Islamic Jihad claimed responsibilityfor firing an anti-tank missile at asettlers' bus as it was leaving theNetzarim settlement. The missile hitthe bus but there were no injuries.

15-Mar-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives1 4 Three (American) Southern Baptistmissionaries working on a waterproject in Mosul were killed whenassailants attacked with automaticweapons and rocket-propelledgrenades. A fourth missionary dieden route to hospital. A fifth personwas critically wounded.

15-Mar-04 Moscow Russia Riyad us-SaliheynMartyrs'Brigade

Explosives0 0 A power transmission line wasblasted in the Leninsky District ofMoscow. Three pylons of the powerline fell at the spot of the blast andthe fourth pylon was also mined withthree charges. They also found thegreen flag of the Chechen separatistsat the place of the blast. Powersupplies to the area wee brieflydisrupted and then restored. This isthe fifth act against power industryfacilities in this region in the lastmonth. The Riyad us-SaliheynMartyrs' Brigade claimedresponsibility for this and five otherexplosive attacks on pipelines andpower transmitters.

15-Mar-04 Moscow Russia Unknown Explosives0 0 Evidence of a failed attack was foundoutside of Moscow. Three power linetowers had been blasted, but hadremained standing. Severalexplosives remained undetonated. Avideo placed on the website of aChechen separatist group claimsresponsibility for the blast and statedthat the blast was intended to 'freezeMoscow.' Some Russian officialsdoubted the authenticity of thisclaim.NOTE: The incident date is thedate when the explosives werediscovered. It is still unclear whenthey went off.

15-Mar-04 BarquisimetoVenezuelaUnknown Explosives0 0 A group of unidentified individualsthrew two Molotov cocktails at theDemocratic Action Partyheadquarters in Barquisimeto.Democratic Action Party deputyFreddy Rodriguez said the attack waspolitical retaliation [by] anarchicgroups who are opposed to the party.No more information on the identityof the perpetrators or the motive forthe attack was reported.

15-Mar-04 PhilippinesUnknown Explosives1 0 One woman was injured when anexplosive device, which had beenrigged onto a tricycle and left outsidea courthouse, detonated on asouthern Philippine island. Theattack took place at the same timeseveral Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)members were to be arraigned onJolo Island for various charges.Authorities are blaming this incidenton the ASG, though the group hasnot claimed responsibility.

16-Mar-04 Tbilisi Georgia Unknown Explosives0 0 A blast occurred on a railway sectionabout 15km from Tblisi. The railwaywas slightly damaged, but the trainmanaged to stop before coming tothis section of the track. Adzharauthorities, who are currently at oddswith the Georgian leadership, weresuspected of being involved in theincident.

16-Mar-04 KhasavyurtRussia Unknown Explosives0 0 A watchman at a local school spottedan explosive device planted near theschool building. The police werecalled and the bomb was defused.Police were looking for those whoplanted this device near the school.

16-Mar-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 A gunmen opened fire and killedthree Iraqi policemen in Mosul.

16-Mar-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 1 An apparent rocket attack killed anIraqi and wounded five others asShiite Muslims were leaving amosque in central Baghdad.

16-Mar-04 Istanbul Turkey Unknown Explosives1 0 An explosive device detonatedprematurely, seriously injuring thesuspected bomber. The blast tookplace in the Beyoglu neighborhood ofIstanbul, close to the Beyoglu DistrictSecurity Directorate. Police foundthree fingers at the scene of theblast and traced them back toLokman Akman, who they believecarried out the attack. Authoritieshave found that Akman has links toafaction of the the terroristorganization, the Kuridistan Workers'Party (PKK).

16-Mar-04 Istanbul Turkey Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Molotov cocktails were thrown at apolice team in the Beyogluneighborhood of Istanbul, byunknown attackers. The devicesfailed to hit their target, but insteaddamaged a nearby vehicle. Twopeople were arrested in connectionwith the attack.

16-Mar-04 Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 Authorities arrested a potentialsuicide bomber, Adem Cetinkaya, ashe was on his way to carry out abombing at a Jewish-run televisionstation. The suspect was caught witha hunter's vest laden with bombsthat was to be used in the attack.

16-Mar-04 BerrouaghiaAlgeria Unknown Firearms2 8 Two ambulances traveling theMedea-Berrouaghia road wereambushed by gunmen, resulting ineight dead and two wounded. TheSalafist Group for Call and Combat(GSPC), or one of its local affiliategroups, is suspected in the attack.

16-Mar-04 Karachi Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Police prevented a huge bomb fromexploding outside of the USconsulate just two days before a visitby US Secretary of State ColinPowell. Around 750 litres ofexplosives were found in a Suzukivan left outside of the consulate.There were also detonaters and fusesfound.

16-Mar-04 Karbala Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Gunmen in Karbala opened-fire at avehicle carrying two Europeanhydraulic engineers working for aGerman company in Iraq and twoIraqis. All four of the occupants in thecar were killed in the attack. One ofthe European victims was identifiedas Dutch and the other as a German.Foreigners working on reconstructionprojects in Iraq are the frequenttarget of insurgent attacks.

17-Mar-04 Nablus WestBank/Gaza

al-Fatah Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 The Israeli military accused a factionof Fatah of using an 11 year old boyas an unwitting human bomb afterthe child was discovered carryingexplosives through an armycheckpoint in Nablus. The devicenever exploded and no one washarmed.

17-Mar-04 ThessalonikiGreece TheCommitteeforPromotionofIntransigence

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A group calling itself the Committeefor Promotion of Intransigenceclaimed responsibility for anexplosive attack against theMercedes-Ioannidhis car agency inThessaloniki. The perpetrators threwthree explosive devices, consisting ofgas canisters and containers offlammable material outside the shop.The blasts damaged two of the carsparked in the lot. In their claim ofresponsibility, the group writes, Earlythis morning we hit one of thesymbols of spectacular misery andconsumers' impassive state, theMercedes agent.

17-Mar-04 Belfast NorthernIreland

Unknown Explosives0 0 Protestant dissidents are beingblamed for planting an explosivedevice, consisting of several pipebombs strapped together, outside anightclub near a Belfast university.An unidentified caller alerted policeto the location of the device, andbomb experts were able to safelydefuse it. The attempted attackcomes on St. Patrick's Day, a holidaytypically celebrated by the IrishCatholic minority in Northern Ireland.

17-Mar-04 Istanbul Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 Authorities defused a time bomb thatwas found in a car park outside thecourthouse in the Zeytinburnuneighborhood of Istanbul. Passers-bynoticed the suspicious package,which was left near a vehicle in thelot and called the police. No furtherinformation is provided.

17-Mar-04 SanSebastian


0 0 A group of attackers threw twoMolotov cocktails at a vehicle thatbelongs to a member of theErtzaintza (Basque police force) inSan Sebastian. No furtherinformation is provided.

17-Mar-04 Medellin Colombia Unknown Explosives0 0 A car bomb was defused outside theheadquarters of Delima Marshinsurance company in Medellin. Untilrecently the company's presidentwas Jorge Alberto Uribe Echavarria,who took over as Colombia'sDefense Minister when Marta LuciaRamirez resigned. Authoritiesreported that a car packed with 25kgof R-1 explosives was defused beforeit went off. The car was left in frontof the building by a man who claimedhe was having mechanical problemsand he was going to find a mechanic.It is not known who is responsible forthe attack.

18-Mar-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives35 7 Seven people were killed and thirty-five wounded when a powerful carbomb packed with 1,000 pounds ofexplosives destroyed the MountLebanon Hotel, which housingforeigners in Baghdad just daysahead of the anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq. One of thevictims killed was a British citizen.No group claimed responsibility, butauthorities believe that either AlQaeda, Ansar al-Islam or Abu Musabal-Zarqawi's group, Tawid and Jihad,were responsible.

18-Mar-04 Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives2 3 Two people were killed in a car bombattack targeting a hotel in Basra. Twoothers were lightly wounded. Afterthe explosion a crowd seized a manwho was suspect and beat him todeath.

18-Mar-04 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms10 3 Three people were killed and tenothers were wounded in Baqubawhen gunmen opened fire on a bustransporting the crew of an Iraqitelevision station funded by the US-led coalition.

18-Mar-04 KucukesatTurkey Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Three unknown perpetrators threw afirebomb at the British Councilbuilding in Kucukesat, in AnkaraProvince. The attack wasperpetrated around midnight and noone was injured. The blast causedminor damage to the sentry box onthe premises.

18-Mar-04 Tbilisi Georgia Unknown Explosives0 0 An empty oil tank car was blown upat the freight railway station inTbilisi. The TNT charge damaged thetank and ignited the oil that was leftin the car. Firefighters were able toput the fire out. Officials believedthat there was a link between thisincident and an explosion whichdamaged the rail lines a few daysago.

18-Mar-04 Bara Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 Armed members of the CommunistParty of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M)bombed the TelecommunicationsCorporation office and FMtransmitting station of the RadioNepal in Bara's Rampur Tokani-3.

19-Mar-04 Bastia France ClandestiniCorsi

Explosives0 0 A group calling themselvesClandestini Corsi (CorsicanUnderground) claimed responsibilityfor an explosive attack in Bastia. Thedevice was made up of a fireextinguisher packed with anexplosive mixture of chlorate andsugar and detonated on a road in anarea of Bastia where many familiesof North African descent live. Acaller, who called the Bastia policestation to claim responsibility statedthat this attack was just a warning.

19-Mar-04 ChechnyaUnknown Fire orFirebomb

3 2 Three utility workers were woundedwhen they were ambushed byChechen rebels. The workers wereemployed under contract in theAchkhoi-Martan district to work onrestoration of the Chechen powergrid. The rebels opened fire usinggrenade launchers on the carscarrying the utility workers. Twopolice officers were killed when theyarrived at the scene to help theutility workers.

19-Mar-04 Trebinje Bosnia-Herzegovina

Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device was activated inthe playground of the Trebinjesecondary school. Glass from theschool windows was shattered andclasses were suspended, but noinjuries were reported.

19-Mar-04 JerusalemIsrael al-Fatah Firearms0 1 An Israeli student was shot and killedin the French Hill section of eastJerusalem in an attack claimed bythe al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.

19-Mar-04 LyubertskyRussia Unknown Explosives0 0 Suitcases containing primedexplosive devices set to explode at11am were found in an apartmentbuilding in Lyubertsy, MoscowOblast. The device was found in theapartment of a Chechen couplewhich had just that day vacated theapartment. The cleaning lady foundthe suitcases and alerted authorities.The building was evacuated andinitially, FSB officials told residentsthat there was a gas leak in thebasement. Officials said that thedevice did not explode because of afault in the timer. The Chechenleader, Shamil Basayev claimedresponsibility for the attemptedattack.

19-Mar-04 Khost AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 Khost airport was hit by threemissiles during the morning. Noinformation was provided regardingcasualities.

19-Mar-04 Tainan Taiwan Unknown Firearms1 0 Taiwan's president, Chen Shui-bian,was shot in the stomach whilecampaigning in the island's southerncity of Tianan. The President wastraveling in his motorcade at thetime of the attack. No other injurieswere reported.

20-Mar-04 KumanovoMacedoniaUnknown Explosives0 0 Three Molotov cocktails were thrownat the roof of a Mosque in Kumanovo.The explosions caused a fire, but didnot do serious damage. Investigatorswere looking into the incident.

20-Mar-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 One Iraqi civilian was killed and fourwounded in a mortar attack on theoffices of the Patriotic Union ofKurdistan (PUK) in Mosul.

20-Mar-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot dead an Iraqipoliceman west of Kirkuk. Thepoliceman was killed when threemen opened fire with machine gunsat a checkpoint.

20-Mar-04 BadOldesloe

Germany Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A leftwing, extremist group claimedresponsibility for an arson attack thattook place against the Hakocompany in Bad Oldesloe. Hakoproduces cleaning equipment and isowned by a company that producesthe Mungo air-droppable vehicle thatis being used in Iraq. This attackcame one year after the war in Iraqbegan. In their claim ofresponsibility, the group opposesjoint European armament projectsand demands a radicalization ofleftist activities.

20-Mar-04 ZanzibarTown

Tanzania Unknown Explosives0 0 After weeks of vandalism in whichelectrical power transformers, apolice vehicle, and a church weredestroyed, a grenade was throwninto the housing compound ofZanzibar's Minister forCommunications and Transport. Theattack, which injured no one,occurred on the same night that agrenade was lobbed into a restaurantbut failed to detonate.

20-Mar-04 ZanzibarTown

Tanzania Unknown Explosives0 0 A grenade was lobbed into arestaurant in Zanzibar which isfrequented by expats and tourists,but failed to detonate. The grenadelanded on the table of a Britishdiplomat, however, there is noevidence that he was targetedspecifically in the attack. Theincident comes in the midst of widercivil unrest, and was the sixth bombattack in Zanzibar that month.

21-Mar-04 Molinsde Rei


0 0 Unknown perpetrators threw anincendiary device at the front door ofthe Initiative for Catalonia-Greens(ICV) political party offices in Molinsde Rei. The blast caused a fire,which burned the door of thepremises but caused no injuries.

21-Mar-04 NewtownstewartNorthernIreland


1 0 One woman was injured when apetrol bomb was thrown into herhome while she and her husbandwere watching television. Theattackers threw the device throughthe living room window of the home,which is in Avery Park, inNewtownstewart. The couple andtheir children were all treated at thehospital for smoke inhalation and thewoman was treated for a cut to herhead.

21-Mar-04 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A police officer, Nu Bindaoh, was shotdead by suspected Muslimseparatists in Narathiwat. The twoperpetrators shot Bindaoh from amotorcycle. No further information isprovided.

21-Mar-04 Thailand Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 A police officer, Charoonrat Rana-udom, was killed by suspectedMuslim separatists. The attackersslashed Rana-udom to death with amachete as he was on his way hometo his house in Pattani. No furtherinformation is provided.

21-Mar-04 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Lohmae Yakoh, the head of a villagein Yala Province, was shot dead bysuspected Muslim separatists whowere riding on a motorcycle. Nofurther information is provided.


Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device was found anddefused in the Democratic Party ofKosovo Headquarters in downtownPristina.


Explosives0 0 The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M) bombed the controltower of the Meghauli Airport inNepal's Chitwan district, destroyingthe building. The airport was mainlyused for charter flights to carrytourists to the National Park.

21-Mar-04 Since Colombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Firearms0 3 Six members of the RevolutionaryArmed Forces of Colombia (FARC)murdered the Since municipaltreasurer Olimpo Jose VanegasAguas, his brother Edwin EloyVanegas Aguas, and his cousin PedroEmito Vanegas Aldana. After killingall three men the perpetratorspainted warnings around the areademanding that rest of the Vanegasfamily leave town and threateningothers they accuse of beinginformers and collaborating with theauthorities.

21-Mar-04 Orahova Bosnia-Herzegovina

Unknown Explosives0 0 Two explosive devices (most likelyhand grenades) were thrown in frontof the mosque in Orahova on theanniversary of the mosque beingdemolished in 1993. The explosioncaused two visible holes in the frontof the mosque and shattered theglass on one side of the building. Theact was likely perpetrated not only tomark the anniversary, but to preventBosniaks from returning to thesettlement.

22-Mar-04 Jaffa Israel Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

3 0 Three people were lightly woundedby an Arab youth in a knife attack ona bus in Jaffa. Israeli investigatorsbelieve the attack was probably inretaliation to the killing of Hamasleader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. Theattacker fled. Earlier three Israeliswere attacked and wounded by aPalestinean wielding an axe in RamatGan. This was also in retaliation forthe assassination of Yassin.

22-Mar-04 Toulon France Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Unknown perpetrators set fire to aJewish community center in Toulon.The fire was started when theperpetrators broke a window at thepremises, poured flammable liquidinside and set it alight. The flamescaused slight damage to the entryhall. This incident comes a day afterHamas leader Sheik Ahmed Yassinwas assassinated by Israeli forces.Authorities believe this attack couldbe in response to violence in theMiddle East.

22-Mar-04 Kavala Greece Group forSocialResistanceto theStateMechanism

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A group calling itself the Group forSocial Resistance to the StateMechanism claimed responsibility fora gas canister explosive attack. Thedevice was placed behind the Kavalatown hall where it exploded, causinga small fire which damaged amunicipal vehicle.

22-Mar-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Two Finnish businessmen, SeppoHaapanen and Jorma Toronen, whowere part of a seven-member tradedelegation on a fact finding missionin Iraq were killed when gunmenopened-fire on their vehicle inBaghdad as they traveled to a powerplant affiliated with the Ministry ofElectricity. Haapanen worked for theEnsto Utility Network Company andToronen for the electricityconsultancy firm Air Lx. Westernersare the frequent target of attack inIraq, because they are seen assupporting the US occupation withbusiness contracts and supplies.

22-Mar-04 Tel Aviv Israel Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

3 0 A Palestinian with a large axeattacked and injured three Israelisnear the Ramat Gan army base nearTel Aviv. The attacker was arrestedfollowing the attack. The attackoccurred only hours after SheikhAhmed Yassin, the spiritual leader ofHamas, was assassinated by anIsraeli air strike. Palestinian groupsvowed to avenge his death.

23-Mar-04 NorthernIreland


0 0 An Orange Order Hall in Armagh wasextensively damaged in an arsonattack. The unknown perpetratorsgot into the building via a sidewindow and started the blaze frominside. Authorities are calling theattack, clearly sectarian and anattack on Protestant culture.

23-Mar-04 Thailand Unknown Explosives1 0 One woman was injured when anexplosive device detonated in atelephone company office locatednext to a hall where defense andinterior ministers were meeting withlocal officials to discuss recentseparatist violence. The device hadbeen planted in a toilet in the office,in Narathiwat Province. It is mostlikely that the device was targetingthe government officials.

23-Mar-04 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Surapol Prabpailee, a police officer,was shot four times in the back ofthe head, and killed. The attack tookplace in Yala Province wherePrabpailee was directing traffic. Thisattack comes amid an increase inseparatist violence in recent months.

23-Mar-04 Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device was discoveredand defused in an office of theGovernment Savings Bank inNarathiwat Province. This was thesecond explosive device planted inthe area on the same day thatdefense and interior ministers weremeeting with local officials to discussa recent increase in separatistviolence in southern Thailand. Thefirst device detonated, injuring onewoman.

23-Mar-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms2 2 Gunmen killed two policemen andwounded two others in Kirkuk. Thepolicemen were shot by assailants ina car as they parked their car in amain square and worshippers left anearby mosque.

23-Mar-04 MussayabIraq Unknown Firearms0 9 Nine Iraqi police officers and traineesdied when gunmen sprayed bulletsinto a minivan they were traveling inon the road between Mussayab andHilla. This road has become one ofIraq's most dangerous. Insurgentsambushed and killed Westernengineers the week before and theweek before that two US civilians andtheir Iraqi translator was shot. Alsotwo staff working for CNN were killedin the same area earlier this year.Civilians have now taken to wearingArab headdress when traveling onthis road.

23-Mar-04 Ajaccio France Unknown Explosives0 0 A homemade explosive device,consisting of a metal tube filled withexplosives, detonated in the centerof Ajaccio. The attack took place at adead end near the Prefecture and atthe foot of a residential block.Authorities believe the intent of thedevice was only to cause noise andpanic. The blast shattered someglass but caused no injuries. InteriorMinister Nicolas Sarkozy is due tovisit Ajaccio later in the day for ameeting regarding regional elections.

23-Mar-04 Lezo Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Two unknown attackers set fire to avehicle belonging to a former policeofficer, in the town of Lezo. Theperpetrators broke the windows ofthe car, poured flammable liquidinside and set it alight. The vehiclewas seriously damaged by theflames.


Unknown Firearms1 2 A UN police officer from Ghana and alocal police officer were killed when aUN vehicle was attacked. Thepeacekeepers had been trying tostop a vehicle on the highway whenthey were attacked by a gunmanwho filled the car with bullets. Aninterpreter working with the victimswas also injured. No group hasclaimed responsibility, but authoritiesare blaming the attack on Albaniannationalists.


Explosives1 0 The first explosion in a series of threeoccurred when a pressure cookerbomb went off on the premises of theKiritipur Municipality. A policeconstable was wounded. TheCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M) are suspected of carryingout these attacks.


Explosives1 0 A bomb exploded at an office of theKathmandu Metropolitan City inThamel, injuring one person. Thiswas one of three explosive attacksthat took place in Kathmandu on thisdate. The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M) are the suspectedbombers in all of the attacks.

23-Mar-04 ElGuamo

Colombia Unknown Firearms0 1 Jose Miguel Carrasquilla Barrios, ElGuamo City Councilor, was murderedwhile traveling outside El Guamo.Carrasquillas was traveling in aprivate car at the time of the attackand was shot at point blank range.Fellow councilors blame the attackon an illegal armed group that wasnot named. It is not known whocarried out that attack or whatmotivated it.

23-Mar-04 Santiago Chile Movementof theRevolutionaryLeft (MIR)(Chile)

Explosives0 0 The Free Fatherland Guerilla Army ofthe Poor, a group associated with theRevolutionary Left Movement (MIR),claimed responsibility for a bombthat exploded in the BrazilianConsulate in Santiago. The bomb,placed in the woman's restroom, wasdiscovered due to a phone tip, butexploded before it could be disabled.The MIR later sent out a communiquéwhich denounced the deplorableconditions of imprisonment, as wellas the constant arbitrariness of thepolitical and judiciary powers inBrazilian Government and Stateagainst the comrades detained overthe case of millionaire businessmanE. Olivetto. No one was injured inthe blast but the restroom wasentirely destroyed.

24-Mar-04 KarsiyakaTurkey Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A Molotov cocktail was thrown at theNationalist Action Party (MHP)election bureau in Karsiyaka, in IzmirProvince. No further information isprovided.

24-Mar-04 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 A foreign security guard and an Iraqichild were killed in a drive-by-shooting outside of Fallujah. Theattack came just after several Iraqipolice cadets were shot in a drive-byshooting in Hilla.

24-Mar-04 Hacilar Turkey Unknown Firearms5 1 One person was killed and fiveinjured when unknown gunmen firedshots on a Republican People's Party(CHP) election vehicle in Hacilar, inKirikkale Province. The attack tookplace as the vehicle was drivingthrough Republic Square in the city.Authorities detained over thirtypeople in connection with the attack,but no one has been charged.

24-Mar-04 FRY(Kosovo)

Unknown Explosives2 0 Two French KFOR troops werewounded when a Serbian man threwa hand grenade at them. The attackcame only one day after two otherKFOR troops were killed.


Explosives0 0 Suspected members of theCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M) detonated a bomb at thepremises of Nepal ElectricityAuthority. The bomb was plantedinside of the office building behind acounter. The blast did damage tooffice supplies and equipment.

24-Mar-04 Bogota Colombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Explosives0 0 Two small bombs were placed in agovernment building in theTeusquillo neighborhood. Oneexploded around 11:30 pm and theother was disarmed by explosiveexperts. Authorities are attributingthe attack to the Antonio NarinoUrban Network of the RevolutionaryArmed Forces of Colombia (FARC)because the bombs used were verysimilar to ones used in previousattacks.

25-Mar-04 Bokhari Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 An oil field was attacked by bombs atUC Lakat Deh Shah Bokari Villiage.The 10 kg homemade bomb blew upa five-foot section of the pump,which would have sustained moredamage if were turned on during thetime of the blast.

26-Mar-04 Dugit WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, aHamas-linked group, claimed thefiring of two mortar shells on theDugit settlement.

26-Mar-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 An Iraqi policeman was woundedwhen unidentified gunmen openedfire on a police station in the al-Zuhurneighborhood in central Mosul.

26-Mar-04 ThessalonikiGreece Anti-OlympicFlame

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A group calling themselves Anti-Olympic Flame claimed responsibilityfor an arson attack that took place inThessaloniki against a vehicle ownedby a security company. The vehicle,which belongs to Zeus Security, wasparked in front of the Holy Church ofAyia Triadha. Material damage wascaused to the vehicle and a secondcar parked nearby. In their claim ofresponsibility, the group wrote, Weare asking young people to welcomethe terrorism of the Olympic Gameswith a relay race of destruction andarsons against symbols of the state,against the commercial society andevery authority.

27-Mar-04 SungaiKolok

Thailand Unknown Explosives28 0 An explosive device detonated in akaraoke bar in the town of SungaiKolok along the Malaysian border, inNarathiwat Province. The blastinjured at least twenty-eight people,but caused no deaths. Eight of theinjured were Malaysian touristsvisiting the area. This is the latestattack in an upswing in violencesince January. Authorities haveblamed most of these attacks onMuslim separatists.

27-Mar-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives19 2 Two civilians were killed andnineteen people, including twopolicemen were wounded whenunidentified assailants fired Katyusharockets at the provincial governor'soffice in Mosul. Nineveh Governor al-Basso was not there at the time.

27-Mar-04 Raska FRY(Serbia)

Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb was found under a B92reporting car coming back fromKosovo. The device was defusedbefore it could explode. Serbianjournalists called this an attack onfree journalism and honest reportingof the truth.

27-Mar-04 Moscow Russia Unknown Explosives0 0 A bag filled with explosives wasfound in a train carriage of theMoscow underground. No detonatorswere present, so the device wouldhave been unable to explode.Officials were investigating thenature and source of the explosives.

27-Mar-04 Ajaccio France CorsicanNationalLiberationFront(FLNC)

Explosives0 0 The Corsican National LiberationFront (FLNC) claimed responsibilityfor an explosion that took place atthe SNCM maritime company inAjaccio. This attack was one ofeleven actions claimed by the groupon 15 April.

28-Mar-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms2 2 Iraqi Public Works Minister NisreenBrwari escaped an assassinationattempt near Mosul. Two of herentourage were killed and anothertwo were wounded.

28-Mar-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An Iraqi police colonel, whocommands 400 police officers inBaghdad's Sadr City, survived abomb attack on his house. Thedevice was planted by the fence ofColonel Hussein Jaddu's home andleft a crater three yards deep.

28-Mar-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 A Canadian and a Briton working assecurity guards for foreign electricalengineers at a power station in Mosulwere killed by gunmen in anapparent effort to underminereconstruction efforts in the city. Thegroup was attacked as they were in aconvoy en route to the station.Three other British engineers whowere traveling in the same convoywere unhurt.

28-Mar-04 Genoa Italy InformalAnarchistFederation

Explosives0 0 The Informal Anarchist Federationclaimed responsibility for a bombattack against the Genoa policestation, in the Sturla district. Theattack, which included twoexplosions, timed one right after theother, took place in the middle of thenight but did not injure anyone. Intheir claim of responsibility, thegroup writes, the fire of our ragecontinues to blaze. This groupincludes the group, 20 July Brigadewhich claimed responsibility for anattack two years earlier againstGenoa's Provincial PoliceHeadquarters.

28-Mar-04 Brescia Italy Unknown Explosives0 1 Moustafa Chaouki, a Moroccan man,blew himself up outside a McDonaldsfast food restaurant in Brescia.Investigators found a note, written bythe bomber, protesting the war inIraq but stating that he was not amember of al Qaeda or anyorganized terrorist group. Chaouki,who has lived in Italy for over fifteenyears, filled his car with gas cylindersand set it on fire outside of theMcDonalds. In the note, Chaoukisays he was acting in the name ofAllah for war in Iraq, which hebelieved punished innocent people.Chaouki also criticized Italy for beingtoo friendly with the U.S. and Israel.

28-Mar-04 UzbekistanUnknown Explosives4 6 A female suicide bomber blew herselfup at an apartment block in theRomitan district of the Bukhararegion of Uzbekistan, killing six andinjuring four.

29-Mar-04 MetroManila

PhilippinesUnknown Explosives0 0 Unknown perpetrators, riding on amotorcycle, threw two explosivedevices, described as golf bombs atthe headquarters of supporters ofPresident Gloria Arroyo in MetroManila. The attack took place at theheadquarters of Kaisang Bayan (OneNation) while volunteers wereprinting up campaigning material.No one was injured, as the devicesonly hit the front gate of thepremises.

29-Mar-04 SungaiGolok

Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device was found anddefused at the Sungai Golok customsoffice, in the border town of SungaiGolok. The bomb was discovered byan employee of the office, in theluggage department of a four-wheel-drive vehicle that belonged to thedepartment. This attack comes amidan increased in violence, mostblamed on Muslim separatists allover southern Thailand.

29-Mar-04 TashkentUzbekistanUnknown Firearms1 1 Unidentified gunmen shot andwounded two police officers near theTashtoqimachi textile factory in theYakkasaroy district of Tashkent. Oneof the officers later died of hisinjuries.

29-Mar-04 TashkentUzbekistanUnknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedtwo police officers at their post inGulsanam, in the Mirzo-Ulughbekdistrict of Tashkent. This was one oftwo attacks targeting police officersin the city on this day.

29-Mar-04 TashkentUzbekistanUnknown Explosives21 4 A female suicide bomber detonatednear the entrance to the Detskiy Mir(Children's World) shop at the Chorsumarket in Tashkent, killing threepeople, including two police officersand a child. Another twenty-onepeople were injured, including elevenpolice officers.

30-Mar-04 Hillah Iraq Unknown Explosives7 1 A suicide bomber blew up explosivesin his car outside the house of apolice chief in Hillah killing himselfand wounding seven others. This isthe same area where another policechief was shot and killed a weekbefore and nine police recruits diedwhen assailants sprayed theirminibus with small-arms fire.

30-Mar-04 Russia Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb was found and defusedoutside the Sputnik camp of Chechenrefugee in Ingushetia. The devicewas spotted initially by children andwas defused by sappers.

30-Mar-04 CalcatoggioFrance CorsicanNationalLiberationFront(FLNC)

Explosives0 0 Two holiday villas were destroyed byexplosive devices in Calcatoggio, inCorse-du-Sud department, on theisland of Corsica. Both the homeswere unoccupied at the time of theattack and no one was injured. On15 April, the Corsican NationalLiberation Front (FLNC) claimedresponsibility for eleven attacks inMarch and April, including sevenattacks destroying or damagingvillas. While this incident is notmentioned specifically, it is likely thatthis attack is one claimed by thegroup.

30-Mar-04 La Paz Bolivia Unknown Explosives10 3 Eustaquio Picachuri, a miner,detonated a bomb strapped to hisbody while he was inside theNational Congress building. Inaddition to Picachuri, two securityofficers were killed and ten peoplewere injured. Reports indicated thatPicachuri arrived at the congressbuilding demanding payment for hisbacked salary. He then detonatedthe explosives while two securityguards tried to reason with him. Aspokesman for the miner's said thatthey had decided to adopt severalmeasures to exert pressure on thegovernment but the Picachuri actedon a person decision.

30-Mar-04 UzbekistanUnknown Explosives3 0 A blast went off at a policecheckpoint near Tashkent, in theKirbraisky region, injuring severalpeople. Unidentified gunmen thenopened fire on the officers at theroad traffic police barrier.

31-Mar-04 Fallujah Iraq Brigadesof MartyrAhmedYassim

Firearms0 4 Four US civilian contractors werekilled in Fallujah when their twovehicles were ambushed by gunmen.It is reported that at least two of thebodies were burned, draggedthrough the streets and hung from abridge over the Euphrates River. Thevictims were all employed by theBlackwater Security Consulting firmand were providing security supportto trucks delivering food to USmilitary bases. The group, 'Brigadesof Martyr Ahmed Yassim claimedresponsibility for the attack.


Explosives2 0 Two people were injured in an attackin the Ward 12 building at Itachhi Tol.This was part of a series of blasts inthree ward offices of BhaktapurMunicipality. The Communist Partyof Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M) aresuspected to have perpetrated theseattacks.


Explosives0 0 The second of three bombs explodedin the Ward 15 building in Itachhi Tol.This was part of a series of bombattacks on offices of the BhaktapurMunicipality that authorities believewere perpetrated by the CommunistParty of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M).


Explosives0 0 The third of three blasts exploded atthe Ward 16 building at Balakhe Tol.Documents and furniture weredamaged in the blast. This was oneof three blasts that targeted theBhaktapur Municipality thatauthorities believe were perpetratedby the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M).

31-Mar-04 Srinagar Kashmir Unknown Explosives5 1 Suspected Muslim attackers killed ateenager and injured five others intwo explosions. Militants threw ahand grenade from the venue of anelection meeting organized by India'sCongress party.

31-Mar-04 Pulwama India Unknown Firearms0 1 Rebels shot a Muslim girl in Pulwamadistrict. No further information isprovided.

1-Apr-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 Gunmen abducted an Iraqi policemanand shot and wounded a colleaguenear Kirkuk. The attack took place inSuleiman Bek, 56 miles south ofKirkuk, when eight gunmen openedfire wounding a policeman. Thenthey overran the checkpoint andabducted another officer, seizing apolice car and fleeing the scene.This is the first time that a policemanhas been abducted in Kirkuk.

1-Apr-04 ZaragozaSpain Unknown Explosives0 0 Three parcel bombs, which wereaddressed to media outlets, wereintercepted and defused at a postalsorting site in Zaragoza. One of thedevices was addressed to FedericoJimenez Losantos, a COPE radionetwork reporter, one to Luis MariaAnson, the founding director of LaRason newpaper, and one to GloriaLomana, the news director of Antena3 TV. The letters contained 60 gramsof gunpowder and a detonatingsystem which would have detonatedwhen the packages were opened.Authorities blame the attacks onanarchists.

1-Apr-04 Monino Russia Unknown Explosives0 0 A grenade was found lying betweenthe tracks near the Monino trainstation, only 350 meters from theplatform. The device was defusedand train service was able to resume.The incident was being consideredseriously in light of a videotape madeby an Inguishetian group pledgingterrorist attacks on Russian targets.

1-Apr-04 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives3 3 Three Iraqi policemen were killed andthree more were wounded bygunmen who fired and threw a handgrenade at them. The attack camewhile they were manning a keyintersection in western Baqubah.

1-Apr-04 Rome Italy Unknown Explosives0 0 Authorities were able to safelydefuse two parcel bombs, that werehidden in video cassettes, in a postoffice in Rome. The packages wereboth addressed to the ItalianDepartment of Corrections (DAP).One of the parcels was addressed tothe DAP Director, Giovanni Tinebraand the other to the director of theoffice of inmates. Police believethese devices to be the work ofanarchists.

1-Apr-04 Colombia Unknown Firearms1 2 Carlos Bernal, secretary general ofthe Communist Party for Norte deSantander, was murdered by twogunmen on motorcycle. Bernal hadbeen appointed as a lawyer on thecase of an alleged NationalLiberation Army (ELN) member; theprevious defense attorney on thecase was killed in October of 2003.Bernal's security guard, CamiloJimenez, who was a member of theprovincial Human Rights defenseCommittee, later died in the hospitaland one other person was shot in thearm. Some reports also indicatedthat two bombs had been planted ina local power station to distract thepublic forces. It is not clear whatmotivated the attack or who carriedit out.

1-Apr-04 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen attacked a convoy carryingsupplies for US forces and kidnappedtwo German security guards. Theattack occurred near Fallujah. One ofguards was found dead severalweeks later on May 1, 2004. Thebody of the other guard was neverfound, although he was presumeddead. Foreigners and private securitycontractors who work with US forcesin Iraq are the frequent target ofinsurgent attack.

2-Apr-04 Bilbao Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Unidentified perpetrators set fire tothe ATM machines of the BilbaoBizkaia Kutxa savings bank in Bilbao.The attackers poured inflammableliquid on the ATMs before settingthem on fire. The cash machineswere almost completely burned outby the time fire fighters arrived onthe scene.

2-Apr-04 Villasecade laSagra

Spain AbuNayaf al-Afgani

Explosives0 0 Authorities discovered and defusedan explosive device that was left onthe Madrid to Seville high-speed trainrailway. The device was discoveredby a railway worker in Villaseca de laSagra, in Toledo province. All trainswere halted while bomb expertsremoved the device. This incidentcomes only three weeks after tenbombs blew up in Madrid, killingabout 200 people. The BBC reportsthat a group called the Abu Nayaf al-Afgani, who reportedly claimedresponsibility (in addition to a claimby the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigade,which authorities have found to beauthentic) for the 11 March Madridattacks, also claimed responsibilityfor this attempted attack.

2-Apr-04 Russia Unknown Explosives0 0 A explosion occurred on the Mozdok-Qazimammad arterial pipeline nearMakhachkala. The explosion wascaused by an external explosivedevice and led to a fire and thedisruption of gas supplies to theregion. Officials believe that theincident occurred due to anintentional act and may be linked toprevious gas line attacks in recentmonths.

2-Apr-04 Russia Unknown Explosives0 0 A explosion occurred on the Baku-Novorossiyk arterial pipeline nearMakhachkala. The explosion wascaused by an external explosivedevice and led to the disruption ofgas supplies to the region. Thisoccurred at the same time as asimilar blast on a nearby gas linealso caused damage to the pipe line.Officials believe that the incidentoccurred due to an intentional actand may be linked to previous gasline attacks in recent months.

2-Apr-04 Groznyy ChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 0 Federal officials discovered anddefused an explosive device whichwas planted under a concrete slabnear a bus stop in one of thepopulous city districts. The bomb wasradio-controlled and contained anelectric detonator. Police werelooking into the incident.

2-Apr-04 AracatacaColombia Unknown Firearms0 1 Francisco Rivera Acevedo, the headof the Aracataca mayor's press officewas killed in his home. Two menapparently broke into his housebefore shooting him fifteen times andfleeing. Acevedo was also a localradio announcer, former head of thecity's cultural program, and abusiness owner. It is unknown whatmotivated the attack or who carriedit out.

3-Apr-04 AvneyHafetz

WestBank/Gaza


Firearms1 1 Palestinian gunmen attacked twoneighboring Israeli settlements(Avnei Hafetz and Enav) in the WestBank using firearms. One of theassailants was killed and an Israeliwas shot and killed and his daughterwas wounded. Hamas and IslamicJihad have claimed responsibilty forthe attack.

3-Apr-04 MahmudiyahIraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gumen fired on a vehicle carryingCol. Wisam Hussein, killing the policechief of Mahmudiyah, and his driver.

3-Apr-04 Hetauda Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 Members of the Communist Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M) detonated apowerful bomb at the house of HomeMinister Kamal Thapa. The housewas rented out to the SurveyDepartment.

3-Apr-04 Dhading Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives2 1 An office employee was killed andother injured when a bomb went offat the District Education Office inDhading district. The CommunistParty of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M) isresponsible for the attack.

3-Apr-04 Dhading Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M) exploded a powerfulbomb at a forestry office building,causing damage to a two-storystructure. According to locals, abouttwenty to twenty-five peopleconducted the attack on the building.

3-Apr-04 DhankutaNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 Members of the Communist Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M) exploded apressure cooker bomb in the DistrictConservation Office, causing damageto two rooms. No further informationis available.

4-Apr-04 Ajaccio France Unknown Explosives0 0 A restaurant in Ajaccio was nearlydestroyed in an explosive attack onthe island of Corsica. The device,which was comprised of a low-levelexplosive charge, detonated in themiddle of the night and no one wasinjured. The same premises wastargeted in an attack only one yearearlier.

4-Apr-04 Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Iraqi rebels attacked an oil pipelineconnecting Basra to the port of Faw.Rebels have repeatedly attacked oilpipelines in Iraq.

4-Apr-04 Granada Colombia Unknown Firearms2 1 Juan Manuel Gonzales, the LiberalParty candidate for mayor ofGranada, was shot and killed while ata political rally. It is not known whatmotivated the attack, but two menwere later arrested in connectionwith it.

4-Apr-04 Karachi Pakistan Unknown Firearms1 5 Suspected militants are believed tobe behind an attack on a policestation, which resulted in the deathof five policemen, and inuring ofseveral others. A dozen gunmendrove up to the station and openedfire and threw hand grenades. Policehave not disclosed the name of thegroup involved and say they are stillinvestigating the matter.

4-Apr-04 Colombo SriLanka

Unknown Firearms0 1 Unknown gunment shot and killedAiyathurai Nadesan, a Tamiljournalist. This attack wasperpetrated amid an increase inpolitical convulstion of the North-East.

5-Apr-04 NasiriyahIraq Unknown Firearms0 0 A British civilian, Gary Teeley, waskidnapped in Nasiriyah by unknowngunmen as he drove home from theUS Airforce Base where he worked.Teeley worked for a Qatari firmbased in Nasiriyah in support ofcoalition forces in Iraq. Teeley wasreleased by his captors one weekafter his kidnapping, on August 11,2004. Foreigners who supportcoalition forces are the frequenttarget of insurgent attacks in Iraq.

5-Apr-04 Montreal Canada SheikhAhmedYassinBrigades

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A Jewish school in Montreal wasfirebombed. The library of theUnited Talmud Torah elementaryschool was completely destroyed inthe attack, however no one wasinside at the time. A note found atthe scene was signed by the SheikhAhmed Yassin Brigades andsuggested that if Canada did notchange its polices in the Middle East,the group would attack again.Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the co-founderand leader of Hamas, was killed byIsraeli forces on 22 March 2004. InDecember 2004, Sleiman Elmerhebi,19, was sentenced to 40 months inprison after pleading guilty to arson.Elmerhebi admitted to breaking thelibrary's windows and throwing sixcanisters of kerosene inside.Elmerhebi's mother was also chargedfor being an accessory to the attack.

6-Apr-04 Gekhi ChechnyaUnknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 The building of the pro-RussianChechen administration in the villageof Gekhi was destroyed by a strongfire, believed to have been caused byarson.

6-Apr-04 Russia Riyad us-SaliheynMartyrs'Brigade

Explosives7 2 A suicide bomber blew up his car onthe Nazran-Magas Highway in anattempt on the life of IngushetianPresident Murat Zyazikiv. Thebomber attempted to penetrate thepresident's motorcade and thenexploded the vehicle, damaging thepresident's armored car. Theexplosive device was believed to beequivalent to 100 kg of TNT. Thepresident was slightly injured in theattack. Four of his bodyguards andtwo local residents were also injuredand hospitalized. The presidentblamed the attack on those whowished to destabilize the region.Officials also speculated that theattack may be linked to Chechenseparatist groups. Investigators haddetained several people that theysuspected were involved in theattack. On April 12, Kavkaz-TsentrNews Agency reported that theIslamic Brigade Ryiad us-Salikheen(Black Widows) claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

6-Apr-04 KhasavyurtRussia Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded on the roof of theinternal affairs directorate inKhasavyurt. The explosion causedthe roof of the building to collapseand shattered windows inneighboring buildings. No injuriesoccurred.

6-Apr-04 Tbilisi Georgia Unknown Explosives1 0 An attack occurred on thecommander of the Russian militarycontingent in the Transcaucasianregion, Maj Gen AlexanderStudenikin. The incident occurrednear the quarters where officials ofthe military contingent and theGeorgian Ministry of Defense reside.A bomb exploded as Studenikin waspassing through a checkpoint. Thegeneral was injured slightly in theexplosion. Russian officialsdemanded that a thoroughinvestigation into the incident becarried out. The attack was believedto have been politically motivatedand potentially was targeted atdisrupting Russia-Georgia relations.They may be some link between thisincident and the unrest in the Ajarianterritory of Georgia.

6-Apr-04 Corte France CorsicanNationalLiberationFront(FLNC)

Explosives0 0 The Corsican National LiberationFront (FLNC) claimed responsibilityfor placing a small explosive chargeat a Corsican office of hydraulicequipment, in Corte. This was one ofeleven actions claimed on behalf ofthe group on 15 April.

6-Apr-04 KathmanduNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 An explosive device exploded in thebathroom of Lalitpur sub-metropolitan city. This was one oftwo explosive attacks, most likelyperpetratred by the Communist Partyof Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M) on this day.


Explosives0 0 An explosive device, the second of itskind, detonated in front of BikashGarments in Kathmandu. Authoritiesare blaming the Communist Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M) forperpetrating both these attacks.


Explosives1 0 Members of the Communist Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M) exploded twobombs at three-minute intervals at award office of Kirtipur Municipality. Acivilian who was standing nearby wasseriously injured.

6-Apr-04 NasiriyahIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen opened-fire on a convoy ofBulgarian trucks carrying supplies forcoalition forces. The attack occurredin Nasiriyah when dozens of armedmen attacked the convoy. OneBulgarian was killed in the attack.Foreigners who support US troopsand coalition forces are the frequenttarget of insurgent attack in Iraq.

7-Apr-04 NorthernIreland


0 0 A Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA)club, three miles outside of ArmaghCity, was attacked by unknownarsonists. The roof and the changingrooms of the club were damaged bythe fire. Authorities are unsure of amotive for this attack, though GAAclubs are frequently targeted bydissidents.

7-Apr-04 NepalgunjNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 Using two powerful pressure cookerbombs, members of the CommunistParty of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M)bombed the election commissionoffice causing structural damage butinflicting no injuries. This attack tookplace as the king called forparliamentary elections within oneyear ro resolve Nepal's politicalcrisis. The CPN-M opposes the vote.

7-Apr-04 Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen in Kut entered the home ofa South African who was working fora British security firm in Iraq andkilled him. The man was identified asGray Branfield. Foreigners who workwith private, foreign securitycontractors are the frequent target ofinsurgent attack in Iraq.

8-Apr-04 BallyclareNorthernIreland

Unknown Other 0 0 Three paint bombs were fired at thestained glass window at the SacredHeart chapel in Ballyclare. This isthe second time the church has beenattacked in a month. Authorities arecalling the incident sectarian.

8-Apr-04 Baghdad Iraq Ansar al-Din

Firearms0 0 Ansar al-Din took two hostages on 8April, 2004 after raiding a houseowned by the New-York basedInternational Rescue Committee inNajaf. On a videotape released bythe group and broadcast on theIranian Arabic-langauge televisionstation Al-Alam, both men claimed tobe Arab residents of Israel. On thetape, their names were said to beNabil George Ya'qub Razzuq, andAhmad Yasin Tikati, and both claimedto work for international aidorganizations. However, Tikati waslater identified as Fadi Ihsan Fadal, aSyrian-born Canadian citizen, by hisfamily His family believes that hewas forced into saying that he wasan Israeli. Both victims were laterfreed in April 2004.

8-Apr-04 NepalgunjNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 The Salt Trading Company officebuilding was destroyed after a groupof Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M) members set off a bomb inthe premises. The building had beenconstructed with help from theJapanese government.

8-Apr-04 BaramullaKashmir SaveKashmirMovement

Explosives50 9 Militants detonated a bomb thatkilled nine and injured about fiftyothers, including two electedofficials. The incident occurred at aPeople's Democratic Party electionrally at Uri. Party Chief MehboobaMufti was addressing the audiencewhen the explosion took place. TheSave Kashmir Movement laterclaimed responsibility for the blast.

8-Apr-04 Najaf Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Unknown gunmen attacked andkidnapped a Canadian aid worker,Fadi Ihsan Fadel, in Najaf. Fadel, whowas born in Syria, was working withthe US based International RescueCommittee, which is involved inrestoring water supplies and medicalcare to the Iraqi people. No groupclaimed responsibility for thekidnapping and Fadel’s fate isunknown. Foreigner who work forNGOs and companies that supportUS reconstruction in Iraq are thefrequent target of insurgent attack.

8-Apr-04 Iraq MujahideenBrigades

Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped three Japaneseworkers in Iraq, two volunteer aidworkers, Nahoko Takato and NoriakiImaiaid, and a journalist, SoichiroKoriyama. The kidnappers, whoidentified themselves as being fromthe Mujahideen Brigades (Saraya al-Mujaheddin), later released a videothreatening to kill the three hostagesif Japan did not withdraw all of itstroops from Iraq within three days.With the help of Islamic religiousleaders, the three hostages werereleased about one week after theirkidnapping on April 15, 2004.Foreigners who work in Iraq,especially those from countries withtroops in Iraq, are the frequent targetof insurgent attacks.

9-Apr-04 Khost AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 Khost airport came under rocketattack. Two rockets landed at theairport in the Takhta Beg area, whilethree others landed in the vicinity ofthe airport.

9-Apr-04 Tirana Albania Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosion occurred in the vicinityof the US embassy in Tirana. Theexplosive device was placed inside ofa Mercedes, owned by a policeman inthe district. The vehicle wasdestroyed, but no injuries werereported.

9-Apr-04 Belfast NorthernIreland

Unknown Explosives0 0 Loyalist paramilitaries are beingblamed for planting a pipe bomb at ahome in east Belfast. The devicewas found on the front doorstep ofthe home, which is on Shaw Street.The resident of the home believes hemay have been mistaken for a prisonofficer.

9-Apr-04 Bastia France Unknown Explosives0 0 A high-powered explosive chargedetonated at the western entrance tothe Montesoro gendarmerie barracks,near Bastia on the island of Corsica.The blast caused material damage tothe entrance doorway, windows anda car parked nearby but there wereno reported injuries.

9-Apr-04 Waeng Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated in agarbage can opposite a police stationin Waeng, in Narathiwat province.The blast detonated in the eveningand damaged a nearby restaurantbut caused no injuries. This attacktook place only hours after theUnited States, Britain and Australiaissued warning of possible attacks insouthern Thailand. This was one oftwo bomb blasts on this evening.

9-Apr-04 Takbai Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated at thegate of an apartment complex thathouses police and customs officials,in Takbai, in Narathiwat province.This premises lies only miles fromthe Malaysian border. This attacktakes place only hours after theUnited States, Britain and Australiaissued a warning of imminentterrorist attacks in southern Thailandin the lead-up to the new yearholiday, Songkran.

9-Apr-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Eight US contractors, who worked forthe Halliburton company, were takenhostage near Baghdad. The victimswere taken when their convoy wasattacked by unknown assailants. Thebodies of five of the contractors werefound in April 2004 and a sixth wasfound in January 2005. One of thevictims, Thoman Hamil managed toescape his captors and was foundsouth of Tikrit. As of March 2005, thelast victim was still missing.

9-Apr-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A mortar round hit a shed in thecompound surrounding two heavilyguarded hotels where Westernjournalists and civilian contractorsstay in central Baghdad.

9-Apr-04 Baghdad Iraq Tawhidand Jihad

Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 Nicholas Berg, a US citizen who wasworking as an indepenedentbusinessman in Iraq, was kidnappedby gunmen in Baghdad. Berg'sheadless body had been found onMay 8, 2004 in Baghdad. On May 11,2004 the kidnappers released videoshowing Berg bound and squatting infront of armed men. Berg was thenbeheaded in the video which wasentitled 'Abu Musab Al-Zarqawislaughtering an American.' Theattack was claimed by the grouployal to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, whichwas known in 2005 as Tanzim Qa’idat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn, butwent by other names in 2004,including Tawhid and Jihad, whichwas their name at the time of thisattack.

9-Apr-04 Hit Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A British security guard, MichaelBloss, who worked in Iraq for the USprivate security firm Custer Battles,was killed when gunmen opened fireon a group of security guards and theelectrical contractors they wereguarding in the town of Hit. Privatesecurity contractors who support USforces and Iraqi reconstruction arethe frequent target of insurgentattacks in Iraq.

10-Apr-04 LondonderryNorthernIreland


0 0 A group of youths threw twentypetrol bombs at a police station inthe Rosemount area of Londonderry.The station suffered minor damagebut there were no reported injuries.

10-Apr-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 A top Iraqi Red Crescent official andhis wife were killed in an apparentattack on their car near Mosul.

10-Apr-04 Karachi Pakistan Unknown Explosives8 1 A man was killed and eight othersinjured when a car exploded near theCarlton Hotel. Police had establisheda security area for the music concertof Indian Singer Sonu Nigam.

10-Apr-04 Taji Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 A Danish citizen was kidnapped inTaji, where he was working withcoalition forces. Those who work withUS and Iraqi forces in Iraq are thefrequent target of insurgent attacks.The attack occurred in the midst of arash of kidnappers of foreigners inIraq.NOTE: Kidnapping date isapproximate

11-Apr-04 LondonderryNorthernIreland

Unknown Other 1 0 A Catholic teenager was attacked bya gang of twelve youths in theWaterside area of Londonderry. Thevictim was punched and kicked andsuffered bruising on his face.Authorities are calling this asectarian attack.

11-Apr-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Three Czech journalist werekidnapped by unknown gunmen afterleaving their hotel in Baghdad. Thejournalists were abducted whengunmen stopped their taxi andkidnapped them. The journalists wereidentified as Michal Kubal, a reporterfor Czech Television, Petr Klima, alsoa reporter for Czech Television, andVit Pohanka of Czech Radio. Thejournalists were held for about oneweek and were then releasedunharmed. The kidnapping occurredamid a rash of kidnappings offoreigners in Iraq.

11-Apr-04 Hillah Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen attacked a convoy carryingsupplies for coalition forces, killing aRomanian security guard andwounding one other. Both of theRomanian guards worked for theprivate Bidepa firm that is workingunder contract with a US securityconsulting firm in Iraq. The attackoccurred in Hillah. In the wake of theincident, Bidepa announced plans torevise its contract. Foreign securitycontractors who support the USoccupation are the frequent target oinsurgent attack.

12-Apr-04 ThessalonikiGreece Anti-OlympicFlame

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Unknown arsonists destroyed thevehicle of Deputy Consul of Cyprus,Panagiotis Georgiades, inThessaloniki. Witnesses report thatan explosion occurred, followed by afire, which destroyed the car. Theexplosion was caused by gascanisters which were placedunderneath the car. The 'Anti-Olympic Flame' group claimedresponsibility for the attack andstated, in Greece and Cyprus andTurkey the enemies are to be foundin banks and ministries. Let us crushthe patriotic garbage on both sides ofthe Aegean.

12-Apr-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Eight employees of a Russian energycompany were seized by maskedgunmen who broke into their housein Baghdad. They were releasedunharmed less than 24 hours later.Dozens of foreign workers from atleast twelve countries have beenreportedly kidnapped in the pastweek.

12-Apr-04 NetzarimWestBank/Gaza


Firearms1 2 Israeli forces stopped an attemptedinfiltration into the Netzarimsettlement. The attack wascoordinated by Hamas, Islamic Jihadand Fatah's al-Aqsa Brigades. Theeight attackers tried to enter fromthree different directions. Mortarsand guns were fired during theattack. Two attackers were shotdead and one was wounded.


Other 0 1 Members of the Communist Party ofNepal- Maoists (CPN-M) killed anelderly man, after he spoke outagainst Maoist atrocities. He wasbeaten to death.

12-Apr-04 Bokajan India Unknown Explosives0 1 One person was killed when militantsthrew a grenade on to a fuel pump inBokajan, about 50 kn from Diphu.Sonia Gandhi was to address a groupat rally in Diphu. This attack comesonly a few weeks before a nation-wide parliamentary vote is set totake place.

12-Apr-04 India People'sWarGroup(PWG)

Explosives0 26 Naxalites (Maoists guerillas)triggered a landmine that killed atleast twenty-six policemen inJharkhand. Naxalites of the outlawedPeople's War Group (PWG) aresuspected of being involved in theattack. The PWG typically target richlandowners and police, who theyaccuse of colluding to exploit farmersand rural laborers.

12-Apr-04 Baghdad Iraq GreenBrigadeof theProphet

Firearms0 1 Four Italian civilians who worked inIraq for a private US Security firmcalled DTS were kidnapped inBaghdad by gunmen. Those whowork for security contractors are thefrequent target of insurgent attack inIraq.The kidnappers released a videoshowing the four hostages anddemanding the foreign troops pulloutfrom Iraq and that Italian PremierSilvio Berlusconi issue an apology forItaly's insult to Islam by supportingthe US invasion. The kidnappersidentified themselves as being fromthe Green Brigade of the Prophet.The Italians were identified asSalvatore Stefio, Maurizio Agliana,Umberto Cupertino, and FabrizioQuattrocchi. Fabrizio Quattrocchiwas executed by his captors on April14, 2004. The captors released avideo showing Quattrocchi's brutalkilling and said that the hostage wasexecuted after their demands werenot met. Two months after theywere kidnapped, on June 8, 2004, theother three Italian hostages werefreed in a raid by coalition forces. Apolish business man was also freedin the raid.

13-Apr-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 A French television journalist and hiscameraman were kidnapped whiletaping a US military convoy underattack. The two men disappearedsouth of Baghdad and werekidnapped and released seperatelyfrom each other after they wereseperated after fleeing for cover indifferent directions. The camermanwas picked up by a group of Sunnifighters and released when heconvinced them he was French.France opposed the war and has notroops in the occupation. Thecameraman was released the sameday he was captured and thejournalist was released on 14 April.

14-Apr-04 Birmal AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 7 The Taliban executed seven Afghans,including two children and threeofficials, after they voiced support forPresident Hamid Karzai. The peoplewere traveling in a vehicle, whenthey were stopped by five mendressed a government forces. Theyasked if the travelers if theysupported the president of Karzai,and they said yes. The unsuspectingpassengers were killed on the spot.

14-Apr-04 Bastia France CorsicanNationalLiberationFront(FLNC)

Explosives0 0 An explosive device was planted on acustoms patrol boat that waspatrolling the port of Bastia. Thedetonator of the device failed to lightthe charge and the bomb neverdetonated. The device had beenplaced in the boat's fuel tank. On 15April, the Corsican NationalLiberation Front (FLNC) claimedresponsibility for this attack and tenothers that took place in March andApril.

14-Apr-04 Gulu Uganda Lord'sResistanceArmy(LRA)

Firearms8 13 Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebelsattacked a civilian convoy inNorthern Uganda, killing thirteen andinjuring an additional eight. Localpress reports indicate that theperpetrators used both RPGs andfirearms to attack multiple vehiclestraveling the Gulu-Adjumani road.Because of the ad hoc security forcesthat have been stood up by Kampalato combat the LRA insurgency, thedistinction between civilians and non-civilians is not always clear. As such,in these attacks, there is alwayssome question as to the true statusof the victims.

15-Apr-04 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 10 A police chief and nine of hisboduguards were killed by Talibanfighters as they were travelingthrough Kandahar's Chinarto district.The general area of the attacks --Zabul -- is considered a stronghold ofthe Taliban.

15-Apr-04 Russia Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 An unidentified driver left asuspicious black plastic bag on theside of the Khasavyurt-Badayurtroadway in Dagestan. The bomb wasremote controlled and composed ofan equivalent of 2.5 kg of explosives.FSB demolition specialists defusedthe bomb without incident. Policewere looking into the incident.

15-Apr-04 Ariel WestBank/Gaza

al-FatahTanzim

Explosives0 0 Israeli Defense Forces reservistsarrested a Palestinian womancarrying a 25kg bomb in a bag at aroadblock near the entrance to Ariel.The woman was affiliated withTamzim's al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade. Itis unclear whether she planned touse the bomb in Ariel or enter Israelfor an attack.

15-Apr-04 PeshawarPakistan Unknown Explosives2 0 Two police personnel were injuredwhen unidentified individualslaunched two rockets towards apolice station from behind apushcart. The US Consulate is on theroad - Peshawar University Road - onwhich the rocket attack occurred.

15-Apr-04 PeshawarPakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Two rockets were fired at Garhi AtaMohammed village, on Kohat Road,about 5 km from Peshawar. Onerocket fell in a field and the othernear a brick kiln closer to the center.

16-Apr-04 Trinkot AfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 3 A senior intelligence officer, believedto have been kidnapped by membersof the Taliban, was found killed alongwith two of his bodyguards. Theywere kidnapped from Trinkot, thecapital of Uruzgan, a former Talibanstronghold.

16-Apr-04 ThessalonikiGreece Unknown Fire orFirebomb

3 0 Police arrested a man as heattempted to place gas canistersunder a vehicle that belongs to aprivate security company inThessaloniki. A second accomplicemanaged to escape the scene.During the confrontation with thepolice, the suspects sprayedparalytic spray into the eyes of theauthorities, injuring three officers.The man arrested claims to be ananarchist.

16-Apr-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen assassinated an Iraniandiplomat in Baghdad, just as Iran,with tacit U.S. approval, attempted tomediate with a radical Shiite clericdefying American forces in thissouthern Iraqi city. Diplomat KhalilNaimi was shot in the head byunknown assailants while he drovenear his embassy in the centre of theIraqi capital. Iranian embassyofficials were investigating whetherthere was a link between theassassination and the envoy's visit.Naimi was not a member of theIranian negotiating team.

17-Apr-04 KosovskaMitrovica

FRY(Kosovo)

Unknown Firearms11 3 A Jordanian attacker fired on aconvoy of three vehicles with mostlyUS prison officers as it left a prison innorthern Kosovo. All of the policeofficers were members of the UNpeacekeeping force. Two Americanpolice (both females) and theJordanian attacker were killed and 10American officers along with oneAustralian were injured. Four otherJordanian officers who were on dutyare being held in UN custody. Severalsources noted that the attack wasmotivated by the current situation inthe Middle East. Others noted thatthere may have been a link to al-Qai'ida.

17-Apr-04 Erez WestBank/Gaza


Explosives4 1 The armed wings of Hamas and alFatah claimed responsibility for asuicide bomb at Erex Crossing on theborders of Gaza and Israel duringwhich four Israelis were wounded.

17-Apr-04 Gadid WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Following the deaths of Hamasleaders Sheikh Yassin and al-Rantisi,the armed wing of Hamas released alist of sites that they bombed inretaliation. One of these attacks wasa Qassam rocket attack on the Gadidsettlement.

18-Apr-04 Delaram AfghanistanHizbul-i-Islami

Firearms4 10 Three people were killed in an attackon the Herat-Kandahar Highway.Ten, including policemen and customstaff, were killed and four otherswere injured, when unidentified menopened fire on a security checkpointin Delaram, on the main highway.Police suspect the Hizbul-i-Islami(Islamic Party) is responsible for theattack

18-Apr-04 ChechnyaUnknown Firearms0 0 A train carrying oil products cameunder fire in Chechnya. The train wasstopped because two cars caughtfire.

18-Apr-04 Atzmona WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Following the deaths of Hamasleaders Sheikh Yassin and al-Rantisi,the armed wing of Hamas released alist of sites that they bombed inretaliation. Three of the mortars werefired at Atzmona settlement. Nospecific incident date was given.

18-Apr-04 Kitgum Uganda Lord'sResistanceArmy(LRA)

Unknown0 0 Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebelskidnapped an Anglican bishop,Benjamin Ojwang, and eleven othersbefore retreating in the face ofpursuit from the Uganda People'sDefense Forces. The hostages wereunharmed, although the rebels killedsome of the Bishop's livestock in theoperation. Kidnapping is a frequenttactic employed by the LRA.

18-Apr-04 Miftahim WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Following the deaths of Hamasleaders Sheikh Yassin and al-Rantisi,the armed wing of Hamas released alist of sites that they bombed inretaliation. Two Qassam rocketswere fired at the Miftahim settlementas part of this attack. There was noincident date given.


Unknown Explosives0 0 A parcel bomb was delivered to theeast Belfast office of Peter Robinson,the deputy leader of the DemocraticUnionist party. The device, whichdidn't detonate, was opened byRobinson's daughter. This is one oftwo parcel bomb attacks in NorthernIreland on this day.


Unknown Explosives0 0 A parcel bomb, the second of its kinddelivered on this day, was sent toAlex Attwood, a member of theSDLP's policing board, in Belfast. Thedevice was taken away by authoritiesfor examination. Dissidentrepublicans have been blamed forsimilar attacks on members ofpolicing boards in recent times.

19-Apr-04 Moscow Russia Unknown Explosives19 0 A Vietnamese dormitory onDobrolyubov street was blown up,injuring nineteen people. The deviceused appeared to have beenhomemade and was equivalent to500 grams of TNT. Officials believethat the incident was perpetrated bya Slavic group as a statementagainst the Vietnamese immigrantsto Russia.

19-Apr-04 France Unknown Explosives0 0 A branch of the Credit Agricole bankwas targeted by an explosive devicein Haute-Corse department. Theblast was caused by a high-poweredexplosive charge and caused majordamage to the premises.

19-Apr-04 France Unknown Explosives0 0 A holiday villa, which belongs to afamily from Paris, was completelydestroyed by a high-poweredexplosive charge in the Haute-Corsedepartment on the island of Corsica.This was one of two explosive attacksthat took place within fifteen minutesof each other in Haute-Corse.

19-Apr-04 Nitzanit WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives1 0 One Israeli was injured when aQassam rocket hit a house in theJewish settlement of Nitzanit in Gaza.Several rockets, anti-tank missilesand mortars were fired atsettlements during the night.

20-Apr-04 RumhiyahSaudiArabia

Unknown Explosives0 0 Saudi security forces defused twotruck bombs kept ready for terrorattacks in Riyadh. The discovery ofthe trucks 90 km east of Riyadh,brought the total number of carbombs seized in the kingdom thisweek to five.

20-Apr-04 Nitzanit WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives3 0 Three Israelis were injured by one ofa series of Qassam rocket attacksfollowing the assassiantion of Hamasleader Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi. Therocket hit a house in the Nitzanitsettlement. This occurred afteranother settler in Nitzanit was injuredwhen a rocket hit his house. Theattacks followed the firing of up tonine rockets in a surge of settlementattacks in Gaza and the Negev. Threeof these attacks were later claimedby Islamic Jihad.

20-Apr-04 SnohomishUnitedStates


Fire orFirebomb

0 0 The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) issuspected of setting fire to threeluxury homes in Snohomish,Washington, that caused about $1million in damages. The perpetratorstargeted new homes located in a golfcourse subdivision. A spokesman forthe ELF said that they believe thatone of their members perpetratedthe attack but were not completelycertain.

20-Apr-04 Jammu Kashmir Unknown Firearms13 1 A policeman was killed in Jammu andthirteen wounded in an attack duringparliamentary voting. Muslimmilitants and leftist guerillas warnedvoters to stay from the polls andthreatened violence on election day.

21-Apr-04 Angat PhilippinesNewPeople'sArmy(NPA)

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Suspected members of the NewPeople's Army (NPA) torched aVictory Liner bus that was under abridge in Angat, in Sison,Pangasinan. The bus was travelingfrom Cubao to Baguio City. Therewere no reported injuries.

21-Apr-04 MirafloresColombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Unknown0 1 Jose de Jesus Ramirez Jaramillo, acandidate for mayor of Miraflores,was found dead on the banks of theVaupes River. Authorities believethe Revolutionary Armed Forces ofColombia (FARC) are responsible forthe murder.

21-Apr-04 Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives200 73 Suicide attackers detonated fivesimultaneous car bombs againstpolice buildings during morning rushhour killing sixty-eight people andwounding up to 200 people. Five ofthe injured died overnight from theirwounds bringing the death toll up toseventy-three. These are the largestattacks to hit Basra, a mainly Shitecity, since the US-led occupationbegan one year ago.

21-Apr-04 Riyadh SaudiArabia

Unknown Explosives148 5 Five people were killed and 148injured when a suicide bomber drovean explosives-packed car into abarrier outside the national policeheadquarters in Riyadh. The attacktook place 30 minutes before ascheduled meeting between USDeputy Secretary of State Armitageand Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal. Their meeting place is close topolice headquarters where the attackoccurred. No group claimedresponsibility, though authoritiesbelieve it may have beenperpetrated by Al Qaeda.

21-Apr-04 Dhanbad Kashmir MaoistCommunistCenter(MCC)

Firearms4 1 In an effort to disrupt voting inKashmir, Maoist Communist Centre(MCC) members shot and detonateda landmine near magistrate AjayKumar who was on poll duty inDhanbad. Four policemen were alsoinjured in the attack.


Unknown Other 0 0 The Ulster Defense Association (UDA)is being blamed for attacking aprivate home in the Springfarmestate in Antrim with bats. Thegroup of unknown perpetratorsshattered the windows of the home,in which two children were sleeping.The UDA adamantly denies anyinvolvement in the incident. Therewere no reported injuries.

22-Apr-04 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A village leader from NarathiwatProvince, was shot and killed byunknown gunmen on a motorcycle.The attack took place as the leaderwas traveling with his family. This isone of many seemingly coordinatedincidents in southern Thailand on thisevening. Eleven schools, twenty-fourphone booths and many otherpremises were torched.

22-Apr-04 SungaiKolok

Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 In a seemingly coordinated attack,which included over fifty arsonattacks in southern Thailand,suspected separatists set fire totwenty public phone booths in theSungai Kolok district. The phonebooths were torched at about thesame time that eleven schools in thearea were also set ablaze.

22-Apr-04 Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A monastery in the Janae district wasset ablaze by suspected separatists.This is part of a seeminglycoordinated spree of arson attacksthat took place all over southernThailand on this evening.

22-Apr-04 SungaiKolok


0 0 A church in Sungai Kolok was set onfire by suspected separatists. Thiswas one incident in a spree of overfifty arson attacks in southernThailand on this evening. Authoritiesbelieve all the attacks werecoordinated.

22-Apr-04 SungaiPadi


0 0 An office of the TambonAdministration Organization was setablaze in Sungai Padi by suspectedseparatists. This was one of overfifty arson attacks that took place insouthern Thailand on this evening.Authorities believe the attacks werecoordinated.

22-Apr-04 Waeng Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A healthcare center in Waeng wasset on fire by suspected separatists.This is one of over fifty arson attacksthat took place in southern Thailandon this evening. Authorities believethe attacks were coordinated.

22-Apr-04 Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Fire erupted in three oil pipelines,that were carrying crude from thenorth, after being hit with rockets.The attacks took place south ofSamarra.

22-Apr-04 RamallahWestBank/Gaza

Unknown Other 1 0 Unidentified gunmen broke the armsof Palestinian news photographerJamal Arouri in Ramallah in the latestattack on the media in the PA-controlled areas. The also brokesome of his cameras and stole twoothers.

22-Apr-04 Srinagar Kashmir Unknown Explosives1 2 Two people were killed when a bombplanted in a garbage truck exploded.One other person was injured in thisattack, which takes place duringelections and militants have warnedpeople to stay away from theelection and voting.

22-Apr-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 A South African security guardworking with US forces, guardingcoalition personnel at the HealthMinistry in Baghdad, was killed byunknown gunmen who opened fireon him and his Iraqi interpreter whilethey were shopping. The interpreterwas injured in the attack. Those whowork with US and coalition forces inIraq are the frequent target ofinsurgent attack.

23-Apr-04 Caruru Colombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Firearms0 0 The Revolutionary Armed Forces ofColombia (FARC) kidnapped sixpolitical activists while the activistswere campaigning for elections.Those kidnapped were Mari MabelMartinez, Leonardo Caicedo, MateoEstrada, Julio Avecedo, Angel Menez,and Maximiliano Veloza. Theelections were originally supposed tobe held on Oct. 26, however, securityconcerns prevented candidates fromregistering for the Oct. 26 vote sothe election was rescheduled forApril 25. The kidnapping took placeon the Friday April 23, two daysbefore elections which were held onSunday.

24-Apr-04 Pale Bosnia-Herzegovina

Unknown Explosives0 0 An unidentified explosive devicedestroyed the car of the recentlydismissed Chief of the Police in Pale.The explosion occurred just acrossfrom the police station and blew outthe windows of the building. Theexplosion also damaged an EU PoliceMission vehicle.

25-Apr-04 Konduz AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 0 A United Nations High Commissionfor Refugees (UNHCR) office wasattacked in Konduz by unidentifiedmen. There were no injuries orcasualties.

25-Apr-04 MoluccasIndonesiaUnknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A Christian university was set ablazeas part of a series of clashesbetween Christians and Muslims inMoluccas, in Ambon Province.Overall, the clashes killed fourteenpeople and left over 100 injured. Ittook authorities two hours to get thesituation under control in the area.This is the bloodiest day in Indonesiasince a pact between Muslims andChristians was signed in 2002.

25-Apr-04 MoluccasIndonesiaUnknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 2 Two youths were hacked to deathwith swords in Moluccas, in AmbonProvince, as part of a series ofclashes between Muslims andChristians. Overall, the clashes killedfourteen people and left over 100injured. It took authorities two hoursto get the situation under control inthe area. This is the bloodiest day inIndonesia since a pact betweenMuslims and Christians was signed in2002.


0 0 A church was torched as part of aseries of clashes between Christiansand Muslims in Moluccas, in AmbonProvince. Overall, the clashes killedfourteen people and left over 100injured. It took authorities two hoursto get the situation under control inthe area. This is the bloodiest day inIndonesia since a pact betweenMuslims and Christians was signed in2002.


0 0 An office that houses the UN was setablaze as part of a series of clashesbetween Muslims and Christians inMoluccas, in Ambon Province. Fourcars that belong to the UN were alsoset on fire. Overall, the clashes killedfourteen people and left over 100injured. It took authorities two hoursto get the situation under control inthe area. This is the bloodiest day inIndonesia since a pact betweenMuslims and Christians was signed in2002.

25-Apr-04 Idna WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Firearms0 3 Three Israelis were injured whenPalestinian gunmen ambushed theircar near Idna, southwest of Hebron.

25-Apr-04 Pokhara Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M) bombed thegovernment offices of the WaterInduced Calamities Control Sub-Division at Nadipur, Pokhara. Theattackers first held one of the officersat gunpoint and then planted thebomb inside of the office beforerunning off.

25-Apr-04 Imphal India Unknown Firearms0 0 Unidentified militants attacked theAll India Radio station, firing shots atthe building. Militants fired shotsaround midnight. There were noreported injuries. This attack comesonly days before a nationalparliamentary election.

25-Apr-04 GuwahatiIndia Unknown Firearms0 2 Ethnic separatists shot two Hindunationalists, killing them on the eveof national elections. One of thevictims was a relative of a BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) member andmilitants had threatened anyonehaving ties to the BJP.

25-Apr-04 AnantnagKashmir Unknown Explosives45 4 Suspected Muslim militants threw agrenade at a convoy carrying a statelawmaker as she was leaving a rallyin the Anantnaga district. ThoughPeople's Democratic Party (PDP)member Mehbooba Mufti wasuninjured, though four people werekilled and forty-five were wounded inthe attack. Radicals have warnedpeople to stay away from theelections and voting.

26-Apr-04 Ioannina Greece Black andRedBrigades

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Unknown perpetrators placed gascanisters under a car that belongedto the Dhodhoni Municipality, inIoannina. The fire caused seriousdamage to the vehicle. A groupcalling themselves Black and RedBrigades claimed responsibility forthe attack in protest against theparody-trial of Yiannis Serifis.

26-Apr-04 IndonesiaUnknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 A man was hacked to death in theport of Yos Sudarso, in Malukuregion, as he left his boat. Theperpetrators left the body in thestreet overnight. This is the mostrecent attack in a series of Muslim-Christian sectarian violence thatbroke out on 25 April in the region.Overall, twenty-four people havebeen killed and over 100 have beeninjured.

26-Apr-04 Srinagar Kashmir Unknown Explosives5 0 Five people were injured when agrenade was thrown at a governmentbuilding in Srinagar. Radicals havewarned people to stay away from theelection and voting.

27-Apr-04 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Firearms6 4 Four people were killed and sixwounded in a suspected Talibanattack. The group was comprised ofseventy people who allegedlyattacked the Punjwai district building,burned down the Coordination ofHumanitarian Aid agency (a charityorganization) -- killing four there --and also burned three vehicles.Police guarding the building becameinvolved in the skirmish.

27-Apr-04 Ambon IndonesiaUnknown Firearms0 2 A sniper shot dead two policemen inAmbon. The officers were killedwhile patrolling the Talake district.This is the most recent incident in aseries of Muslim-Christian sectarianattacks that broke out on 25 April inthe region. Overall, twenty-fourpeople have been killed and over 100have been injured.

27-Apr-04 Saint-Florent


Explosives0 0 A holiday villa, belonging to aresident of mainland France, wascompletely destroyed by a powerfulexplosive charge in Saint-Florent, inHaute-Corse department. The homewas located in a isolated location andno other damage was caused. TheCorsican National Liberation Front(FLNC) claimed responsibility for thisattack on 13 May 2004. In theirstatement, the group writes, the fightfor liberation of the Corsican peoplemust continue. This was one of sixattacks the group claimed.

27-Apr-04 Tallone France CorsicanNationalLiberationFront(FLNC)

Explosives0 0 An agricultural shed in Tallone, whichbelongs to a farmer, was slightlydamaged by a small explosivecharge. This same farmer had beentargeted in a similar attack inOctober of 1999. The CorsicanNational Liberation Front (FLNC)claimed responsibility for this attackon 13 May 2004. In their statement,the group writes, the fight forliberation of the Corsican peoplemust continue. This was one of sixattacks the group claimed.

27-Apr-04 Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device, which was beingdefused, detonated at a policeoutpost in Yala Province. Authoritiesbelieve that police were the target ofthe bomb, as it was located whereofficers report before going on duty.There were no reported injuries. Thedevice was equipped with a cell-phone circuit board, a common wayto detonate bombs in the area.There has been an increase inseparatist violence in southernThailand since January 2004.

27-Apr-04 Basra Iraq Other Explosives0 6 A statement purporting to be fromAbu Musab al-Zarqawi, a terroristlinked to al-Qaeda, claimedresponsibility for a boat attack on theBasra oil terminal. Three US Navysailors died as a result of the attack,in which bombers in three boats blewthemselves up in and around theterminal.

27-Apr-04 DamascusSyria Al Qaeda Explosives1 0 Suspected al-Qaeda terroristslaunched a fierce assault on adiplomatic district in Damascus,sparking a street battle with securityforces. A car bomb was detonatedclose to the British ambassador'sresidence in a district that housesseveral embassies and the buildingformerly used as UN headquarters.Masked men then fired rocket-propelled grenades at the missionand then turned their guns on Syrianforces. A cache of weapons was laterdiscovered in the district.


Unknown Explosives0 0 A pipe bomb was thrown into a homein County Down that was occupied bya couple and their young grandson.The attack took place at the home,which is in Breezemount Rise in themainly loyalist Breezemount estateof Conlig, outside of Bangor. Thedevice landed on the roof of a shed,where it detonated and caused slightdamage to the house. Authoritiesbelieve that the device was thrownfrom a back alley behind the home.

28-Apr-04 KfarDarom

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives4 1 A Palestinian bomber was killed, andfour Israeli soldiers were injured,when he attempted to drive hisexplosives-packed jeep into the KfarDarom settlement. Hamas hasclaimed responsibility stating theattack was in response to the killingsof their two top leaders Yassin andRantisi.

28-Apr-04 Bagwa Kashmir Unknown Explosives49 3 Suspected Muslim militants threw ahand grenade at a crowd during acandidate's political address, killingthree civilians and wounding forty-nine others. The candidate from theNational Conference Party wasunhurt. This attack comes only aweek before nation-wideparliamentary elections are due totake place.

28-Apr-04 Bungam Kashmir Unknown Explosives10 0 In Bungam, ten people were injured,including two police officers andeight civilians, when an unidentifiedperson threw a hand grenade at alocal representative's convoy. Thisattack comes only a week beforeparliamentary elections are set tobegin in Kashmir.

28-Apr-04 Gijon Spain Unknown Explosives0 0 Several explosive devices detonatedat the Workers' Commissions (CCOO)offices in Gijon, in northern Spain.The perpetrators forced open thedoors of the premises and placed thedevices on each of the building's fourfloors. The blasts damaged furniture,shattered windows and alsodamaged the offices of the GeneralConfederation of Labour (CGT). Nofurther information on perpetrator ormotive was available.

29-Apr-04 Solaro France CorsicanNationalLiberationFront(FLNC)

Explosives0 0 A holiday villa, which belonged to aresident of mainland France, wasdamaged by an explosive chargethat was planted behind thepremises, in Solaro. The home wasempty at the time of the attack andthere were no injuries. The CorsicanNational Liberation Front (FLNC)claimed responsibility for this attackon 13 May 2004. In their statement,the group writes, the fight forliberation of the Corsican peoplemust continue. This was one of sixattacks the group claimed.

29-Apr-04 GhisonacciaFrance CorsicanNationalLiberationFront(FLNC)

Explosives0 0 The entrance door to the CreditAgricole in Ghisonaccia was slightlydamaged by an explosive charge.This was one of three explosivecharges that took place on Corsicaon this evening. The CorsicanNational Liberation Front (FLNC)claimed responsibility for this attackon 13 May 2004. In their statement,the group writes, the fight forliberation of the Corsican peoplemust continue. This was one of sixattacks the group claimed.

29-Apr-04 Borgo France Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive charge destroyed theback end of a private car in Borgo, onthe island of Corsica. This was one ofthree explosive attacks on the islandon this evening.

29-Apr-04 Barsuki Russia Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device went off on theNazran-Orzhonikidze highway as thevehicle carrying staff from theRussian Interior Ministry passed by.No one was injured in the attack. Thelast was equivalent to 500g TNT.

29-Apr-04 GazaCity

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Gaza police chief Ghazi Jabaliescaped unharmed after a bombexploded outside of his house. Thedevice caused extensive damage buthe was not home at the time.

29-Apr-04 Quito Ecuador ArmedRevolutionaryLeft

Explosives1 0 The Armed Revolutionary Left (IRA)detonated a leaflet bomb at asavings union building in Quito. Thebomb contained a variety of leaflets,some criticizing President LucioGutierrez. A security guard wasslightly injured by the blast but littleother damage was reported.

29-Apr-04 Dhaka BangladeshOther Explosives0 0 A series of bombs went off in Dhakaduring an anti-government protest bythe Awami League (AL). The ALcalled for the resignation of the BNP-led alliance government. Threebombs went off nearlysimultaneously at Paltan intersectionaround noon.

29-Apr-04 Dhaka BangladeshOther Explosives0 0 Two crude bombs went off near thepolice station at Dainik Bangla. Thiswas one in a series of bomb attacksthat took place during an anti-government protest that was beingled in Dhaka by the Awami Leagueparty.

29-Apr-04 Dhaka BangladeshOther Explosives0 0 Four crude bombs went off near theresidence of the Chief Justice onCaptain Mansur Ali-Sarani. This wasone of many explosive attacks thattook place during an anti-government protest in Dhaka on thisday. The protest was led by theAwami League party.

29-Apr-04 Dhaka BangladeshOther Explosives0 0 Three bombs were hurled from aspeeding bus near Bahadur ShahPark in the old city. This was one ina series of bomb attacks that tookplace during an anti-governmentrally in Dhaka that was led by theAwami League party.

29-Apr-04 Dhaka BangladeshOther Explosives0 0 Three bombs were thrown atBangladesh Television Bhaban atRampura. No one was injured. Thiswas one in a series of bombings thattook place during an anti-government protest led by theAwami League party in Dhaka.

29-Apr-04 Dhaka BangladeshOther Explosives0 0 A bomb was tossed at MotijheelShapla Chattar, but no one wasinjured in the blast. This was one ina series of bomb blasts that tookplace during an anti-governmentprotest by the Awami League (AL) inDhaka.

29-Apr-04 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A South African working withcoalition forces in Iraq was killed inBasra when gunmen opened fire onhim. Those who work with coalitionforces as contractors are thefrequent target of insurgent attack.

30-Apr-04 Cali Colombia Unknown Explosives0 0 Hours before a visit of PresidentUribe, three bombs exploded innorthern and central Cali. Thebombs were places at an ATM, abarbecued chicken stand, and a gasstation. Authorities did not knowwho was responsible, but increasedsurveillance in anticipation of Uribesvisit.

30-Apr-04 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A South African working withcoalition forces in Iraq was killed inFallujah when gunmen opened fireon him. Those who work withcoalition forces as contractors arethe frequent target of insurgentattack.

30-Apr-04 Abdali Iraq Unknown Explosives0 3 Insurgents attacked a convoy offoreign contractors returning toKuwait after delivering supplies forthe US contractor Kellog Brown andRoot (KBR) in Iraq, killing a Filipinoworker and two Ukrainians. Theattack, which occurred in Abdali,involved a roadside bomb and RPGfire. The Filipino was identified asRodrigo Reyes, employed by the FirstKuwait Trading company, asubsidiary of KBR. The Ukrainianswere not identified. Foreigncontractors who work with US forcesin Iraq are the frequent target ofattack in Iraq.

1-May-04 Groznyy ChechnyaUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

1 1 A remote-controlled explosive wasdetonated as the vehicle of thesecurity service of Chechen presidentKadryrov passed, killing one personand injuring another. Police werelooking into the incident.

1-May-04 KhantabouryLaos Unknown Explosives3 1 One person was killed and threeothers injured when an explosivedevice detonated near a bus stop inthe Khantaboury district ofSavannakhey Province. The attackwasn't reported for nearly two weeksin order to avoid underminingnational security.

1-May-04 Grozny ChechnyaOther Unknown0 3 Three bodies were recovered nearthe village of Gansochlu inChechnya's Kurchaloy district inNovember 2004. The bodies wereidentified as those of villagers fromAlleroi who were kidnapped on May1, 2004 by militants of akhmedAvdorkhanov, a Chechen rebel fieldcommander. The manner in whichthey were killed was not reported.

2-May-04 Thanto Thailand Unknown Explosives1 0 Suspected Islamic separatists firedthree rounds of M-79 rockets at aThai security post in the border townof Thanto, in Yala Province. No onewas injured by the rockets but onepolice officer was wounded as heattempted to chase the attackers.Islamic separatists have increasedtheir attacks in southern Thailandsince January when they burnedtwenty-one schools in one night.

2-May-04 Kissufim WestBank/Gaza

al-Fatah Firearms0 5 Gunmen killed a pregnant Jewishsettler and four of her children nearthe Kissufim crossing in Gaza. ThePopular Resistance Committee andal-Fatah have claimed jointresponsibility for the attack.

2-May-04 Yanbu SaudiArabia

Unknown Firearms19 6 Four assailants fired against thepersonnel of a Saudi contractor inYanbu. Two Americans, two Britons,an Italian and an Australian werekilled and nineteen Saudi policeofficers were injured. The securityforces returned fire killing three withthe last attacker dying of his woundslater.

2-May-04 Bishoftu Ethiopia OromoLiberationFront(OLF)

Explosives3 1 A hand-grenade attack killed one andinjured three others in Bishoftu,Ethiopia. Local police suspect theOromo Liberation Front (OLF)involvement in the operation.

2-May-04 Rivera Colombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Firearms0 1 Revolutionary Armed Forces ofColombia (FARC) guerillas shot andkilled Federico Hermosa Lozada,municipal counselor in Rivera (Huiladepartment). Reports indicate thatHermosa was shot at point blankrange by several guerillas. It wasalso reported that pamphletsthreatening other civic leaders in theregion were found at the scene.

2-May-04 Bogota Colombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Explosives17 0 Two bombs exploded near the SocialProtection Ministry in Bogotá lateSunday evening. Eleven civilians andsix police were injured in the attackalthough only two were seriouslyhurt. Some reports indicate that aninitial small explosion was followedby a large explosion and that thesecond explosion was aimed at thosewho responded to the first blast. Thesecond blast caused all of the injuriesand some material damage to theMinistry as well as other buildingsnearby. Army officials believe thatthe Revolutionary Armed Forces ofColombia (FARC) are responsible andthat the attack was meant to markthe 40th anniversary of theorganization.

2-May-04 Baglung Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Unknown0 0 A group of seven members of theCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M) abducted a former RoyalNepalese Army captain and newlyappointed member of the Baglungdistrict development committee.

2-May-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms5 3 Two former Fiji soldiers who work forGlobal Risk Strategies LTD assecurity contractors in Iraq werekilled and two other injured whengunmen attacked their convoy inMosul. The injured Fijians wereidentified as Isaia Nainoca Mate andSailopa Kaumaitotya and the killedFijians were identified a EmoriVunibokoi and Kelepi Qaranivalu. AnAmerican soldier was also killed andthree other foreigners of unidentifiednationalist injured in the attack.Foreigners who work as privatecontractors in Iraq are the frequenttarget of insurgent attacks.

3-May-04 Baglung Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Other 1 0 A group of Maoists from theCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M) beat and left Jagat BahadurBhandrai of Narethani VDC-4 BaglungDistrict with broken legs. No furtherinformation is available.

3-May-04 Gwadar Pakistan Unknown Explosives11 3 Three Chinese engineers were killedwhen a car bomb exploded in thetown of Gwadar, 700 kilometers westof Quetta, capital of Baluchistan. Thebombing comes just days before aregional investment conference wasto be opened by Prime MinsterZafarullah Jamali. The Chinese werehelping to build a major seaport insouthwest Pakistan, and werefinancing $199 million for the project.Police say that nationalists protestingdiscrimination against locals inemployment were likey behind theblast.

3-May-04 Fallujah Iraq IslamicRageBrigade

Firearms0 0 An American citizen identified asAban Elias, was kidnapped bygunmen from the Islamic RageBrigade while he was working on aconstruction project near Fallujah.The group released a video showingElias, blindfolded and pleading forhelp from Islamic agencies. Elias wasliving in Abu Dhabi prior to leavingfor Iraq to work on reconstructionprojects. No demands were made forElias release and no furtherinformation on his whereabouts isavailable. Those who work onreconstruction projects in Iraq insupport of the new Iraqi governmentare the frequent target of insurgentattack in Iraq.

4-May-04 AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 3 The unidentified assailants killedthree United Nations AssistanceMission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)employee contractors, from GlobalRisk Assessment Strategies, Ltd, inNurestan Province. Two Britons andan Afghan were fatally shot. Thevictims had been working to registervoters for an upcoming election. TheTaliban later claimed responsibilityfor this attack.

4-May-04 Limassol Cyprus CypriotNationalistOrganization(OKE)

Explosives0 0 A hand grenade was thrown at thehome of Nicos Anastassiades, themain Greek Cypriot oppositionleader, in Limassol. The blast causedslight damage to the building butthere were no reported injuries. Thisattack comes only a week afterGreek Cypriots voted no in areferendum on whether to approve aUN plan to reunify north and southCyprus. Anastassiades hadencouraged voters to vote yes. TheCypriot Nationalist Organization(OKE) claimed responsibility for thisattack and issued a new threat to thetraitor Anastassiades. In theirstatement, the group writes, we aresorry the president of DISY has nofeelings whatsoever. Does he notcare about his country or membersof his family?

4-May-04 Tilahar Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Unknown0 0 The former ward chairman of TilaharVDC-3, Ek Bir Shrestha of LulodayaLower Secondary School and AmritMalla, a local businessman wereabducted by suspected members ofthe Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M).

5-May-04 Athens Greece RevolutionaryStruggle

Explosives0 0 Three explosive devices detonated insuccession at a police station in theKalithea neighborhood of Athens.The blasts caused major damage tothe station but there were noreported injuries. An anonymouscaller tipped authorities off to thelocation of the devices, and the areawas cordoned off before the blaststook place. The attack comes 100days before the start of theOlympics. On 13 May, theRevolutionary Struggle claimedresponsibility for this attack. In theirstatement, the group writes, withregard to the Olympic Games, we saythat Greece's transformation into afortress, NATO's involvement, thepresence and activities of foreignintelligence units show clearly that(the Olympics) are not a festival likeGames organizers say, but it’s a war.

5-May-04 GedeoZone

Ethiopia OromoLiberationFront(OLF)

Explosives0 0 A hand grenade attack at a teacherscollege in southern Ethiopiadamaged property but injured noone. The local police claim to haveevidence implicating the OromoLiberation Front (OLF) in the incident.However, the OLF has deniedinstigating the violence that hasswept over a number of Ethiopia'suniversities in the past few weeks.

6-May-04 Biguglia France ClandestiniCorsi

Explosives0 0 A pizzeria was completely destroyedby an explosive device in Biguglia, inHaute-Corse department. The deviceconsisted of a fire extinguisher, filledwith explosive substance. It wasplaced at the front door of therestaurant in the middle of the night,where it detonated. There were noreported injuries. The group,Clandestini Corsi, claimedresponsibility for this attack on 29May.

6-May-04 IndonesiaUnknown Firearms3 2 Two people, a 38-year-old man andhis 11-month-old baby, were killed bygunmen on Indonesia's Moluccanislands. The gunmen, suspectedMuslim separatists, shot them from aspeedboat. The victims were fishingon Buru island at the time of theattack. Three others were wounded.In the last week, a clash betweenMuslims and Christians has killedover thirty people.

6-May-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A homemade bomb exploded in abusy street in Baghdad, hours after asuicide car bomb attack at theentrance to the complex housing theUS-led coalition authority. The latestbomb was planted in a cementdivider on Saddon Street, a busystreet sided with luxurious hotelsused by foreignors. It is unclear whothe bomb was intended for.

7-May-04 Cyprus Unknown Explosives0 0 Three explosive devices detonated atthe Cyprus Media Group garden innorthern Cyprus. None of thedevices caused any damage orinjuries. One detonated in the areawhere papers are distributed, one inthe cafeteria and the last in an areaclose to the Editor in Chief's office.

7-May-04 VientianeLaos Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonatedoutside of a Russian restaurant, neara pagoda along the Mekong River.There were no reported injuries. TheLaotian government denies that thistook place but internationalauthorities believe it could be thework of small bands of mainly Hmongrebels, who have been waging a low-level insurgency for over thirty years.

7-May-04 Karachi Pakistan Unknown Explosives125 24 Twenty-four people were killed whena suicide bomber blew himself up ina mosque on the premises of SindhMadressatul Islam. The blast alsoseverely damaged the old mosque(built in 1894), just before theZohrain prayers. There were over100 worshippers in the mosque atthe time of the blast. Over 100 werewounded.

7-May-04 Quetta Pakistan Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

2 0 A bomb exploded at a bicycle standin front of the Balochistan High Courtbuilding injuring a constable and acivilian. The bombing comes justdays before a regional investmentconference is to be opened by PrimeMinister Zafarullah Jamali. Four daysbefore, three Chinese engineers werekilled in an explosion in Quetta, 700kms from Quetta.

7-May-04 Dhaka BangladeshUnknown Firearms7 1 A Bangladesh member of parliament,from the main Awami Leagueopposition party, was shot and killedby unknown assailants whileaddressing an audience at a rally.Seven were injured in the attack.

8-May-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

1 4 Four Iraqi policeman were killed andanother wounded in Mosul when abomb was detonated as their patrolwas passing by. Gunfire wasexchanged but the attackersescaped.

8-May-04 Habhab Iraq Unknown Explosives3 3 Attackers set off a bomb outside thehouse of a police official killing threemembers of his family and woundingthree others in Habhab, 12 milesnorth of Baquba.

8-May-04 MuqdadiyahIraq Unknown Firearms1 0 In Muqdadiyah, 20 miles north ofBaquba, three gunmen opened fireon the house of the town mayor,sparking a gunbattle with his guards.One policeman was killed.

8-May-04 VientianeLaos Unknown Explosives3 0 Three people were injured when anexplosive device detonated in aparking lot adjacent to the Lao-ThaiFriendship bridge in Vientiane. Theblast took place during celebrationsof the 10th anniversary of theMekong River bridge, a USgovernment funded network. A truckparked nearby was destroyed andseveral other vehicles weredamaged. The Laotian governmentdenied that this was anything but anaccident.

8-May-04 Dolakha Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Firearms0 15 Fifteen passengers were killed whenmembers of the Communist Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M) opened fireon a civilian bus. Among those killedwere seven soldiers and one policeofficer. The attack was condemnedby human rights groups.

8-May-04 Rasuwa Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Firearms0 2 Members of the Communist Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M) abducted andmurdered two local officials. Thechairman of the Rauwa districtcommittee and the chairman of thevillage development committee wereattending a program when they werekidnapped. Their bodies werediscovered near Loksep Khola thenext morning.

8-May-04 PanchtharNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Unknown0 0 The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M) abducted a formerdistrict committee chairman andNepali Congress activist. No furtherinformation is available.

8-May-04 Khogiani AfghanistanUnknown Firearms3 0 Three United Nations AssistanceMission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)workers were injured when theirvehicle was attacked. Unidentifiedpeople allegedely open fire on thetruck when it was traveling in the GraBawa area to conduct activitiesrelated to voter registration.


56 10 A bomb exploded in the Dynamostadium in the Chechen capital,Groznyy, killing the republic'spresident Akhmad Kadyrov. Kadyrovwas elected last fall in what wasconsidered by many to be afraudulent vote. The explosion wascaused by a bomb planted inside aconcrete pillar and occurred at 10:35am during a parade and concert inGroznyy celebrating the 59thanniversary of the victory ofGermany in World War 2. The blasttore a hole in the section designatefor dignitaries. It was not clear if theexplosion was specifically targetingKadyrov or whether it would haveoccurred regardless of his presence,as he was not officially scheduled tobe at this event. Khussein Isayev,chairman of the Republic's statecouncil, and Adlan Khasanov, areported for Reuters, were also killedin the blast. Col. Gen. ValeryBaranov, the commander of theRussian military in the northernCaucasus was gravely wounded.Although estimates of totalcasualties varied, at least ten peoplewere killed and around fifty moreinjured. These numbers include manycivilians and WW2 veterans whowere also attending the celebrations.Officials believe that the blast wasdetonated by remote control and wasintentionally installed below the VIPsection. The bomb may have beenplanted some time ago during therecent renovations to the stadium.Preliminary reports suggest that thebomb was equivalent to one ton ofTNT. The location of the bomb madeit impossible for existing equipmentto detect. The type of explosiveappeared identical to the type usedto blow up the military parade twoyears ago in the Dagestani city ofKaspiysk. Rescue workers preventedtwo other blasts in the stadium. Theywere able to defuse anotherlandmine and an additional explosivedevice equipped with a timer set togo off 30 minutes after the firstexplosion. On May 12, anotherexplosive device was found in thehalf-ruined Dynamo Stadium. Thedevice consisted of TNT charges andpieces of metal. It was unclear if thedevice had been planted recently ora long time ago. Rebel leader ShamilBasayev claimed that he wasinvolved in and had organized theblast. The attack may have beenintended to sow panic and disorderamong the Chechen leadership.Initial investigations were focusing onthe security staff at the stadium andthe builders who took part in therenovations of the stadium.Investigators believe that insufficienttraining and organization of thesecurity staff was faulted for allowingthe attack to occur. Officials haddetained at least five individuals forpotential involvement in the attack,including Ibragim Musayev, who wasalso involved in the hostage-takingraid of the Dubrovka Theatre and thebomb attack near a McDonald's inMoscow. Investigators had also givena more specific list of suspects whowere under investigation to theRussian Duma. The Russianappointed Prime Minister, SergeiAbramov will serve as President untilnew elections are held sometimebefore September, as stipulated bythe republic's constitution. Theattack serves a blow to Putin and hisstrategy for ending the conflict inChechnya.On August 5, Interfaxreported that three suspects hadbeen arrested in connection with theattack, two of whom had alreadyconfessed to the crime. The thirdman was arrested later than theother two and was providinginvestigators with useful information.


56 10 A bomb exploded in the Dynamostadium in the Chechen capital,Groznyy, killing the republic'spresident Akhmad Kadyrov. Kadyrovwas elected last fall in what wasconsidered by many to be afraudulent vote. The explosion wascaused by a bomb planted inside aconcrete pillar and occurred at 10:35am during a parade and concert inGroznyy celebrating the 59thanniversary of the victory ofGermany in World War 2. The blasttore a hole in the section designatefor dignitaries. It was not clear if theexplosion was specifically targetingKadyrov or whether it would haveoccurred regardless of his presence,as he was not officially scheduled tobe at this event. Khussein Isayev,chairman of the Republic's statecouncil, and Adlan Khasanov, areported for Reuters, were also killedin the blast. Col. Gen. ValeryBaranov, the commander of theRussian military in the northernCaucasus was gravely wounded.Although estimates of totalcasualties varied, at least ten peoplewere killed and around fifty moreinjured. These numbers include manycivilians and WW2 veterans whowere also attending the celebrations.Officials believe that the blast wasdetonated by remote control and wasintentionally installed below the VIPsection. The bomb may have beenplanted some time ago during therecent renovations to the stadium.Preliminary reports suggest that thebomb was equivalent to one ton ofTNT. The location of the bomb madeit impossible for existing equipmentto detect. The type of explosiveappeared identical to the type usedto blow up the military parade twoyears ago in the Dagestani city ofKaspiysk. Rescue workers preventedtwo other blasts in the stadium. Theywere able to defuse anotherlandmine and an additional explosivedevice equipped with a timer set togo off 30 minutes after the firstexplosion. On May 12, anotherexplosive device was found in thehalf-ruined Dynamo Stadium. Thedevice consisted of TNT charges andpieces of metal. It was unclear if thedevice had been planted recently ora long time ago. Rebel leader ShamilBasayev claimed that he wasinvolved in and had organized theblast. The attack may have beenintended to sow panic and disorderamong the Chechen leadership.Initial investigations were focusing onthe security staff at the stadium andthe builders who took part in therenovations of the stadium.Investigators believe that insufficienttraining and organization of thesecurity staff was faulted for allowingthe attack to occur. Officials haddetained at least five individuals forpotential involvement in the attack,including Ibragim Musayev, who wasalso involved in the hostage-takingraid of the Dubrovka Theatre and thebomb attack near a McDonald's inMoscow. Investigators had also givena more specific list of suspects whowere under investigation to theRussian Duma. The Russianappointed Prime Minister, SergeiAbramov will serve as President untilnew elections are held sometimebefore September, as stipulated bythe republic's constitution. Theattack serves a blow to Putin and hisstrategy for ending the conflict inChechnya.On August 5, Interfaxreported that three suspects hadbeen arrested in connection with theattack, two of whom had alreadyconfessed to the crime. The thirdman was arrested later than theother two and was providinginvestigators with useful information.

9-May-04 Salem WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Israeli forces located a car bombcontaining three explosive devicesready to be activated weighing100kg east of Nablus. The bomb wasdetonated by sappers with noinjuries. This is the third terrorattack thwarted since the beginningof this week by security forces in theNablus region.

9-May-04 Kissufim WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Firearms0 2 Two Palestinians were killed byIsraeli troops after opening fire on amemorial service for an Israeli settlerand her four daughters, who wereshot to death the previous week bymilitants.

9-May-04 Doda Kashmir HizbulMujahideen(HM)

Explosives21 1 One person was killed and twenty-one injured, when terrorists lobbed agrenade outside of the premises ofthe district hospital in Doda. Thegrenade was most likely aimed at agovernment convoy passing thehospital at the time. The victimkilled was a government official andfour of the injured included policeofficers. Police supsect the theHizbul Mujahideen is behind theattack because the group is mostactive in the area.

9-May-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 0 An explosive device detonated in theFour Seasons Hotel in Baghdad as itis frequented by contracts andforeigners. The attack wounded twoBritish nationals, two Nepalese, andtwo Iraqis, all security guards at thehotel. Foreign contractors in Iraq arethe frequent target of insurgentattack.

9-May-04 Rutba Iraq Unknown Firearms4 0 Gunmen ambushed a twenty-vehicleconvoy of a Turkish subcontractor ofthe US firm Kellog Brown and Root(KBR) near Rutba, west of Baghdad.Four drivers were wounded in theattack. Seven vehicles weredestroyed by the attackers and eighthijacked by the gunmen. Five of thevehicles reached the finaldestination. Contractors who workwith or in support of US forces arethe frequent target of insurgentattacks in Iraq.

10-May-04

Manila PhilippinesUnknown Firearms0 2 Two campaign aids, working on thepresidential election, were killed bygunmen in Manila. Over ninetypeople have been killed in the leadup to these elections.

10-May-04

Jenin WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Islamic Jihad blamed Palestiniansecurity forces for thwarting a suicideattack in Jerusalem after Israelisecurity forces were tipped off,raiding the plotters in Jenin anddetaining several members of themilitant group. Palestinianauthorities deny it stating that amember of Islamic Jihad had secondthoughts about his suicide missionand surrendered, seeking help todefuse the belt he was wearingaround his waist.

10-May-04

al-Faw Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 An attack caused damage to an oilpipeline in the al-Faw area ofsouthern Iraq causing a large drop insouthern oil exports. Pipelines havebeen targets of insurgents regularlyduring the US-led occupation.

10-May-04

France ClandestiniCorsi

Explosives0 0 An explosive device destroyed thevehicle of a building contractor, whois also a town councilor for Biguglia.The group, Clandestini Corsi, claimedresponsibility for the attack on 29May.Note: Incident date isapproximate.

10-May-04

Merida VenezuelaUnknown Firearms0 1 Giandomenico Puliti, a Fifth RepublicMovement (MVR) leader in Merida,was murdered at 1:00 am. Puliti wasdriving home when someone inanother vehicle shot him. It isunknown who carried out the attacksor what motivated them.

10-May-04

MontecristoColombia People'sRevolutionaryArmy(ERP)

Firearms0 0 The People's Revolutionary Army(ERP) kidnapped three politicianshours before the election for themayor of Montecristo municipality.All three victims, Wilder Acuna,Teodora Indaburo, and Aide delCarmen Patino Diaz were municipalcounselors. The ERP released PatinoDiaz several hour after thekidnapping but did not release theother two captives.

10-May-04

AlgecirasColombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Explosives0 0 Police explosives experts safelydetonated a bomb that wasdiscovered in Algeciras. The bombwas left in front of a children's homeone block from the local policestation. Authorities believe theRevolutionary Forces of Colombia(FARC) were responsible for plantingthe bomb.

10-May-04

SalyankotNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 A pressure cooker bomb damagedthe tail of a Super Puma helicopterthat was to carry the king to afunction. Authorities are blaming theCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M) of perpetrating thisattempted attack.

10-May-04

Zabol AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 2 A Taliban spokesperson claimedresponsibility for the attack on avehicle carrying supporters of formerKandahar Province governor GolAgha Sherzai.Two people were killed.

10-May-04

SalyankotNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 An explosive device was defused at alocation where the king was to arriveby helicopter. This was found notlong after a first bomb was defusedon the King's helicopter itself.Authorities are blaming theCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M) of perpetrating both attacks.

10-May-04

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Gunmen attacked three engineersworking for an Iraqi reconstructingfirm in Kirkuk opening fire on themen in front of their home. The menwere identified as a New Zealander,John Tyrrell, an Iraqi, and a SouthAfrican. Contractors who work onreconstruction projects in Iraq arethe frequent target of insurgentattack.

10-May-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen attacked a vehicle carryingthree Russian employees of theRussian Interenergoservice Companyin Baghdad as the employees werereturning from work. One Russianwas killed and two were kidnapped.The killed Russian was identified bythe last name of Gonorev, while thekidnapped men were Gordinyenkoand Meshcheryakov. One Iraqi guardwas also killed in the attack. TheInterenergoservice Company wasworking in Iraq to restore energysupplies. The Russian hostages werereleased one week later, on May 17,2004. Contractors who work onreconstruction projects are thefrequent target of attack in Iraq.

11-May-04

KathmanduNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives1 0 An explosive device detonated at theMoondrops Overseas company,wounding one person and damagingthe buildings, three motorcycles, andthe windows of five houses nearby.This was one of six explosive attackscarried out by the Communist Partyof Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M) on this day.The group has increased its violentactions recently in a lead-up to anationwide strike due to take place inmid-May.

11-May-04


Explosives0 0 Maoists exploded a bomb at the LandRevenue Office in Kathmandu. Noinjuries were reported. This was oneof six explosive attacks carried outby the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M) on this day. Thegroup has increased violence in thecountry in a lead-up to a nationwidestrike set to take place in mid-May.

11-May-04

Banke Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 The Fire Brigade Office in Bankedistrict was bombed in one of sixattacks launched throughout Nepalby members of the Communist Partyof Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M). The grouphas increased its violence recently ina lead-up to a nationwide strike inmid-May.

11-May-04

LekhnathNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 The Land Revenue Office in Lekhnathdistrict was bombed by members ofthe Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M). This was one of sixexplosive attacks that took place onthis day. The group has beenincreasing its violent actions in alead-up to a nationwide strike due totake place in mid-May.

11-May-04

Dang Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 The Ground Water Irrigation Projectin Dang district was bombed bymembers of the Communist Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M). This was oneof six explosive attacks carried outon this day by the CPN-M. The grouphas recently increased its violence ina lead up to a nationwide strike inmid-May.

11-May-04

Dang Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 The office of Chailahi villiage wasbombed. This was one of sixexplosive attacks carried out by theCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M) on this day. The Maoistshave increased their violent actionsrecently ahead of a nationwidegeneral strike in mid-May.

12-May-04

PhilippinesUnknown Firearms0 1 Two town halls, in northernPhilippines, were attacked byunknown gunmen during presidentialelections. The perpetrators set fireto ballot boxes and shot one policeofficer dead.

12-May-04

PhilippinesUnknown Explosives14 1 A teenaged girl was killed and atleast fourteen others were injuredwhen a large explosive devicedetonated in Sulu Province, on Joloisland. Authorities believe the targetof the blast was Hussin Amin, anincumbent Sulu first districtcongressman. The bomb detonatedin front of Amin's house, which is alsobeing used for the congressman'sheadquarters, only moments beforean armored personnel carrier passedby. Authorities are blaming theattack on the Abu Sayyaf Group(ASG), though there has been noclaim of responsibility.

12-May-04

DhankutaNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 Members of the Communist Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M) destroyed abridge on the Kost Highway, afterthey detonated two bombs. Thebridge had been built withcooperation with the Britishgovernment and links eastern Nepalwith India.

12-May-04

Kaski Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Firearms0 0 The Nepal Human RightsOrganization reported that two hotelowners from Ghandruk of Kaski andone other person had been abducted,and called for their release. TheCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M) are suspected to beresponsible.

12-May-04


Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded in Kathmandu onthe premises of the Revenue Tribunalat Kamal Pokhari. The building wasdamaged. This attack, along with aseries of others on this evening, wasperpetrated by the Communist Partyof Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M).

12-May-04

Surkhet Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M) torched threevehicles, including a passenger busand two trucks, that they accused ofoperating during a Maoist blockade.This was one of a series of attacksthat took place all over the countryon this day.

12-May-04

SankhusabhaNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M) exploded a bomb inthe branch office of the RastriyaBanya Bank building in easternNepal. The building was completelydestroyed. This was one in a seriesof bombing attacks that took placeon this evening, within in a week of anationwide strike.

12-May-04

BanglungNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 Members of the Communist Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M) exploded abomb at a community school inBanglung district. This was one in aseries of bombing attacks that tookplace only a week before anationwide strike is set to take place.

12-May-04

Sarlahi Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 In Sarlahi district, the CommunistParty of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M)torched a local area post office and aforestry office. This was part of aseries of attacks that took place onthis evening. The CPN-M hasincreased its violent actions recentlyas a nationwide strike is set to takeplace within a week.

12-May-04

Almaty KazakhstanUnknown Explosives0 1 A man died in Almaty when anexplosive device he was transportingdetonated prematurely. Theexplosion occurred in the center ofthe Kazakh capital, at theintersection of Zhertoksan and GogolStreets. It is unclear what the man'starget may have been.

12-May-04

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 A Lebanese man, Habib Samur, whoworked for a Lebanese marketresearch firm in Iraq, was kidnappedby unknown gunmen who suspectedthat he was supplying information tothe Americans. Foreigners in Iraqsuspected of connections to USforces are the frequent target ofinsurgent attacks. Samur was freedby his captors about one month afterbeing kidnapped, on June 12, 2004.NOTE: Kidnapping date isapproximate

13-May-04

Athens Greece Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device, consisting ofgas canisters, detonated outside abranch of the Alpha Bank, in Athens.The blast caused minor materialdamage but there were no reportedinjuries. Bomb experts also located asimilar device across the street,outside of a HSBC bank and renderedit safe. This attack comes only a fewmonths before Greece is to host theOlympics.

13-May-04

Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 A powerful explosive device, whichcontained Power Gel, detonated in asingle-story building in NarathiwatProvince. This building was beingused for a market, but was closed atthe time of the blast. The market ispart of the government's OneTambon, One Product (OTOP)program. Authorities are blaminglocal groups who seek to destabilizethe government or religiousseparatists.

13-May-04

SantanderColombia Unknown Firearms0 0 A group of men shot at the home ofSantander Governor Hugo Aguilar. Acounter-insurgency patrol confrontedthe attackers for over an hour but noone was arrested. It is unknown whothe attackers were or whatmotivated them to attack thegovernor.

13-May-04

Dailekh Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 2 Two civilians were killed when aroadside mine planted by membersof the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M) exploded. Theattack occurred on the main road inSisnetar, in Dadaparajul village.

14-May-04


Explosives0 0 Maoists exploded a bomb at thestandards and metrology building.No one was injured in the attack butthe building was partially destroyed.The attack is being blamed on theCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M).

14-May-04

LampungNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 Suspected members of theCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M) damaged the AnnapuraConservation Project Office buildingof the King Mehendra Trust forNature Conservation in Besi Saharafter exploding a bomb near thebuilding. The explosion alsodamaged a charity called UnitedMission to Nepal that is located nearthe site of the blast.

14-May-04

KathmanduNepal Unknown Explosives15 1 A bomb explosion on a passengerbus killed one and injured more thana dozen others. The bus was parkedat Sajha station in front of RoyalNepal Airlines office. Authorities areblaming anti-government insurgentsof carrying out the attack.

15-May-04

NorthernIreland

Unknown Explosives0 0 Petrol bombs were thrown at thehome of a prison officer, in CountyAntrim. The perpetrators also set theman's car and caravan on fire.Extensive damage was caused butthere were no reported injuries.Over fifty prison officers have beenattacked in the last year. Theattacks have been linked to asectarian dispute at Maghaberry jail.

15-May-04

SanRafael

Colombia Unknown Explosives14 1 A bomb exploded outside of a storein the center of San Rafael shortlyafter noon. One woman, who was inthe store, was killed and 14 otherswere injured. The explosion alsocaused significant structural damageto the buildings near by. It isunknown who carried out the attackor what motivated it.

15-May-04

Fallujah Iraq Unknown Other 4 0 Four alcohol sellers were flogged andthen paraded through the streets ofFallujah after failing to removealcohol from their shops within 48hours as ordered by Islamicextremists. Alcohol shops are thefrequent target of attacks byextremists who feel that alcoholsales violate Islamic law.Note: Attackdate is approximate.

16-May-04

Istanbul Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 Two explosive devices detonated at aHSBC bank branch in Istanbul. HSBCis a British-owned bank, and theseattacks took place the day beforeTony Blair is set to visit Turkey tomeet with the Prime Minister andPresident to discuss Turkey's EUmembership application. Minordamage was caused but there wereno reported injuries.

16-May-04

Ankara Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 About an hour after two explosivedevices detonated at a HSBC bankbranch in Istanbul, two moredetonated at the same bank inAnkara. HSBC is a British-ownedbank and these attacks came only aday before British Prime Minister,Tony Blair is due in Turkey. Minordamages were caused but therewere no reported injuries.

16-May-04

Takbai Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonatedoutside the gates of a Buddhisttemple in Takbai, southern Thailand.This was one of three explosiveattacks against temples in thesouthern region, all were within anhour of each other. One person wasinjured by one of the bombs, but it isunclear in which incident they werewounded. There was no seriousmaterial damage caused.

16-May-04

Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonatedoutside the gates of a Buddhisttemple in Ruesoh, in southernThailand. This was one of threeexplosive attacks against temples inthe southern region, all were withinan hour of each other. One personwas injured by one of the bombs, butit is unclear in which incident theywere wounded. There was no seriousmaterial damage caused.

16-May-04

Rangae Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonatedoutside the gates of a Buddhisttemple in Rangae, in southernThailand. This was one of threeexplosive attacks against temples inthe southern region, all were withinan hour of each other. One personwas injured by one of the bombs, butit is unclear in which incident theywere wounded. There was no seriousmaterial damage caused.

16-May-04


Explosives0 0 Two bombs completely destroyed theAgricultural Research Center. Theblast caused over 1 million rupeesworth of damage. The blast is beingblamed on anti-governmentguerrillas from the Communist Partyof Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M).

16-May-04

DadaparajulNepal Unknown Explosives0 2 A pressure cooker bomb targetinggovernment security forcesexploded, killing two civilians. Nomore information is available.

17-May-04

BallymenaNorthernIreland

Unknown Explosives0 0 Two pipe bombs were defused bybomb experts on Doury Road, inBallymena. The devices were leftoutside the home of a Sinn Feinmember. One of the devices was leftunder the man's car and the otheraround the side of the house.

17-May-04

CopenhagenDenmark Unknown Explosives0 0 A homemade explosive device,consisting of fireworks placed insidea wooden box, detonated outside theDanish defense ministry inCopenhagen. The blast caused nodamage and no one was injured.Authorities believe the attack wasperpetrated in protest to the US-ledwar in Iraq, in which Danish troopsare playing a part.

17-May-04

GuclukonakTurkey KurdishWorkersParty(PKK)

Explosives0 2 Two Kurdistan Workers' Party ofKurdistan (PKK) members were killedwhen a landmine, that they wereattempted to plant, prematurelydetonated. The attack was set totake place on a road in Guclukonak,in Sirnak Province. The intendedtarget of the attack is unknown.

17-May-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives7 7 A suicide car bombing near anentrance to the coalition headquatersin Baghdad killed the head of theIraqi Governing Council, EzzadinSalim, and six other civilians. Salimwas killed while waiting in a convoyat a checkpoint leading to the GreenZone. Salim is the second member ofthe US-appointed council to beassassinated. The bomb woundedfive other civilians and two USsoldiers. Sami Muhammad Ali SaidJaaf, a lieutenant of Abu MusabZarqawi, was taken into custody inmid-January 2005. Jaaf admitted tobeing involved in over thirty-twobombings in Iraq, including this one.

17-May-04

Kitgum Uganda Lord'sResistanceArmy(LRA)

Unknown10 7 The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)ambushed two vehicles in NorthernUganda, killing seven and injuringanother ten in the attacks. Localspokesmen indicated that the deadwere primarily students returning forthe start of a new semester.

17-May-04

MaymanaAfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 0 A homemade bomb went off new theUnited Nations High Commission forRefugees (UNHCR) office.

17-May-04

SindhupalchowkNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 3 An explosive device, which washanging on a banner along theLamosanghu Jiri sector of thehighway, detonated, killing threepeople. The banner had been left bysuspected members of theCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M).

18-May-04

Pervari Turkey People'sDefenseForces(HPG)

Firearms1 2 Two officers were killed and anotherinjured when unknown perpetratorsopened fire on a police check point inthe town of Pervari, in Siirt Province.The two men killed were CihanAydogdu and Cumali Hakan. ThePeople's Defense Forces (HPG)claimed responsibility for thisincident.

18-May-04

Lice Turkey KurdishWorkersParty(PKK)

Explosives0 0 Bomb disposal experts made safe alandmine that was planted bysuspected Kurdistan Workers' Party(PKK) members on the Lice-Kulp roadin Lice. No further information ontarget is available.

18-May-04

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen opened fire on two vehiclescarrying foreign reconstructionworkers in Mosul, killing one Britishsecurity contractor guarding theworkers. The British security guardwas identified as Andrew Harries, anemployee the British firm ArmorGroup. Private security contractorsand workers who supportreconstruction in Iraq are thefrequent target of insurgent attacks.

19-May-04

Athens Greece PopularRevolutionaryAction

Explosives0 0 A small time bomb was found andsafely defused at a Land Roverdealership on a major road in Athens.The device, which authorities hadbeen tipped off about, was placedonly a kilometer from one of thebiggest Olympic sites in Athens. ThePopular Revolutionary Action (LEDh)claimed responsibility for thisattempted attack on 2 June. In theirclaim of responsibility, the groupwrites, every strike against Britishinterests is not a blow to the edges ofthe imperialist block (such as Italy,Spain and other allies of the counter-terrorism campaign), but to the heartof the beast.

19-May-04

SanJuan deArama

Colombia Unknown Explosives3 0 A bomb hidden in a video-cassetteexploded at a community gatheringlead by Edilberto Castro, governor ofMeta. Employees were examiningthe tape, which was not working,when it exploded. Three people wereinjured but the governor was notharmed.

20-May-04

Turkey TurkishCommunistParty/Marxist(TKP-ML)

Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated at aMcDonalds fast food restaurant in theKadikoy district of Istanbul Province.The device detonated in the parkinglot and caused serious damage totwo vehicles, as well as shattered thewindows of the McDonalds. Therestaurant had received a bombwarning about fifteen minutes beforethe blast. Authorities arrested eightpeople, who they accuse of plantingthis device and believe are membersof the Turkish Communist PartyMarxist-Leninists (TKP-ML). Duringoperations to capture the suspects,police seized ammonium nitrate,potassium nitrate and otherchemicals that could be used tomake bombs.

20-May-04

Rome Italy Unknown Explosives0 0 Two homemade explosive deviceswere discovered outside aMcDonald's restaurant in Rome. Thedevices were in two plastic bags andspotted by workers at the restaurant.Police were called in to dismantle thebombs, which were made withgasoline and gunpowder.

20-May-04

Medellin Colombia Unknown Explosives22 4 A bomb exploded in the San Ignaciotown square in Medellin killing fourand wounding twenty-two. Theexplosion occurred at 8:40 pm near abus stop. It is unknown who carriedout the attack but authorities suspectit is connected to a series of otherbombings aimed at marking theRevolutionary Armed Forces ofColombia's (FARC) 40th anniversary.

20-May-04

Cali Colombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 Explosive experts defused a 50 kgbomb in the El Calvario neighborhoodof Cali. The bomb, connected to aremote detonation device, was verypowerful and authorities estimatedthat it would have destroyed fivesquare blocks of the city if it hadexploded. Individuals dressed asstreet cleaners left the bomb in thearea. Although it was one block fromthe local police station it is not clearif that was the target for theexplosion. Authorities believe theRevolutionary Armed Forces ofColombia (FARC) was behind theattack.

20-May-04

BaramullaKashmir Unknown Firearms0 2 Two sons of a retired security officerwere kidnapped and tortured todeath. Militants are believed to bebehind the attack. The assailantsallegedly abducted two boys atgunpoint from their home andeventually slit their throats.

20-May-04

Pulwama Kashmir Unknown Firearms6 0 Militants are suspected of havingkidnapped poll worker Shabir AhmedBandh from Bandh village. Heworked as a polling agent for theruling PDP in the Lok Shabhaelections. Villagers begged themilitants not to torture Shabir, and inirritation the suspects kidnappedthose civilians as well and shootingeach in the leg.

20-May-04

Khost AfghanistanTaliban Explosives4 0 A newly-laid roadside bomb explodedinjuring a policeman and threecivilians employed by the CentralStatistics Office. Remnants of theTaliban have threatened to disruptpreparations for Septemberparliamentary elections.

21-May-04

ManizalesColombia UnitedSelfDefenseForces ofColombia(AUC)

Firearms0 1 Aguadas councilman Fernando LopezRamirez was murdered by asuspected United Self-DefenseForces of Colombia (AUC) hit man.The attack took place at a restaurantwhere Lopez Ramirez was shot atpoint blank in the back of the head.He was a long standing opponent ofAUC influence in the area and hadreceive numerous death threats aswell as suffering an attempt on hislife on Feb. 27, 2004.

21-May-04

Budgam Kashmir Unknown Explosives24 3 A bicycle bomb that was detonatedat the Chadoura bridge killed threepeople and injured twenty-four. Thebomb had been planted bysuspected militants on a bicycleparked 20 feet from a border securitypillbox. No group claimedresponsibility for the attack, butauthorities are blaming Hizbul-Mujahedin.

21-May-04

Dhaka BangladeshUnknown Explosives100 3 A powerful bomb at the shrine of14th century saint Hazrat Shahjalalkilled three and injured over 100.Authorities believe that the attackwas aimed at the newly appointedBritish High Commissioner toBangladesh, who was also criticallyinjured in the blast.

22-May-04

Bastia France CorsicanNationalLiberationFront(FLNC)

Explosives0 0 An annex of the Bastia Court ofJustice was damaged when anexplosive device detonated behindthe building. The device, which wasmade of an explosive chargeattached to a gas bottle, causeddamage to a corridor, a door and adesk. There were no reportedinjuries. On 9 June, the CorsicanNational Liberation Front (FLNC)claimed responsibility for this attackand another that targeted a taxoffice in Corte.

22-May-04

Belfast NorthernIreland

Unknown Explosives0 0 Two petrol bombs were thrown at theNew Barnsley police station in westBelfast. No damages were causedand no one was injured by thedevices, which were thought to havebeen thrown from the Black MountainParade area.

22-May-04

Baghdad Iraq Tawhidand Jihad

Explosives13 5 Another senior Iraqi official was thetarget of a suicide car bomb whichkilled at least five people andwounded Abdul-Jabar Youssef al-Sheikhli, deputy inerior minister athis home in Baghdad. Sheikhli was amember of the Shiite Dawa Party.Four Iraqi policemen and a bystanderwere killed and twelve other peopleaside from al-Sheikhli were wounded.This attack comes five days afterEzzedine Salim, the president of theIraqi Governing Council, was killed bya suicide bomber. He was also amember of the Dawa Party. AbuMusab al-Zarqawi's group, Tawhidand Jihad later claimed responsibilityfor this attack.

22-May-04

ApartadoColombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Explosives82 6 A bomb exploded in a crowdedtavern/discotheque at 11:00 pmSaturday night killing six (somereports indicate seven) andwounding eighty-two. The bomb waspacked in a small suitcase and left inthe bathroom by suspectedRevolutionary Armed Forces ofColombia (FARC) rebels. It isbelieved the bombing is part of aFARC campaign marking theorganizations 40th anniversary.

23-May-04

YuksekovaTurkey KurdishWorkersParty(PKK)

Firearms3 0 Three police officers were woundedwhen suspected Kurdistan Workers'Party (PKK) members opened fire ona police checkpoint in Yuksekova.Police returned fire but none of theperpetrators were injured.

23-May-04

Russia Unknown Explosives0 0 The Mozdok-Kazi-Magomed gaspipeline was intentionally damagedaccording to investigators andofficials from the gas company. Thedamage was similar to that caused inearlier gas pipeline attacks in recentmonths. Investigators believe thatexplosive devices have been used todisable the pipeleine. Gas supplies tothe region were disrupted by theattack.

23-May-04

Jiutepec Mexico ComandoJaramillistaMorelense23 deMayo

Explosives0 0 Three early morning explosionsheavily damaged the front of threedifferent banks; Bancomer,Banamex, and Santander Serfin.Notes were found near the sites ofthe attacks from a group calledComando Jaramillista Morelense 23de Mayo. The notes criticizedMexican President Vicente Fox andthe governor of Morelos State SergioEstrada. Police also found moreundetonated explosives outside of abranch of HSBC. No one was injuredin the attacks.

23-May-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 2 A car bomb exploded near thearmored car of several British privatesecurity contractors just outside theentrance to the Green Zone and UScoalition headquarters in Baghdad.The attack led to the death of two ofthe British contractors and the injuryof one other. Private securitycontractors in Iraq who work withcoalition forces are the frequenttarget of insurgent attack.

24-May-04

Tbilisi Georgia Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device with a forceequal to 800g of TNT was found on arailway bridge near the Avchalastation in a suburb of Tbilisi. Thedevice was defused before it causedany damage. Three suspects hadbeen identified, one a securityservice officer.

24-May-04

Corte France CorsicanNationalLiberationFront(FLNC)

Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated at atax office in Corte, in Haute-Cortedepartment, on the island of Corsica.The blast damaged the office butcaused no injuries. On 9 June, theCorsican National Liberation Front(FLNC) claimed responsibility for thisattack and another targeting theBastia Court of Justice.

24-May-04

Barentu Eritrea Unknown Explosives50 3 A bomb attack on the anniversary ofEritrean independence killed threeand wounded fifty in Barentu [south-western Eritrea]. According toAsmara, the operation was only oneof several planned, with the otherattacks prevented throughintervention by Eritrean securitypersonnel. Eritrean sources fingeredforeign-sponsored terrorists, butthese accusations were quicklydenied by the Ethiopian Ministry ofInformation.

24-May-04

Quetta Pakistan Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

15 0 A bomb explosion on the outskirts ofQuetta injured fifteen people. Theindividuals, law enforcement officers,were in a truck when it passed abicycle that had a bomb planted onit. Police believe that either a timeddevice or a remote-detonated devicewas used in the attack.

24-May-04

Kabul AfghanistanTaliban Explosives1 1 A Norwegian peacekeeper was killedand another injured when rocketswere fired at the InternationalSecurity Assistance Force.

25-May-04

Paktia AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 The Chamkani district office cameunder missile attack, but there wereno casualities or damage.

25-May-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A car bomb exploded in front of theel Karma hotel in western Baghdad.The hotel is used by many foreignorsstaying in the capital.

25-May-04

Hebron WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives1 0 An Israeli citizen was slightlywounded in Hebron, near the Cave ofthe Patriarchs, when an explosivecharge was thrown at his car.

25-May-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 Insurgents fired rockets toward apolice station in central Baghdadtrigerring huge explosions andwounding one US solider.

25-May-04

Karachi Pakistan Harkat ul-Mujahedin

Explosives2 2 A bomb exploded at a Karachi port,killing two and injuring two others.The blast occurred less the 24 hoursbefore an explosion rocked the areanear the US Consul General'sresidence.

26-May-04

Karachi Pakistan Harkat ul-Mujahedin


27 2 Two bombs exploded near the U.S.Consul General's residence inKarachi. Suspects riding on amotocycle are believed to havedriven by and stuck an item on toone of two cars which later exploded.The bombs went off in 15-minuteintervals. The group Harkat ulMujahedin is believed to have beeninvolved. Two security men whowere supposed to be manning theirposts on the usually well-guardedstreet were absent during theattacks. They were arrested forfailing to uphold their duties and arebeing questioned by the police.

26-May-04


Explosives0 0 Members of the Communist Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M) hurled abomb at a state-run bank, causingminor damage. This was one of foursimilar attacks that took place on thisdate.

26-May-04


Explosives0 0 Members of the Communist Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M) lobbed abomb at an agricultural officebuilding in Kathmandu. There wereno injuries caused in the attack. Thiswas one of four bombing attacks thattook place in the city on this day.

26-May-04


Explosives0 0 Suspected members of theCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M) bombed a customs officebuilding in Kathmandu, seriouslydamaging the building. This was oneof four bombing attacks in the city onthis day, all targeted governmentbuildings.

26-May-04


Explosives4 0 Suspected members of theCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M) carried out a series of fourbombings on this date. The first ofthese occurred at the forestrybuilding on the outskirts of thecapital. Four people were injured bythe blast, one seriously.

26-May-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms4 3 Gunmen in Baghdad opened-fire on abus carrying Russian employees ofthe energy firm Interenergoservice,killing two Russian electricalspecialists and injuring five others.Following the attack the firm decidedto pull all of its employees out ofIraq. The killed employees wereidentified as VyacheslavOvsyannikov, and Victor Dynkin,while those injured includesChubashev, Korenkob, Chernetsky,Derbilov, and Trifonov (last names).One of the employees later died ofhis wounds.Contractors who work inIraq on reconstruction projects arethe frequent target of insurgentattack.

27-May-04

KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 2 Two children were killed by aroadside bomb one day after a majoroperation to stem Taliban activity inthe region. The bomb explodedabout 3 km from the gate on a mainroad leading to the airport.

27-May-04

BratislavaSlovakia Unknown Explosives0 0 Two bags filled with explosives werefound in Bratislava, near the locationof where the NATO parliamentaryassembly will be held. The incidentcomes the day before the assemblyis set to open. The explosives werefound in two black plastic bags, onecontained .5 kg of a Czechoslovakianindustrial explosive and the other akilo of a Yugoslavian explosive. It wasunclear if the contents of either bagcould have exploded. Police wereinformed earlier that an attack ofsome sort was being planned for thisarea during the time of the NATOassembly.

27-May-04

Groznyy ChechnyaUnknown Firearms2 0 Several grenades were fired at theChechen State Council building inGroznyy. Two grenades hit thebuilding between the second andthird floors. Broken glass injured twofemale police officers. The grenadesblew up only 15 meters from theoffice of deputy Russian presidentialenvoy to the Southern Federaldistrict Oleg Zhidkov who was notinjured in the attack.

27-May-04

Cauro France CorsicanPeople'sArmy

Explosives0 0 An anti-tank rocket was launched atthe home of a police officer in thesmall village of Cauro, in southernCorsica. The device did not explode,but it did cause some minor damageto the exterior of the home. Therewere no reported injuries. A newCorsican nationalist group, theCorsican People's Army, claimedresponsibility for this attack and twoothers in May and June 2004.

27-May-04

PodgoricaFRY(Montenegro)

Unknown Firearms0 1 Dusko Janovic, the editor of the Danpaper, was shot dead as he left hisoffice in Podgorica. The attack waslikely linked to his political activities:he was linked to the oppositionSocialist's People party, an ally of theMilosevic government. On June 4,BBC reported that several people hadbeen arrested in connection to theattack, including martial arts expertsDamir Mandic along with his brother.The two brothers were arrested afterMandic's mobile phone was traced tothe owner of the car used in theshooting.

27-May-04

Valencia VenezuelaEPA(EjercitodelPueblo enArmas)

Explosives0 0 Unknown assailants detonated afragment grenade in front of themain façade of the temple of theChurch of Jesus Christ of the LatterDays Saints at 5:45 am. Severalpamphlets were found at the sceneindicating that the attack was carriedout by an alleged subversive groupcalled Army of the People in Arms(Ejercito del Pueblo en Armas, EPA).The pamphlets denounced Yankeeimperialism around the world andparticularly in Venezuela. They alsoidentified Mormon churches as aninterest of Yankee imperialismbecause they are religiousstrongholds for politicalpenetration… and a façade for covertintelligence operations. Theexplosion caused minimal propertydamage but did not injure anyone.

27-May-04

CartagenaColombia Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb was found in a bathroom ofthe Capilla del Mar Hotel on thetourist strip of Cartegena. Policewere able to disable the device,which contained two kg ofexplosives, without incident. It is notknown who was responsible for thebomb or what motivated it.

27-May-04

Bogota Colombia Unknown Explosives1 0 Bombs were left on five separatepublic transportation busesthroughout the day. Reports indicatethat several buses caught fire butonly one person was injured.Vigilant passengers and timelyintervention by police and the firedepartment prevented more frombeing injured. It is believed that theattacks are related to the 40thanniversary of the RevolutionaryArmed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

27-May-04


Explosives2 1 Maoists, believed members of theCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M) killed a newspaper deliverydriver who defied the latest guerillaanti-government strike. Ahomemade bomb was thrown at thedriver who was delivering theAnnapur Post. Two other passengerswere injured. The CPN-M haddemanded that all traffic stay off theroads in the western Himalayankingdom as a series of strikes leadingup to a three-day nationwideshutdown were taking place.

28-May-04

ThessalonikiGreece Unknown Explosives0 0 A car, belonging to a Turkishemployee of the Black Sea Bank, wasseverely damaged by a homemadeexplosive device in a suburb ofThessaloniki. The unknownperpetrators placed the incendiarydevice, which was made of smallpropane canisters, under the car.There were no reported injuries.

28-May-04

MahmudiyahIraq Unknown Firearms1 3 Two Japanese freelance journalistsand their Iraqi translator were killedin an attack south of Baghdad. Thejournalists were returning to thecapital from Samawah, south ofBaghdad, where they had gone toreport on Japanese troops deployedthere. Their vehcile burst into flamesinjuring their Iraqi driver as well.

29-May-04

VladikavkazRussia Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 An explosion occurred on theMoscow-Vladikavkaz passenger train,derailing seven cars of the train andinjuring several person. Thepassengers were transferred to theunaffected cars and taken to therailway station in Vladikavkaz. Theexplosive device is believed to havebeen equivalent to 5kg of TNT and tohave been radio-controlled. A secondexplosive device was found near thespot where the train had beenderailed and next to a power linepylon. The second device wasdefused by police.

29-May-04

Turkey Unknown Firearms1 0 Police forces surrounded threesuspected terrorists as theyattempted to stage an attack nearthe Adana municipal building. Thepolice shot and injured one of theperpetrators and captured the twoothers. The suspects are reported tobe members of a terroristorganization.

29-May-04

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Gunmen killed a prominent Kurdishpolitician, Colonel MohammedHamid, the head of Kirkuk's firedepartment as well as a seniormember of the Patriotic Union ofKurdistan (PUK) party. He was alsotraveling with his wife, sister andanother relative, who were killed,when his car came under attack in adrive-by shooting.

29-May-04

JerusalemIsrael Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

1 0 An Israeli man was stabbed in theback by a Palestinian in the MuslimQuarter of Jerusalem's Old City. Thisarea of Jerusalem is an emotionalflashpoint in the conflict betweenIsraelis and Palestinians.

29-May-04

MussayabIraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Al-Mussayab power station, 52kmeast of Babil, came under attack bytwo mortar shells. Damage wascaused to the grid and affected thepower transfer links, which takepower to Babil, Karbala and al-Najaf.This is not the first attack on thestation according to sources.

29-May-04

Cali Colombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Explosives0 0 Two small pamphlet bombs explodedin different areas of Cali. The bombsalarmed residents but caused noinjuries and only minimal damage.The bombs scattered pamphlets thatreferred to the Revolutionary ArmedForces of Colombia's (FARC) 40thanniversary.

29-May-04

MuzaffarabadPakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 The residence of the former All-Parties Hurriyat Conference chief wasattacked. The leader SyedSalahuddin blamed Indian forces forthe grenade attack.

30-May-04

SrednieAchaluki

Russia Unknown Explosives0 2 Two Chechen residents were killedduring their attempt to explode an oilpipeline in Ingushetia. The bombexploded while they were trying toexplode the pipeline. Anotherexplosive device was found on thescene and was defused by police.This comes right after a series ofattacks on oil pipelines in this region.

30-May-04

Calvi France CorsicanPeople'sArmy

Explosives0 0 A small explosive charge detonatedagainst the entrance door to theCalvi town hall, on the island ofCorsica. The device was targetingAnge Santini, the Corsican regionalpresident. Only minor damage wascaused to the entrance of thebuilding and there were no reportedinjuries. A new Corsican nationalistgroup, the Corsican People's Army,claimed responsibility for this attackand two others that took place on theisland in May and June 2004.

30-May-04

Khobar SaudiArabia

Al Qaeda Firearms25 22 A shooting rampage and hostagestandoff in Saudi's oil industry hubkilled twenty-two people, mostlyforeigners. This was the worst terrorattack on Saudi soil in a year and thesecond targeting the oil industry in amonth. In the early morning, fourmilitants wearing military-styleclothing stormed the oil industryoffice compounds spraying gunfireand killing thirteen people. Themilitants then moved up the street toOasis Residential Resort. Accordingto the Saudi Interior Ministry, themilitants first tried to ram the gatewith an explosives-rigged car butwhen that failed they scaled the wall.They then proceeded to sort outMuslims from non-Muslims andcoralled at least fifty hostages in ahotel. Nine hostages were killed andforty-one resuced by Saudicommandos. Only one of theattackers was captured. Al-Qaedahas claimed responsibility for theattack.

30-May-04

PyatigorskRussia Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device was found at thehome of Pyatigorsk Mayor VladimirShestopalov. The explosive deviceconsisted of 400g of TNT. The devicewas defused before it exploded.

30-May-04

VenezuelaUnknown Firearms0 1 A group of unidentified menmurdered Oscar Henriquez,candidate for mayor of the SimonBolivar Municipality. Henriquez's wasshot multiple times after his vehiclewas stopped at approximately 11:00pm. It is unknown who carried outthe attack or what motivated it.

30-May-04

SanAndresdeSotavento

Colombia Unknown Firearms0 1 Two gunmen killed radio reporter andannouncer Paul Marquez Polo. Theattack took place at Marquez'sparents house where one of theattackers shot him. It is unknownwhat motivated the attack, however,Marquez was working as the pressliaison for several city counselorsfrom Chinu.

30-May-04


Explosives15 1 A bomb explosion on a passengerbus killed one and injured fifteenothers. The bus was parked an Sajhastation in front of the Royal NepalAirlines. The device is most likely thework of the Communist Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M) and was leftin the front of the bus, near thedriver.

30-May-04

IslamabadPakistan Unknown Firearms0 1 A key Islamic scholar, know for hisanti-American platform, was shot andkilled outside of his home by a groupof gunmen who fired on him as theysped past. Mufti NizamuddinShamzai died instantly. The motiveof the attack in not clear, but hisdeath sparked violence in Islamabad.

30-May-04

SanAndresdeSotavento

Colombia Unknown Firearms0 1 A hired gunman shot and killedjournalist and news announcer AlvaroPaul Marquez Polo. Marquez was thepress director for the current mayor'scampaign. It is unknown who carriedout the attack or what motivated it.

30-May-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms5 2 Gunmen opened fire on a convoy ofSUVs carrying British securitycontractors traveling towardsBaghdad airport, killing two Iraqisand wounding five others, includingseveral civilians. The man killed wasan Iraqi driver, either a contractor oran employee of the CoalitionProvision Authority who worked insupport of US troops. None of theBritish members of the convoy wereinjured in the attack. Several of theconvoy members who survived theattack hijacked a passing car toescape. Contractors and those whowork with US forces are the frequenttarget of insurgent attack in Iraq.

31-May-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Five Britons escaped an attack, inwhich an Iraqi citizen was killed,when gunmen attacked their convoyof civilian cars on the highway westof Baghdad.

31-May-04

Karachi Pakistan Lashkar-e-Jhangvi

Explosives50 21 A bomb blast exploded at the AliRaza Shia mosque killing twenty-onepeople, and injuring about fiftyothers. There were about fiftypeople inside the mosque when thebomb went off. AP reported that thegroup responsible for this attack wasthe Lashkar-e-Jhangui.

31-May-04

Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 1 A rocket hit the home of EducationMinister Zobaida Jalal's residenceoutside of Quetta. One of herservants died in the attacks. Theminister has been criticized forinstituting changes in the Pakistanischool system that reduce theinfluence of fundamentalist Islam andthe concept of holy war in thecurriculum.

31-May-04

GoldhungaNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 1 The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M) detonated a bombat a Village Development Committee(VDC) office in Goldhunga, killing onecivilian. The building was alsodamaged in the attack.

31-May-04

DhanushaNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Firearms0 2 Members of the Communist Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M) killed twocivilians who they accused of spyingon them. This attack took place inthe Dhanusha District, insouthwestern Nepal.

1-Jun-04 Baiji Iraq Unknown Explosives18 11 A suicide car bomb attack at acheckpoint near a US army base inBaiji, 200 km north of Baghdad, killedeleven Iraqis. Eighteen others wereseriously wounded in the attack,including fourteen memebers of theIraqi civil defense force.

1-Jun-04 Pattani Thailand Unknown Other 0 0 About twenty unknown perpetratorsbroke into the Lim Ko Nhieo Buddhistshrine in Pattani and broke lampsand threw furniture around.Authorities believe that this attackwas intended to incite conflictbetween Muslims and Buddhists.This shrine is next to the Krue Semosque, where security forces killedthirty-two people in April, inciting asectarian conflict in southernThailand that has killed over 100people.

1-Jun-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Two Polish civilian contractors werekidnapped in Baghdad byunidentified men who called at theapartment where they were lodging.One of the Poles managed to escapeunharmed. Three Kurdish securityguards and two locally-hired femaleemployees were also abducted. On 8June 2004, coalition troops managedto rescue the second Polishcontractor. As of March 2005, thewhereabouts of the remainingvictims was unknown.

1-Jun-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 25 At least twenty-five people werekilled and several others injured as aresult of a car bomb in front of theoffices of the Patriotic Union ofKurdistan (PUK) in the al-Ilwiyahdistrict of Baghdad. This attackcame as the PUK offices were busypreparing for the 29th anniversary ofthe founding of their party.

1-Jun-04 NangarharAfghanistanUnknown Explosives2 1 A high-ranking Afghan police officialwas killed when a bomb placed underhis chair exploded in his office ineastern Afghanistan. Remnants ofthe Taliban still populate neighboringprovinces.

2-Jun-04 Riyadh SaudiArabia

Unknown Firearms0 0 Militants opened fire on twoAmericans in Riyadh but no one wasinjured. The attack took place as theAmericans were leaving a residentialcompound on the Kharj highway. Theresidential compound used to houseUS military servicemen but is nowoccupied by Saudis, other Arabexpats and some Westerners.

2-Jun-04 ChechnyaUnknown Firearms2 0 The car carrying the Chechen districthead in Vedeno, Pashayev, cameunder fire. Both Pashayev and hisdriver were wounded in the attack.No further details are available.

2-Jun-04 BarrancabermejaColombia Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb, made out of two kg ofdynamite, caused over 100 millionpesos of damage to a homeappliances warehouse when itexploded in the commercial districtof Barrancabermeja. It is unknownwho carried out the attack or whatmotivated it.

2-Jun-04 KhairKhana

AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 5 Five NGO workers were killed whentheir car was ambushed in the KhairKhana District. Of the workers, onewas from Belgium, one from theNetherlands, one from Norway, andtwo were Afghans. The workersrepresented at least two NGO's:Doctors Without Borders andNorwegian Church Aid. The Talibanis said to have called, and claimedresponsibility.

2-Jun-04 AnantnagKashmir Unknown Firearms0 1 Ghulam Mohiudin, a worker for thePeople's Democratic Party was killedwhen he was shot in the district ofAnantnag. Rebels have historicallytargeted politicians and parties thatparticipate in the Indian-administered government inKashmir.

3-Jun-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 Several mortar shells were fired atthe Italian Embassy in Baghdad. NoItalians were injured in the attack,however, one Iraqi was killed andthree were wounded.

3-Jun-04 PrunellideFiumorbu

France Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive charge detonated inPrunelli de Fiumorbu, at aconstruction site, damaging aconstruction vehicle. The vehiclewas slightly damaged but there wereno reported injuries.

3-Jun-04 NangarharAfghanistanUnknown Explosives7 0 A parcel bomb exploded in a securitycommand office injuring sevenpeople. The bomb detonated whenone of the staff was attempting toopen a package, which wasaddressed to Mohammed Omar,security commander. He was not inthe office at the time, and instructedhis staff to open the package for him.

3-Jun-04 Sialkot Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A powerful bomb planted along thewall of a mobile phone shopexploded damaging several buildingsnearby, but causing no casualties.

4-Jun-04 Samara Russia Unknown Explosives71 11 An explosion occurred in the centralmarket of Samarra. A one kilogramplastic explosive device, detonatedby a hand lit fuse, went off near arailway track and behind the traders'containers. Officials speculate thatthe track may have been the (or anadditional) intended target. At leasteleven people were killed andseventy-one injured in the incident.On June 10, five Chechens weredetained for their suspectedinvolvement in the attack. Policeseized huge amounts of ammunition,firearms, and explosives from thesuspects during their arrest.Chechen residents of Samaracomplained that many of thedetentions were without cause andsent a letter to President Putindemanding that illegal activity bestopped. Although terrorismremained the most prominent theory,there was speculation that the blastmay have been the result of fightingamong businesses located in themarket. On 10 June 2004, Chechenseparatists from Kazakhstan werearrested in connection with thisincident.

4-Jun-04 JerusalemIsrael Al-FatahTanzim

Explosives0 0 Members of Fatah's Tanzim werecaptured after plotting a suicidebombing in the Jerusalem area. Whenthe explosives the bomber wascarrying failed to detonate, hereturned to Ramallah, where he andother cell members were arrested.

4-Jun-04 LiptovskyMikulas

Slovakia Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device was found in aretail store in the northern Slovakiantown of Liptovsky Mikulas, policesources said. The nineteen sticks ofindustrial explosives weighed 2.5kgand were linked to a detonator. Thedevice was found to not beoperational and was destroyed. Theincident occurred during the lead-upto the NATO conference in Bratislava.

5-Jun-04 MussayabIraq Unknown Firearms0 7 Eight people stormed into a policestation in Mussayab, opened fire andkilled seven officers before plantingexplosives to destroy the building.Several polciemen were injured inthe attack as well. The assailantswore police uniforms.

5-Jun-04 Baghdad Iraq Tawhidand Jihad

Unknown2 4 Four employees (two Americans andtwo Poles) of the US companyBlackwater were killed and twoothers injured in a road attack inBaghdad. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi'sgroup, Tawhid and Jihad, has claimedresponsibility for the attack.

5-Jun-04 NeftekumskRussia Unknown Explosives0 0 A stationary oil tank was blown up ata refinery in Neftekumsk inStavropol. The tank was 1/3 full withoil at the time and the explosioncaused a large fire. Anotherexplosive device was found in thearea shortly after the first fire wasput out. Several potential suspectshad been identified and arrested.Several theories were beingconsidered, including that the attackwas terrorism or a business rivalry.

5-Jun-04 Dhaka BangladeshUnknown Fire orFirebomb

20 9 At least nine people burned to deathwhen their double decker bus wasset afire while parked in front of theSheraton Hotel. Unidentified personsthrew a petrol bomb into the bus.This attack comes only a day beforea nationwide strike, which was calledby the opposition Awami Leagueparty.

5-Jun-04 FianarantsoaMadagascarUnknown Explosives0 0 Madagascar was the site of multipleattacks in the run-up to itsindependence day. In Fianarantsoa, aparlimentarian's vehicle wastargeted, presumably by a smallexplosive device. The MP was amember of the I Love Madagsacarruling party. Other more seriousattacks leading to injury werereported in Toliara and Mahajanga.

5-Jun-04 Iraq IslamicAl-WaqqasBrigade

Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped a Kuwaiti truckdriver, identified as Sa'idat Sa'dun,who was transporting supplies for theUS Army as he drove from Kuwait toBaghdad. A group identifying itself asKatibat al-Waqqas al-Islamiya(Islamic Al-Waqqas Brigade) releaseda video showing the driver, whoidentified himself, and advised otherdrivers not to come to Iraq.Contractors who support US forcesin Iraq are the frequent target ofinsurgent attack in Iraq.

6-Jun-04 Nuoro Italy ProletarianNuclei forCommunism

Explosives0 0 The Proletarian Nuclei forCommunism claimed responsibilityfor placing an explosive device at theoffice of the electoral committee of acandidate for the right-wing, NationalAlliance Party. The blast causedminor damage to the premises butthere were no reported injuries.Authorities found a leaflet at thescene of the attack which had anti-government statements written on it.

6-Jun-04 Bangor NorthernIreland

Unknown Explosives0 0 A pipe bomb exploded at a house onBeechwood Avenue, in Bangor.There were no reported injuries.Witnesses saw two youths runningfrom the scene slightly prior to theblast. The window, steps and frontdoor of the home were damaged bythe explosion.


Unknown Firearms1 1 A British reporter for the BBC wasshot and his cameraman was shot todeath by unknown assailants in theultraconservative Suweidineighborhood of Riyadh. No groupclaimed responsibility, but Al Qaedais the most likely suspect.

6-Jun-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms3 1 Gunmen opened-fire on a civilianconvoy carrying British securitycontractors who work for the London-based firm Armor Group. The attackoccurred in Mosul. One Britishsecurity contractor, Craig Dickens,was killed in the attack, and threeother injured. Security contractors inIraq are the frequent target ofinsurgent attacks.

6-Jun-04 Iraq MujahideenBrigades

Firearms0 0 Two Turkish employees of the firmKayteks, which supplied airconditioning units to US militaryforces in Iraq, were kidnapped bygunmen in early June. The men wereidentified as Soner Sercali and MuratKizil. The group kidnapping the twomen identified themselves as theMujahideen Brigade. After theKayteks firm announced that it wouldno longer work with US forces in Iraq,the captors released their hostageson July 3, 2004, along with a videoshowing the men promising not towork with coalition forces.Contractors who support US troops inIraq are the frequent target ofinsurgent attacks.NOTE: Kidnappingdate is approximate

7-Jun-04 BallymenaNorthernIreland

Unknown Explosives0 0 Loyalists, specifically the UlsterVolunteer Force (UVF) are beingblamed for planting an explosivedevice under a vehicle that belongsto Michael Agnew, a member of SinnFein, in Ballymena. The device wasdescribed as an, eight-inch pipebomb with a timing device. Policeevacuated the premises and safelydetonated the bomb.

7-Jun-04 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A Buddhist teacher, who taught Thailanguage at an Islamic religiousschool, was shot and killed in front of200 of his students in southernThailand. This is one of threecivilians that were killed on this day,which authorities blame on Muslimseparatists. There has been anincrease in sectarian violence in thearea, including attacks againstcivilians in the past three months.

7-Jun-04 Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 A Buddhist shop owner was shot andseriously injured in southernThailand, by suspected Muslimseparatists. This is one of threearmed attacks that targeted civiliansand took place on this evening.Authorities are concerned thatsectarian violence is on the rise insouthern Thailand.

7-Jun-04 Belfast NorthernIreland

Unknown Explosives0 0 A petrol bomb was thrown into aProtestant home in south Belfast.The device didn't explode, but theresident, who is elderly, was treatedfor shock after the attempted attack.This was one of two petrol bombattacks in this area on this evening.Authorities are blaming republicansof involvement.


Unknown Explosives0 0 A petrol bomb, the second of its kindon this evening, detonated on awaste ground in south Belfast. Nodamage was caused and it is unclearwhat this device was targeting.Authorities are blaming republicansfor this attempted attack.

7-Jun-04 Niazyo AfghanistanUnknown Explosives2 2 Two students were killed whengrenades were thrown at theirschool. The Niazyo school is areligious institution.

7-Jun-04 Logar AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 1 Suspected Taliban fighters attackeda government building in Logarprovince killing one Afghanpoliceman during a three-hourgunfight.

8-Jun-04 Thailand Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

1 0 Thawee Nooyom, a teacher at atechnical college in Pattani Province,was stabbed and critically injured bysuspected Muslim separatists. This isthe fourth attack on Buddhistcivilians in the past two days andauthorities are concerned thatsectarian violence is on the rise.Nooyom was mobbed by threeunknown perpetrators as he left hisapartment on the school's campus.He was stabbed several times andtaken to the hospital.

8-Jun-04 Luciana France CorsicanPeople'sArmy

Explosives1 0 An explosive device detonated at anannex to the town hall in Luciana, onthe island of Corsica. One personwas injured by shards of glass fromthis blast. This was one of twoexplosions that took place on thisblock within moments of each other.The Corsican People's Army claimedresponsibility for the blast in July2004. On 9 October 2006, threemen, Frederic Castelli, FredericPereira and Sauveur Cross Ballati,were arrested in connection with thisattack and the one next door at abar.

8-Jun-04 Luciana France Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated at abar in Luciana. The bar belongs tothe son-in-law of the mayor of thecity, Joseph Galetti. This blast tookplace within moments of another atthe town hall next door. On 9October, three men, Frederic Castelli,Frederic Pereira and Sauveur CrossBallati, were arrested in connectionwith this attack and the one nextdoor at the Luciana town hall.

8-Jun-04 Bologna Italy Unknown Explosives6 0 An explosive device, made of a bottlefull of inflammable liquid, a detonatorand a timer, detonated at a politicalrally in Bologna, which featuredNational Alliance party leaderGianfranco Fini. The device explodedin the middle of Fini's speech,injuring six people, but causing nomajor damage. The bomb had beenhidden inside an election vehicle onthe side of the stage and only thedetonator managed to explode.Authorities believe that anarchistsmight be behind the attack.

8-Jun-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives25 9 A taxi carrying three suicide bombersexploded near the mayor of Mosul'soffice. Nine Iraqis were killed andtwenty-five were wounded. Thisbombing repeats a patternestablished over the last yearwhereby suicide attacks are mostfrequent when the generalinsurgency is not active in Iraq.


Al Qaeda Firearms0 1 An American citizen who had beenliving and working in the kingdom forfive years for Vinnell Corp, a USdefense contractor, was killed byunknown gunmen. He was followedfrom a nearby clinic by two or threegunmen. He was shot nine times inthe head and left to die on theentrance of his house. Al Qaeda laterclaimed responsibility for this attack.

8-Jun-04 France Unknown Unknown0 0 Unknown perpetrators attacked theapartment of the director of theFamily Welfare Fund (CAF)'s Corse-du-Sud branch. Both the weaponused and the means of attack areunclear. The CAF remained closedfor a day to protest the attack.

8-Jun-04 GuwahatiIndia ULFA Explosives23 0 Twenty-three were injured whensuspected United Liberation Front ofAssam (ULFA) militants threw agrenade into a crowded cinema hallduring a town screening of a Hindimovie. The police say that theattacks may be connected to a ULFAcall for the banning of Hindi movieslast year. The group opposes thestate film industry and is believed tohave been responsible for explosionsat other cinemas in Assam.

8-Jun-04 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped two Turkishbusinessmen, the executives for theTurkish Serka Construction Company,which is participating in several Iraqireconstruction projects. The twowere identified as Adnan Azizogluand Tarkan Arikoglu, both of whomwere kidnapped near Fallujah. Thetwo men's driver, Fethi Kiyas, wasalso kidnapped. Azizoglu wasreleased on the same day as thekidnapping, June 8, 2004, andArikoglu and Kiyas were released thefollowing day, June 9, 2004.Contractors and those who supportIraqi reconstruction are the frequenttarget of insurgent attack in Iraq.

9-Jun-04 Baiji Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Saboteurs blew up an important oilpipeline near Baiji, forcing authoritiesto cut output on the national grid byten percent.

9-Jun-04 Groznyy ChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 0 A powerful explosive device wasfound and rendered harmless in thebuilding of the Republican BuildingCommittee, a representative of theChechen Interior Ministry. A staffmember of the Committee notedsuspicious wires in the basement andcalled police. The ground bomb witha fuse was defused before it couldcause any damage.

9-Jun-04 Cargese France Unknown Explosives0 0 A holiday villa, that belongs to aresident of mainland France, wasseriously damaged by an explosivedevice in Cargese. The villa wasunoccupied at the time of the blastand there were no injuries. This wasone of two bomb blasts on this nighttargeting second homes.

9-Jun-04 VescovatoFrance Unknown Explosives0 0 A second home, belonging to a manfrom Bastia, was seriously damagedin an explosive attack in Vescovato.This was one of two explosive attacksthat targeted holiday villas on thisnight.

9-Jun-04 Dargecit Turkey Unknown Firearms0 0 Unknown perpetrators attacked theDargecit police outpost and theDistrict Gendarme Commandbuilding in Dargecit, in MardinProvince. The perpetrators usedlong-barreled rifles in the attack andit is unclear whether anyone waskilled or injured.

9-Jun-04 Semdinli Turkey Unknown Firearms0 0 Unknown gunmen attacked twopolice points in Semdinli, in HakkariProvince with long-barreled rifles androcket launchers. These stations arelocated at the exit of the district. Nofurther information is provided.

9-Jun-04 Tangal Nepal Unknown Explosives0 0 A petrol bomb was thrown at theresidence of the Pakstani envoy toNepal at Tangal. No damage wascaused.

9-Jun-04 KathmanduNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Firearms0 0 Members of the Communist Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M) pointed gunsat the guards of the Modern IndianSchool before it opened for classes.The perpetrators then doused sevenschool buses with petrol anddetonated them with homemadebombs.

10-Jun-04 LondonderryNorthernIreland

Unknown Explosives1 0 About fifty petrol bombs were thrownat police officers in Londonderry asthey escorted electoral officers andballot boxes from various pollingstations. The perpetrators weredescribed as a group of youths, someeven children. One man was hit witha device and taken away in anambulance.

10-Jun-04 Furiani France Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated inFuriani, seriously damaging awarehouse that belongs to GreatCasino. The blast caused thesprinkler system to go off, whichweakened the building's ceiling. Theowner of this warehouse wasrecently placed under formal judicialreview for connections withnationalist leader Charles Pieri.

10-Jun-04 Santiago Chile Other Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded outside of theBanco del Estado building at 4:25am. A previously unknown groupcalling itself Julio Guerra, SouthernOperation claimed responsibility forthe attack, which destroyed threeATMs, caused significant structuraldamage to the building, andshattered windows within a 150 footradius. The group claimed the attackwas a form of retaliation for delays inpassing a bill on behalf of peopleimprisoned on terrorism charges.

10-Jun-04 Konduz AfghanistanTaliban Firearms5 13 Eleven Chinese construction workerswere slain in Konduz whenunidentified gunmen broke into theirquarters and shot them as they slept.Two Afghan police guarding the sitewere also killed. Four Chinesenationals survived and were treatedfor gunshot wounds. Though Talibanmembers immediately deniedinvolvement in the attack, Afghanauthorities believed that the Talibanand Hizbul-i-Islami were involved inthe attack. Two of ten men thatwere arrested were affiliated with thegroups. In October 2004, four menwere convicted of perpetrating thisattack, but still no group claimedofficial responsibility.

10-Jun-04 Ramadi Iraq JihadBrigades

Firearms0 0 Seven Turkish construction workersemployed by the Serka constructionfirm were kidnapped by gunmen nearRamadi. A group calling itself theJihad Brigades claimed responsibilityfor the kidnapping and released avideo showing four of the hostagesand dmeanding that Turkish firmsstop supporting US forces in Iraq. Allof the men were released safely onJune 12, 2004, several days afterbeing kidnapped. Contractors whosupport US forces and operations inIraq are the frequent target ofinsurgent attacks.

11-Jun-04 RandalstownNorthernIreland

Unknown Explosives0 0 Three crude incendiary devices wereleft under three different cars inRandalstown. Two of the devicesdetonated, causing minor scorchdamage to the vehicles and onefailed to ignite. There were noreported injuries.

11-Jun-04 Gercus Turkey Unknown Firearms0 2 One police officer and one watchmanwere killed when unknown gunmenopened fire on the district official'slodgings in Gercus, in BatmanProvince. The two killed were SerkanYavuz and Mehmet Ali Atilgan.

11-Jun-04 YusufiyahIraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen stormed a police station inYusufiyah, drove off ten poorlyarmed police, with small arms andblew up the station. This is the fourthsuch attack in a week against Iraqisecurity installations.

11-Jun-04 Ban Kha Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Suspected Islamic militants attackedthe Wang Krapoh school in Pattaniprovince's Krapoh district. Theschool was being protected bycivilian volunteers, who were quicklyoverwhelmed. When AbdulnaseaKatooraw, one of the volunteersresisted, the attackers slit his throat,seriously injuring him. The attackersstole three rifles and one pistol fromthe volunteers before fleeing.

11-Jun-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen kidnapped and killed aLebanese man who worked for aconstruction firm in Iraq. The manwas identified as Hussein Ali Alyan.Foreigners who supportreconstruction in Iraq are thefrequent target of insurgent attack.

12-Jun-04 SantElena

Italy Unknown Explosives0 0 A homemade explosive deviceexploded outside the headquarters ofthe Forza Italia party in Sant Elena,on the island of Sardinia. This attackcame only a few hours before votingwas to begin in EU parliamentaryelections in Italy. Police arrestedthree members of the anarchistgroup, Frairi as they planted thedevice. There were no injuries andvery little damaged sustained in theblast.

12-Jun-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister BassamKubba was shot dead in Baghdad,making this the first assassination ofan Iraqi national official since theinauguration of the new interimgovernment on June 1. Kubba wasshot in the abdomen when attackersopened fire on him as he was on hisway to work from his home in theAdhamiya district. He was a veterancareer diplomat.

12-Jun-04 Najaf Iraq Unknown Firearms7 3 Three people were killed and sevenothers were wounded wheninsurgents clashed with Iraqi police ina failed attempt to control the Ghiripolice station in Najaf.

12-Jun-04 PahalgamKashmir Al-Nasireen

Explosives24 4 A Pahalgam hotel was the target of agrenade attack, which killed fourpeople, including two tourists. Thegrenade triggered the explosion of agas canister in the hotel's restaurant,which made the explosion moredeadly. Al-Nasireen has claimedresponsibility for the attack. In theirclaim of responsibility the groupstates that they hope to discourageobscenity and nudity being importedinto the land of Islam's martyrs.


al Qaedain theArabianPeninsula(AQAP)


0 1 One American contractor waskidnapped in Riyadh. The FallujahBrigade of Al-Qaeda in the ArabianPeninsula claimed responsibility forthe attack and threatened to killJohnson if several militant Islamistswere not released from prison and ifUS forces did not leave the region.The hostage was identified as PaulJohnson, who was working as anaeronautics engineer for LockheedMartin. The attack occurred on thesame day as another Americancontractor was killed in Riyadh (alsoclaimed by an al-Qaeda linked group)and only days after a third Americanworker was killed in the city. On June18, 2004, the kidnappers released avideo showing the execution ofJohnson. Soon after the release ofthe video, authorities found Johnson’s beheaded body.In response, Saudipolice launched raids on the hideoutsof several al-Qaeda leaders, killingAbdulaziz al-Moqrin, the leader of al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia.

13-Jun-04 Turkey PKK/KONGRA-GELFirearms0 2 Members of the Kurdistan Workers'Party/People's Congress of Kurdistan(PKK/KONGRA-GEL) carried out anarmed attack against a gendarmerieclub in Bingol Province. Two of thegunmen were killed in the clash thatfollowed the attack.

13-Jun-04 Rafah WestBank/Gaza



0 0 The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and al-Nasir Salah al-Din Brigades claimedresponsibility for blowing up anIsraeli bulldozer and vehicle in Rafah.

13-Jun-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives13 12 A suicide car bomber killed up totwelve Iraqis, including fourpolicemen, in Baghdad. Police at thescene say they had tried to stop thesuspicious vehicle as it hurtledtowards an Iraqi military college.thirteen people were wounded aswell.

13-Jun-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms8 1 One Iraqi civilian was killed and eightIraqis were wounded, including sevenpolicemen, when unknown assailantsattacked two police patrols in Kirkuk.

13-Jun-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen killed the EducationMinistry's cultural affairs officerKamal al-Jarah. He was ambushedoutside his home as he was leavingfor work. This is the second attack onan Iraqi official in as many days.

13-Jun-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Religious leader of the Sunni Muslimcommunity, Lyad Korshid was killedin Kirkuk. He was shot while going tohis neighbors. Korshid denouncedarmed attacks on US soldiers the daybefore.

13-Jun-04 Hila Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 One Iraqi policeman was killed andtwo others were injured whenunknown assailants attacked a policestation in Hilla. A number of maskedmen arrived in three cars andclashed with police using machineguns, moartar rounds and rocket-propelled grenades. The police fledand the attackers burned down thepolice station.


Al Qaeda Firearms0 1 Al-Qaeda escalated its campaignagainst the Saudi government andWesterners in the kingdom by killingan American to avenge themistreatment of Muslim prisonersaccording to an Islamic website.Kenneth Scroggs who worked forAdvanced Electronics Company,which manufactures military andcommercial electronic parts, wasshot dead as he parked his car infront of his villa in Riyadh. The samewebsite also showed a video of anAmerican that al-Qaeda is alsoclaiming to have kidnapped in Riyadhand the killing of another American inRiyadh the week before.

13-Jun-04 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 0 The Shorabak District office wasdamaged in southern KandaharProvince when Taliban members setfire to the structure.

14-Jun-04 Turkey Unknown Explosives1 0 An explosive device detonated in agarbage dump, next to a bank in theKadikoy area of Istanbul Province.The blast injured Onur Demirel, amember of the cleaning staff. Nofurther information is provided.

14-Jun-04 Lurgan NorthernIreland

Unknown Explosives0 0 An improvised explosive devicedetonated at the Lurgan golf club,damaging the windows anddrainpipes at the clubhouse. Thebomb, which contained about 70pounds of explosives, detonated inthe middle of the night so no onewas injured. Authorities are blamingdissident republicans for the attack.


Explosives60 13 A car bomb tore through a convoycarrying contractors in Baghdadkilling eight Iraqis and three GEemployees and two bodyguards- theforeignors included two Britons, oneFrenchmen, one American and aFilipino. The blast destroyed eightvehicles and nearby buildings intorubble. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi'sgroup, Tawhid and Jihad claimedresponsibility for the attack.

14-Jun-04 WestJordan

UnitedStates


Fire orFirebomb

0 0 The Earth Liberation Front (ELF)claimed responsibility for starting afire that caused about $1.5 million indamages to a lumber warehouse inWest Jordan, Utah. In a fax claim ofresponsibility, someone representingthe group stated that the lumberyardwas attacked because of excessivepollutants released by Stock BuildingSupply's (owner of the lumberyard)forklifts. In October of 2004, JustusIreland admitted to setting fire to adelivery truck and a pallet full ofwood at the lumber yard. He facesbetween five and twenty years inprison.

15-Jun-04 ThessalonikiGreece Fires ofHell

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A group calling themselves, the Firesof Hell claimed responsibility forplacing a gas-canister firebomb atthe Church of Pilaia, in Thessaloniki.In their statement of claim, the callersaid, Their riches are our blood andprayers in the dark for us. Freedomto the gates of hell and PolikarposYeoryiadhis.

15-Jun-04 Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 A powerful explosive devicedetonated on a street lined withseveral shops, in Sirnak Province.There were no reported injuries, butmajor material damage was causedto the shops. The Kurdistan Workers'Party (PKK)- who now call themselvesthe Kurdistan Democratic Congress(KONGRA-GEL) are active in the areaand suspicion about this attack isbeing cast in their direction.

15-Jun-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 Attackers opened fire on a three-vehicle convoy of foreign contractorskilling one Iraqi national and injuringtwo foreign citizens. It was thesecond attack on a convoy carryingcontractors this week. Gunmenopened fire from a highway overpasswest of Baghdad.

15-Jun-04 Faw Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Explosions ripped through twopipelines in Faw cutting oil exportsfrom the south by more than half.Iraq's southern pipeline has been itsmain export artey and a constanttarget by saboteurs.

15-Jun-04 LaGabarra

Colombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Firearms0 34 Presumed Revolutionary ArmedForces of Colombia (FARC) guerillaskilled thirty-four farm workers in LaGabarra. Reports indicate that theworkers were coca growers whichlead to different ideas about themotivation on the massacre. Somebelieve that it was caused by anongoing battle between differentarmed groups over the control ofcoca productions and thus economicinterests. Others speculate that theattack was a destabilizing act aimedat provoking an AUC reaction andthus sabotaging the peace process.

15-Jun-04 KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Firearms3 1 The head of the Kandahar RefugeesDepartment was killed whenunidentified gunmen opened fire onhim and his bodyguards. Threepeople were also injured in theattack.

15-Jun-04 WaziristanPakistan Unknown Explosives7 3 A security officer was killed whenMuslim militants attacked a FrontierCorps checkpoint in Lada, SouthWaziristan. Two foreign terroristswere also killed. The assailants firedrockets from nearby mountains, alsoinjuring seven officers.

16-Jun-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Northern Oil Company security chiefGhazi Talabani was killed in anambush as he traveled to work.Three gunmen shot at Talabani's carafter his bodyguard left the vehicle ina crowded market. The bodyguardwas also wounded. Talabani was thecousin of Jalal Talabani, the leader ofthe Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. He isthe third official to be killed in Iraq inrecent days.

16-Jun-04 Faw Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Saboteurs blasted a key southernpipeline outside of Faw, crippling twoalready damaged pipelines, for thesecond time in as many days,shutting down Iraq's oil exports.

16-Jun-04 Kunduz AfghanistanUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

1 4 Four Afghans, including two childrenand an elderly man were killed whena remote-detonated bomb explodedas a vehicle used by Germanpeacekeepers was passing by. Oneperson was wounded. No groupclaimed responsibility, but it is mostlikely that Al Qaeda carried out thisattack.

16-Jun-04 Nepal Unknown Explosives0 0 Two bombs completely destroyed theAgricultural Research Center. Nofurther information is available.

16-Jun-04 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Explosives10 9 A car bomb exploded near an Iraqipolice car and a civilian vehiclecarrying several foreigners inRamadi. Five Iraqi police officers andfour foreigners (no nationality given)were killed and ten people, includingforeigners, injured in the attack.Foreigners in Iraq are the target offrequent insurgent attack, as theyare often suspected of being involvedin the US occupation. Police andsecurity officers are also the frequenttarget of attack.

17-Jun-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives138 35 A sport utility vehicle packed withartillery shells blew up in a crowd ofpeople waiting to volunteer for theIraqi military in Baghdad killing atleast thirty-five people and wounding138. The attack was the deadliestsince the same recruitment centerwas bombed in February. Iraq'sinterior ministerstated that hebelieves al-Qaeda linked Abu Musabal-Zarqawi was responsible.

17-Jun-04 MussayabIraq Unknown Explosives5 2 Two Iraqis were killed by a car bombattack on an electric utility stationsouth of Baghdad. The power plantcame under mortar fire before avehicle exploded at the entrance.Five employees were injured. Itmarked the fourth attack on theutility in the past three weeks.

17-Jun-04 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 0 A UNHCR office was attacked inKandahar. Unidentified individualsfired RPG-7 missiles on the officeduring the evening. The Talibanhave threatened to attack UN officesin an attempt to block the upcomingSeptember elections.

17-Jun-04 Karachi Pakistan Unknown Firearms0 1 Two men attacked Pakistan'sPeople's Party leader for Sindhprovince, Munawar Suharwardi, alsoa close confidante of Benazir Bhutto,as he was parking his car. Observersthink that he and others may betargeted by terrorists because theyrepresent the democratic opposition.

17-Jun-04 Fallujah Iraq Tawhidand Jihad


0 1 The Al Qaeda-linked group of AbuMusab al-Zarqawi, Tawhid and Jihadclaimed responsibility for beheadingthe kidnapped South Korean hostageKim Sun Il. They stated in their videoshowing Il's body that this wasretaliation for ignoring the group'sdemands that the South Koreangovernment withdraw its troops fromIraq. This is the third hostage heldby militant groups to be executedsince the war began one year ago.

18-Jun-04 Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 Two resonant bombs detonated neara bank branch on Ataturk Street inIzmir Province. Windows of thebuilding were broken in the attack,but there were no reported injuries.

18-Jun-04 Istanbul Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 A resonant bomb detonated at abank branch in the Goztepeneighborhood in Istanbul. Windowsof the building were broken but therewere no reported injuries.

18-Jun-04 Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 A resonant bomb detonated in theSaskinbakkal area of IstanbulProvince. Windows in the buildingwere shattered but there were noreported injuries.

18-Jun-04 TulkaremWestBank/Gaza


Firearms0 0 The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigadesand the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigadesclaimed joint responsibility forattacking a group of Israeli settlersnear the Tulkarem. They claim tohave wounded or killed the vehiclesoccupants, however, this has notbeen confirmed.

19-Jun-04 StaryeAtagi

Russia Unknown Explosives0 0 Reconnaissance units discovered twolandmines on the road, planted inclose proximity. One was timed todetonate minutes before the otherone. Police believe that terroristshoped to have the second oneexplode while people gatheredaround the casualties from the firstattack.

19-Jun-04 Assam India ULFA Explosives14 0 A time bomb planted by the UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA)exploded, injuring fourteen people,most of whom were day wage-earners. No further information isprovided.

19-Jun-04 Basra Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 3 A remote-detonated explosive deviceexploded near a vehicle carrying aPortuguese contractor, an Iraqi policeofficer, and an Indian contractor. Theattack occurred in Basra. Foreigncontractors are the frequent target ofinsurgent attack in Iraq.

20-Jun-04 SanVicentedeCaguan


Firearms0 2 Two or three men shot and killedMiguel Arcangel Lopez, the MunicipalSecretary General of San Vicente deCaguan, and his wife. Localauthorities believe the RevolutionaryArmed Forces of Colombia (FARC)were behind the attack. It isunknown what motivated the killing.

20-Jun-04 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Firearms2 1 A United Nations Assistance Missionin Afghanistan (UNAMA) vehicle wasdestroyed in an attack claimed bythe Taliban. One Afghan guard wasalso killed and two were wounded.


Al Qaeda Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 An Al Qaeda cell beaheadedAmerican engineer Paul Johnson whowas kidnapped last weekend. He wasthe latest victim in an escalatingcampaign of violence againstWesterners that aims at drivingforeign workers from the kingdomand undermine the ruling family.

21-Jun-04 Yopal Colombia Unknown Explosives0 5 Five people were killed when agrenade was thrown into a local bar.Some reports indicate that thegrenade was thrown by two men ona motorcycle while others indicateonly one person was involved. It isunknown who is responsible for theattack or what motivated it.

21-Jun-04 Logar AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 0 A UN electoral office in the Pul-i-LamDistrict was attacked with handgrenades. The attacks come on theheels of threats from the Taliban thatthey would attempt to disrupt theelectoral process.

21-Jun-04 Dhaka BangladeshUnknown Explosives70 0 At least seventy people were injuredwhen a bomb exploded at an AwamiLeague rally in northeasternBangladesh. The bomb was placedunderneath the platform wherelawmaker Suranjit Sengupta spoke.

21-Jun-04 Algiers Algeria SalafistGroup forCall andCombat(GSPC)

Explosives11 0 The Salafist Group for Call andCombat (GSPC) claimed a truck-bomb attack on the Hamma powerstation outside Algiers, which injuredeleven people and caused poweroutages throughout the country.While initially the governmentmaintained the explosion was anaccident, there was a great deal ofspeculation that this was in fact aterrorist attack. Suspicion wascorroborated by what witnessesclaimed was a crater at the site ofthe bombing where the truck wasdetonated. As well, the GSPC hasfrequently resorted to the targetingof power stations in its challenge tostate authority. On July 6th, thedirector General of the NationalSecurity Agency, Ali Tounsi,confirmed that the explosion was anintentional attack.

21-Jun-04 Antrim NorthernIreland

Unknown Other 1 0 Billy McNeill, a disabled Protestantman from Antrim, was attacked by agang of up to six men as he wasgetting out of a taxi near his home.McNeill was beaten with sticks andsuffered injuries to his head and abroken finger. McNeill blames theattack on nationalists and authoritiesadmit that sectarian violence hasbeen increasing in the area in recentweeks. A Sinn Fein councilor, MartinMeehan, rejected the claim thatnationalists were involved in thisattack.

22-Jun-04 Turkey Unknown Explosives1 0 One police officer was injured whenan explosive device detonated inIstanbul Province. The device hadbeen attached to an anti-NATObanner that was hung on a bridge.US President George Bush isscheduled to visit Istanbul in only afew days to attend a NATO summit inthe city at the end of the month.

22-Jun-04 Cyprus Unknown Unknown0 0 A branch of an HSBC bank wasattacked in Cyprus. According tosources malicious damage wascaused to the bank and authoritieswere notified not to release anyfurther information to the public.

22-Jun-04 ArghandabAfghanistanTaliban Explosives2 1 An election registration team wasattacked by rockets fired on to avehicle of the security forcesaccompanying the team. One personwas killed and two others wereinjured.

22-Jun-04 KfarDarom

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 1 A Thai worker was killed as a resultof a mortar fired at the greenhouseof Kfar Darom. The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades later claimedresponsibility for the attack.

22-Jun-04 Baiji Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Saboteurs blasted a key oil pipelinetransporting crude oil from thenorthern town of Baiji to one of thecounty's largest oil refineries -another in a series of attackstargeting Iraq's infrastructure.

22-Jun-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 3 Three Iraqis were killed and severalwounded when a car bomb explodedin a Western suburb of Baghdad. Anumber of shops and cars were alsodestroyed in the attack. The attackoccurred on the day Iraq'sdesignated new president Ghazi al-Yawer visited the multi-ethnic city ofKirkuk with outgoing USadministrator Paul Bremer. It was al-Yawer's first official act in office.

22-Jun-04 Tak Bai Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Nusee Yako, a Muslim religiousteacher, was shot and killed by anunidentified assailants inNarathiwat's Tak Bai district. He wasshot at point blank range as heopened the door to his home. Nuseeran a dormitory for Muslim hilltribestudents from northern Thailand whoattend Islamic religious schools in thesouth.

23-Jun-04 Chisinau Moldova Unknown Other 0 0 Two attackers beat a Moldavianreporter investigating the misuse ofpublic funds by the Communist Party.The incident was seen as a act ofintimidation. The reporter, AlinaAnghel, survived the attack but wasinjured.

23-Jun-04 Ioannina Greece Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 An unknown caller called theElevtherotipia newspaper andclaimed responsibility for planting anarson device under a vehiclebelonging to a security company inIoannina. The caller stated TheNechayev nuclei planted the deviceas an indication of solidarity withanarchist Polikarpos Yeoryiadhis. Inhatching such schemes, the onlything that the state achieves is tohasten its destruction, converting thepassion for freedom into action andour fury into flame. We demand hisimmediate release. Let there be astruggle with all means against allforms of authority.

23-Jun-04 AnantnagIndia Unknown Explosives19 0 Nineteen people were injured when agrenade was hurled at a securitypicket at Bijbehara. The grenademissed its target and caused thelarge number of injuries.

23-Jun-04 Gwadar Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A site where Chinese engineers aredeveloping a deep-sea port, cameunder rocket attack. No one wasinjured during the explosion whichwent off at the gate of the port site.Three other bombs were detonatedas well. Police say the attacks aremeant to create instability inGwadar. The explosions went off inrapid succession.

23-Jun-04 Gwadar Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 The second of four bombs in Gwadarexploded in front of a police checkpoint area. The explosions went offin rapid succession. Police say theattacks are meant to createinstability in Gwadar.

23-Jun-04 Gwadar Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 The third four bombs in Gwadarexploded in the officers' mess hall ofthe Frontier Works Organizationbuilding. This organization is in theprocess of building a coastalhighway. The explosions went off inrapid succession. Police say theattacks are meant to createinstability in Gwadar.

23-Jun-04 Gwadar Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 The fourth of four bombs in Gwadarexploded at an area near a four starhotel. The explosions went off inrapid succession. Police say theattacks are meant to createinstability in Gwadar.

24-Jun-04 Ankara Turkey Other Explosives3 0 A small explosive device detonatedin front of a Hilton Hotel in Ankara,where US President George Bush wasexpected to stay when he came toTurkey for a NATO summit. Threepeople were injured by this blast,including two police officers.Authorities had been notified thatthere was a suspicious package infront of the hotel and one of theofficers had approached the deviceto investigate when it detonated andtore off one of his legs. A secondexplosive attack took place inIstanbul only hours after this one.According to the US government, asmall marxist group known as MLKP-FESK claimed responsibility for thisdevice.

24-Jun-04 Istanbul Turkey RevolutionaryPeoples'LiberationParty-Front(DHK

Explosives15 4 An explosive device detonatedaboard a passenger bus in Istanbul,killing four people, including thebomber and injuring at least fifteenothers. The blast occurred when thebus had traveled into a residentialneighborhood, near a university.Police identified the bomber asSemiran Polat, a woman from themainly Kurdish province of Tunceli.Police believe that this device wasnot intended to have detonated onthe bus but that Polat wastransporting it to another unknowntarget. This attack comes a few daysbefore US President Bush isscheduled to visit the city to attend aNATO summit. It also comes only afew hours after another devicedetonated at a hotel in Ankara,injuring two people. TheRevolutionary People's LiberationParty-Front (DHKP-C) claimedresponsibility for the mistakenattack, stating that on 24th of June,uninvolved people have lost theirlives together with our comradeSemiran Polat, when a bombexploded by mistake in a bus in theIstanbul quarter Capa. The bombthat was carried with our comradeshould have been used for aretaliation action in the purchase ofthe massacre against her comradesin prison.

24-Jun-04 MakhachkalaRussia Unknown Firearms0 1 Kamil Etibekov, FSB departmentchief for Dagestan, was killed nearthe entrance to his house. He was aterrorism investigator and officialsbelieve that his death is linked to hisprofessional activities.

24-Jun-04 Paktia AfghanistanJaish-ul-Muslimin


0 4 Four United Nations AssistanceMission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) staffwere killed in Paktia Province, after aremote-detonated bomb exploded astheir vehicle was traveling along aroad. The workers were involved invoter registration. A group opposedto the US and Afghan governmentcalled, Jaish-ul-Muslimin claimedresponsibility for the attack in a faxsent to a Peshawar news agency. Itis one of many occurring as theelections approach.

24-Jun-04 Assam India ULFA Explosives15 5 Five passengers on a minibus werekilled when United Liberation Front ofAssam (ULFA) militants triggered atime bomb. Fifteen others wereinjured in the blast.

24-Jun-04 Multan Pakistan Unknown Explosives7 0 Unidentified assailants attacked aPakistani police station in northwestPakistan using rockets and grenades.Seven people were injured in theattack. Authorities believe that theattacks could be in retaliation forPakistani operations in Waziristangeared towards stemming Al-Qaedaactivity.

25-Jun-04 Istanbul Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 Police discovered a car containingexplosives parked in a parking lot atthe Ataturk Airport in Istanbul. Thisattack comes the day before USPresident George Bush is to visitIstanbul to attend a NATO summit.There have been many explosiveattacks around the country in thedays leading up to this visit.

25-Jun-04 Istanbul Turkey Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 An explosive device, containing overfourteen pounds of highly powerfulexplosives, was found and safelydefused in a parking garage at theIstanbul Airport. The device hadbeen planted inside a spare tire andwas to be detonated by remotecontrol when US President GeorgeBush's plane was landing at theairport. The bomb was discoveredonly two days before Bush was dueto arrive and only hours beforeTurkey's prime minister landed toattend a NATO summit. Turkish andUS officials denied all reports aboutthis incident until after the summitwas wrapped up, in order to avoidunnecessary panic and possibly tohide their embarrassment of such alarge security breach. Authoritieswere blaming the Kurdistan Workers'Party (PKK)- who now call themselvesthe Kurdistan Democratic Congress(KONGRA-GEL))- for the attemptedattack, but the group has denied allresponsibility.

25-Jun-04 Moscow Russia Unknown Firearms1 1 Former Chechen deputy primeminister, Yan Sergunin, was killedwhen he and his wife were shot atwhile in their car in Moscow. His wifewas injured. Sergunin wasconsidered to be Kadyrov's loyal manand worked closely with StanislavIlyasov, a former Prime Minister ofChechnya. Sources reported thatthere may have been a 'Chechentrace' in the killing.

25-Jun-04 Uruzgan AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 16 In Uruzgan, sixteen people werekilled as they were attempting toregister to vote. The people, mostlyrefugees, were apparently killed formerely having the voter registrationcards. They were ethnic Hazara, andhad just returned from Iran. TheTaliban is suspected in the attack,the government reported.

25-Jun-04 SuranKote

Kashmir Unknown Firearms12 12 Militants shot and killed a dozenpeople when they opened fire atresidential houses. Most of thevictims were family members of thelocal village defense committee.Rebels have targeted security forcesand their families in the past. Twelvepeople were also injured in theattack.

25-Jun-04 Moga Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)


0 1 Members of the Communist Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M) hacked acivilian to death in the VDC-2 (villagedevelopment committee area) inDhankuta.

25-Jun-04 KathmanduNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)


0 1 Maoist rebels from the CommunistParty of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M)abducted a relative of former Nepalpremier Surya Bahadu and killed himby slitting his throat. He was thecaretaker of the village house.

25-Jun-04 Toliara MadagascarUnknown Explosives35 0 On the evening before Madagascar'sindependence day, an unidentifiedattacker threw a grenade at a groupof government officials gathered at apodium. While the assailant missedhis intended targets, in the ensuingpanic, thirty-five people were injured,five seriously. Other bombings tookplace in Fianarantsoa andMahajanga, however, it was unclearif the attacks were part of acoordinated effort.

25-Jun-04 MahajangaMadagascarUnknown Explosives2 0 An unidentified explosive devicewent off on the eve of Madagascar'sindependence day, injuring twopeople. The incident occurred inMahajanga and was the third suchattack of its kind that day.

25-Jun-04 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives1 3 Three Iraqi policemen were killed andanother injured following a rocketattack launched by gunmen at apolice station in the Habhab areaoutside of Baqubah.

25-Jun-04 Tak Bai Thailand Unknown Firearms2 0 Unidentified gunmen opened fire ona volleyball practice, injuring a girland a teacher. Authorities believethat the teacher was the target ofthe attack.

26-Jun-04 Rangoon Burma(Myanmar)

Unknown Explosives0 0 Burmese authorities are blamingterrorists from Thailand for plantingseven small explosive devices nearthe main railway station in Rangoon.Three of the devices detonated andfour were discovered and defused bybomb experts. There were noreported injuries. The attackers mayhave planted the devices in order togive Burma an image of instabilityand to disrupt a National Conventionbeing held to draw up a newconstitution.

26-Jun-04 Came France Unknown Explosives0 0 A homemade explosive device,consisting of a small cylinder of gasconnected to a triggering device, wasdiscovered and defused in Came, inthe Basque country in France. Thedevice had been planted outside anagricultural cooperative belonging toLur berria (New land). A similardevice was found at the samelocation in 2000.

26-Jun-04 Ankara Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 Two masked attackers threw aMolotov cocktail at the Teksif Unionheadquarters and OYAK (ArmyMutual Aid Association) GeneralDirectorate on Ziya Gokalp Boulevardin Ankara. The attack, which did notcause any damage, occurred soonafter the arrival of US PresidentGeorge Bush to Ankara for a NATOsummit.

26-Jun-04 BahcelievlerTurkey Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device, which had beenplanted on an overpass inBahcelievler, in Istanbul Province,detonated. Authorities were alertedto the device from a tip-off and hadjust arrived on the scene when itdetonated. There were no reportedinjuries. This attack comes on theday that US President Bush arrived inIstanbul to attend a NATO summit.

26-Jun-04 JalalabadAfghanistanTaliban Explosives11 2 A bomb exploded inside of a buscarrying UN Afghan female electionworkers to voter registration sites. Itis the first violence associated withthe upcoming parliamentaryelections since their announcement.The Taliban have threatened todisrupt activities supporting theSeptember elections.

26-Jun-04 Lahore Pakistan Unknown Firearms0 3 An opposition politician of the exiledprime minister Nawaz Sharif's MuslimLeague was shot and killed by twounidentified persons, who shot thepolitico as they sped by on amotorcycle. They opened fire on hiscar in front of Punjab University. Twoothers traveling with him died oftheir injuries as well.Observers thinkthat he and others may be targetedby terrorists because they representthe democratic opposition.


Firearms0 0 Terrorists of the al-Tawhid wa al-Jihadgroup kidnapped and threatened tokill three Turkish nationals unlessTurkey agrees to remove all of itscitizens from Iraq. Turkey has notroops in Iraq but there are Turkishfirms working on reconstructionefforts there. This group alreadybeheaded an American and a SouthKorean in Iraq and is thought to bebehind several suicide attacks inIraq. The three victims werereleased, unharmed on 30 June 2004.

26-Jun-04 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives2 3 Attackers fired rocket-propelledgrenades at the offices of the leadingShiite political group, the SupremeCouncil of the Islamic Revolution inIraq, in Baqubah killing three partymembers and injuring two.

27-Jun-04 Groznyy ChechnyaUnknown Explosives3 1 Three local residents were injuredand one killed when a mine explodednear a roadside café in Groznyy.Police were investigating theincident.

27-Jun-04 SantaMarta

Colombia UnitedSelfDefenseForces ofColombia(AUC)

Firearms0 0 The United Self-Defense Forces ofColombia (AUC) kidnapped formersenator Jose Gnecco Cerchar, hiswife, and their five children. Thekidnapping occurred two days beforenegations between the AUC and theColombia government werescheduled to start. Authoritiesdemanded his release andspeculated that the event was aimedat stalling the negotiations. RodrigoTovar, an AUC leader apologized forthe abductions and promised thatGnecco would be released. He alsosuggested that authorities shouldlook into Gnecco's financial activities.

27-Jun-04 Khulna BangladeshUnknown Explosives0 1 The editor of a local daily was killedin a bomb blast in Khulna. This is thefifth media member to have beenkilled since 2001. He was the editorof the Bangladesh SangbadSangstha.

27-Jun-04 Moraj WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Hamas claimed responsibility forfiring several mortars at the Jewishsettlement of Moraj in southernGaza. No one was injured.

27-Jun-04 Hila Iraq Unknown Explosives22 40 Explosions rocked the center of thepredominantly Shiite Muslim city ofHilah, killing forty people and injuringtwenty-two. The blasts occurred nearthe former Saddam Hussein mosque,and may have been caused by a pairof car bombs.

28-Jun-04 Antrim NorthernIreland

Unknown Explosives0 0 A pipe bomb detonated in themailbox of a home in the Rathenrawestate, in Antrim. The family, whichconsisted of a couple and their 16-year-old son were at home at thetime of the blast but were uninjured.The mailbox was damaged by theexplosion.

28-Jun-04 Ankara Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 A small explosive device detonatedoutside the Defense Ministry's fuel oilsupply and NATO Pool Installations inAnkara. The blast shattered windowsin surrounding buildings and anumber of vehicles parked nearbywere damaged. This attack comesonly days after US President Bushvisited Ankara and Istanbul to attenda NATO summit. There have beenmany similar attacks in the daysleading up to his visit.

28-Jun-04 Galeria France Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive charge detonated at arestaurant in Galeria, in Haute-Corsedepartment, on the island of Corsica.The blast caused serious damage tothe building, but there were noreported injuries.

28-Jun-04 Karachi Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A rocket was fired at the marriagehall at Jamshed Quarters. The devicewas reportedly fired from a batteryand timer from the railway area nextto the Crime InvestigationDepartment Office. The USConsulate was also within the rangeof the rockets. Authorities actuallydiscovered two bombs set to befired, but only one was set off.

28-Jun-04 Sederot Israel Hamas(IslamicResistanceMovement)

Explosives15 2 Two Israelsi were killed and aboutfifteen others were injured when twohome-made Qassam rockets landedon Sederot. Hamas has claimedresponsibility for the attack.

29-Jun-04 Istanbul Turkey Unknown Explosives3 0 Three members of an airportcleaning personnel were injuredwhen an explosive device, containingC-4 explosives, detonated on anaircraft at the Ataturk airport inIstanbul. The plane had just arrivedfrom Izmir Province, on the Aegeancoast and was scheduled to fly toStockholm. This attack comes in thesame week that US President Bushvisited Turkey to attend a NATOsummit. There have been a numberof attacks all over the country in theten days prior to his visit.


Other Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A group of police officers wereattacked by a gang of youths withpetrol bombs, as they were trying toblock a road in west Belfast. Theattack occurred on Springfield Roadin the city. There were no injuries,but one of the police officer'svehicles was damaged by thedevices. Later in the evening, thesame group of officers was attackedfor a second time by youths whowere throwing stones and at leasttwo other petrol bombs.



0 0 A petrol bomb was thrown at theNew Barnsley police station in westBelfast, causing scorch damage tothe premises. None of the officerswere injured by the attack.

29-Jun-04 Srinagar Kashmir Unknown Explosives4 0 A grenade blast injured four peoplein Srinagar, after the device wasthrown towards a security picket, andfell short of its target.

29-Jun-04 DhangahiNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 Members of the Communist Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M) exploded apowerful bomb in the office of anNGO -- the Backward EducationSociety -- that was working to freeand rehabilitate bonded workers.The building was destroyed in theblast.

29-Jun-04 Sederot Israel Hamas(IslamicResistanceMovement)

Explosives10 2 A Palestininan rocket attack near akindergarden in Sederot killed a childand a man. More than ten peoplewere injured. Hamas has claimedresponsibility for the attack.

29-Jun-04 Iraq Tawhidand Jihad

Firearms0 1 Two Bulgarian truck drivers werekidnapped by militants as they drovetheir truck to Mosul, in northern Iraq.The drivers were seen on avideotape, released by Tawhid andJihad, a group associated with AbuMusab al-Zarqawi. The groupthreatened to kill both men unlessthe United States released Iraqidetainees. The first man, GeorgiLazov, was killed on 13 July. Thesecond hostage, Ivaylo Kepov, wasalso killed by the militants, hisbeheaded body was found floating inthe Tigris River on 22 July.

30-Jun-04 Biguglia France ClandestiniCorsi

Explosives0 0 A low-powered explosive devicedetonated at Waffa Banque, a privatebank in Biguglia, owned by residentsof Northern African descent. Theblast shattered the windows ofnearby buildings and a passer-by hadto be treated for shock. This was oneof two attacks on this eveningtargeting residents of North Africanorigin. On 7 July, the groupClandestini Corsi claimedresponsibility for this attack andanother that targeted a shop ownedby Northern Africans. In their claimof responsibility, the group writesthese actions have a precise goal: tostop immigration which has beenplaguing the island for far too longalready, it is unacceptable that thisriffraff gets rich of our land.

30-Jun-04 Bastia France ClandestiniCorsi

Unknown0 0 A business, owned by residents ofNorthern African descent, wastargeted in an attack. It is unclearwhat weapon or tactic was used inthis attack. Slight damage wascaused to the premises. On 7 Julythe group Clandestini Corsi claimedresponsibility for this attack andanother on a bank owned byNorthern Africans. In their claim ofresponsibility, the group writes theseactions have a precise goal: to stopimmigration which has been plaguingthe island for far too long already, itis unacceptable that this riffraff getsrich of our land.

30-Jun-04 Agam AfghanistanUnknown Explosives3 0 A bomb, which exploded in thevincinity of a Jeep, wounded severalpeople who were standing nearby.The vehicle belonged to a voterregistration center, and the devicewent off as the Jeep was passing by.There were several injuries causedby this attack.

30-Jun-04 JalalabadAfghanistanUnknown Explosives27 1 A bomb planted at a security postnear a bus station and one placed ata security post on a main road, killedone man and injured twenty-sevenothers. The two bombs went offshortly after 1:00 pm, both werehidden in fruit carts. Authoritiesblame anti-government militias ofcarrying out the attack.

30-Jun-04 Dhading Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Firearms0 0 Members of the Communist Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M) abductedmore than a dozen headmasters ofprimary, secondary, and lower-secondary schools in eight differentvillage development communities ofDhading District, forcing them toparticipate in an interaction. Nofurther information is available.

30-Jun-04 LaasCaanood

Somalia Unknown Unknown0 0 Local press is reporting that fiveSomalis working with a UK NGOspecializing in mine-clearing werekidnapped in Northern Somalia. TheBritish organization sponsoring theirwork, Halo Trust, has been operatingin Somalia since 1999. To date, theperpetrators are unknown, however,militia involvement is suspected.

1-Jul-04 PrunellideFiumorbu

France Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive charge detonatedoutside the entrance to a tax office inPrunelli de Fiumorbu. The front doorof the building was slightly damagedand some windows were shattered.

1-Jul-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 3 A bomb, planted on the side of theroad, detonated as a senior Iraqiofficial drove by. The devicetargeted Ehsan Karim, the head ofthe Finance Ministry's audit board,who was driving by on his way to hisoffice. Karim was injured, as werefour other bystanders. Hisbodyguard and driver were killed,along with a nurse at a nearbyhospital. Insurgents have beentargeting Iraqi officials, who theyaccuse of being collaborators with USforces.

2-Jul-04 Van Turkey KurdistanFreedomHawks(TAK)


24 5 A remote-detonated explosive deviceexploded in Blue Plaza on OrduBoulevard in Van as Hikmet Tan, thegovernor of Van was passing throughwith his convoy. Five people werekilled and twenty-four other injuredby the blast. Hikmet was uninjuredby the bomb. A Kurdish organizationcalling itself the Kurdistan FreedomHawks (TAK) claimed responsibilityfor this assassination attempt. Intheir claim of responsibility, thegroup writes, we will speak in alanguage that the Turkish state willunderstand and we will develop ourrevolutionary resistance struggle in amore radical manner in the face ofthe unjust and ugly policy that iscurrently being pursued by theTurkish state.

2-Jul-04 Doda Kashmir Unknown Explosives5 6 Six police personnel were killed andfive injured when militants detonatedan improvised explosive device as aconvoy was passing by. The convoywas escorting a member ofParliament.

2-Jul-04 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A rocket propelled grenade waslaunched at the headquarters of theIraqi Islamic Party, killing one guard.The blast took place just momentsafter the party deputy chief, Hajemal-Hassani, had left for the day.Hassani is Industry Minister in theinterim Iraqi government.

2-Jul-04 Baghdad Iraq KarbalaBrigades

Explosives3 0 A group calling themselves theKarbala Brigade claimedresponsibility for firing two rocketsinto Baghdad, which hit two separatehotels. The first rocket hit theSheraton Hotel, which is frequentedby foreign journalists and securitycontractors. The blast caused minordamage and there were no reportedcasualties. The second rocket landedin a parking lot at the Baghdad Hotel,which is also used by foreigners.Three people were injured in theparking lot. A third rocket misfiredand destroyed the van being used bythe militants to launch the devices.

2-Jul-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A statue in Wathik Square, inBaghdad was hit by a rocket. Thisattack and three other rocket attacksthat took place in Baghdad on thisday are being blamed on insurgents,who have continued their campaigndespite a handover of power fromthe US to Iraq on 28 June.

2-Jul-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A rocket hit the Indonesian Embassyin Baghdad, but did not explode.This attack and three others inBaghdad on this day are beingblamed on insurgents who arecontinuing their campaign againstcoalition forces, despite a handoverof power from the US to Iraq on 28June.

2-Jul-04 Sederot WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives1 0 A rocket was fired into the Sederotsettlement in the Gaza Strip. Oneperson was slightly injured by theattack, which is being blamed onPalestinian militants. The rocketlanded near Natan Elbaz Street andcaused many citizens to be treatedfor shock.

2-Jul-04 Pokhara Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Firearms1 1 Members of the Communists Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M) shot themayor of Pokhara, a major touristtown. Mayor Harkha Gurung wasdriving through a crowded marketplace on his way to work, when apedestrian stopped to shake hishand. When the mayor stopped totalk to the person, they shot him inthe face at close range. Two otherMaoists rush forward and alsoopened fire, on the mayor whoreceived five bullet wounds to thehead and chest. The mayor's driverwas injured in the attack.

3-Jul-04 Ajaccio France CorsicanNationalLiberationFront(FLNC)

Firearms0 0 Two unknown men on motorcyclesopened fire on the Pietrosellagendarmerie on the Ajaccio bay. Theattack took place in broad daylightand on the one-year anniversary ofthe arrest of Yvan Colonna, thesuspected killer of Corsican prefectClaude Erignac in 1998. TheCorsican National Liberation Front(FLNC) claimed responsibility for theattack, the first that they haveclaimed since declaring a cease firein November 2003.

3-Jul-04 Russia Unknown Explosives0 0 An oil facility was bombed in Russia'sStavropol territory, causing a fire andcausing one of the tanks to pour outoil. The incident was caused by twoexplosive devices placed under theoil tanks.

4-Jul-04 Sarajevo Bosnia-Herzegovina

Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device was activatedoutside the house of a well-knownjournalist, Seki Radoncic in theSarajevo district of Grbavica. Thewindows of the home were broken,but there were no other casualties.Police were investigating. Sourcesimplied the attack was connectedwith some of his recent work.

4-Jul-04 Srinagar Kashmir Unknown Explosives39 2 Two people were killed and thirty-nine injured when a bomb went offnear a tourist reception center. Thedevice was placed in a hand cart. Nofurther information is available.

4-Jul-04 Dandar AfghanistanTaliban Explosives2 0 The residence of the head of the Koh-e-Safi District was attacked byrockets, injuring two women. Theattack was 15 km from Bagramairport, which hosts American forces.It is believed that the Taliban carriedout this attack.

4-Jul-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated at thehome of an Education Ministryemployee in Baghdad. Noinformation on casualties or damagescaused is available. This attack isthe most recent in a spate ofbombings targeting officials and low-level workers in the interim Iraqigovernment.

4-Jul-04 Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 A crude oil pipeline that runs fromIraq's northern oil fields to the southwas attacked by unknown assailants.The attack took place near Musayyib,about fifty miles southwest ofBaghdad. It took five fire crewshours to extinguish the blaze on theline. It is unclear how the fire wasstarted.

4-Jul-04 MevoDotan

WestBank/Gaza

al-Fatah Firearms0 1 An Israeli, traveling on a road in thenorthern West Bank, was shot andkilled by members of the Al AqsaMartyrs' Brigades, an al-Fatah-linkedmilitant group. The attack took placein Mevo Dotan, where the victim andanother passenger were driving. Thepassenger was unharmed but wastreated for shock.

4-Jul-04 Iraq IslamicArmy inIraq

Firearms0 1 A Filipino truck driver who works fora Saudi firm that supports US forceswas kidnapped in Iraq by a groupcalling itself Khalid Bin-al-WalidCorps, an offshoot of the IslamicArmy in Iraq. The group released avideo saying that it would kill thehostage if the Filipino governmentdid not leave Iraq within seventy-twohours. The group also said it hadkilled an Iraqi security memberduring the kidnapping. The hostagewas identified as Angelo de la Cruz.De la Cruz was released bykidnappers on July 20, after PresidentGloria Arroyo pulled Filipino troopsout of Iraq.Contractors who work withUS forces in Iraq are the frequenttarget of insurgent attack.

5-Jul-04 Helmand AfghanistanTaliban Remote-detonatedexplosive

2 0 The Mayor of Helmand Province wasseriously injured when his vehiclewas blown up by a remote detonateddevice. The Taliban are suspected inthe incident. The province is a hot-spot for Taliban attacks againstgovernment officials.

5-Jul-04 Khalis Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Firearms2 2 Gunmen fired at a building in Khalis,which belongs to a city councilofficial, killing two of his relatives andinjuring another two people. Themilitant group, Ansar al-Sunnahclaimed responsibility for the attack,warning other infidels that theymight experience the same fate ifthey don't repent. Insurgents havebeen targeting Iraqi officials,accusing them of collaborating withUS forces.

5-Jul-04 NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives1 0 Two mortar shells were fired at theNeve Deqalim settlement in the GazaStrip, wounding one security officer.The officer, Ilan Terteks, heard theexplosion from the first shell andrushed to the scene, where he wasinjured by the second device.


IslamicJihadJerusalem

Explosives0 0 The Saraya al Quds, the armed wingof Islamic Jihad, claimedresponsibility for firing two Quds-2rockets at the Sederot settlement. Intheir claim of responsibility, thegroup writes, despite the continuousApache shelling, our Mujahideen arenot intending to stop Jihad (Holy War)against the Zionist enemy until theenemy and its settlers leave ourterritory.


WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 The Popular Front for the Liberationof Palestine (PFLP) claimedresponsibility for firing homemadeMustafa rockets at the Neve Deqalimsettlement in the southern GazaStrip. There were no reportedinjuries sustained in the blast. Intheir communiqué, the group writes,the attack came in response to theround-the-clock crimes carried out bythe (Israeli) occupation forcesagainst our people in the West Bankand Gaza.

5-Jul-04 Gadid WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 The Popular Front for the Liberationof Palestine (PFLP) claimedresponsibility for firing a Mustafarocket at the Gadid Jewish settlementin the Gaza Strip. There were noinjuries sustained in the blast. Intheir communiqué, the group writes,the attack came in response to theround-the-clock crimes carried out bythe (Israeli) occupation forcesagainst our people in the West Bankand Gaza.

5-Jul-04 Chanae Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police Sergeant RonnayuthChuenchana was shot and killed byarmed gunmen in Chanae, inNarathiwat Province. The officer wasshot by two men on a motorcyclewith 11mm pistols. Chuenchana waschecked into the hospital, where helater died of his wounds.

6-Jul-04 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Firearms2 0 A group of Taliban membersattacked a voting registration centerin Tolkan. The Taliban facedresistance from security guards. Onecivilian who had gone to the centerto obtain a voting card was injured,along with one perpetrator.

6-Jul-04 Iraq IraqiLegitimateResistance

Firearms0 0 Alsayeid Mohammed AlsayeidAlgarabawi, an Egyptian truck driver,was kidnapped by militants as hedrove his fuel truck from SaudiArabia to US troops in Iraq.Algarabawi was held by a groupcalling itself the Iraqi LegitimateResistance, which demanded thatthe trucker's company pay $1 millionin ransom and never do business inIraq again. After the companyagreed to leave Iraq, Algarabawi wasreleased on 19 July. No ransom wasever paid.

6-Jul-04 Khalis Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Explosives37 14 Fourteen people were killed and atleast thirty-seven others injured by adeadly suicide car bombing in Khalis.The attack took place as hundreds oflocal officials were mourning thedeath of two relatives of an officialthat was killed in an attack byinsurgents the day before. The cardrove up to within yards of the tentwhere the wake was taking place,and detonated. The Ansar al-Sunnahmilitant group claimed responsibilityfor the attack, warning that otherinfidels would experience the samefate if they don't repent.

6-Jul-04 Latifiyah Iraq Unknown Firearms2 0 Two police officers in Latifiyah wereseriously injured when militants openfired on their police patrol. Theattackers were able to flee after theattack.

6-Jul-04 NahalOz

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 The Al-Quds Brigades, a wing of theIslamic Jihad (Holy War) group,claimed responsibility for firing aQuds-2 rocket at the Nahal Oz Jewishsettlement outside of Gaza City. Thegroup claims that the rocket hit anddestroyed a factory in thesettlement. In their statement ofclaim, the group says they carriedout the attack in response to, Zionistmassacres perpetrated in Nablus,Jenin, Rafah and Beit Hanoun.

6-Jul-04 KathmanduNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Firearms0 1 Members of the Communist Party ofNepal- Maoists (CPN-M) claimedresponsibility for attacks on twoofficials. In the first attack, Maoistsshot Chairman of KathmanduMetropolitan City Ward 12 MaheshMan Shrestha. He was shot in thechest, neck and abdomen.

6-Jul-04 BellinghamUnitedStates


Fire orFirebomb

0 0 The Earth Liberation Front (ELF)claimed responsibility for burning asign belonging to a constructioncompany in Bellingham, Washington,which builds luxury homes. Nofurther information is available.

7-Jul-04 Russia Unknown Explosives2 2 Sergey Bogdanets, Republic of AltayDeputy Internal Affairs Minister, waskilled in North Ossetia, when his carwas blown up by a stun grenade.Two of his guards were killed andone injured in the attack.

7-Jul-04 ChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 1 An explosion disabled the gaspipeline stretch running throughnortheastern Chechnya cutting offgas supplies to the region. Theburned body of an unidentified manwas also found on the scene, alongwith wires and a radio transmitter.Officials believe that he blew himselfup while setting the mine.

7-Jul-04 KagizmanTurkey PKK/KONGRA-GELUnknown0 0 A transmitter station in Kagizman, inKars Province, was blown up. It isunknown what caused the blast, butauthorities are blaming the KurdistanWorker's Party/Kurdistan DemocraticCongress (PKK/KONGRA-GEL), whoare active in this area. The stationbelongs to Turkish Radio andTelevision (TRT) and broadcastingwas cut off after the blast.

7-Jul-04 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed HusseinAmer Ali Suleiman, the youngest sonof Sheikh Amer Ali Suleiman, thehead of the al-Dulaimi tribe and headof the city council in Ramadi. The al-Dulaimi tribe is the biggest in Anbarprovince.

7-Jul-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 0 Four mortar rounds were fired at theheadquarters of Prime MinisterAllawi's Iraq National Accord Party, indowntown Baghdad. The rockets hita stretch on Zeitoun Street, directlyhitting a doctor's office. Six peoplewere injured in the blasts, includingthree employees at the doctor'soffice. One of the rounds reportedlyhit a house which is sometimes usedby Allawi, but no one was home atthe time. The attack came as Allawisigned a law that allows him toimpose emergency measures tobattle insurgency.

7-Jul-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated at theterminal at the BaghdadInternational Airport. It is unknown ifanyone was killed or injured in theblast. This attack comes on thesame day that Prime Minister Allawisigned a law that allows him toimpose emergency measures tobattle insurgents. The law will givethe government the right to imposemartial law in special circumstances.

7-Jul-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Unknown gunmen opened fire on apolice check point in Kirkuk. Theattackers used machine guns to fireon the station. It is unclear howmany officers were wounded by thefire.

7-Jul-04 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Unknown gunmen opened fire on apolice check point in Tikrit. Theattackers used machine guns to fireon the station. It is unclear howmany officers were wounded by thefire.

7-Jul-04 Biji Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Unknown gunmen opened fire on apolice check point in Biji. Theattackers used machine guns to fireon the station. It is unclear howmany officers were wounded by thefire.

7-Jul-04 NetzerHazani

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 2 The Izz-al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, aHamas-linked militant group, claimedresponsibility for firing a Qassamrocket on the Netzer Hazanisettlement in the Qatif Bloc. Twopeople were reportedly killed by theattack.

7-Jul-04 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Thawil Keowvichit, a former BorderPatrol police officer, was shot andkilled in Yala Province. No furtherinformation on the attack isavailable, but authorities believe thisis part of an ongoing separatistinsurgency taking place in southernThailand.

7-Jul-04 Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated on aremote roadway in NarathiwatProvince, just after a security convoyhad passed. The blast didn't injureany of the officers on patrol, but it isunclear if any civilians were harmed.

8-Jul-04 Moira NorthernIreland


0 0 Three petrol bombs were thrown at ahome in Moira, in County Down. Thedevices caused damages to the frontdoor of the home and to a car parkednearby. Witnesses saw three peoplerunning away from the scene of theattack.

8-Jul-04 NewtownabbeyNorthernIreland


0 0 Several postal bombs were sentthrough the mail. One of thedevices, which contained petrolrather than explosives and was notdetected by sniffer dogs, wasaddressed to the governor ofMaghaberry Prison in County Antrim.The other devices were addressed tofour District Policing Partnership(DPP) members. This is the latest ina series of attacks targeting prisonstaff members and DPP memberssince a sectarian report on the prisonsystem was released in 2003.

8-Jul-04 NangarharAfghanistanTaliban Explosives6 1 The Taliban claimed responsibility foran attack on Afghan election workerswho are preparing for the upcomingelection. One woman working for theUN was killed when her vehicle hit alandmine.

8-Jul-04 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 6 Six Afghan security guard were killedwhen suspected Taliban membersunsuccessfully tried to kill a group ofTurkish engineers working on aconstruction project. When theengineers escaped, the assailantstargeted the security guards instead.

8-Jul-04 WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 The Izz-al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, aHamas-linked militant group, claimedresponsibility for detonating anexplosive charge under a Jewishbulldozer. The charge scored adirect hit on the machinery.

8-Jul-04 Rafah WestBank/Gaza



0 0 The Izz-al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, aHamas-linked militant group, claimedresponsibility for detonating aremote-controlled explosive deviceand firing a rocket at a bulldozer inRafah. The attack took place nearKhalid Bin-al-Walid Mosque in the Al-Salam neighborhood of the city. Themilitants report that they scored adirect hit on the bulldozer.



Explosives0 0 The Izz-al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, aHamas-linked militant group, claimedresponsibility for shelling the Sederotsettlement near the Gaza Strip. TwoQassam rockets were fired at thesettlement, but there are no mentionof casualties.

8-Jul-04 Colombo SriLanka


Explosives9 5 A female Liberation Tigers of TamilEelam (LTTE) suicide bomber killedfour policemen during an attempt toassassinate Eelam People'sDemocratic Party member DouglasDevananda. The incident occurred ata police station, as the bomber wasdetected officers. When she refuseda body search by two womenofficers, four policemen were killedwhen the bomber subsequentlyexploded. This is the tenth attempton the minister's life. SathyaseelanSelvakumar of Jaffna, the womanaccomplice of the LTTE suicidebomber is being called for a 17November court date. This woman issuspected of having access toMinister Devananda's office (target).The four police personnel who werekilled in the bombing were InspectorM.H.D. Ekanayake, SergeantArtygala, and Reserve PoliceConstables Liyanage and ChandraJayantha. The woman suicidebomber was also assigned toassasinate Eelam People'sDemocratic Party (EPDP) LeaderDouglas Devananda. The bomberand accomplice both had forgednational Identity cards.

8-Jul-04 Provo UnitedStates


Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Two fires were set in sheds belongingto the Brigham Young Universityanimal science building, whichcaused over $30,000 worth ofdamage. Found at the scene werethe letters, ALF which represent thegroup, Animal Liberation Front. In anemail from the group sent to the SaltLake Tribune, the group claimedresponsibility for the attack andthreatened to strike again until allanimal testing is ended, you call usterrorists because we break yourproperty laws, to us, they are nothingmore than artificial constructs. Weanswer to a higher law. By the endof July, a teenager, Harrison DavidBurrows, had admitted to setting thefire at BYU. He was charged infederal court with destruction ofproperty by fire. If he is convicted,Burrows faces between five andtwenty years in prison.

8-Jul-04 Iraq Tawhidand Jihad


0 2 Gunmen kidnapped two Bulgariantruck drivers, Georgy Lazov andIvailo Kepov, who were working inIraq transporting supplies for USforces. The group led by Abu Musabal-Zarqawi, known in 2005 as TanzimQa’idat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidaynand in 2004 as Tawhid and Jihad,claimed responsibility for the attack.The group released a video of thehostages and said that they wouldkill them if US forces did not releaseall Iraqi prisoners in Iraq withintwenty-four hours. On July 13, 2004,the kidnappers announced that theyhad killed one of the hostages. Thebeheaded body of this hostage,Lazov, was found on 14 July 2004.The body of the other hostage,Kepov, was found on 22 July 2004.Contractors who support US forcesare the frequent target of insurgentattack in Iraq.

8-Jul-04 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen attacked a convoy ofTurkish truck drivers who weretransporting supplies for US forces,when they opened fire at a fueltanker truck. Two Turkish driverswere killed in the attack, whichoccurred near Samarra. Contractorswho transport supplies for US forcesare the frequent target of insurgentattack.

9-Jul-04 ChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 0 A mine made from an artillery shelland 400g of TNT was discovered nearthe Pervomaiskoye-Tsa-Vedeno onone of the most intensively usedportions of the road. Had the deviceexploded, it would have caused largenumber of civilian casualties.

9-Jul-04 Moscow Russia Unknown Firearms0 1 The American editor of RussianForbes magazine, Paul Klebnikov,was shot by several armed men in acar when he walked out of the Forbesoffice in Moscow. Forbes died a shorttime later at the hospital. Klebnikov'sdeath was likely linked to his work,as he covered the underside ofRussian capitalism and 'rattled thecages' of Russia's elite. On Sept. 28,Russian police announced that theyhad detained two Chechen men onsuspicion that they were involved inthe killing. In June 2005, Russianprosecutors determined that thiskilling was carried out at the requestof Khozh-Akhmed Nukhayev, aChechen man, and was perpetratedby members of a Chechen organizedcrime gang. In May 2006, however,a Moscow jury acquitted KazbekDukuzov and Musa Vakhayev, thetwo men charged with shootingKlebnikov.

9-Jul-04 Istanbul Turkey Unknown Explosives2 0 Two police officers, CahitTopbasioglu and Hakmet Kaygusuz,were injured when they wereattacked with Molotov cocktails inthe Beyoglu neighborhood ofIstanbul. Three unknown attackersthrew the devices at the policevehicle, causing a fire. The flameswere extinguished by civilianspassing by.

9-Jul-04 Andes Colombia Unknown Firearms0 1 Hired killers murdered Jesus MariaZapata, a municipal counselor andlocal journalist, near his home onFriday. It is unknown who carried outthe attack or what motivated. Thepresident of the local counselclaimed that more protection wasneeded for local officials.

9-Jul-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 One child was killed and three peoplewere injured when three mortarshells were fired on the al-SadeerHotel, but instead landed at a privatehome. Two of the mortars hit thehome and the third hit a nearby road.The attack was targeting the hotel inBaghdad, where many foreignersstay.

10-Jul-04 KagithaneTurkey Unknown Explosives3 0 An unidentified attacker threw aMolotov cocktail at a police vehicle inKagithane, in Istanbul Province,injuring three officers. The vehiclecaught fire after the devicedetonated and the officers sufferedburns. The perpetrator ran awayafter the police started firing on him.

10-Jul-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 A liquor store in the Sunni strongholdof Mosul was destroyed by militants.The mode of attack was unspecified.Attacks against liquor stores aroundthe country have raised fears thatIslamic radicals are taking advantageof the political situation to imposetheir will upon citizens.

10-Jul-04 Baqouba Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 Three liquor stores in Baqouba weredestroyed by explosive devices. Onetaxi cab driver was killed in one ofthe blasts. Liquor stores all over thecountry have been attacked sincethe fall of Saddam Hussein by Islamicradicals, who seek to keep alcoholillegal in Iraq.

10-Jul-04 Iraq Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 A member of the Patriotic Union ofKurdistan (PUK) who was also atranslator for coalition forces, wasstabbed to death by unknownassailants. The attack took placenorth of Kirkuk. The body of thevictim, Hiwa Omar Said, was foundnear a bridge. This is the thirdtranslator to be killed in Iraq within amonth.

10-Jul-04 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unknown gunmen opened fire onoffices of the Union of FarmingCooperatives, killing one guard whowas on duty at the time. The attacktook place southwest of Kirkuk. Theunion consists mostly of Arablandowners from the Al-Hawijah andAl-Riad plains.

10-Jul-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Unknown perpetrators set fire to amovie theater in Kirkuk, which isowned by a Turkmen businessman.The theater was completelydestroyed by the blaze. Kirkuk hasbeen a hotbed of tensions betweenKurds, Arabs, Turkmen and Christianssince the fall of Saddam Hussein.

10-Jul-04 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A section of the pipeline whichconnects Kirkuk's gas fields with theBeiji power plants in the west, wasattacked with an improvisedexplosive device. The blast set asection of the pipeline on fire. Thisattack comes only five days afteranother pipeline north of Baghdadwas also sabotaged.

10-Jul-04 Srinagar Kashmir Unknown Explosives35 0 Dozens of civilians were injured whenmilitants threw a hand grenade at acrowded bus stand. Apparently, thegrenade was meant for a nearbypatrol car, but missed its target.

10-Jul-04 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 Five alcohol stores on a single streetin Baqubah were blown upsimultaneously when gunmen placedexplosive devices in each of thestores. The attackers blocked theroad with their cars before plantingand detonating the explosivedevices. The attack occurred early inthe day, before the shops opened.One passerby was killed. Alcoholshops are the frequent target ofattacks by extremists who feel thatalcohol sales violate Islamic law.

11-Jul-04 He'rat AfghanistanUnknown Explosives31 5 Dozens were injured when a bombexploded in Charsuq. The bomb wasplaced in a waste bin outside asecurity base. Those killed weremostly shopkeepers.

11-Jul-04 Shindad AfghanistanTaliban Firearms1 0 The Taliban kidnapped twopolicemen and injured one other inShindad town. The attack took placeat a police checkpoint in the town.

11-Jul-04 He'rat AfghanistanTaliban Firearms1 0 The Taliban kidnapped twopolicemen and injured another in asuburb of He'rat. The officers weretaken from a police checkpoint.

11-Jul-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Islamic radicals fired shots at a liquorstore in Baghdad, while shouting,God is great. The attackersdestroyed all the merchandise in thestore, damaged cars parked nearbyand took one of the store employeeshostage. Liquor stores all over Iraqhave been targeted by radicals, whooppose the selling of alcohol.

11-Jul-04 Tel Aviv Israel al-Fatah Explosives32 1 An explosive device, packed with ballbearings and bolts, detonated in thebushes behind a bus stop in Tel Aviv,killing one person and injuring thirty-two others. The blast took place as abus was pulling into the stop, anddamaged the bus and a nearbyapartment building. The Al-AqsaMartyrs' Brigade, an al-Fatah linkedgroup, claimed responsibility for theattack. Authorities speculate thatthe blast was a response to the rulingby the International Criminal Courtthat the Israeli security fence isillegal and should be dismantled.Note: The US government reportsthat this blast was caused by asuicide bomber.

11-Jul-04 Atzmona WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 The Izz-al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, aHamas-linked militant group, claimedresponsibility for firing a Qassamrocket at the Atzmona settlement.No information on casualties wasavailable.


WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 The Izz-al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, aHamas-linked militant group, claimedresponsibility for shelling the NeveDeqalim settlement with twomortars. There were no reportedinjuries.

11-Jul-04 Baghdad Iraq MahdiArmy

Firearms0 0 Gunmen opened fire and threwgrenades at a liquor store inBaghdad. They then kidnapped thebrother-in-law of the store's owner,Haider Ahmed Hassan. The attackcaused significant damage to thestore. There was no word on casualtynumbers or the fate of Hassan.Police were able to arrest five of theperpetrators, who said they belongedto the Mehdi Army, which supportsMuslim cleric Moqtada Sadr. Theother five perpetrators escaped.Alcohol shops are the frequent targetof attacks by extremists who feelthat alcohol sales violate Islamic law.

12-Jul-04 Moscow Russia Unknown Explosives0 0 Four grenades were found under apassenger train that was to travelfrom Moscow to Tyumen, Siberia. Thegrenades were not primed, and weredisposed of safely.

12-Jul-04 Chiasso SwitzerlandUnknown Explosives0 0 A small homemade explosive device,made of firecrackers, was found on apassenger train that was travelingbetween Basle, Switzerland andMilan, Italy. Police noticed thesuspicious package and were able tosafely evacuate the train. After itwas examined, authoritiesdetermined that the device wouldnot have caused any harm.

12-Jul-04 Jalabad AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 1 Safia Sediqi, adviser to the ruraldevelopment minister and deputychairman of the Constitutional LoyaJerga, survived an attempt on herlife. The offical's vehical was poisedto travel along a road to implementdevelopment projects, when herbodyguards noticed two men tryingto lay landmines that were todetonate as the vehicle passed. Oneof the bodyguards attempted toapprehend the perpetrator, but theperpetrator blew himself up with agrenade. Authorities found arevolver, a telecommunicationsdevice, and a grenade on the man'sbody.

12-Jul-04 Dhagadi Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Firearms1 1 The mayor of Dhangadi municipality,Dhan Bahadur Bam, was shot andkilled by members of the CommunistParty of Nelal-Maoists (CPN-M). Hewas on his way to the DistrictDevelopment Committee whenMaoists appeared on a bicycle andopened fire on him, shooting him sixtimes in the neck and chest. Bam'sdriver was also injured in the attack.

13-Jul-04 Groznyy ChechnyaUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

2 1 An attempt was made on the life ofChechnya's acting president, SergeiAbramov, when his motorcade washit by an explosion. Three membersof the motorcade were injured andone killed. An advisor to Abramovwas among those seriously injured.The explosion appears to have beenremote controlled. This attackoccurred on the same day as one ofthe heaviest days of fighting in manymonths between insurgents andpresidential security forces. Officialsbelieve that members ofMamatsuyev's gang may havecommitted the attack, based on itsnature and execution. There hadbeen no confirmation of this.

13-Jul-04 BallymoneyNorthernIreland

Other Firearms0 0 A group of six men attacked aCatholic home in Ballymoney, inCounty Antrim, with firearms andbats. The group of attackers enteredthe home and appeared to be lookingfor someone specific. When theyrealized the intended victim wasn'thome, they left and attacked thefamily's car with baseball bats andfired three shots at the home. Noone was injured. Authorities arecalling this attack sectarian, as ittakes place during the twelfth periodwhich is always a time of tensions.

13-Jul-04 Lurgan NorthernIreland


0 0 Petrol bombs were thrown at theLurgan police station by unknownattackers. The perpetrators threwthe bombs, bricks and bottles at thebuilding after a Black Preceptoryparade returned to the town. No onewas injured but windows in thebuilding were shattered. The BlackPreceptory is one of the Protestantloyal orders which traditionally marchduring the summer in NorthernIreland. During the marching season,sectarian tensions are high.

13-Jul-04 Lurgan NorthernIreland

Unknown Firearms0 0 Two men wearing masks hijacked acar on Albert Street in Lurgan. Theybrought the car to the Bells Rowrailroad crossing and set it on fire.The car blocked rail services betweenPortadown and Lurgan throughoutthe evening. This attack comesduring the Protestant marchingseason, typically a tense time in theprovince.

13-Jul-04 Bangor NorthernIreland

Unknown Unknown0 0 A group of nationalists attacked atrain that was carrying Royal Blackmembers on their way to ademonstration in Bangor. This attackcomes during the Protestantmarching period, a time of sectariantensions.

13-Jul-04 SamashkiChechnyaUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 A bomb was found on a roadside inthe village of Samashki, near theheadquarters for the anti-terroristoperation in the North Caucasus. Thelandmine appears to be radio-controlled and appears to have beentargeted at civilians or a federalconvoy approaching theheadquarters. Law enforcementofficials were investigating.

13-Jul-04 Ghanzi AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 2 A police chief and his driver werekilled in an ambush as they weredriving towards Ghanzi province.They were attacked by men onmotorcycles. Members of the Talibanare believed to be behind this attack.

13-Jul-04 GushGatif

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 A homemade Qassam rocket wasfired at the Jewish settlement ofGush Gatif. The rocket landed nearthe settlement, but never exploded.There were no reported injuries.

13-Jul-04 Gani Tal WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 The Al-Qassam Brigades, a Hamas-linked group, claimed responsibilityfor firing a Qassam rocket at theJewish settlement of Gani Tal. Therewere no reported injuries caused bythe attack.

13-Jul-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Sabir Karim, an auditor for the IraqiIndustry Ministry, was shot and killedas he left his office in Baghdad.Karim is the second auditor workingfor the Iraqi government to be killed.Insurgents have been targeting Iraqiofficials working for the government,accusing them of being collaboratorswith US forces.

13-Jul-04 Srinagar Kashmir Unknown Explosives12 1 A bomb planted near the famousNishat garden in Kashmir exploded,killing one and injuring severalothers. This garden is one of themain tourist attractions in thecapitol. Authorities are blaming theattack on militants.

13-Jul-04 Chana Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A journalist, Prakhong Trakulkolakij,was shot and killed in the Chanadistrict of Songkla Province. Thevictim was killed near his own home.Authorities believe this killing waspart of the widespread violencetaking place all over southernThailand in recent months.

14-Jul-04 GhisonacciaFrance Unknown Explosives0 0 The Departmental InfrastructureDivision local offices were destroyedby an explosive device inGhisonaccia, on the island of Corsica.The Departmental InfrastructureDivision is in charge of roadmaintenance on the island. Therewere no reported injuries, though theblast shook a nearby police station.

14-Jul-04 Bogota Colombia Unknown Explosives0 0 A small bomb exploded on the streetin the Restrepo neighborhood ofBogotá. The bomb was left inside ofa box placed near a traffic light.Police evacuated the area based on atip and no one was injured. A smallamount of property damage to localbuildings was reported.

14-Jul-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives40 10 A massive suicide attack killed atleast ten people and wounded atleast forty others, including one USsoldier. The bomber drove a carbomb near a checkpoint in Baghdad,next to the British Embassy and theheadquarters of the Iraqi interimgovernment, before blowing himselfup. The car was packed with morethan 1,000 pounds of explosives, thelargest bomb seen in the city sincethe US handed over power to Iraq on28 June. Many of the casualties wereIraqis who were lined up to apply forjobs from the new interimgovernment. Iraq's Prime Ministersaid that the attack was in retaliationfor the government's recent arrest ofover 500 suspected terrorists.

14-Jul-04 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 7 Ussama Kachmula, the governor ofMosul was shot and killed by fourarmed militants. Kachmula and twoof his bodyguards were killed by thegunmen. During the attack, guardswere able to fire back at the gunmen,killing all four of them. The attacktook place in the T'lul al-Baj region,about seventy miles south ofBaghdad. After the assassination acurfew was imposed on the city ofMosul for a day of mourning.

14-Jul-04 Bandung IndonesiaUnknown Explosives0 0 Two small explosive devicesdetonated almost simultaneously inthe city of Bandung. The first of thetwo blasts took place on BragaStreet, near an office of the Asia-Africa Culture Center. The blastdamaged two cars parked nearby.Many believe that the blasts were inresponse to recent presidentialelections, however, the Indonesiangovernment denies all speculationthat terrorism was involved.

14-Jul-04 Bandung IndonesiaUnknown Explosives0 0 Two small explosive devicesdetonated almost simultaneously inthe city of Bandung. The second ofthe two blasts took place onCikapundung Street, at the MatahariBuilding, only about 500 yards fromthe first blast. Many believe that theattacks were in response to recentpresidential elections, however, theIndonesian government denies allspeculation that terrorism wasinvolved.

14-Jul-04 Su-ngaiKolor

Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Police Sergeant Major Damron Plipanwas shot and seriously injured in adrive-by shooting incident in Su-ngaiKolor, in Narathiwat Province. Plipanwas shot as he was driving to hishome. The attackers fired from amotorcycle. The officer was foundlater wounded on the side of theroad.

15-Jul-04 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Two security officers, Mahazae Majehand Boonyieng Boonperm, werekilled by unknown gunmen on amotorbike. The two victims wereboth linked to the government'scounter-insurgency unit. This is themost recent attack in southernThailand since unrest began inJanuary. Militants have beentargeting school teachers, officialsand police in the last six month,killing over 200 people.

15-Jul-04 Bastia France Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated inBastia in front of a building thathouses the office of the publicministry's officer, the civil servantwho represents the state before thepolice tribunal. Only the detonator ofthe device exploded and there wasno damage caused.

15-Jul-04 Jammu Kashmir Unknown Explosives3 2 Two people, including a policemanand a civilian, were killed whensuspected Islamic rebels hurled agrenade at a police station. Thisattack comes as a Hindu pilgrimageis taking place through southernKashmir. Police have been on highalert during this pilgrimage.

15-Jul-04 KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 A school building fell under attackwhen unidentified men launchedlight missiles and rockets at thestructure. The building sustainedheavy damage. This attack takesplace in an area where voterregistration is taking place.

15-Jul-04 NangarharAfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 0 The Taliban attacked the NazianDistrict Office in fighting that lastedfor an hour. The Taliban used lightweapons and rockets. There were nocasualty reports on either side.

15-Jul-04 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosion on the oil pipelinebetween Kirkuk and the Biji refinerycaused damage to the line. Nofurther information is available.

15-Jul-04 Haditha Iraq Unknown Explosives27 10 A large car bomb detonated inHaditha, in front of a police stationand government buildings. Tenpeople were killed and twenty-sevenother injured by the blast, whichauthorities believe was targeting themain police station in the city.Haditha is a former strong-hold ofSaddam Hussein and his followers.Police and security officers havebeen targeted all over the countryand accused of being collaboratorswith US forces.

15-Jul-04 Karbala Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 Two militants were killed when theydetonated a car bomb prematurely inKarbala. Police, acting on a tip thatthe car contained explosives, chasedthe assailants through the city.When the militants realized theywere surrounded, they blewthemselves up. No one else washurt, but the explosion damagedpower lines in the area.

15-Jul-04 Al-Makhavi

Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 Ukrainian peacekeepers in Iraqdiscovered and foiled a plan toassassinate a senior official of theadministration of the town of Al-Makhavi. The plot involved blowingup the home of the official which is inthe Polish peacekeeping zone.Ukrainian troops informed police ofthe plan and police found a radio-activated bomb made out of artilleryshells at the home of the target.

15-Jul-04 KathmanduNepal Unknown Explosives2 1 An elderly woman was killed when abomb exploded outside of the gatesof Nepal Telecom. Police believe thatthe woman may have been asked toplant to bomb and innocently tried todo so. Nepal Telecom is the onlytelecom service provider in thecountry and is state-owned.

15-Jul-04 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Turkish truck driver, Tahir Karaf, waskidnapped while delivering food toUS forces in Iraq. Karaf worked for aninternational transportation firm. It isknown that Karaf's convoy wasattacked.Note: date is approximate.

15-Jul-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Five liquor stores on a single street inBaghdad were destroyed whenattackers placed explosive devices inthe stores. The attack occurredovernight and caused significantdamage to shops and liquor supplies.Witnesses said that the attack wascarried out by an organized group ofmen dressed in traditional Islamicattire. Alcohol shops are thefrequent target of attacks byextremists who feel that alcoholsales violate Islamic law.

15-Jul-04 SungaiPadi

Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Boonyuang Boompoem, a worker at amilitary construction site, was shotand killed by unknown gunmen,while he was on his way to work.The attack took place in Sungai Padidistrict. Boompoem worked for theMobile Military Development Unit 41.

16-Jul-04 Assam India ULFA Explosives0 0 Members of the United LiberationForces of Assam (UNLA) blew up anAssam Gas Company pipeline inupper Assam's Dibrugarh district.The explosion caused a fire that rose30 meters high and took fire fightersthree hours to extinguish.

16-Jul-04 Assam India ULFA Explosives0 0 United Liberation Forces of Assam(UFLA) militants exploded a grenadeand bomb at a telephone exchange.No further information is available.

16-Jul-04 GuwahatiIndia ULFA Explosives2 0 United Liberation Forces of Assam(ULFA) militants threw a grenade atthe Machkhowa bus stand, injuringtwo people.

16-Jul-04 Assam India ULFA Explosives7 0 United Liberation Forces of Assam(ULFA) militants lobbed a handgrenade at a police patrol in front ofa civilian hospital, injuring sevenpeople. Three of the injured werepolice officers.

16-Jul-04 Al-Azim Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 Unknown gunmen opened fire on aconvoy carrying Iraqi Foreign Ministryofficials, killing Idris Ramadan, who isin charge of security at the ministry,and injuring two other officials. Theattack took place in Al-Azim, on theBaghdad-Kirkuk motorway.

16-Jul-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A police officer was shot and killed inKirkuk. The incident takes place in acity where tensions are high betweenArabs, Kurds and Tukomen and manypolice have been targeted.

16-Jul-04 GazaCity

WestBank/Gaza

PopularResistanceCommittees

Firearms2 0 Palestinian police chief Ghazi Jabaliwas kidnapped by gunmen South ofGaza City when his convoy wasambushed by gunmen. Two of hisbodyguards were wounded in theattack. The kidnapping was claimedby the Jenin Martyrs' Brigades, awing of the Popular ResistanceCommittees.

16-Jul-04 KhanYounis

WestBank/Gaza

al-Fatah Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped four Frenchcitizens who were working asvolunteers on an electrical project inKhan Younis. The gunmen kidnappedthe French volunteers at a restaurantand then took them to thePalestinian Red Crescent SocietyBuilding, where they were held forseveral hours. All four hostages werefreed later in the day. The AhmedAbu el-Rish Brigades, an armed wingof Fatah, claimed responsibility forthe attack which they said wasintended to bring attention to thesuffering of Palestinian people.

17-Jul-04 Moscow Russia Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 The editor of the Armenian Lanemagazine was found with knifewounds to his chest and bruises onhis face, on the side of the MKADhighway encircling Moscow. Thiscomes soon after the murder of PaulKlebnikov, editor of the RussianForbes magazine. He was likely killedfor reasons related to his work at themagazine. He is the 16th journalist tobe killed in connection with work inRussia since 2000.

17-Jul-04 Zabol AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 4 A US Protective and InvestigativeBureau work force came underattack on the Kabul-Kandaharhighway for the first time. A driverand two Afghan soldiers were killed,as well as one of the perpetrators.The US national present survived.The USPI provides security forconstruction workers. Talibanmembers most likely carried out thisattack.

17-Jul-04 Heet Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Lt.-Col. Nafi al-Kubaisi, the chief ofthe Heet police department, waskidnapped from his station. Al-Kubaisi's body was found two dayslater at a market in nearby Falluja.No further information is provided.

17-Jul-04 al Kesk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Two Turkish truck drivers, Abdul Jaliland Mohammed Omar, were stoppedby militants in al Kesk, west of Mosul.The perpetrators killed Jalil andabducted Omar. Omar was releasedon 31 July by his captors.

17-Jul-04 Baghdad Iraq Other Explosives8 5 Five people were killed and eightother injured when a suicide carbomb rammed into a convoy carryingIraqi Justice Minister, Malek DohanHassan, in Baghdad. Hassanmanaged to escape the attack, butthree of his bodyguards and twocivilian bystanders were killed. Thecar used in the attack rammed intoone of the SUV's in the convoy andwas thrown thirty feet back by theimpact of the blast. The militant AbuMussab al-Zarqawi, who is linked toAl Qaeda, claimed responsibility forthe attack.

17-Jul-04 IskandariyahIraq Unknown Unknown0 1 The chief of police in Iskandariyahwas killed by unidentified militants.The mode of attack is not specified.No further information is available.

17-Jul-04 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Unknown gunmen killed the localleader of the Iraqi National Party andhis father in Samarra, north ofBaghdad. No further information isavailable.

17-Jul-04 Howeija Iraq Unknown Firearms5 0 A group of about ten militants carriedout an armed attack against a policestation in Haweija, west of Kirkuk.Five people, including two officers,two civilians and an insurgent, wereinjured in the attack. The attackersdidn't expect to find anyone at thestation, as they attacked afterclosing hours. The police exchangedfire with the assailants and managedto arrest four of them.

17-Jul-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Sheikh Abdul Samad Ismail al-Adhami, a Sunni Muslim cleric, whoalso belonged to the Iraqi IslamicParty, was shot and killed byunknown attackers in Baghdad. Al-Adhami may have been targetedbecause his brother is a prominentSunni cleric known for his oppositionto Saddam Hussein's regime.

17-Jul-04 ShenzhenChina,People'sRepublicof

Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

2 2 Two people were killed and two morewounded in an explosion at theGuanlan Movie Theater Square inShenzhen. One witness saw a manleave something wrapped in strawnext to a garbage can in the square.Shortly after, the 40-cm metal tubepacked with explosives and smallsteel balls detonated. Guardsspeculated the tube may have beenfilled with a remote-controlled timer.

17-Jul-04 Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Unidentified attackers set fire to acar owned by Niamin Rodingneeya, ateacher at Thamwitthayamulnitischool in Narathiwat's Rueso district.The car was torched outside theirhouse during the night.

17-Jul-04 Rueso Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A vehicle, belonging to a teacherfrom the Thamwitthayamulniti Schoolin Rueso, Narathiwat Province, wasburned by unknown attackers. Thevictim and his wife were sleeping attheir apartment when the car was setalight. The vehicle was completelyburned out.

17-Jul-04 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a Jordaniantruck driver who was transportingsupplies for US forces from Ammanto Baghdad after attacking hisvehicle. The attack occurred nearRamadi. The attackers also extractedthe eyes of the driver before leavinghis body on the road. Foreigners whotransport supplies for US forces arethe frequent target of insurgentattack.

18-Jul-04 Palu IndonesiaUnknown Firearms4 1 A female priest was killed and fourothers injured when unknowngunmen entered the Effata church inPalu, and opened fire after the end ofa sermon. The victim, ReverendSusianti Tinulele was just finishingher sermon when the gunmenentered and started spraying thepremises with bullets. This attacktook place near the town of Poso,where some of the worst religiousviolence has occurred in the last fiveyears.

18-Jul-04 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives2 2 A car bomb exploded near a policestation in Tikrit, killing two officersand injuring two others. This wasone of two explosive attacks onpolice in Tikrit within hours of eachother.

18-Jul-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedEssam al-Dijali, the top official inIraq's Defense Ministry, as he wasreturning to his home after pickingup dinner. One of al-Dijali'sbodyguards was also killed in theattack. This was the latest attacktargeting Iraqi officials to take placein Baghdad. Militants accuse officialsof being collaborators with US forces.

18-Jul-04 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 Three police officers were injuredwhen militants exploded a car bombnear a police training facility in Tikrit.This was one of two attacks on policein Tikrit on this afternoon. Insurgentshave recently targeted Iraqi police,who they accuse of collaboratingwith US forces.

18-Jul-04 Raman Thailand Unknown Firearms1 3 A group of four unknown attackersshot and killed three people inRaman, Yala Province. The threevictims included two police officersand a railway official from the BanMaikaen railway station. A fourthman, also a police officer, wasinjured in the attack. Authoritiesbelieve that the attack wasperpetrated to protest policesearches of houses belonging toreligious leaders in the area.

18-Jul-04 Panare Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Uen Narkrangsi, a member of theBaan Ming tambon administration inPanare, Pattani Province, was shotand killed by two unidentifiedgunmen on a motorcycle. The attacktook place as Narkrangsi wastraveling to another village to attendan ordination ceremony.

19-Jul-04 VoronezhRussia Unknown Explosives5 2 An explosion occurred at a publictransport stop in the center ofVoronezh. Two people were reporteddead and five wounded. The bus stopis near the city's Genetics Institute.The bomb was hidden in the trashbin near the bus stop. Its power wasequivalent to 200-500g of TNT. Thebus was damaged. This incident wassimilar to a February 19th explosionat the same bus stop. Althoughofficials suspended the investigationinto this incident, they decided toreopen it an believe that the twoattacks may have been carried outby the same person.

19-Jul-04 ChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 0 A terrorist attack against the Mufti ofthe Chechen Republic, AkhmadKhadzhi Shamayev, has beenprevented by Chechen police. Ahomemade explosive device wasfound outside the home of the Mufti,consisting of a high explosive tankshell and two mortar shells. Thebomb was defused safely.Shamayev's son was killed in thesame village only a few months ago.

19-Jul-04 Cauro France CorsicanRevolutionaryArmedForces

Unknown0 0 The Corsican Revolutionary ArmedForces (formerly the CorsicanRevolutionary Armed Front) claimedresponsibility for attacking a winecooperative which is managed by theCauro mayor, Jacques Bianchetti.Bianchetti had previously spokenharshly about nationalist movementson the island. In their statement ofclaim, the group writes, The seriouspolitical situation in which Corsicafinds itself prompts us to take radicalaction at military level. The groupalso threatened a renewed fightagainst the French government.

19-Jul-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives60 9 Nine people were killed and at leastsixty others injured when a large fueltanker, rigged as a car bomb,exploded as it drove toward a policestation in Baghdad. The suicide blasttore a ten meter crater in the groupand damaged buildings insurrounding blocks. The incidenttook place in the morning as policeofficers were lining up to receivetheir daily assignments in theSeidiyeh neighborhood in Baghdad.Militants have increased attacks onpolice in recent weeks in order todestabilize the interim Iraqigovernment and to punishcollaborators with the US-ledcoalition.

19-Jul-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Unknown2 1 Leith Hussein Ali, a broadcaster andthe head of a local Turkomanmovement, was killed by unknownmilitants. The perpetrators attackedAli's car, also injuring two others.The mode of attack is unspecified.Militants have been targeting Kurdishand Turkoman officials in an attemptto worsen ethnic tensions.

19-Jul-04 Yaring Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A driver of a school bus carrying 20children was shot dead in Pattaniprovince's Yaring district. No furtherinformation is provided.

19-Jul-04 Yarang Thailand Unknown Firearms0 0 Sergeant Amaran, a police officerfrom Yarang, Pattani Province, wasshot at by insurgents on amotorcycle. Amaran was riding hismotorcycle home from work, whenthe assailants opened fire on him,but missed. Amaran attempted toreturn fire but also missed and theattackers escaped.

19-Jul-04 MohmaweeThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A school bus driver, SomdetManiprawat, was shot and killed byattackers, as he drove a bus withtwenty students on board to Yala.Maniprawat was shot three times anddied at the scene of the attack. Nostudents were harmed.

19-Jul-04 Tel Aviv Israel al-Fatah Firearms0 1 Gunmen assassinated Judge AdiAzar, a Tel Aviv district court judge,near his home in Tel Aviv. Theperpetrator of the attack wasdressed in a security guard uniformand fired at Azar from outside Azar'svehicle. The attack was claimed bythe al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, amilitant wing ofal-Fatah. This was thefirst murder of a judge in thecountry's history. The judge mayhave been killed for his legal work, ashe had previously ordered thePalestinian Authority to paycompensation to Israeli attackvictims.

20-Jul-04 Gurdan Kashmir Unknown Firearms1 5 Islamic militants burst into a houselined up a trooper and his family andsprayed them with bullets. Fivefamily members were killed.Militants have been targetingsecurity forces or people they believeare informers. No group claimedresponsibility, but the group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) is widely believed tohave carried out this attack.

20-Jul-04 AnantnagKashmir Unknown Explosives50 5 Deputy Chief Minister Mangat RamSharma escaped a second attempton his life when militants threw abomb at his public meeting inAnantnag. Five people were killedand around fifty other injured in theattack.

20-Jul-04 SantaLuciadel Tuy

VenezuelaUnknown Firearms0 1 Luis Ramon Perez Balladares, head ofthe Democratic Coordinating Board(an organization leading theopposition against President Chavez)in Santa Lucia del Tuy and a teacher,was found dead on the side of theroad. Reports indicated the PerezBalladares was tied by the wrists andshot five times. His body wasdiscovered five days after he wasreported missing.

20-Jul-04 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Hazim al-Aynachi, an Iraqi councilmember who was also running forgovernor of Basra, was shot andkilled as he left for work. Al-Aynachiwas pulling out of his driveway whenthe unidentified gunmen opened fireon his car. One other person wasinjured. Authorities are blaming theshooting on militants opposed toelections for local governor.

21-Jul-04 Cucuta Colombia Unknown Firearms0 1 Attackers on a motorcycle shot andkilled Salomon Freire, the chief ofsecurity of the state prosecutor'soffice in Cucuta. Freire was drivingan official car at the time of theincident. It is unknown whatmotivated the attack or who carriedit out.

21-Jul-04 Iraq TheHoldersof theBlackBanners

Firearms0 0 Six foreign truck drivers- twoKenyans, three Indians and anEgyptian- were taken hostage in Iraq.The group holding them callsthemselves The Holders of the BlackBanner and is threatening to kill onehostage every 72-hours until thethree countries' governments agreeto pull all their troops and citizensfrom Iraq. None of the threecountries is part of the US-ledcoalition, though Iraqi Prime MinisterAllawi asked both Egypt and India tocontribute troops in recent days. Thesix men were all employees of aKuwait-based trucking company.Militant groups have warned that allcompanies doing business withAmericans, would be treated asAmericans. The men were held foreleven days and released unharmed.Note: The US government says thehostages were released on 1September and also reports thatseven truck drivers were kidnapped.

21-Jul-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 Unknown militants fired a rocket at aBaghdad hospital, killing two people.No further information is available.

21-Jul-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 4 A car bomb detonated in westBaghdad, killing at least four people.The blast occurred in the afternoonin the al-Jadida district of the city.The car had been parked in a smallalley and it is uncertain what theintended target was.

21-Jul-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 Aslan Mohammed Rashim, a culturalcenter official, was shot by unknowngunmen as he left his office in Kirkuk.Rashim is an ethnic Turkoman andwas listed in stable condition in thehospital. Militants have targetedTurkoman and Kurdish officials inKirkuk in recent weeks. The attacksare aimed at creating ethnictensions.

21-Jul-04 BannangSata

Thailand Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 Arom Buranarak, the chairman of thetambon Bannang Sata municipalcouncil in Yala, was killed by twounidentified attackers, only 500meters from the Bannang Sata policestation. The perpetrators attackedBuranarak with a machete andhacked him to death. This was onein a series of attacks in southernThailand during this week.

21-Jul-04 Muang Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Two unidentified assailants threwpetrol bombs into the home of aretired police officer in Muang, inYala Province. The devicesdetonated and caused a fire, whichdamaged a motorcycle parked nearthe premises. There were noreported injuries caused. Authoritiesare blaming youths for carrying outthis attack.

22-Jul-04 Athens Greece Unknown Explosives0 0 Two petrol bombs were thrown at theGreek Culture Ministry in Athens,only a few weeks before the start ofthe Olympic games. There were noinjuries reported and no group hasclaimed responsibility, though policebelieve it to be the work ofanarchists.

22-Jul-04 Mazgirt Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated in arestaurant in Mazgirt, in TunceliProvince. The blast caused materialdamage but there were no reportedinjuries. No further information isavailable.

22-Jul-04 CundinamarcaColombia Unknown Firearms0 1 Hit men attacked and killed BenedicoCaballero, an agrarian leader andCommunist Party activist, as he lefthis job at a farm cooperative. It isunknown who is responsible for theattack or what motivated it.Communist Party leaders said theevent is additional proof of thepersecution the party continuallyexperiences.

22-Jul-04 Iraq Unknown Firearms3 2 Two police officers were killed andanother two injured when unknowngunmen attacked a police patrolsouth of Baghdad. The attack tookplace on the Najaf-Diwaniya roadwhen the assailants opened fire onthe patrol. Police were able to fireback at the perpetrators, woundingone. The wounded gunman wasarrested and the rest were able toescape.

22-Jul-04 Zayouna Iraq Unknown Explosives2 2 A roadside explosive devicedetonated in Zayouna, a suburb ofBaghdad, at the same time a civilianbus was passing by. Two passengerswere killed and another two injuredby the blast. It is uncertain what theintended target was.

22-Jul-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Unidentified gunmen opened fire ona police patrol in Kirkuk. One officerwas killed and another was seriouslyinjured in the attack. The assailantsmanaged to escape.

22-Jul-04 PadungmatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Asavapol Dayeem, a defensevolunteer who was working with aranger unit, was shot and killed neara durian orchard in Padungmat,Chanae district, Narathiwat Province.Dayeem worked for the intelligencestaff and was shot three times by theunidentified gunmen.

23-Jul-04 Groznyy ChechnyaUnknown Explosives3 1 A bomb was detonated near amarketplace and a mosque in theZavodsky district of Groznyy. Oneperson when killed and three injuredwas the roadside bomb exploded.Police believe the incident was anattempt to destabilize the region inthe lead up to the presidentialelections.

23-Jul-04 Iraq Usd Allah Firearms0 0 Mohamed Mamdouh Qutb, anEgyptian diplomat, was kidnappedand held by unknown militants forfour days. Qutb had been seizedfrom the Egyptian Embassy inresponse to Egyptian Prime MinsterAhmed Nazef's remarks that Egyptwill offer its security experience tothe Iraqi government. Qutb hadbeen seen on a videotape sitting infront of six masked men. Thekidnappers decided to free him dueto his religious faith and moralbeliefs. Qutb was seen hugging hiscaptors as they freed him on 26 July.A group calling itself the Usd Allah(Lions of God/Lions of Allah) claimedresponsibility for the kidnapping.

23-Jul-04 Iraq IslamicArmy inIraq

Firearms0 2 Two Pakistani contractors and theirIraqi driver were kidnapped by agroup calling themselves the IslamicArmy in Iraq. The two foreignerswere killed and the Iraqi was freedafter six days in captivity. Theperpetrators said they killed theworkers because Pakistan wasdiscussing sending troops into Iraq.The two men killed were identified asRaja Azad and Sajad Naeem, both ofthem worked for the al-Tamimigroup, a Kuwait-based company.

23-Jul-04 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Two explosive devices were set offon an oil pipeline about twelve milessouth of the city of Samarra. Thepipeline stretches from the al-Douraoil refinery in Baghdad all the way toBeiji, 125 miles south. The amountof damage caused to the pipeline isunknown.

24-Jul-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Unknown gunmen kidnapped RaadAdnan, the chief of an Iraqigovernment-owned constructioncompany, during daylight hours inBaghdad. The perpetrators blockedAdnan's car as he was driving insouthern Baghdad and carted himaway. Adnan is the chief of the Al-Mansour Contracting Company,which carries out constructioncontracts for Iraqi ministries. He wasalso member of the Baath party andhelped to build some of Saddam'spalaces.

24-Jul-04 MahmoudiyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen opened fire ona police convoy that was carrying thechief of police of western Baghdad,as it was passing through the town ofMahmoudiya. Two bodyguards werekilled in the attack, but the policechief was unharmed.

24-Jul-04 Srinagar Kashmir AlMansoorain

Explosives2 5 A suicide bomber detonated anexplosive device at the 56thBattalion Camp of the CentralReserve Police Force (CRPF) retreatnear Dal Lake. Five people werekilled and another two injured, one ofthe dead included a CRPF sub-inspector. The attack began whenmembers of the 'Al-Mansoorien'militants fired indiscriminately intothe first floor of the premises. Thesuicide explosion came after thegunfire. A caller, claiming torepresent the militants claimedresponsibility for the attack.

24-Jul-04 Karachi Pakistan Unknown Explosives6 1 A bomb exploded on a road inKarachi killing one and injuring six.The targets appeared to be teachersat the Jamiah Rashdiya Islamicseminary, as they were the ones hurtin the blast. An electrician travelingwith them was killed. The bomb wasplanted on the road, which is knownto be used for passage for seminaryteachers.

25-Jul-04 SamashkiChechnyaUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

1 3 A home-made remote controlledexplosive device was detonated inthe Achkhoi-Martan district onSunday, killing three people includingthe administration head of the villageof Samashki, and wounding oneother person. The attackers had beenidentified and police were searchingfor them.

25-Jul-04 Pulumur Turkey PKK/KONGRA-GELFirearms1 1 Members of the Kurdistan Workers'Party/People's Congress of Kurdistan(PKK/KONGRA-GEL) entered thevillage of Pulumur, in TunceliProvince, and attempted to abductZeynel Benler, a farmer. Benlerrefused to go with the terrorists andwas killed. His daughter, SemaBenler was also injured in the attack.

25-Jul-04 Rajauri Kashmir Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

1 3 Militants barged into the home of aMohammed Shafi and killed him, hisson, and daughter by slitting theirthroats. His wife was injured in theattack.

25-Jul-04 Pulwama Kashmir Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 Police discovered the body of a manwho was abducted by militants. Histhroat was slit. The victim wasMushtaq Ahmed, from the Patiporaarea of Pulwama.

25-Jul-04 BaramullaKashmir Unknown Explosives1 0 Militants threw a hand-grenade atthe house of a man in Baramulladistrict injuring his 7-year-old son.No further information is available.

25-Jul-04 Yopal Colombia NationalLiberationArmy ofColombia(ELN)

Unknown0 0 Misael Vaca Ramirez, the bishop ofYopal, was kidnapped by the NationalLiberation Army of Colombia (ELN).The kidnapping was quicklycondemned by the Catholic Churchand the Colombian Government.Army troops attempting to securethe release of the bishop clashedwith the United Self-Defense Forcesof Colombia (AUC) who also have astrong presence in the area. Ramirezwas released on 27 July, two daysafter his abduction .

25-Jul-04 Chalan Colombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Firearms0 1 Presumed Revolutionary ArmedForces of Colombia (FARC) hit menshot and killed Oscar Mendez Lara,Planning Secretary of ChalanMunicipality. Lara was sitting on hisporch when the attack took place. Itis unknown what motivated theattack.

25-Jul-04 NeveDekalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives6 0 Six children were injured when ananti-tank rocket was fired at acommunity center in Neve Dekalim.The rocket was fired from Khan Yunisand came as thousands of peoplewere gathered at the center toprotest against the Gazadisengagement plan. The childrenwere playing in the yard outside ofthe center when the rocket struck.The Al-Qassam Brigades, a Hamas-linked militant group, claimedresponsibility for the attack.

25-Jul-04 GushKatif

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 A mortar shell was fired at the GushKatif neighborhood. The devicelanded near a house, but there wereno reported injuries.

26-Jul-04 VoronezhRussia Unknown Explosives2 0 An explosive device went off in thesouthern Russian city of Voronezh.The bomb was planted on theroadside and injured two when itexploded. Police were investigatingthe incident. This is the third suchexplosion in Voronezh in recentmonths, the second in the past week.Investigators believe that all threeattacks have been perpetrated bythe same person or group, as allattacks have involved the use of thesame types of explosive devices inthe same area during the morningrush hour. Following the attack, thegovernor of the Voronezh region saidthat all shrubs and bushes aroundbus stops should be removed.

26-Jul-04 Genc Turkey Unknown Firearms6 2 Unknown gunmen fired on agendarmerie convoy that was onduty in Genc, in Bingol Province.One village guard and one soldierwere killed and six other guards wereinjured in the attack. No furtherinformation is provided.

26-Jul-04 Jakarta IndonesiaUnknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated at theJakarta headquarters of theIndonesian Election Commissionoffice. No one was injured by theblast, which came just hours beforethe Commission announced theresults of a 5 July poll.

26-Jul-04 BaramullaKashmir Unknown Explosives30 1 One person was killed and thirty-fiveinjured when militants hurled a handgrenade inside of a hospital inBaramula. The injured were thosewho were hospitalized. Theperpetrators probably attacked thehospital because a number of BorderSecurity Forces had been admittedfor earlier injuries.

26-Jul-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A car bomb detonated in Baghdad,injuring one person. The bomb,which was planted in an Opal car andparked near the Sarafia Bridge, acommon route for Iraqi police,exploded during morning rush hour.Wreckage from the car was thrown20 yards from the blast site, a hugecrater was blown into the pavementand a palm tree nearby was caughton fire. The driver of the car hadabandoned the vehicle prior to theblast.

26-Jul-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Mortar rounds were fired at theEducation and Oil Ministries inBaghdad. One mortar hit the roof ofthe Education Ministry and anothersmashed into a residential area,completely missing its target. TheEducation Ministry was closed forrepairs and no one was inside at thetime of the attack. The other mortartore a hole in a wall at a localrestaurant. The Oil Ministry buildingwas not harmed.

26-Jul-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Gunmen shot and killed Col. Musabal-Awadi, the Interior Ministry'sdeputy chief of tribal affairs, inBaghdad. Two of al-Awadi'sbodyguards were also killed in theattack. Al-Awadi had to retire fromthe police force under SaddamHussein because of his ties to theShiite Dawa party, but was appointedto his new position after the fall ofSaddam.

26-Jul-04 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms2 2 Unidentified gunmen killed twowomen and injured two others asthey were driving in a van in thesouthern city of Basra. The womenwere employed at the Basra Airport,where British forces are stationed.They may have been targetedbecause of their connection tocoalition forces.

26-Jul-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 A Jordanian citizen, Marwan ZuheirRussan, was killed by militants in thecity of Mosul. This comes on thesame day that two other Jordaniancitizens were kidnapped by militants.The victim was accused of workingwith as a translator for coalitionforces and had been warned to leavethe country by militants.

26-Jul-04 Iraq Mujahideenin Iraq

Firearms0 0 Two Jordanian truck drivers, FayezSaed Al Udwan and Ahmad SalamehHussein, who work for a Jordaniancompany based on the Iraqi-Syrianborder, were kidnapped byunidentified militants. Thekidnappers demanded that theJordanian trucking company whoemploys the two men, pull out of Iraqand stop cooperating with USCoalition forces. The captorsthreatened to kill the men withinseventy-two hours unless thecompany pulled out of the country.The two men were later released on9 August. The group claimingresponsibility called itself MujahideenCorps in Iraq.

26-Jul-04 Khulna BangladeshUnknown Explosives4 0 Four policemen were injured whentwo unidentified men threw a bombat a police patrol van.

27-Jul-04 Chaman AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 0 An oil tanker supplying petrol to USaircraft in Kandahar was destroyedafter two motorcyclists opened firedon the tanker.

27-Jul-04 Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 A rocket exploded outside of theChinese embassy in Kabul. Therocket was launched from the road infront of the embassy gate. Theembassy sustained minor damage.

27-Jul-04 Urozgan AfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 2 An election worker and the head ofthe anti-crime department of KhasUrozgan District were killed near amarket as they were going to theirhomes. They were traveling on theirmotorcycle. The Taliban is suspectedas being responsible.

27-Jul-04 Wana Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 The antennae of Pakistan Radio inWana was damaged after a bombexploded at the building. Theantennae was newly installed andhad been transmitting for only a fewdays.

27-Jul-04 Basra Iraq MahdiArmy

Firearms0 0 Gunmen from the Mehdi Army,affiliated with Shiite cleric Muqtadaal-Sadr attacked several alcoholshops in Basra. They destroyed thecontents of the shop and attackedthe owners' houses. The gunmenalso arrested the shop owners andtook them to 'detention centers.'There was no information oncasualties or injuries.

27-Jul-04 Iraq DeathSquad ofMujahideenof Iraq

Firearms0 0 Three Jordanian truck drivers and abusinessman who work transportingsupplies for US forces in Iraq werekidnapped by unknown gunmen. Themen were identified as Ahmad HasanAbu Jafar, Muhammad KhayrKhulayfat, Ahmad Taysi Sunukrat,and Khalid Ahmad Mas'ud. The groupthat kidnapped the men released avideo showing them, holding their IDcards. The group identified itself asDeath Squad of Mujahideen of Iraqand called on the men's transportcompany to cease operations in Iraqin support of US forces. Although thegroup pledged to free the men aftera protest march by the hostages'families, they did not do so.The menwere freed on August 3, 2004 after alocal tribal chief, Sheik Haj IbrahimJassam, located the hostages,organized a raid, and freed theJordanian men.Contractors who workin Iraq in support of US forces are thefrequent target of insurgent attacks.

28-Jul-04 Turkey Unknown Explosives1 1 One watchman was killed and apolice officer was injured by anexplosive device that detonated at apolice post in Diyarbakir Province.The perpetrators used both theexplosive and firearms to attack thepost. Police managed to arrest onesuspect after the attack and seized aportable rocket launcher.

28-Jul-04 Ghanzi AfghanistanUnknown Explosives7 6 A bomb exploded at a mosque inGhanzi Province where voterregistration was taking place, killingsix people. Two of the individualswere workers with the Joint ElectoralManagement Body of the UN. Sevenother voter registration workers wereinjured in the attack.

28-Jul-04 Cali Colombia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified individuals attacked andkilled Gonzalo Escalante Arias, theombudsman for Valle del Cauca. Hewas shot while working as a legaladvisor for a local public notary'soffice. It is unknown what motivatedthe attack.

28-Jul-04 Baqouba Iraq Other Explosives56 70 At least seventy people were killedand another fifty-six injured in alarge suicide bombing attack in thecity of Baqouba. The attack tookplace in the middle of the downtownpart of the city, where hundredswere lined up to join the Iraqi policeforce. The blast wrecked nearbyshops and burned vehicles. This wasthe deadliest attack since the USturnover of power on 28 June andalso came only three days before anational conference to create aninterim assembly. Authorities blamea group loyal to Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi of carrying out this attack.

29-Jul-04 Turkey KurdistanFreedomHawks(TAK)

Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated infront of a Pamukbank branch insouthern Mersin Province. The blastcaused damage to nearby buildingsand cars but did not cause anyinjuries. The Kurdistan FreedomHawks (Teyrbazen AzadiyaKurdistan) claimed responsibility forthis attack. In their written claim,the group stated, all the attackscarried out so far are in the nature ofwarning actions.

29-Jul-04 Kohat Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 2 Two intelligence officials were killedby a bomb, as they inspected the sitewhere an earlier explosive haddetonated.

29-Jul-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 Two Iraqi militants, who wereattempting to plant an explosivedevice at an oil pipeline in Kirkuk,were shot dead by police. No furtherinformation is available.

29-Jul-04 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Unidentified perpetrators attackedthe home of Governor Abdul KarimBurghis al-Rawi, the governor of Al-Anbar Province, in Ramadi. Theattackers stormed the home andabducted the governor's three sons,before setting the home on fire. Al-Rawi was at work at the time of theattack.


Firearms0 0 Ali Ahmed Moussa, a Somali truckdriver, was kidnapped by a groupcalling itself the Tawid and Jihad(Monotheism and Holy War). This isthe same group that claimedresponsibility for beheadingAmerican, Nicholas Berg and SouthKorean, Kim Sun-il. The groupreleased a videotape showingMoussa seated in front of maskedgunmen. The captors threatened tokill Moussa within 48 hours unless hiscompany, which is based out ofKuwait, agreed to pull all its businessfrom Iraq. Moussa is one of overtwenty truck drivers to be capturedin recent months. On 2 August,Moussa was released, after histrucking company agreed not tocontinue to do business in Iraq.

29-Jul-04 Al-Taji Iraq Unknown Firearms3 0 A number of police officers werewounded when the police center inAl-Taji was attacked by unknowngunmen. The wounded officers weretaken to the hospital. No furtherinformation is available.

29-Jul-04 Baiji Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A convoy of Turkish trucks, whichwere carrying supplies to the USArmy, was attacked with rockets inBaiji, north of Baghdad. The convoywas escorted by US military patrolunits at the time of the attack. Nofurther details are available.

29-Jul-04 ChitawanNepal Unknown Explosives12 0 About a dozen people were injuredwhen a pressure cooker bomb wasdetonated in the office building ofward one of Bharatpur municipalityin Chitawan district. There weretwelve people participating in aseminar when the blast occurred.Authorities are blaming the device onanti-government guerrillas.


Unknown0 0 Aytullah Gezmen, an employee of theBilintur firm, and a Turk, was takenhostage July 28 or 29 by the TanzimQa'idat Al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayngroup (then Tawhid and Jihad.) Thegroup threatened to kill the hostageif his company did not ceaseactivities in Iraq. In mid-August, thefirm agreed to cease its activities tosave hostages. Gezmen was freed onSeptember 15.

29-Jul-04 TashkentUzbekistanIslamicJihadGroup(IJG)

Explosives1 3 Three people, including a suicidebomber, were killed and two moreinjured in the first of a series of threesuicide bombings in Uzbekistan'scapital, Tashkent. The first bombingoccurred at about 4:42pm local timeat the Israeli Embassy and wascarried out by a man 35 to 40 yearsold. No Israelis were killed in theattack- all casualties wereUzbekistanis- and the buildingsustained only minor damage. Boththe Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan(IMU) and the lesser-known Jamoat(Society) groups claimed the attacks.Uzbekistani President Islam Karimovrejected these claims however,blaming instead Hizb-ut-Tahir for theattacks. The group denies thecharge. The bombers werereportedly all Kazakhstani.TheIslamic Jihad Group (IJG) laterclaimed responsibility for the attack.Authorities now believe that the IJGwas responsible for the threebombings in Tashkent on this day.IJG has close ties to the IMU and mayalso be linked to Al Qaeda.


Explosives4 2 Two people, including a suicidebomber, were killed and four morewounded in the second of a series ofthree suicide bombings inUzbekistan's capital, Tashkent. Thesecond attack took place in the lobbyof the Prosecutor General's Office.Both the Islamic Movement ofUzbekistan (IMU) and the lesser-known Jamoat (Society) groupsclaimed the attacks. UzbekistaniPresident Islam Karimov rejectedthese claims however, blaminginstead Hizb-ut-Tahir for the attacks.The group denies the charge. Thebombers were reportedly allKazakhstani.The Islamic Jihad Group(IJG) later claimed responsibility forthe attack. Authorities now believethat the IJG was responsible for thethree bombings in Tashkent on thisday. IJG has close ties to the IMU andmay also be linked to Al Qaeda.


Explosives1 2 Two people, including a suicidebomber, were killed and one moreperson was injured in the third in aseries of three suicide bombings inUzbekistan's capital, Tashkent. Thethird attack took place in front of theUS Embassy. No Americans werehurt in the attack- both casualtieswere Uzbekistanis- and the Embassysustained only minor damage. Boththe Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan(IMU) and the lesser-known Jamoat(Society) groups claimed the attacks.Uzbekistani President Islam Karimovrejected these claims however,blaming instead Hizb-ut-Tahir for theattacks. The group denies thecharge. The bombers werereportedly all Kazakhstani.TheIslamic Jihad Group (IJG) laterclaimed responsibility for the attack.Authorities now believe that the IJGwas responsible for the threebombings in Tashkent on this day.IJG has close ties to the IMU and mayalso be linked to Al Qaeda.

29-Jul-04 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Pol Snr Sgt-Maj Pin Rattanasongkrohwas shot and killed by insurgents inPattani Province. The twoperpetrators shot at him while ridingby on a motorcycle. Four suspectswere arrested in connection with thisattack, two of them students at anIslamic ponoh school.

30-Jul-04 Jaffar Pakistan Al-IslambouliBrigadesof AlQaeda

Explosives50 8 Eight people were killed when theprime minister designate'smotorcade was attacked in thevillage of Jaffar. Dozens were injuredin the incident, though two otherofficials -- Finance Minister ShaukatAziz and District Nazim (ret) MajorTahir Sadiq Khan -- survived theattack. Shaukat Aziz, the apparenttarget, is a Pakistan Muslim Leaguecandidate and was in Jaffar to attenda public meeting. As his driveropened the door of his car, a suicidebomber threw himself at the vehiclecausing the blast. The group, Al-Islambouli Brigades of Al Qaeda, aQaeda-affiliated group, claimedresponsibility for the attack.

30-Jul-04 Dhaka BangladeshUnknown Explosives0 0 Two unidentified assailants boardinga Toyota threw two bombs in thefront of the local offices of two dailies-- the Inqilab and Janakantha. Therewas no significant damage caused.

30-Jul-04 Dhaka BangladeshUnknown Explosives0 0 A police officer was injured when abomb was thrown at him as he wasdeparting from a police building on amotorcycle. The device detonatedon the road beside the officer.

30-Jul-04 Samarra Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 A South Korean Journalist was brieflykidnapped by a group of armedinsurgents and then released.Officials learned of the incident onlylater, when another journalist waskidnapped.

30-Jul-04 Nablus WestBank/Gaza

al-Fatah Firearms0 0 Palestinian militants kidnapped threeWestern church volunteers, one fromthe US, one from Ireland, and onefrom Britain, in Nablus. Thevolunteers work for the Holy BibleSociety and were working along withfive women who were not kidnapped.The three were released severalhours after the kidnapping. Theattack was claimed by Al-AqsaMartyrs Brigades, a military wing ofal-Fatah.The attack is one of severalkidnappings of Westerners in Gaza inrecent months.

31-Jul-04 KhaneshinAfghanistanTaliban Firearms2 5 The head of Khaneshin District ofHelmand Province and his fourbodyguards were killed byunidentified armed men. It isbelieved that the Taliban areresponsible.

31-Jul-04 Sederot Israel Hamas(IslamicResistanceMovement)

Explosives0 0 The Al-Qassam Brigades, a Hamas-linked militant group, claimedresponsibility for firing two Qassam-2rockets at the Israeli settlement cityof Sederot. In their claim ofresponsibility, the group vows tocontinue to carry out such attacksuntil Palestinian land is freed fromIsraeli occupation. Israeli authoritiesconfirmed the attack, but stated thatonly one missile was launchedagainst the city.

31-Jul-04 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unknown gunmen shot and killedIsmail al-Kilabi, the head of theMahmoudiyah Teachers Institute, astate-run teachers organization. Theattack occurred as al-Kilabi wasleaving a mosque after prayers. Theassassination was an apparentretribution for his refusal to stopworking for Iraqi authorities since theUS handover of power. Militantshave increased attacks against policeand other officials they accuse ofcollaborating with coalition forces.Al-Kilabi was also a member of theFadila party, which has strong ties toShiite leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. The killing of al-Kilabi couldalso be part of a wider campaignagainst the Shiite community.

31-Jul-04 Gwadar Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A series of bombs exploded inGwadar but caused no injuries orfatalities. The first went off at 6:45am, at a wall of a police station. Thedevice was a bottle bomb and wasmost likely planted by attackersangry over the recruitment ofemployees from other provinces towork on a port project.

31-Jul-04 Gwadar Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A series of bombs exploded inGwadar but caused no injuries orfatalities. A second device explodedthirty minutes later after the firstbomb detonation, near the sea port.The device was a bottle bomb andwas most likely planted by attackersangry over the recruitment ofemployees from other provinces towork on a port project.

31-Jul-04 Gwadar Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A series of bombs exploded inGwadar but caused no injuries orfatalities. The third bomb went offthirty minutes after the secondexplosion, and occurred near amosque. The device was a bottlebomb and was most likely planted byattackers angry over the recruitmentof employees from other provinces towork on a port project.


Unknown0 0 Two Turkish truck drivers,Abdulrahman Demir and Sait Unurlu,were kidnapped by Tanzim Qa'idatAl-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn. Thegroup threatened to kill the drivers ifthe company did not halt its actionsin Iraq. The company, OzturTransportation Company, announcedthat it would halt its operations andthe drivers were released.

31-Jul-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 The director of the Lebanese LaraCompany, which works in Iraq inconstruction projects, primarilysupplying ready-made house, VladaAbu Ghadi, was kidnapped. He hadreceived threats prior to thekidnapping that he would be killed ifhe did not stop his support of Iraqireconstruction. The attack occurredin Baghdad when gunmen forced theman into a car. Ghadi's driver waskidnapped as well, but released soonafter.Foreign contractors who work insupport of Iraqi reconstruction andUS forces are the frequent target ofinsurgent attacks.

1-Aug-04 Iraq Unknown Unknown2 1 One Turkish truck driver was killedand four others injured when theywere attacked by Iraqi insurgentsafter delivering their load of fuel toUS forces.

1-Aug-04 ZianaMansouria

Algeria Unknown Explosives1 3 Three people were killed and a fourthseriously injured by a bomb attack inJijel Province. The explosion occurredas the victims were leaving work atthe electricity company. No specificterrorist group was identified in theincident, although utilities have beena frequent target of attack by theSalafist Group for Call and Combat(GSPC).

1-Aug-04 AlgecirasColombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Firearms1 0 Attackers, assumed to beRevolutionary Armed Forces ofColumbia (FARC) hit men, shot JanioAngel Molano, Algeciras MunicipalityCouncilman. Molano survived theattack but sustained multiple gunshot wounds. It is not known whatmotivated the attack.

1-Aug-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 8 Six bombs blew up churches inBaghdad and Mosul, killing at leasttwelve people and wounding manymore. Eight people died when onebomb exploded inside a large churchin southern Baghdad. The bombexploded as people were leaving theevening mass.

1-Aug-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives22 2 Six bombs blew up churches inBaghdad and Mosul, killing at leasttwelve people and wounding manymore. A car bomb was detonatedoutside an Armenian Church inBaghdad's upper market district. Twopeople were killed and twenty-twowounded in this and the other attackin the same neighborhood.

1-Aug-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Six bombs blew up churches inBaghdad and Mosul, killing at leasttwelve people and wounding manymore. A third bomb exploded next toa Catholic Syriac church. One priestreported that this bomb alsoexploded as people were leavingmass. Two people were killed andtwenty-two wounded in this and theother attack in the sameneighborhood, though it is impossibleto disaggregate the numbers of killedand wounded for each blast.

1-Aug-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives15 1 Six bombs blew up churches inBaghdad and Mosul, killing at leasttwelve people and wounding manymore. Two car bombs explodedoutside the Mar Polic Church inMosul. Medics there said one personwas killed and fifteen wounded.

1-Aug-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Six bombs blew up churches inBaghdad and Mosul, killing at leasttwelve people and wounding manymore. An explosion occurred in aChristian neighborhood in Kirkuk, butno one was injured becauseeveryone was in church.

1-Aug-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 On the same day that bombsexploded at churches throughoutIraq, police in Mosul announced thatthey had defused a car bomb thatwas parked outside the Noah's ArcChurch in Mosul.

1-Aug-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives53 6 A suicide bomber detonated hisvehicle by crashing his truck intobarriers surrounding the Summarpolice station. The driver was killedas were three police officers. Fifty-three people were injured in theattack.

1-Aug-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms3 3 Three police officers were killed andthree injured in a drive-by shootingnorth of Baghdad.

1-Aug-04 Baghdad Iraq Tawhidand Jihad

Firearms0 1 Gunmen ambushed a Turkish convoyof trucks carrying supplies to USforces near Baghdad. Three Turkishdrivers were kidnapped in the attack.The kidnappers later released avideo showing one of the hostagesbeing shot to death. The twosurviving kidnapped drivers wereidentified as Abdurrahman Demir andSait Unurlu. The kidnapping wasclaimed by the group led by AbuMusab al-Zarqawi, known in 2005 asTanzim Qa’idat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn, but at the time of theattack as Tawhid and Jihad. Thegroup released a video threateningto kill the hostages in 48 hours if theTurkish firm they work for did notstop sending workers into Iraq andsupporting US forces. When theTurkish firm agreed to stopoperations in Iraq, the two hostageswere freed on August 4, 2004.Foreign contractors who work in Iraqsupporting US forces are thefrequent target of insurgent attacks.

2-Aug-04 Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Explosives1 0 A rocket fired in northern Kabulwounded one person and damaged abuilding. The site of the attack was abuilding in the Taimani district. Aconstruction worker was inside at thetime. There is no indication of whofired the device, or the intendedtarget.

2-Aug-04 Quetta Pakistan Unknown Firearms2 1 One person was killed and twoinjured when unidentified assailantsattacked the motorcade ofBalochistan Chief Minister JamMuhammed Yousuf. The ministerwas traveling from Khuzdar to Quettato hold a meeting on law and order.He was unhurt in the attack. Aconstable who is a member of theanti-terrorist task force was fatallyinjured.

2-Aug-04 Sederot WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets landed inSederot settlement. One landed on ahouse. The house was badlydamaged but no one was injured.

2-Aug-04 WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives7 0 An explosion occurred in thePalestinian Authority's central prisonin Gaza. Seven Palestinians werewounded when hand grenades werethrown into a cell of suspected Israelicollaborators. IDF forces deniedinvolvement.

2-Aug-04 GazaCity

WestBank/Gaza


Firearms0 1 Palestinian gunmen attacked ahospital in Gaza City and killedsuspected Israeli collaborator, WalidHamdiyah. This was one of twoassassinations at the hospital thisday. The two men had earlier beeninjured when grenades werelaunched into their jail cell. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the killings.

2-Aug-04 GazaCity

WestBank/Gaza


Firearms0 1 Palestinian gunmen attacked ahospital in Gaza City and killedsuspected Israeli collaborator,Mahmoud al-Sharef. This was one oftwo assassinations at the hospitalthis day. The two men had earlierbeen injured when grenades werelaunched into their jail cell. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the killings.

2-Aug-04 Sederot WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two Quassam missiles were fired atthe Sederot settlement. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

2-Aug-04 Douhal WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Qassam missile was launched atthe Douhal settlement causing heavydamage. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

2-Aug-04 NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Four shells were fired on the NeveDeqalim settlement. The attack wasclaimed by the military wing ofHamas.

2-Aug-04 NitzarHazani

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells were fired at theNitsar Hazani settlement in the GazaStrip. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

2-Aug-04 GazaCity

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Grenades were launched into the cellof Walid Hamdiyeh, wounding himand Mahmoud al-Sharef. The two areconsidered Israeli collaborators.Hamas's military wing claimedresponsibility for the attack.Bothmen were later killed in the hospital.

2-Aug-04 Filfayl Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a Turkishtruck driver who had beentransporting supplies for US forces.Osman Alisan was killed near FilfaylIraq when gunmen opened fire on histruck. Those who work with US forcesare the frequent target of insurgentattack in Iraq.

2-Aug-04 Riyadh SaudiArabia

Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen attacked and killed an Irishcitizen working in Riyadh as a civilengineer for a Saudi constructionfirm, Rocky for Trade andConstruction, when they entered hisoffice and shot him. The man wasidentified as Anthony ChristopherHiggins. There have been severalattacks on Westerners working inSaudi Arabia in recent months.

3-Aug-04 Belfast NorthernIreland

Unknown Explosives0 0 A pipe bomb was discovered anddefused at a house in north Belfastthat belongs to a Catholic family offour. Army bomb experts were ableto safely detonate the device withoutcausing any injuries or damages.Authorities point out that this houseis close to the Ballysillian industrialestate, and is the first house in thenationalist part of Ligoniel andvulnerable to attack by loyalists.

3-Aug-04 LondonderryNorthernIreland

Unknown Explosives0 0 Unidentified suspects threw anumber of petrol bombs and paint atpolice officers who were respondingto a call on Drumcliff Avenue inLondonderry. One of the policevehicles was damaged in the attack,but there were no reported injuries.

3-Aug-04 Sghirat Algeria Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A truck belonging to BoumerdesUniversity was intercepted andsubsequently burned by anunidentified group of terrorists.

3-Aug-04 La Fria VenezuelaUnknown Firearms0 2 Raul Rincon Diaz, a rancher, andRodrigo Alvarez Guerrero, hisadministrator, were abducted andkilled by presumed Colombianparamilitary forces. The attack wasapparently a retaliation against thedistribution of identification cards toColombian citizens working in theVenezuelan boarder area - Alvarezhad distributed the cards to hisemployees.

3-Aug-04 Gulariya Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Unknown0 1 Members of the Communist Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M) are believedto have murdered the mayor ofGulariya municipality. He wasabducted while on his way to afuneral and murdered.

3-Aug-04 SungaiKolok

Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 Four remote-controlled bombsdetonated in the Rangae districtalmost simultaneously. The first ofthe devices detonated next to theCustoms office in the border town ofSungai Kolok. The device, like theother three, was made of about ahalf a kilogram of explosives and waswrapped in a white cloth. Twovehicles parked nearby weredamaged but there were no reportedinjuries.

3-Aug-04 Sukhirin Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 Four remote-controlled explosivedevices, consisting of about a half akilogram of explosives, detonatedalmost simultaneously in Rangaedistrict. The second of the bombsexploded in front of the Sukhirindistrict office. There was no damagecaused by the blast. Authoritiesbelieve the attacks were part of anongoing campaign of violenceperpetrated by Islamic separatists.

3-Aug-04 Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 Four remote-controlled bombsdetonated in the Rangae districtalmost simultaneously. The third ofthese devices detonated under apickup truck that was parked in frontof a local Chinese ethnic association.The device, like the other three, wasmade of about a half kilogram ofexplosives and was wrapped in awhite cloth. Authorities believe thatthe attacks were perpetrated byIslamic separatists as part of anongoing campaign of violence.


0 0 Four remote-controlled explosivedevices detonated almostsimultaneously in the Rangaedistrict. The fourth and final blastoccurred behind the Chanea districtoffice. The bomb, like the threebefore it, was made of about a halfkilogram of explosives and wrappedin a white cloth. Authorities areblaming the attacks on Islamicseparatists on a campaign ofviolence in the southern Thaiprovinces.

3-Aug-04 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 70 A truck bomb exploded at a policerecruiting center in Baquabah, wherehundreds of job applicants weregathered. Seventy people were killedin the attack.


3 0 Three soldiers were injured in aroadside bomb attack as they werepreparing to drive teachers to schoolin Yala province. The bomb was aremote-detonated explosive and it isunclear if the teachers or the securitystaff were the intended target of theblast.

4-Aug-04 Patnos Turkey Unknown Firearms1 1 One police officer was killed andanother wounded when unknowngunmen opened fire on a policestation in Patnos, in Agri Province.The attackers fired shots at the twoofficers who were guarding the policepost. No further information isprovided.

4-Aug-04 Paktia AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 2 Two German workers of a non-governmental organization, MalteserHilfendienst, were killed when armedmen attacked their vehicle in Paktia.

4-Aug-04 Logar AfghanistanTaliban Explosives4 3 The Taliban claimed responsibility foran attack that killed three people andinjured four in the Burki Bark district.The bomb was placed on a bicycleparked in a bazaar, and is believed tohave been aimed at the district chief.

4-Aug-04 Karbala Iraq IslamicArmy inIraq

Firearms0 0 Fereydun Jahani, an Iranian diplomatappointed to open a consulate inKarbala, was abducted on the roadfrom Baghdad on 4 August. He wasreleased unhurt on 27 September.The Islamic Army in Iraq claimedresponsibility for the attack.

4-Aug-04 GuwahatiIndia ULFA Explosives0 13 Over a dozen people were killed -- sixof whom were children -- when theUnited Liberation Front of Assam(ULFA) exploded a bomb during amajor Independence Day celebrationin the Dhemaji college field. Themilitants used a remote detonateddevice at the entrance of the fieldwhere the festivities took place,according to police.

4-Aug-04 Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Two Syrian drivers were kidnapped inthe region between Uwaynat andZummar. The trucks of the drivershad been abandoned at the scene ofthe kidnapping.

4-Aug-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 2 The person in charge of the KurdistanDemocratic Party branch in Baghdad,Sardar Abdullah Sa'id, and anemployee of the branch, Jihad Jalal,were killed in an attack. The weaponused in the attack was notmentioned.

4-Aug-04 IndonesiaFree AcehMovement(GAM)

Firearms1 4 Suspected members of the Free AcehMovement (GAM) shot and killed fourcivilians and seriously woundedanother. The gunmen opened fire ona car in the North Aceh district, inwhich the victims were riding. Thevictims were local plantation workersand were driving on a road oftenused by military personnel.


2 0 Two police officers, SakchaiKeawpuang and Pramote Panisen,were seriously injured when aremote-controlled bomb detonatedon a road, as their patrol waspassing. The two officers wereassigned to provide security forteachers in the Yala Province whenthey were attacked. The two wereriding on a motorcycle, which wasescorting a truck of ten other policeofficers. Authorities believe that thedevice was detonated by cell phone.One man, Maloyee Jaema, a localadministrator was arrested inconnection with the attack.

4-Aug-04 Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 A firebomb exploded on a fenceseparating the homes of two policeofficers in Narathiwat Province. Thedevice weighed nearly a quarter of akilogram of explosives and destroyedthe fence. There were no reportedinjuries caused by the blast.

4-Aug-04 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 The new governor of Basra escapedan assassination attempt whenunidentified gunmen opened fire onhis car in front of his office in Basra.No casualties were reported.

4-Aug-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 In a drive-by shooting, insurgentsfired at a police station in Mosul. Noinjuries were reported.

5-Aug-04 Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Four Lebanese truck drivers weretaken hostage on August 5. OnAugust 10, Nasser al-Jundi andQassem Merqbawi, two of the fourwere released. Two other drivers,Taha, the brother of Nasser, al-Jundi,and Khaled Osman, who were seizedearly last week along with the twotruckers just freed, are still beingheld by kidnappers but the ministrysaid they were in good health.

5-Aug-04 Mozdok Russia Unknown Explosives3 0 An explosive device was detonated ina street in the North Ossetian town ofMozdok. The bomb appeared to havebeen planted in a trash can near abus stop and had a power equivalentto 200g of TNT. Three people wereinjured in the incident. Policesuspected terrorism in the attack andwere investigating.



0 0 A group of Catholic youths are beingblamed for throwing fourteen petrolbombs at police in Londonderry. Thisattack comes ahead of a Protestantparade, which is set to marchthrough the city. Authorities believethe attack was meant to stir tensionsahead of the event. One person wasarrested in connection with thisattack.

5-Aug-04 Sylhet BangladeshUnknown Explosives0 0 A bombing occurred in two moviehouses in Sylhet. The explosionswere timed to take place about a halfhour apart. A homeless boy waskilled and eleven others were injuredin the two attacks. It is impossible todisaggregate the numbers for eachindividual bomb.

5-Aug-04 Sylhet BangladeshUnknown Explosives11 1 A bombing occurred in two moviehouses in Sylhet. The explosionswere timed to take place about a halfhour apart. A homeless boy waskilled and eleven others injured,though it is impossible todisaggregate the numbers for eachindividual bomb from the reporting.

5-Aug-04 QatifBloc

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 1 Soldiers prevented a terrorist attackin Qatif Bloc. The soldiers spottedtwo terrorists approaching the fenceand killed one of them. The otherterrorist escaped. An unexplodedcharge was found near the body ofthe dead terrorist.

5-Aug-04 Negev WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Seven Qassam rockets were fired atcommunities in Negev. There wereno casualties and no damage.

5-Aug-04 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosion occurred on an oilpipeline in Hamrin, 20 km aast ofTikrit. The explosion appears to havebeen caused intentionally andstarted a fire. The oil pipelines in Iraqhave been the target of many recentattacks.

5-Aug-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives21 5 A car bomb exploded outside of apolice station in Southern Baghdad,killing five people and injuringtwenty-one. The explosion wasbelieved to be the work of a suicidebomber.

5-Aug-04 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Two Turkish truck drivers werekidnapped on their way back fromIraq to Turkey. One hostage wasidentified as Slahattin Turan. The twomen were delivering merchandise toIraq.

5-Aug-04 Samarra Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Tashin Top, a Turkish truck driver,was taken hostage. The kidnappersdemand that his company leave Iraqwithin 48 hours. The Turkishcompany announces that it iswithdrawing from Iraq in order toguarantee Top's release. However,he was not released. On Sept. 7, hiscaptors asked for a ransom on$45,000. Finally, on September 22,Top was released.

5-Aug-04 Dargecit Turkey PKK/KONGRA-GELExplosives1 1 A 13-year-old boy was killed and hisbrother, who is eight, was injured,when the two boys stepped on anexplosive device which was plantedon a road near their primary schoolin the town of Dargecit. Authoritiesbelieve that the bomb was plantedby members of the KurdistanWorkers' Party (PKK), which now callsitself the Democratic Congress ofKurdistan (KONGA-GEL).

6-Aug-04 Urozgan AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 2 A UN election worker and a driverwere killed by Taliban remnants astheir convoy was traveling fromCharchino to Kajran. Theperpetrators attacked usingmachine-guns and rockets.

6-Aug-04 Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 A bomb placed inside of a rubbishdump near a main Kabul intersectionexploded causing little damage.Authorities blame the attack on,enemies of the homeland.

6-Aug-04 Urozgan AfghanistanTaliban Fire orFirebomb

0 0 The Taliban attacked an electionsoffice in Charchino setting fire to fourjeeps. Taliban claimed responsibilityfor the assault, which also leftanother civilian injured. The Talibanhas vowed to disrupt elections allover the country.

6-Aug-04 Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Four Lebanese truck drivers werekidnapped on the road between al-Ramadi and Baghdad.

6-Aug-04 RafiahYam

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 1 A terrorist attack on the Rafiah Yamsettlement was prevented whenIsraeli Defense Forces (IDF) troopsspotted five Palestinians preparing tofire an antitank rocket at thesettlement. One of the terrorists waskilled when police shot at the group.The shots also exploded the weapon.

6-Aug-04 Iraq Other Unknown0 0 An armed group kidnapped a Turkishtruck driver and threatened to killhim in 48 hours if the company thathe works for did not cease allactivities in Iraq. The group callsitself the 'Abd-al-Qadir al-JilaniBattalions.' The driver works for acompany known at Atan and thedrivers name is Tahsin Abd-al-Rahman.

7-Aug-04 Turkey PKK/KONGRA-GELFirearms4 0 Four police officers were woundedwhen members of the KurdistanWorkers' Party/People's Congress ofKurdistan (PKK/KONGRA-GEL) openedfire on a police station in MardinProvince. The perpetrators managedto escape unseen after the attack.

7-Aug-04 RibadesellaSpain BasqueFatherlandandFreedom(ETA)

Explosives0 0 A small explosive device detonatedin the coastal town of Ribadesella, inAsturias Province in northern Spain.The device was targeting a touristresort in the town and wasmentioned in a warning from anunidentified caller. Authorities areblaming this device and a similar onefound at another tourist resort on theBasque Fatherland and Freedom(ETA) terrorist group.

7-Aug-04 SanVicentede laBarquera

Spain BasqueFatherlandandFreedom(ETA)

Explosives0 0 A small explosive device detonatedat a tourist resort in San Vicent de laBarquera in Cantabria Province, innorthern Spain. The bomb explodedafter a telephone warning from anunidentified caller. Authorities areblaming this attack and a similar onein Asturias Province on the BasqueFatherland and Freedom (ETA).



0 0 A group of youths hurled petrolbombs at police from the mainlynationalist area of Nailor's Row inLondonderry. The group also threwstones, paint and other missiles atthe officers. The perpetrators thenthrew one petrol bomb in thedirection of the Protestant FountainEstate. There were no reportedinjuries.

7-Aug-04 Sylhet BangladeshUnknown Explosives25 0 A bomb in northeast Bangladesh thatwas planted in a Jeep parked on thepremises of the Hotel Gulshanexploded, wounding twenty-fivepeople. The blast took place onlymoments after a working meeting ofthe Bangladesh Awami League (BAL)adjourned. Most of the injured werelocal workers and members of themajor opposition party.

7-Aug-04 KathmanduNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 Suspected members of theCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M) exploded a bomb at theSimrik Air office, causing damage tothe building.

7-Aug-04 Udaypur Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 Members of the Communist Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M) exploded abomb at Shuvalaxmi Cinema Hall.Parts of the cinema were damaged,but there were no reported injuries.

7-Aug-04 Baghdad Iraq MahdiArmy

Unknown0 0 A South Korean Press photographerworking for Time Magazine waskidnapped by militants in Iraq. ChoSung-soo was kidnapped in Baghdadby a group of the Mahdi Army (amilitia loyal to Muqtada Al-Sadr). Hewas released the next day.

7-Aug-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 At least ten explosions from somekind of mortar fire hit the USembassy in Baghdad. The blastsoccurred near the fortified zonehousing the embassy and Iraqiinterim government buildings.

8-Aug-04 Karbala Iraq IslamicArmy inIraq

Unknown0 0 The group calling itself the IslamicArmy kidnapped Fereidoun Jahani,the Iranian consul in Karbala. Thegroup announced that it was willingto exchange Jahani for more than500 Iraqi prisoners imprisoned duringthe Iraqi-Iranian war and since the1991 Gulf War. The group gave Iran48 hours to respond before they took'appropriate action' against theconsul. After negotiations, thehostage was released on September27 and arrived in Tehran onSeptember 29.

8-Aug-04 Turkey Unknown Explosives1 1 One perpetrator was killed andanother wounded when the explosivedevice that they were attempting toplant prematurely detonated. Theexplosion occurred on IpekyoluStreet in Van Province at a policecheckpoint near the airport. Policeare assuming that the perpetratorswere Kurdish separatists.

8-Aug-04 Belfast NorthernIreland

Other Other 0 0 Police officers came under attack onthe Westlink highway in Belfast. Agroup of between 200 and 300youths threw bottles and stones atthe officers as they attempted tocontain a car fire on the road. Theyouths were gathered together tomark the 33rd anniversary of theintroduction of internment withouttrial in Northern Ireland. The roadwas closed for a short period of timedue to safety concerns.

8-Aug-04 BallymenaNorthernIreland


0 0 A number of petrol bombs werethrown at police officers in Ballymenaduring a bonfire. The fire was lit tomark the 33rd anniversary of theintroduction of internment withouttrial in Northern Ireland. Theperpetrators also threw devices at afire engine and passing cars. Therewere no reported injuries.

8-Aug-04 Medellin Colombia Unknown Explosives35 0 A bomb exploded at a bridge inMedellin moments before a parade ofantique cars was scheduled to crossit. Someone tossed a bomb,composed of on kg of R-1 explosive,off the bridge and onto a pile ofrocks. Thirty-five spectators wereinjured in the blast, 3 of whom wereseriously injured. Most injuries werecaused by flying debris. It isunknown who carried out the attackor what motivated it. The car showwas the closing event at the annualFair of the Flowers.

8-Aug-04 Karachi Pakistan Unknown Explosives2 0 Nine people were killed and scoresinjured when two bombs exploded inthe front of Binoria Bakers. The firstbomb which was of low intensityinjured only two people.

8-Aug-04 Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives50 9 A second of two bombs explodedoutside of Binoria Bakers. Thesecond bomb, which weighed aboutone kilogram, was planted on amotorcycle, and exploded fifteenminutes after the first. The highnumber of casualties was because anumber of people had gathered atthe scene after the first blast.

8-Aug-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Shaykh Abd-al-Hadi al-Darrajii headof Al-Sayyid Al-Sadr's office inBaghdad escaped an assassinationattempt in Baghdad. Theassassination attempt resulted in thedeath of one of his aides, aftergunmen opened fire on the car theywere all riding in.

9-Aug-04 Argun ChechnyaUnknown Explosives5 0 A series of mine explosions occurredin Chechnya. One in Argun injuredfive people when their car rolled overthe mine. The attacks occur in thelead up to the Presidential electionsand could be an attempt by rebels todestabilize the situation.

9-Aug-04 Rivera Colombia Unknown Firearms0 1 Luis Humberto Trujillo Arias, mayorof Rivera, was shot and killed by twomen on a motorcycle. The attacktook place in front of Trujillo's home.He had refused to use a body guardand was not known to have receivedany threats. It is unknown whatmotivated the attack. It is possiblethat the action was carried out byguerilla or paramilitary forces.

9-Aug-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 The deputy governor of Al-Anbar,Badim Muhammad Munajid, waskidnapped from his home west ofBaghdad by unknown persons. Hisbody was found one month later nearal-Ramadi hospital.

9-Aug-04 Ruso Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 A remote-controlled explosivedevice, which was made of twokilograms of ammonium nitrate, wasdiscovered and defused in Ruso, inNarathiwat Province. The device wasfound in a plastic box inside a trashbin outside the home of PoliceSergeant Phumson Prasoet, the chiefof traffic police for the Ruso district.Police also found eight batteries,electronic circuits for receiving phonesignal, steel scraps and electricalwires in the bin. On 9 August, policereceived an anonymous phone callwarning that eleven devices hadbeen planted in various governmentoffices. No devices were found andauthorities believe the call was adiversion so that insurgents couldplant this bomb in the trash bin. Theattack is most likely a campaign tomaintain a tense situation in thesouthern Thai provinces.

9-Aug-04 Iraq Unknown Explosives6 1 A car bomb exploded in front of thehouse of the Diyala deputy governor.At least one Iraqi was killed and sixothers were injured. The blastappears to have been targeting themotorcade of the deputy governor.

9-Aug-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 Several mortar shells fell on centralBaghdad, wounding 4 people andinflicting material damage. Themortars fell near the Green Zone,which is the target of frequentmortar attacks.

10-Aug-04

Istanbul Turkey PKK/KONGRA-GELExplosives9 2 An explosive device detonated at thePars Hotel in the Laleli neighborhood,in Istanbul. The blast killed twopeople and injured about nine others.This was one of two explosive blastsat hotels in Istanbul, that took placewithin moments of each other. TheLaleli neighborhood is a populartourist area and many of the injuredwere foreigners. Two separategroups claimed responsibility forthese two hotel bombings- the alQaeda-linked Abu Hafs Al MasriBrigades and a new Kurdish group,the Kurdistan Freedom FalconsOrganization. Authorities believethat the attacks were probably morelikely carried out by the KurdistanFreedom Falcons Organization, asthe Abu Hafs Al Masri Brigades haveclaimed attacks they didn'tperpetrate in the past. In the Kurdishrebel statement, the group claimsthat they carried out the attack inresponse to recent militaryoperations against Kurdish rebels inTurkey. After testing the bombmaterial, authorities believe that thisattack and the other on a hotel andone against an oil facility, wereperpetrated by the KurdistanWorkers' Party/Kurdistan DemocraticCongress (PKK/KONGRA-GEL).

10-Aug-04

Istanbul Turkey PKK/KONGRA-GELExplosives0 0 An explosive device detonated at theHotel Star Holiday in theSultanahmet neighborhood ofIstanbul. This was one of twoexplosive blasts that took place inthe city, which targeted hotels. Theblasts occurred within moments ofeach other and together killed twopeople and injured over nine others.It is unclear if anyone was injured inthis attack specifically. Two separategroups claimed responsibility forthese two hotel bombings- the alQaeda-linked Abu Hafs Al MasriBrigades and a new Kurdish group,the Kurdistan Freedom FalconsOrganization. Authorities believethat the attacks were probably morelikely carried out by the KurdistanFreedom Falcons Organization, asthe Abu Hafs Al Masri Brigades haveclaimed attacks they didn'tperpetrate in the past. In the Kurdishrebel statement, the group claimsthat they carried out the attack inresponse to recent militaryoperations against Kurdish rebels inTurkey. After testing the bombmaterial, authorities believe that thisattack and the other on a hotel andone against an oil facility, wereperpetrated by the KurdistanWorkers' Party/Kurdistan DemocraticCongress (PKK/KONGRA-GEL).

10-Aug-04

Esenyurt Turkey PKK/KONGRA-GELExplosives0 0 Unknown perpetrators attempted touse two small explosive devices toblow up large fuel storage tanks inEsenyurt, in Istanbul Province. Thetanks belong to the Demiroren Groupfacility and no injuries were causedbecause the devices failed todetonate. The first of the twodevices went off an hour before twoblasts at hotels in Istanbul killed twopeople. The second went off slightlyafter the hotel bombings. A test ofthe explosive material at the siteleads authorities to believe that thisattack, and the two hotel attackswere perpetrated by the KurdistanWorkers' Party/Kurdistan DemocraticCongress (PKK/KONGRA-GEL).

10-Aug-04

YenimahalleTurkey Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Molotov cocktails were thrown at theLand Registration Directorate inYenimahalle, in Ankara Province.The devices were thrown by twounidentified perpetrators at the firstfloor in the back of the building. Asmall fire ensued and caused minormaterial damage, but there were noreported injuries. Three people weredetained for questioning after theattack.

10-Aug-04

Turkey Unknown Firearms0 0 Unknown gunmen opened fire at apolice checkpoint that was located infront of the Village ServicesDirectorate in Mardin Province.There were no injuries caused by theattack. The gunmen were able toescape unnoticed.

10-Aug-04

MakhachkalaRussia Unknown Firearms0 0 An assassination attempt was madeagainst Robert Aliyev, a member ofthe People's Assembly of theRepublic of Dagestan. The incidentoccurred in the yard of his house,when two unidentified men droveinto the yard, got out of the car, andfired several burst of submachinegun fire at the parliamentarian's car.The MP was not hurt.

10-Aug-04

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Firearms3 0 Three Israelis sustained light woundswhen shots were fired at their bus inSamaria. The three appeared to havebeen wounded by shrapnel.

10-Aug-04

QatifBloc

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets and one al-Battar rocket hit an empty buildingand a high tension line in Qatif Bloc.As a result of the hit, there was apower failure in several settlements.

10-Aug-04

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Iraqi police arrested two Syriansdriving in a car filled with explosives.They said that they intended todetonate their car near the PatrioticUnion of Kurdistan headquarters inMosul.

10-Aug-04

Atzmona WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Three Qassam missiles werelaunched at the Atsomonasettlement. Hamas's military wingclaimed responsibility for the attack.

10-Aug-04

Morag WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two Qassam missiles were fired atthe Morag settlement. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

10-Aug-04

NetzarimWestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells were fired at agroup of Jewish laborers near theNetazarim settlement. Hamas'smilitary wing claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

10-Aug-04

YuksekovaTurkey PKK/KONGRA-GELExplosives1 0 A shepherd was injured in the leg,when he stepped on a mine plantedby suspected members of theKurdistan Workers' Party/DemocraticCongress of Kurdistan (PKK/KONGA-GEL). The attack took place in thecity of Yuksekova, in HakkariProvince. The victim reportedly losthis leg in the incident.

10-Aug-04

Iraq Tawhidand Jihad


0 1 Gunmen kidnapped an Egyptiannational in Iraq and beheaded him.The attack was claimed by the groupled by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, knownin 2004 as Tawhid and Jihad and in2005 as Tanzim Qa’idat al-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn . The groupreleased a video showing thebeheading in which the hostageidentified himself as MohammedMutawalli and admitted working withUS forces. Foreigners who work withUS forces are the frequent target ofinsurgent attacks in Iraq.

11-Aug-04

NovogroznenskiyChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 2 Two local residents, claiming to acton behalf of Chechen warlords, werekilled when the explosive device theywere planting went off. They wereplanting the device near a localschool in order to destabilize thesituation on the eve of thepresidential election.

11-Aug-04

ChechnyaUnknown Explosives5 0 A series of mine explosions occurredin Chechnya. One on the Gudermes-Mesker-Yurt roadway injured twopassengers when their car rolledover the mine. The attacks occur inthe lead up to the Presidentialelections and could be an attempt byrebels to destabilize the situation.

11-Aug-04

Israel al-Fatah Explosives15 2 An explosion occurred at theQalandiyah roadblock, injuring fifteenpeople and killing two Palestinians.The blast was caused by a car bomb.IDF forces arrested one Palestinian inconnection with the attack. Theattack was later claimed by al-Fatah.

11-Aug-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Iraqi police found a car filled withexplosives near the Al-Sudayr Hotelin the Iraqi capital. They managed todefuse it.

11-Aug-04

Negev WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at anIsraeli community in western Negev.The rocket failed to explode andthere were no casualties or damage.

11-Aug-04

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Two Patriot Union of Kurdistan (PUK)members were killed when a gunmenin a car opened fire on their vehicle.Mahmud Mustafa Mahmud and AzadHamid Mahmud were killed in theattack. The driver of their car wasalso killed.

11-Aug-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 The representative of the BadrOrganization and the SupremeCouncil for Islamic Revolution in Iraqin Iraq's Diyala Province, Ali Saadi,was attacked and killed by gunmenin Baghdad.

11-Aug-04

KhanBeniSaad

Iraq Unknown Explosives10 4 A makeshift bomb exploded in apopular marketplace in Khan BeniSaad, Iraq, killing four people andwounding ten.

11-Aug-04

NafedHa'atsar

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two Qassam missiles were fired atNafed Ha'atsar in Gaza Strip. Nocasualties were reported. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the blast.

11-Aug-04

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms2 2 Gunmen opened fire on a policepatrol in Mosul, killing two policeofficers and two bystanders.

12-Aug-04

Karabey Turkey PKK/KONGRA-GELExplosives1 0 One police officer was injured whenhis police convoy hit a landmine inKarabey, in Hakkari Province. Theconvoy vehicle was patrolling thearea, looking for mines planted bythe Kurdistan Workers'Party/Kurdistan Democratic Congress(PKK/KONGRA-GEL). No furtherinformation is available.

12-Aug-04

LondonderryNorthernIreland


0 0 Three petrol bombs were thrown at amainly Protestant housing estate inLondonderry. There were no injuriesand the devices caused no damage,as two of them failed to ignite. Thisattack comes during the marchingseason, a time of heightenedtensions between loyalists andrepublicans.

12-Aug-04

SantanderSpain BasqueFatherlandandFreedom(ETA)

Explosives0 0 A small explosive device, one of twoto detonate in northern Spain on thisday, exploded outside a SantanderCentral Hispano bank in Santander.An unidentified caller warned of thedevice prior to the explosion, and noone was injured. Authorities areblaming the attacks on the BasqueFatherland and Freedom (ETA).

12-Aug-04

Gijon Spain BasqueFatherlandandFreedom(ETA)

Explosives1 0 A small explosive device detonatedoutside a restaurant in the northernbeach city of Gijon. One elderly manwas injured by the blast. This wasone of two small explosive attacksperpetrated on this day in northernSpain. An unidentified caller warnedof the device prior to the explosion.Authorities are blaming the BasqueFatherland and Freedom (ETA) forboth these attacks.

12-Aug-04

Konar AfghanistanUnknown Firearms1 0 The chief accountant of KonarProvince survived an attack on hislife, after unidentified men open fireon his residence. His bodyguard wasinjured, however. The accountantlived in the building of the ministry oftribal affairs.

12-Aug-04

Colombia Unknown Firearms0 0 Unknown assailants fired at fourhelicopters carrying Colombian VicePresident Francisco Santos and agroup of officials and foreignreporters. The group was traveling inthe southwestern part of the country,where the Revolutionary ArmedForces of Colombia (FARC) are knownto be active, when the attack tookplace. One helicopter, carrying thevice presidents wife, was hit by onebullet but no one was injured. Thehelicopters landed temporarily butsustained no significant damage andcontinued on their planned itinerary.

12-Aug-04

Iraq Brigadesof theMujahideenin Iraq

Unknown0 0 An armed group calling itself theBattalion of the Chief Martyr, part ofthe Brigades of the Mujahideen,claimed responsibility for kidnappinga number of drivers in Iraq. Thegroup said that those drivers weretransporting electric equipment andsupplies to US forces.

12-Aug-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Insurgents fired rocket-propelledgrenades at a police station inBaghdad. No injuries were reportedin the attack.

13-Aug-04

Itamar WestBank/Gaza

al-Fatah Firearms0 2 An Israeli civilian, Shlomo Miller, wasshot by a Palestinian, near the WestBank settlement of Itamar. Thegunman was identified as a memberof the Tanzim, an offshoot of the al-Fatah movement. His name wasYusuf Hanani. The gunman fired at acar in which the Israeli was traveling.As he tried to escape, IDF troops shotand killed him. Israeli Defense Forces(IDF) forces razed him home thefollowing day in retaliation.

13-Aug-04

Nablus WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives2 1 An attack on a settlement nearNablus resulted in the injuring of twoIsraelis. The perpetrator of the attackwas killed in the attack.

13-Aug-04

Basra Iraq Abu al-Abbas

Unknown1 0 A British journalist, James Brandon,was kidnapped from his hotel inBasra by about twenty men. Hiskidnappers said that they would killhim if the 'battles' did not stop in 24hours. He was held for about 20hours and then released. He sufferedminor injuries, including a black eyeand bruised face. A group callingitself Abu al-Abbas claimedresponsibility for the kidnapping.

13-Aug-04

Quetta Pakistan BalochLiberationArmy

Explosives0 0 Six bombs went off in Quetta duringIndependence Day celebrations fromAugust 13 and August 14. The firstof two bombs went off on August13th on Railway Hockey Chowk,about 200 yards away from Governorand Chief Minister Houses. Therewas damage to structures nearby. Inthe past, the Baloch Liberation Army(BLA) carried out such explosionsduring Independence Daycelebrations. Following the currentseries of blasts, an unidentified callerclaimed responsibility and said thatthe attacks were in protest againstPunjab rulers' oppression of theBaloch population.

13-Aug-04


Explosives0 0 Six bombs went off in Quetta duringIndependence Day celebrations. Thesecond of two bombs went off onAugust 13th on Railway HockeyChowk, about 200 yards away fromGovernor and Chief Minister Houses.Another bomb had detonated in thesame location only a half hourearlier. There was damage tostructures nearby. In the past, theBaloch Liberation Army (BLA) carriedout such explosions duringIndependence Day celebrations.Following the current series of blasts,an unidentified caller claimedresponsibility and said that theattacks were in protest againstPunjab rulers' oppression of theBaloch population.

13-Aug-04

Al-Nasiriyah

Iraq Saraya al-Shuhuadaal-jihadiyahfi al-Iraq

Unknown0 0 An armed group calling itself Sarayaal-Shuhada (Martyrs Brigades)kidnapped and was holding USjournalist Micah Garen. Garen waskidnapped in al-Nasiriya. The groupthreatened to kill the hostage if USforces did not withdraw from Najaf.About one week after the kidnapping,the group released a statement thatsaid they would release the hostagein keeping with a commitment to'wartime ethics.' Sources reportedthat the journalist was releasedpartly due to his work investigatingan incident in which an Iraqiambulance was hit by an Italiansoldier during a gunfight. Thejournalist and his translator, who wasalso captured, were released on 22August.

13-Aug-04

Itamar WestBank/Gaza

al-Fatah Firearms2 1 Two Israelis were killed by aPalestinian gunmen near the Jewishsettlement of Itamar in the WestBank. The gunmen ambushed the carof the victims as they entered thesettlement. Police shot thePalestinian. The Al-Aqsa MartyrsBrigade claimed responsibility for theattack.

13-Aug-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Baghdad Airport came under amortar attack causing some physicaldamage but no casualties.

14-Aug-04

Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Four homemade bombs exploded ina row in four nearby areas in Quetta.There were no injuries. One bombwent off near Patel Bagh

14-Aug-04

Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb went off on Saryab Road,one of four bombs that went off inQuetta, but caused no injuries. Nofurther information is provided.

14-Aug-04

Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Bombs exploded at Arbab Ghulam AliRoad area, part of a series of fourbombs total that exploded in Quetta.No further information is provided.

14-Aug-04


Explosives0 0 Six bombs went off in Quetta duringIndependence Day celebrations. OnSaturday, one of two bombs whichexploded within minutes of eachother, went off in Killi Ibrahimzai, onthe outskirts of the city. In the past,the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA)carried out such explosions duringIndependence Day celebrations.Following the current series of blasts,an unidentified caller claimedresponsibility and said that theattacks were in protest againstPunjab rulers' oppression of theBaloch population.

14-Aug-04


Explosives0 0 Six bombs went off in Quetta duringIndependence Day celebrations. OnSaturday, the second of two bombswhich exploded within minutes ofeach other, went off in KilliIbrahimzai, on the outskirts of thecity. In the past, the BalochLiberation Army (BLA) carried outsuch explosions during IndependenceDay celebrations. Following thecurrent series of blasts, anunidentified caller claimedresponsibility and said that theattacks were in protest againstPunjab rulers' oppression of theBaloch population.

14-Aug-04


Explosives0 0 Six bombs went off in Quetta duringIndependence Day celebrations. OnSaturday, a third bomb went off onArbab Ghulam Ali Road, 300 yardsaway from the residence of the ChiefJustice of Balochistan High Court. Inthe past, the Baloch Liberation Army(BLA) carried out such explosionsduring Independence Daycelebrations. Following the currentseries of blasts, an unidentified callerclaimed responsibility and said thatthe attacks were in protest againstPunjab rulers' oppression of theBaloch population.

14-Aug-04


Explosives0 0 Six bombs went off in Quetta duringIndependence Day celebrations. OnSaturday, a fourth bomb went off in aresidential neighborhood at PatalBagh. In the past, the BalochLiberation Army (BLA) carried outsuch explosions during IndependenceDay celebrations. Following thecurrent series of blasts, anunidentified caller claimedresponsibility and said that theattacks were in protest againstPunjab rulers' oppression of theBaloch population.

14-Aug-04


Explosives0 0 Six bombs went off in Quetta duringIndependence Day celebrations. OnSaturday, a fifth bomb went off in aresidential neighborhood at Al-GillaniRoad. In the past, the BalochLiberation Army (BLA) carried outsuch explosions during IndependenceDay celebrations. Following thecurrent series of blasts, anunidentified caller claimedresponsibility and said that theattacks were in protest againstPunjab rulers' oppression of theBaloch population.

14-Aug-04


Explosives0 0 Six bombs went off in Quetta duringIndependence Day celebrations. OnSaturday, a sixth explosion occurredat the main gate of the Bolan MedicalComplex, which is located near theBrewery Police station. Two bagswith explosives held the devices, oneof which was defused. In the past,the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA)carried out such explosions duringIndependence Day celebrations.Following the current series of blasts,an unidentified caller claimedresponsibility and said that theattacks were in protest againstPunjab rulers' oppression of theBaloch population.

14-Aug-04

Assam India Unknown Explosives20 0 About twenty people were injuredwhen a bomb exploded in a cinemaon the eve of Independence Day,which is opposed by regionalseparatists. A grenade was thrownfrom the upper balcony resulting inserious injuries.

14-Aug-04

Panare Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police Sergeant-Major PoonpichietThongchuay was shot and killed bytwo unidentified gunmen.Thongchuay was shot three times ata checkpoint in Panare, in PattaniProvince. This attack comes after agroup of separatists threatenedrevenge for the recent arrests ofreligious teachers and group leaders.

14-Aug-04

Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Mustafa Koksal, a Turkish citizen waskidnapped in Iraq. Koksal was a truckdriver for the Aka company, and waskidnapped with another driver,Durmus Kumdereli. The two menwere kidnapped when their convoywas fired on and their trucksdamaged. He was rescued only a fewdays later.

14-Aug-04

Iraq Tawhidand Jihad


0 1 Gunmen kidnapped two Turkish truckdrivers when they attacked thedrivers’ trucks as they returned fromdelivering supplies and bottled waterto US forces in Iraq. Then men wereidentified as Durmus Kumdereli andMustafa Koksal, who work for theAkha Company in Turkey. On August18, 2004, Koksal was rescued duringa raid by US and Iraqi forces. OnSeptember 13, the group led by AbuMusab al-Zarqawi, known in 2004 asTawhid and Jihad, but in 2005 asTanzim Qa’idat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn released a video claimingresponsibility for the kidnapping andshowing the beheading of the seconddriver, Kumdereli. The tape wasdated August 17, 2004.Contractorswho work supplying US forces in Iraqare the frequent target of insurgentattack in Iraq.

15-Aug-04

Llanes Spain BasqueFatherlandandFreedom(ETA)

Explosives0 0 A very small explosive devicedetonated in the rubble of aconstruction site in the tourist city ofLlanes. A caller, claiming to be amember of the Basque Fatherlandand Freedom (ETA) warned of thedevice prior to its explosion. This isthe fifth explosive attack in northernSpain in a little over a week that haseither been claimed or is attributedto ETA. Police found the ETA initialsscratched into the detonator of thisdevice.

15-Aug-04

Italy Other Other 0 0 An anarchist group attempted tosabotage the Bologna-Florence trainline. The attack, which included abig metal hook that would drag alongbehind a train, ripping up theelectrical wires, was claimed by asubversive anarchist group. A trainoperator spotted the hook and thesabotage was foiled.

15-Aug-04

Tak Bai Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 At least two arsonists set fire to theBaan Puyu School in Tak Bai, inNarathiwat Province. The school wascompletely burned down as a resultof the fire. The attack took place inthe middle of the night and no onewas at the school at the time. Thisattack came only hours beforeInterior Minister Bhokin Balakula wasscheduled to visit the southern Thaiprovinces.

15-Aug-04

Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 Two unidentified perpetrators, ridinga motorcycle, threw a petrol bombinto the home of Praphan Ramkaew,a former village head. The attacktook place in Moo 2 village, in Mayadistrict. There were no reportedinjuries or damaged caused by theattack.

16-Aug-04

Sukkur Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Two bombs exploded on a mainrailway track near the Nawabshahrailway station. The first bombexploded around 8:00 pm. The trainwas about to pass along the track infive minutes. Two men, both policeofficers, were injured by one of thetwo blasts, though it is impossible todetermine which one.

16-Aug-04

Sukkur Pakistan Unknown Explosives2 0 Two bombs exploded on a mainrailway track near the Nawabshahrailway station. The second bombwent off at 8:55 pm, a little distancefrom where the first explosion tookplace. Two men, both police officers,were injured by one of the twoblasts, though it is impossible todetermine which one.

16-Aug-04

Colombo SriLanka


Firearms0 1 Suspected Liberation Tigers of TamilEelam (LTTE) members shot a pro-government politician to death inColombo. The politician was amember of the Eelam People'sDemocratic Party.

16-Aug-04


Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded at the famous five-star Soaltee Crowne Plaza Hotel,resulting in an indefinite closing ofthe establishment. The bombingswere in protest of foreign business inNepal and are believed to have beenconducted by members of theCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M). Four bombs went off attwo-minute intervals, and occurredon the eve of a warning by anti-government groups to shut downindustries that are on their hit list.The hotel was full at the time, and aninternational programme wasscheduled to take place. There wasno heavy structural damage, noinjuries or casualties.

17-Aug-04

Iraq IslamicMovementof HolyWarriors

Unknown0 0 A Lebanese contractor, MuhammadRa'd, was abducted in Iraq. Hiscaptors identified themselves as theIslamic Movement of Holy Warriors inIraq and said that he had beenkidnapped because he worked withUS-led forces. He was releasedseveral days later following anappeal from the Committee ofMuslim Scholars.

17-Aug-04

Paktia AfghanistanTaliban Explosives2 0 Two guards were injured after avoter registration center fell underattack in Paktia. The Taliban is beingblamed for the attack, as they havevowed to disrupt electoral activities.

17-Aug-04

Bogota Colombia Unknown Explosives0 0 Army explosives experts safelydetonated a bomb found in a park insouthern Bogotá. The bomb wasfound under a trash can after atelephone tip notified the authoritiesabout the presence of multiplebombs in the park. The park wastemporarily closed while it wassearched, but only one bomb wasfound. No one was injured.

17-Aug-04

Orissa India Unknown Explosives1 0 A congress party office was damagedwith militants threw a grenade at thebuilding hours after the new Orissapresident held a press conference.The party leader only suffered minorinjuries in the attack. A secondbomb that was detonated at thesame time, failed to explode.

17-Aug-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives42 7 A mortar attack on Baghdad CityCenter killed seven people andwounded forty-two others. There wasno claim of responsibility for theattack.

17-Aug-04

Iraq Brigadesfor theDefenseof HolyShrines

Unknown0 0 An armed group in Iraq, calling itselfthe Brigades for the Defense of theHoly Shrines, announced that itabducted an Iraqi IntelligenceService officer named Usamah Abd-al-Jabbar. The group released a videoof the hostage. The group said theyhave taken the hostage in responseto the fighting in Najaf.

18-Aug-04

Italy ProletarianCombatantGroups

Explosives0 0 Police found and defused anexplosive device near the holidayvilla of Italian Prime Minister, SilvioBerlusconi, on the island of Sardinia.This attempted attack came onlyhours after British Prime Minister,Tony Blair had visited Berlusconi. Asecond device was also found andwas safely removed. An unidentifiedcaller, who claimed to represent theProletarian Combatant Groups (NPC),warned of the first device but wouldnot tell authorities where the secondone was, stating instead, we're nottelling you, go and find it. It's forBerlusconi.

18-Aug-04

Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Sae Mong, a defense volunteer, wasshot and killed by two unidentifiedgunmen on a motorcycle. The attacktook place in the Rangae district. Nofurther information is available.

18-Aug-04

SiSakhon

Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device was defused atan Agriculture Cooperative in SiSakhon, in Narathiwat Province. Thebomb was found inside a box whichwas left on a counter in thecooperative. Bomb experts wereable to safely defuse the device,which was made of dynamite and analarm clock, in about ten minutes.

18-Aug-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Mortar shells fell on the buildings ofthe Interior Ministry and ForeignMinistry in Baghdad, both near theGreen Zone, but did not cause anycasualties.

18-Aug-04

NeveDequalim

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives2 0 Two mortar shells were fired at NeveDequalim in Gaza Stip, injuring twopeople. No further information isavailable.

18-Aug-04

Sederot WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets landed inwestern Sederot settlement. Twochildren suffered shell shock as aresult of one rocket. The otherlanded in an open field.

18-Aug-04

Basra Iraq MahdiArmy

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Mahdi Army fighters, a group loyal toMuqtada al-Sadr, stormed theheadquarters of the South Oil Co.near Basra and set the warehousesand offices on fire.

19-Aug-04

SernovodskChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device was found anddefused in one of the polling stationsto be used in the August 29presidential elections.

19-Aug-04

Farah AfghanistanTaliban Explosives14 0 Over a dozen people were injured,including three foreigners, a radioworker, and several Afghanpolicemen, when six rapid explosionsoccurred near a voter registrationcenter in Farah. The attack is beingblamed on the Taliban, who havevowed to disrupt national elections.

19-Aug-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 Shells were fired at the Green Zonein Baghdad. Two fell on the USembassy injuring 2 people.

20-Aug-04

Semdinli Turkey PKK/KONGRA-GELFirearms2 0 Two police officers, Recep Isci andFikri Erisci, were injured whenmembers of the Kurdistan Workers'Party/Kurdistan Democratic Congress(PKK/KONGRA-GEL) opened fire on apolice checkpoint in Semdinli, inHakkari Province. The policereturned the terrorists' fire. Therewere no reports of PKK/KONGRA-GELinjuries.

20-Aug-04

Tak Bai Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 A powerful explosive device wasdiscovered and defused outside abranch of the Military Bank in TakBai, in Narathiwat Province. Thebomb was found only a half an hourbefore it was primed to explode.Authorities say this was one of themost powerful bombs that has everbeen found in the area. A watercannon had to be used to dismantlethe bomb, which was made ofammonium nitrate, nails and aplastic explosive.

20-Aug-04


Explosives3 0 A pressure cooker bomb exploded atthe Land Revenue Office. Onesecurity guard who was shot duringthe incident suffered injuries, as didtwo civilians. Police are blaming theCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M) of involvement.

20-Aug-04

Najaf Iraq IslamicArmy inIraq

Unknown0 0 Two French journalists werekidnapped by unknown perpetratorsin Al-Nasiriyah along with their Syriandriver. The men were identified asChristian Chesnot, from Radio FranceInternationale, and GeorgesMalbrunot, from Paris daily Le Figaro.The Islamic Army in Iraq group lateradmitted to holding the two men.The group said that they would killthe men if the French governmentdid not respond to their demandsthat France withdraw the lawbanning headscarves in schools.However, the 48 hour deadline cameand went without any incident.During US raids of Falllujah onNovember 17, 2004, the Syriandriver (Mohammad al-Jundi) wasfound and released. Informationsuggested that the two journalistswere still alive as well. On December21, French officials announced thatthe two journalists had been releasedto French authorities. The men werereleased after months of negotiationsbetween the kidnappers and Frenchauthorities. In a statement, the groupsaid the men were released becausethere was no proof that they hadbeen spies for US troops and alsobecause numerous Islamicinstitutions and organizations hadcalled for their release, in recognitionof the French stance against the warin Iraq, and because the twojournalists were sympathetic to thePalestinian cause in Israel.

20-Aug-04

Najaf Iraq IslamicArmy inIraq

Unknown0 2 An Italian journalist, Enzo Baldoni,was kidnapped in Iraq and his driverwas killed around August 20. Thebody of his driver was found in Najaf.Islamic Army in Iraq later announcedthat they were holding the journalisthostage. Despite negotiations,Baldoni was executed on August 26.

20-Aug-04

QatifBloc

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Three mortar shells were fired at anIsraeli settlement in Qatif Bloc. Onefell inside the settlement and the twoothers fell next to a house but didnot explode. One woman went intoshock.

20-Aug-04

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An oil pipeline in southern Iraq, nearAmarah, was attacked by insurgentsusing an explosive device. As aresult, the pipeline was set on fire.Officials blamed militants loyal toMuqtada al-Sadr for the attack. Oilpipelines in Iraq are the frequenttarget of attacks.

20-Aug-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A Baghdad liquor-shop owner waskilled when gunmen walked into hisstore in the middle of the day andfired two shots. Sabah Macardige hadreceived previous threats and hadstopped openly selling alcohol,although he continued his sales tosome customers. Alcohol stores arethe frequent target of attacks in Iraqby extremists who feel alcohol salesviolate Islamic law.Note: Attack dateis approximate.

21-Aug-04

Groznyy ChechnyaUnknown Firearms20 15 A group of gunmen attacked a policestation and several polling sites inthe lead up to the elections inChechnya. Casualty reports varied.Some estimates suggested that tento fifteen people, including civilians,police officers, and gunmen, died inthe incident, while at least twentyothers were injured. Other reportsplaced the death toll much higher, atseventy people killed. The attackcame only hours before the visit ofPresident Putin to the region.

21-Aug-04

SanXenxo


Explosives4 0 A small explosive device, one of twoon this day, exploded in the coastalresort town of San Xenxo. Thedevice had been planted in a trashcan, where it detonated, injuring fourpeople, two Portuguese citizens andtwo Spaniards. The blast took placeafter two warning calls were made onbehalf of the terrorist group, theBasque Fatherland and Freedom(ETA). This is the third consecutiveweekend that bombs have detonatedin northern Spain. All are suspectedto be attributed to ETA.

21-Aug-04

Baiona Spain BasqueFatherlandandFreedom(ETA)

Explosives1 0 A small explosive device, one of twoon this day, detonated in thesouthern coastal town of Baiona.One Civil Guard officer was slightlyinjured by the blast. Prior to theattack, a caller representing theBasque Fatherland and Freedom(ETA) made two telephone warnings.This is the third weekend in a rowthat suspected ETA bombs havedetonated on the northern coast ofSpain.

21-Aug-04

Toribio Colombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Firearms0 0 The Revolutionary Armed Forces ofColombia (FARC) has claimedresponsibility for the abduction ofArquimedes Vitonas, the mayor ofToribio, and four others. Theabduction is apparently a result ofFARC orders to intercept any publicofficial in the area. On September 6,El Pais reported that three of the fivehostages had been released.Including Toribio indigenous councilgovernor Plinio Trochez, SanFrancisco indigenous council memberRuben Dario Escue, and driverErminson Velasco. On September 9,El Pais reported that mayor Vitonas,and former mayor Gilberto Munozwere released on September 7.Apparently the indigenouscommunity deployed groups to seekout the rebels and pressured theminto releasing the captives.

21-Aug-04

Yala Thailand Unknown Explosives9 0 Three bombs detonated in Yala townwithin twenty minutes of each other.The first of these bombs detonated infront of the Japan Karaokerestaurant, which is next door to theMy House Hotel. Nine people werewounded in this blast, and sixmotorcycles that were parked nearbywere damaged. The bomb wasplanted on a motorcycle that wasparked in front of the restaurant.Authorities suspect Musliminsurgents with separatist ideologies.The attacks came only five daysahead of a planned visit by PrimeMinister Thaksin Shinawatra to theregion.

21-Aug-04

Yala Thailand Unknown Explosives3 0 Three explosive devices detonatedwithin twenty minutes of each otherin Yala. The second blast, whichoccurred about five minutes after thefirst, took place in a parking lotbehind the My House Hotel, withinabout twenty meters from the firstblast. The bomb damaged twelvemotorcycles and injured threepeople. Authorities are blaming theattacks on Muslim insurgents withseparatist ideologies. The devicewas most likely planted on amotorcycle parked in the lot and wasdetonated by cell phone. Theseincidents occurred five days beforePrime Minister Thanksin Shinawatrawas due to visit the region.

21-Aug-04

Yala Thailand Unknown Explosives1 0 Three bombs detonated in Yalawithin twenty minutes of each other.The third device, which detonatedabout ten minutes after the first,detonated in the parking lot of theYala Changlee Hotel, where itdamaged three vehicles and injuredone person. A box, in which thebomb was placed, was found under aMercedes Benz, and was believed tohave been detonated by cell phone.Authorities are blaming the attackson Muslim separatists. The attackscame only five days ahead of ascheduled visit to the region byPrime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

21-Aug-04

Sai Buri Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Sama-ae Chelo, a defense volunteer,was shot and killed in Sai Buri as herode a motorcycle to his duty at cityhall. Chelo was head of security atthe city hall before he was killed.The attackers shot him with a 9mmpistol twice in the back. Chelo diedinstantly. Authorities are blamingthe attack on Muslim militants,attempting to cause tensions aheadof a visit by Prime Minister ThaksinShinawatra later in the week.

21-Aug-04

Lebanon Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive charge was detonatedin the Ayn al-Hulwah refugee camp.The blast targeted Al-BuraqTelecommunications center which isowned by Al-Jazirah affiliates. Theblast resulted in the destruction ofthe center, but no casualties werereported.

21-Aug-04

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants and remnants of the Ba'thParty attacked the Kurdistan SatelliteTV office in Kirkuk with a Katyusharocket. The attack caused damagesto the building, but no casualties.

21-Aug-04

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives4 2 An explosive charge was detonatedin the al-Mafraq area in Ba'qubah.Two people were killed and fourwounded. The intended target of theblast was not stated.

21-Aug-04

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives50 1 An explosive charge was detonatedin the al-Sabtiyah area of Ba'qubah.One Iraqi citizen was killed and fiftyothers injured. The intended targetof the blast was not stated.

21-Aug-04

Berjisiya Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 The oil pipeline at Berjisiya, nearBasra, was attacked with anexplosive device. The pipeline wasblown up and the explosion set thepipeline on fire. Oil pipelines in Iraqare the frequent target of insurgentattacks.

21-Aug-04

Ramadi Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A senior police officer in Ramadi, Lt.Col. Saad Smayer, was shot bygunmen as he left for work.

22-Aug-04

SamashkiChechnyaUnknown Firearms0 0 A polling station was attacked bygunmen in the village of Samashki.The school housing the pollingstation was damaged, but none ofthe guards were injured. The attackwas repelled. This is one of severalrecent incidents aimed at pollingstations in the lead up to theelections.

22-Aug-04

Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated at anATM in Ankara Province. Police wereable to prevent any injuries byblocking off the street to pedestrians.Authorities believe the blast mayhave been caused by a sound bomb.

22-Aug-04

Turkey Unknown Explosives0 1 A village guard died after he steppedon a landmine that had been plantedby unknown perpetrators in SirnakProvince. Abduaziz Bayram wasinjured when he stepped on themine, but later died in the hospital.

22-Aug-04

BoumerdesAlgeria SalafistGroup forCall andCombat(GSPC)

Explosives1 0 The Salafist Group for Call andCombat (GSPC) are suspected in abomb explosion outside ofBoumeredes. Although the incidentoccurred in a rural area, the bomb isnot believed to be a hold-over fromthe mining of territory in the 1990sgiven recent clashes with GSPCelements in nearby villages.

22-Aug-04

Dhaka BangladeshHikmatulZihad

Explosives300 19 A series of blasts during anopposition rally caused nineteendeaths. The explosions were causedwhen grenades were thrown into acrowd after Awami League memberSheikh Hasina had finished speakingat an anti-government rally. Hasinasurvived, though several otherleague members were injured.Hundreds of people were injured.According to later reports, a groupcalled Hikmatul Zihad claimedresponsibility.

22-Aug-04

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives4 2 Two people were killed and fourwounded in a car explosion thattargeted the convoy of the Diyaladeputy governor. Deputy GovernorGhassan al-Khandran was on of theinjured and two of his bodyguardswere killed in the attack.

22-Aug-04

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Two individuals, a Pakistani and anIraq, who work for a mobile phonecompany in Iraq were killed whengunmen opened fire on their car inthe al-Najar area of Mosul.

22-Aug-04

Morag WestBank/Gaza


Explosives9 0 Three mortar shells were fired at theMorag settlement, injuring nineIsraelis. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility on theirwebsite.

22-Aug-04

NetzarHazani

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells were fired at thesettlement of Netzar Hazani. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack on theirwebsite.

22-Aug-04

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 The military wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for firing a Qassamrocket at the Kissufim crossing inGaza Strip.

22-Aug-04

NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two Quds-1 missiles were fired at theNeve Deqalim settlement. TheIslamic Jihad Movement claimedresponsibility for the attack.

23-Aug-04

Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Unknown0 12 Twelve Nepalese workers werekidnapped when they violatedNepalese law to travel to Iraq to earnmoney by working as cooks andcleaners for a Jordanian company.The men appear to have beenkidnapped by the Army of Ansar al-Sunna Muslim group. The group saidthat they kidnapped the menbecause they were cooperating withthe occupation. On September 1,sources reported that the twelvehostages had been beheaded. Thisset off a wave of riots in Nepal'scapital.

23-Aug-04

MakhachkalaRussia Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

7 0 A special operations police unit vanhit a radio-controlled mine inDagestan injuring seven policeofficers. Police suspect that localseparatists and rebels were involvedin the attack.

23-Aug-04

Yala Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 Police discovered and defused anexplosive device, which they foundattached to a motorcycle parked atthe Yala Rama Hotel. Authoritiesbelieve this bomb was meant todetonated along with three others on21 August, but failed to ignite. Thedevice was made of a few kilos ofammonium nitrate and an electronicdetonator. On 21 August, threebombs detonated, injuring thirteenpeople total and were most likelyperpetrated by Muslim separatists.Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra isscheduled to visit the region on 26August.

23-Aug-04

Tikrit Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 A Turkish citizen and two Iraqis whowork with a construction companyresponsible for preparing bridges inTikrit were killed in an ambush, whengunmen opened fire on their vehicleon the way to work.

23-Aug-04

Baghdad Iraq IslamicArmy inIraq

Unknown0 3 Three Macedonian citizens weretaken hostage on August 23. Theywork for the US company SoufanEngineering, with approximatelyforty other contractors fromMacedonia. The men were identifiedas Dragan Markovic, ZoranNaskovski, and Dalibor Lazarevski.On October 18, AP reported that theIslamic Army of Iraq had released avideo showing two of the hostagesbeing executed. The third hostagewas killed soon after. All three bodieshad been found and identified.

23-Aug-04

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives6 0 A bombing occurred at theheadquarters of the Turkoman Front(TF) in Kirkuk. Six people wereinjured in the attack. Kurdish sourcesblame Abu Musab al-Zarqawi for theattack and say it was an attempt todamage relations between the Kurdsand Turkmen.

23-Aug-04

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Baha al Din Kawthan, a TurkmenFront leader was kidnapped inKirkuk. Some sources blamed AbuMusab al-Zarquawi's group for theincident, in an effort to damagerelations between Kurds andTurkmen.

23-Aug-04

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 An Indonesian engineer working forthe German telecommunications firmSiemens in Iraq was killed byunidentified gunmen who opened fireon him in Mosul. Foreignercontractors in Iraq are the frequenttarget of insurgent attack in Iraq asthey as linked with the USoccupation.

23-Aug-04

Baiji Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Gunmen attacked and killed aTurkish oil engineer along with twoIraqis accompanying him, as they leftthe Baiji oil refinery. Foreignerscontractors who work in Iraq are thefrequent target of insurgent attacks,especially those who work in the oilindustry, which is a target itself.

24-Aug-04

Moscow Russia Unknown Explosives4 0 A bus stop was blown up onKashirskoye Highway, injuring fourpeople. The explosive device wasequivalent to 400g of TNT andoccurred as a bus was leaving thestop. Officials believe there is aChechen connection and arecurrently searching for a car seenleaving the area. The attack occurredthe same day as two Russianairliners crashed, possibly also fromterrorist attacks. There was somespeculation that the attack wasconnected to the airliners thatcrashed simultaneously soon afterthe incident and the subway blastthat occurred on 31 August.

24-Aug-04

Dortyol Turkey Unknown Explosives7 0 An explosive device, which had beenleft in front of an Is Bankasi ATMmachine, detonated and injuredseven people. The attack took placein Dortyol, in southern HatayProvince. Windows in nearby homeswere shattered and a nearby bakerywas damaged by the blast.

24-Aug-04

Rostov-on-Don

Russia Riyad us-SaliheynMartyrs'Brigade

Explosives0 46 A Sibir Airlines flight bound for Sochicrashed about 500 miles south ofMoscow killing all crew andpassengers. The plane dropped offthe radar after sending a distresshijacking signal. Several passengerswho were checked onto the flight didnot board the plane. Terrorism wasconsidered a potential cause,supported by the fact that debris wasspread over a wide area and by thefact that another Russian airlinercrashed only minutes before. Othertheories being investigated weremechanical failure, improper safetycheck, and pilot error. Both planesleft from the domestic terminal ofDomodedovo airport and carried fewforeign passengers. Investigatorsannounced on August 29 that theyhad found explosives in thewreckage of both aircraft, supportingthe hypothesis that terrorism was thecause of the blast. The explosive,hexogen, is identical to that used in1999 apartment bombing alsobelieved to have been perpetratedby Chechen bombers. Investigatorsalso note that information from theflight recorders does not suggest ahijacking and that the signal couldhave been triggered by the force ofthe crash. Officials wereinvestigating two women, one oneach plane, with Chechen surnameswho were not inquired after byrelatives. Investigators speculatethat these two women, AmanataNagayeva and SatsitaDzhebirkhanova, may have beenacting as suicide bombers. Both hadlost relatives during the Russian'occupation', one a brother abductedby Russian forces and the other abrother who was a supporter ofMaskhadov and was killed in 1998.Both women, therefore, fit the 'blackwidow' profile. The two were alsobest friends and were seen leavingKhasavyurt in Dagestan on 22August. They were accompanied bytwo other companions, Amanata'ssister Rose and Mariyam Taburova.This led to some speculation thatfour planes were meant to becrashed or that two crashes are yetto occur. In addition, the web site ofan extremist group called IslambouliBrigades of Al Qaeda claimedresponsibility for both crashes,described the hijackings, said thatfive holy fighters boarded eachplane, but did not mention bombings.The group is the same as that whichtried to assassinate Shaukat Aziz,Pakistan's prime minister designate.Russian officials connected the groupto Chechen rebels, but Chechensources denied this claim and saidthey had no connection to the group.Moscow Kommersant reported thatthe woman suspected of blowing upthis plane, as well as the other, afterbuying tickets on the black marketfrom a scalper and then paying anairline employee to allow them toboard the plane, although boardingwas supposed to have closed. Thescalper had reportedly beenidentified and arrested as had atleast one airline employee. Inaddition, a police officer who workedat Domodedovo airport was arrestedand indicted for contributing to theattack through his negligence andinsufficient security checks. All threehad been arrested and indicted fortheir involvement in the attack.Later, following the Beslan schoolincident, Shamil Basayev claimedresponsibility for this incident, alongwith the other plane crash and thesubway bombing which occurred onlydays later.

24-Aug-04

Rostov-on-Don

Russia Riyad us-SaliheynMartyrs'Brigade

Explosives0 46 A Sibir Airlines flight bound for Sochicrashed about 500 miles south ofMoscow killing all crew andpassengers. The plane dropped offthe radar after sending a distresshijacking signal. Several passengerswho were checked onto the flight didnot board the plane. Terrorism wasconsidered a potential cause,supported by the fact that debris wasspread over a wide area and by thefact that another Russian airlinercrashed only minutes before. Othertheories being investigated weremechanical failure, improper safetycheck, and pilot error. Both planesleft from the domestic terminal ofDomodedovo airport and carried fewforeign passengers. Investigatorsannounced on August 29 that theyhad found explosives in thewreckage of both aircraft, supportingthe hypothesis that terrorism was thecause of the blast. The explosive,hexogen, is identical to that used in1999 apartment bombing alsobelieved to have been perpetratedby Chechen bombers. Investigatorsalso note that information from theflight recorders does not suggest ahijacking and that the signal couldhave been triggered by the force ofthe crash. Officials wereinvestigating two women, one oneach plane, with Chechen surnameswho were not inquired after byrelatives. Investigators speculatethat these two women, AmanataNagayeva and SatsitaDzhebirkhanova, may have beenacting as suicide bombers. Both hadlost relatives during the Russian'occupation', one a brother abductedby Russian forces and the other abrother who was a supporter ofMaskhadov and was killed in 1998.Both women, therefore, fit the 'blackwidow' profile. The two were alsobest friends and were seen leavingKhasavyurt in Dagestan on 22August. They were accompanied bytwo other companions, Amanata'ssister Rose and Mariyam Taburova.This led to some speculation thatfour planes were meant to becrashed or that two crashes are yetto occur. In addition, the web site ofan extremist group called IslambouliBrigades of Al Qaeda claimedresponsibility for both crashes,described the hijackings, said thatfive holy fighters boarded eachplane, but did not mention bombings.The group is the same as that whichtried to assassinate Shaukat Aziz,Pakistan's prime minister designate.Russian officials connected the groupto Chechen rebels, but Chechensources denied this claim and saidthey had no connection to the group.Moscow Kommersant reported thatthe woman suspected of blowing upthis plane, as well as the other, afterbuying tickets on the black marketfrom a scalper and then paying anairline employee to allow them toboard the plane, although boardingwas supposed to have closed. Thescalper had reportedly beenidentified and arrested as had atleast one airline employee. Inaddition, a police officer who workedat Domodedovo airport was arrestedand indicted for contributing to theattack through his negligence andinsufficient security checks. All threehad been arrested and indicted fortheir involvement in the attack.Later, following the Beslan schoolincident, Shamil Basayev claimedresponsibility for this incident, alongwith the other plane crash and thesubway bombing which occurred onlydays later.

24-Aug-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 2 The Iraqi minister of education, Samial-Muzaffar, survived anassassination attempt. An explosivecharge was set off near his car,killing two people and woundingthree others.

24-Aug-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 4 The Iraqi Minister of Environmentescaped an assassination attempt. Acar was exploded while her convoywas passing by, killing four of herbodyguards.

25-Aug-04

Venaco France Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated inVenaco at a holiday home belongingto the sister of a Corsican politician.The blast damaged the front door ofthe home and a car parked nearby.Four people were home at the timeof the blast, but there were noreported injuries. The home belongsto the sister of Paul Giacobbi, amember of the Radical Left Party andthe former mayor of Venaco. Thehomes of Giacobbi and his sister areadjoining.

25-Aug-04

Ahnif Algeria Unknown Explosives1 0 Two bombs damaged a line of trackand injured a conductor outside Ahniftrain station. Terrorists are suspectedin the attack but no specific groupwas identified in the local pressaccounts.

25-Aug-04

PeshawarPakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A powerful bomb exploded on arailroad track near Nowshera. Thebomb was timed to detonate as apassenger train passed from Quettabound for Peshawar. However, thetrain was delayed and thus, noinjuries occurred.

25-Aug-04

Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Militants in Iraq kidnapped twoTurkish citizens, Abdullah Ozdemirand Ali Daskin. The militantsthreatened to kill the hostages if thefirm they work for, Sara and Ustaer,did not withdraw from Iraq in 72hours. The firm employing the twoworkers announced on August 26that it would halt its activities in Iraqand the hostages were released onAugust 29.

25-Aug-04

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Firearms1 0 Tariq Abu-Rajab, deputy chief of theGeneral Intelligence Service in theGaza Strip, was shot by armed menin Gaza.

25-Aug-04

Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Eight oil pipelines connecting the Al-Rumaylah oil field with a pumpingstation near Basra were attacked.Exports were disrupted and fireswere raging out of control. Oilpipelines have frequently been thetarget of attacks.

25-Aug-04

Iraq Unknown Unknown0 2 Ali Al-Dhabhawi, the religious advisorto the former Babil governor, and hisson, were killed by unidentifiedgunmen in Al-Hillah.

26-Aug-04

Sukhirin Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

25 1 A remote-controlled explosivedevice, which was planted on amotorcycle, exploded in a crowdedmarketplace in Sukhurin, inNarathiwat Province. The blast killedone person and injured at leasttwenty-five others, including soldiers,police officers and schoolchildren.The device was most likely triggeredby remote control and took place asa truck full of security officials pulledup to eat breakfast. This attackcomes one day before the scheduledvisit to the province of Prime MinisterThaksin Shinawatra.

26-Aug-04

Ahnif Algeria Unknown Explosives0 0 For the second straight day, a trainwas attacked while passing by theAhnif station. The bomb was believedto have been set off prematurelywhen a flock of sheep crossed overthe tracks.

26-Aug-04

Assam Kashmir ULFA Explosives7 0 United Liberation Front of Assam(ULFA) militants detonatedexplosives at a rail bogey near theGuwahati oil refinery, injuring fiveGRP personnel and two civilians.This was one of four blasts in a seriesof bomb attacks in the region.

26-Aug-04

Assam India ULFA Explosives6 3 Three people were killed and sixinjured when an improvizedexplosive device planted by theUnited Liberation Front of Assam(ULFA) blew up a bus. The victimswere an assistant sub-inspector, thedriver of the Border Security Forcesbus, and the daughter of one of theBSF personnel. This was one of fourexplosive attacks that occurred onthis day.

26-Aug-04

Assam Kashmir ULFA Explosives37 2 In a third incident, two persons werekilled and thirty-seven injured whena time bomb went off in a bus as itpassed through a crowded weeklymarket in Kokrajhar district. The busstopped when the helper spotted anunclaimed object. The bomb wentoff before the police could defuse it.This attack and the three other blastsin the series are being blamed on theUnited Liberation Front of Assam(ULFA).

26-Aug-04

Assam Kashmir ULFA Explosives7 0 The United Liberation Front of Assam(ULFA) is believed to have thrown agrenade at the heart of the Tanglatownship in Darrang district injuringseven. This was one in a series offour bomb blasts that occurred andare being blamed on the ULFA.

26-Aug-04

Gandoh Kashmir Unknown Explosives2 2 Two children were killed and theirparents were injured in a grenadeattack on their house in Gandoh.Militants were apparently aiming atthe Central Reserve Police Force,when the rocket missed the targetand landed on the family's house.

26-Aug-04

Assam Kashmir Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 A 20-year-old man was kidnappedand beheaded by militants. He wastaken from his house and forced toan isolated fields and killed. Themilitants reportedly accused thevictim of being an informant beforekilling him.

26-Aug-04

Ricaurte Colombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Firearms0 0 Indian mayor of Ricaurte, OrlandoHernandez Guanga, of the Awa tribe,was kidnapped on Aug 26 byRevolutionary Armed Forces ofColombia (FARC) guerillas. Themayor was then released during amilitary raid on Monday, Sept. 6. Sixguerillas were killed in the rescueoperation, but Hernandez Guangawas not harmed. Officials reportedthat FARC and the NationalLiberation Army (ELN) guerillas wereinvolved. The kidnapping wasapparently a result of FARC orders tointercept any public official in thearea. The order resulted in thekidnapping of five others on Aug. 21.

26-Aug-04

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 A bus was the target of an explosivecharge that was detonated very nearto the passengers. The bus sustainedheavy damage, but no passengerswere injured. The event took placenear the Al-Arrub refugee camp.

26-Aug-04


Unknown Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets were fired atthe city of Sederot. There were noinjuries, but a warehouse wasdamaged.

26-Aug-04

Baghdad Iraq DivineWrathBrigades

Explosives0 0 A group calling itself the DivineWrath Brigades claimed an attack onthe US and British Embassies andheadquarters of the interim IraqiGovernment in a mortar attack onthe Green Zone. The group releaseda video showing several groupmembers firing mortars.

26-Aug-04

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A car bomb targeting the motorcadeof one of the leaders of the PatrioticUnion of Kurdistan, Sa'di Ahmad,killed three people, two civilians andone body guard. The PUK official wasnot hurt in the attack.

26-Aug-04

Najaf Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A shell targeted the convoy of GrandAyatollah Ali al-Sistani as it enteredNajaf. Sistani was not harmed andwas on his way into the city to helpwith negotiations.

26-Aug-04

Najaf Iraq Unknown Firearms0 10 Ten Iraqi supporters of al Sistaniwere killed by gunmen in Najaf. Nofurther information is available.

26-Aug-04

Morag WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A mortar shell was launched at theMorag settlement. The military wingof Hamas claimed responsibility ontheir website.

26-Aug-04

Gadid WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 The military wing of the PopularFront for the Liberation of Palestine(PFLP) fired two al-Mustafa rocketson the Gadid settlement.

27-Aug-04

Pervari Turkey PKK/KONGRA-GELExplosives5 2 Two people were killed and fiveinjured when their truck hit either alandmine or a remote-controlledroadside bomb in the Pervari town, inSiirt Province. All the casualties arefrom one family, who were returningto their village when the devicedetonated. Authorities are blamingthe Kurdistan Workers'Party/Kurdistan Democratic Congress(PKK/KONGRA-GEL) for the attack.

27-Aug-04

Morphou Cyprus Unknown Explosives0 0 Unknown perpetrators planted anexplosive device at the Ayios MamasChurch in Morphou. The devicedetonated and caused seriousdamage to the church, which wasdue to hold its first service in thirtyyears there later in the week. Themass was going to be held by GreekCypriots at the church, which lies inthe Turkish area of the island. Thiswas to be a symbolic gesture ofreconciliation between the twofeuding nations. The attack wasmost likely an attempt to destabilizerelations between Greece andTurkey. In addition to the bomb, theperpetrators also attempted to setthe church on fire by throwingflammable material inside.

27-Aug-04

ChamezaColombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Firearms0 2 Luis Alberto Zorro, the mayor ofChameza was killed by allegedRevolutionary Armed Forces ofColumbia (FARC) guerillas. Themayor was on his way to a meetingin Villa Nueva when the attack tookplace. Diego Leon, a formercouncilman was also killed butZorro's son was released. Themotive for the attack is unknown.

27-Aug-04

Jalna India Unknown Explosives0 0 At least five people were injured intwo bomb blasts near religious sitesin India, though it is impossible todisaggregate the numbers for eachindividual attack. In one incident,unindentified motorcyclists threwcrude bombs at a mosque in Jalna.

27-Aug-04

Purna India Unknown Explosives2 5 A bomb was thrown by unidentifiedmotorcycle riders at a mosque inPurna. This was one of two attackson mosques in the region. Fivepeople were injured and two peoplekilled in the attacks, though it isimpossible to determine in whichattack they were harmed.

27-Aug-04

Baiji Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 The dead bodies of two hostageswere found north of Baiji. Thehostages appear to have been shotdead. One of the bodies wasidentified as Turkish truck driver,Ramazan Erkul and the other wasidentified as an Iraqi citizen.

27-Aug-04

GushKatif

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired a mortar shell atthe settlement of Gush Katif, where itlanded on a house. The house wasdamaged but no casualties werereported.

27-Aug-04

RamallahWestBank/Gaza

Unknown Unknown3 0 Three Israeli truck drivers wereattacked by a mob of Palestinians. Allthree sustained minor injuries.

28-Aug-04

Abadino Spain Unknown Explosives0 0 A small homemade explosive devicedetonated in Abadino, at a socialcenter. The blast damaged severalparts of the building, but caused noinjuries. The front door, windows andthe roof were damaged. The devicewas made of a firecracker,flammable liquid and an aerosol can.

28-Aug-04

SantiagodeCompostela


Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated inSantiago de Compostela, a popularChristian tourist destination innorthern Spain, after a telephonewarning was made about the device.The caller identified himself asbelonging to the Basque Fatherlandand Freedom (ETA). The device hadbeen planted in the ivy along a wallof a church in the Parque de laAlameda. No injuries were caused.This was one of two explosive attackson this day that are attributed toETA. This is the fourth consecutiveweekend that ETA has targetedtourist resorts in northern Spain.

28-Aug-04

LaCoruna


Explosives0 0 Police found and defused anexplosive device that was plantedbehind a jetty in La Coruna.Authorities had been alerted to thebomb by a caller who claimed torepresent the Basque Fatherland andFreedom (ETA). This was one of twoexplosive attacks that was attributedto ETA on this day and the fourthconsecutive weekend that ETA hasattempted attacks on touristdestinations.

28-Aug-04

NorthernIreland

Other Knives& sharpobjects

3 0 Three loyalist members of theWhitewell Young Defenders FluteBand were attacked by three youthsnear the Shore Road and WhitewellRoad interface. The loyalists weresubjected to sectarian threats beforethey were stabbed and cut withknives. Police are calling this asectarian attack. Keith O'Neill,Christopher McConnell and a thirdjuvenile were arrested and chargedwith causing bodily harm andassault.

28-Aug-04

Paktia AfghanistanUnknown Explosives13 8 Eight children were killed in a when apowerful bomb exploded outside of areligious school financed by the ICRC.The children were being taughtmodern education along with lessonsfrom the Koran. Parts of the buildingcompletely collapsed. The bomb wasplanted on a motocycle placedoutside of the school. Over a dozenyoung boys were injured.

28-Aug-04

Khost AfghanistanUnknown Firearms1 1 A vehicle carrying US coalition forcesequipment fell under armed attack,killing an assistant of the truckdriver. The driver was injured.

28-Aug-04

BasamadiNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 In a protest against foreign bigbusiness, members of theCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M) bombed a cosmetic andtoiletries company causingconsiderable damage. According topolice, about fifteen Maoistsappeared at the Nepal Lever PublicLimited Company and detonatedthree powerful bombs. Theyoverpowered the guards and tiedthem up before entering the factory.Witnesses said the suspects actuallyplanted five or six bombs, but onlythree went off. The company is asubsidary of an Indian companywhich exports millions of dollarsworth of toiletries to India each year.

28-Aug-04

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen opened fire atDr. Iman Abd-al-Mun'im Yunus, headof the Translation Department inMosul University, while she was onher way to work. She was killed as aresult. She is one of several Iraqischolar that has been targeted byattacks since the fall of Baghdad.

28-Aug-04

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Unidentified gunmen attacked an oilpipeline in the village of Al-Sa'dun inBa'qubah. The gunfire started a largefire. The pipeline transports oil fromKhanaqin to Baghdad. Oil pipelineshave frequently been the target ofattacks.

28-Aug-04

Baiji Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Assailants killed one Egyptian manand kidnapped another in the town ofBaiji, where they were working onthe oil pipelines. They are believed tobe Nasser Gomaa (kidnapped) andGawdat Bakr (killed). On September5, officials reported finding the bodyof Nasser Gomma, with a gunshotwound to the head.

28-Aug-04

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A Kurdish media team, comprisingPatriotic Union of Kurdistan CentralMedia Office reporters andphotographers and KurdSat TVcorrespondents and cameramen,were the target of a terrorist attack.A terrorist blew himself and his carup attempting to block the path ofthe media teams' car when theyreached a checkpoint between Arbiland Mosul. The terrorist attack isbelieved to have been targeted atthe head of the PUK organization.Only minor damage was caused to anearby car.

28-Aug-04

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An oil pipeline in the West Qurnaoilfields was blown up by insurgentsusing explosives. The explosioncaused a large fire. Oil pipelines inIraq are the frequent target ofinsurgent attacks.

29-Aug-04

Genc Turkey Unknown Explosives1 0 A landmine, which was planted onthe Tatvan-Elazig railroad track,detonated, derailing five railway carsand injuring one engine driver. Themine was placed about 4 kilometersfrom Suveren Station in the Gencdistrict of Bingol Province. Itdetonated when the train passedover it, but luckily only the driver wasinjured, as the train was empty.

29-Aug-04

Ajaccio France CorsicanNationalLiberationFront(FLNC)

Explosives0 0 A small explosive device was plantedoutside the entrance to an educationoffice of the Corsican Academy inAjaccio, but failed to detonate. On14 November, a group calling itselfthe 'Army of the Corsican People'claimed responsibility for this attackand three others. On 8 December,the Corsican National LiberationFront (FLNC)- Union of Combatants,claimed responsibility for this andseven other attacks. In theirstatement of claim, the groupacknowledged that the Army of theCorsican People had erroneouslyclaimed the attack.

29-Aug-04

Kabul AfghanistanTaliban Remote-detonatedexplosive

22 10 Ten people were killed in a bombattack on the US security firm,Dyncorp, in Kabul. Three Americans,three Afghan nationals, and threeNepalese citizens died in the attack.Dyncorp provides security for Karzai,and is also located near a UN guesthouse. Numerous others werewounded and dozens of shops andbuildings were damaged ordestroyed. The bomb wasapparently placed in a car andexploded by a remote device. InJanuary 2005, an Afghan judge wasarrested in connection with thisattack. Authorities who weresearching the judge's house, foundexplosives. The Taliban is reportedlyresponsible for this attack.

29-Aug-04

Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Abdul Roning, the chief of a territorialdefense volunteer unit in PattaniProvince, was shot and killed by twounknown gunmen riding amotorcycle. The attack took place asRoning was traveling to work in thegovernor's official residence. Theattackers used a .38mm pistol to killAbdul. The victim had reported thathe had recently been followed bystrangers.

29-Aug-04

Kavre Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 Members of the Communist Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M) detonated abomb at a newly built technologyinformation park. The pressurecooker bomb went off inside of oneof the residential blocks of the ITpark damaging the floor and somefurniture.

29-Aug-04

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 An armed group in Kirkuk haskidnapped the head of the TurkomanUnion in Europe, Baha al-DinKawthar, and the well-knownTurkoman activist Ziyad Fahmi Atabwhile they were on a visit to the TazaAdministration. Unknown men in twocars stopped the Turkomen officialson the road, beat them, andkidnapped them. The driver of thecar was also beaten.

29-Aug-04

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An oil pipeline was blown up and seton fire in the Al-Rumaylah oil field inSouthern Iraq. The pipeline is ownedby the South Oil Company. Eightpipelines in the same area wereblown up and destroyed three daysago.

29-Aug-04

Arbil Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A leading Kurdish politician survivedan assassination attempt. KhesratRasoul, member of the politicalbureau of Kurdistan Democratic Partywas attack by RPG shells from ashort range outside his home in Arbil.One shell fell on the house wounding3 guards.

29-Aug-04

Iraq Unknown Firearms2 0 Husayn al-Shami, head of the ShiiteWaqf Department in Iraq, survived anassassination attempt. Two of hisescorts were wounded.

29-Aug-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 A Shiite leader, Alaa-Eddin AL-Mohammadawi, was killed and one ofhis guards injured by gunmen whoopened fire on him outside his home.

29-Aug-04

Sidon Lebanon Unknown Firearms7 3 At least three Palestinians were killedand others wounded at ademonstration at the Ayn-al-HulwahCamp in Lebanon. Gunmen openedfire on the demonstrators, who weregathered in support ofPalestinianprisoners who went on ahunger strike in Israeli jails. Thedemonstration had been organizedby the Palestinian LiberationOrganization and Fatah movement.Several people had been arrested inconnection with the shooting. Amongthe dead was Abu Hijaa, a Fatahofficial. Authorities believe that theattack was the work of a SunniPalestinian fundamentalist group,which calls themselves, Jund Al Sham(Soldiers of Damascus). This grouphas been at odds with the Fatahloyalists at the camp in recent times.

29-Aug-04

al-Radgha

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An oil pipeline in al-Radgha wasblown up by insurgents usingexplosives. The explosion caused alarge fire. Oil pipelines in Iraq are thefrequent target of insurgent attacks.

30-Aug-04

DiyarbakirTurkey Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 Authorities found three handgrenades that were set to detonateby cell phone, on a main street inDiyarbakir, only hours before the 30August Victory Day parade was topass through. The devices werefound in a suspicious package left onthe street and the police were calledto carry out a controlled blast. It isbelieved that these devices were totarget high-level officials who wereattending the parade.

30-Aug-04

Calvi France Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive charge detonated at theentrance to a building that houses acustoms office in Calvi. The blastcaused little damage to the premisesand no injuries.

30-Aug-04

BanbridgeNorthernIreland

Unknown Explosives0 0 A pipe bomb detonated in the frontgarden of a home on Maryville Drivein Bainbridge. The blast shattered awindow of the home, but there wereno reported injuries.

30-Aug-04

EnniskillenNorthernIreland


0 0 A petrol bomb was thrown at a homein Enniskillen, in Fermanagh County.The device was thrown at the back ofthe house, where it exploded,causing scorch damage but noinjuries were reported.

31-Aug-04

Malgrar Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Unidentified persons appear to havefired rockets on three different policebuildings that were underconstruction. One was explosiontook place in Malgrar.

31-Aug-04

Panhoor Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Unidentified persons appear to havefired rockets on three different policebuildings that were underconstruction. One was explosiontook place in Panhoor.

31-Aug-04

Sanhori Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Unidentified persons appear to havefired rockets on three different policebuildings that were underconstruction. One was explosiontook place in Sanhori.

31-Aug-04

Kohlo Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Unidentified persons fired fired threerockets at a police checkpoint in theKohlo area causing no damage. Theattackers escaped when securityforces returned fire on them.

31-Aug-04

Moscow Russia Riyad us-SaliheynMartyrs'Brigade

Explosives50 11 A female suicide bomber blew herselfup outside of the entrance to theRizhshkaya subway station and theKrestovskiy shopping center. Theexplosive device was equivalent to 2kg of TNT. The explosion wasintended to occur inside the station,but the woman apparently was afraidof the police searching people andpapers at the entrance to the station.Police believe that the incident maybe connected to the airline crashesthat occurred one week earlier,perhaps by one of the other twowomen seen leaving Khasavyurt withthe women suspected of perpetratingthe airliner attacks. The same group,the Islambouli Brigade of Martyrsclaimed responsibility for the attack.Eleven people were killed in theattack and at least fifty wounded.The suicide bomber was identified asRoza Magayeva, the sister of AminatNagayev who is believed to beresponsible for one of the two airlinercrashes. Later, officials reported thatNikolay Kipkeyev was one of thevictims of the blast. Kipkeyev was onthe MVD wanted list for participationin illegal and terrorist-relatedactivity. Officials speculate that hemay have been involved somehow inthe attack. In a letter following theBeslan school hostage taking, ShamilBasayev claimed responsibility forthe incident.

31-Aug-04

GuzeldereTurkey PKK/KONGRA-GELExplosives0 0 Police discovered and defused anexplosive landmine that had beenplanted on the right side of the Van-Hakkari highway in Guzeldere. Thedevice was made of a gas tube withan electrical fuse, which would havedetonated due to pressure.Authorities believe the device to bethe work of the Kurdistan Workers'Party/Kurdistan Democratic Congress(PKK/KONGRA-GEL).

31-Aug-04

BuenosAires

ArgentinaDarioSantillanCommand

Explosives0 0 Coordinated Attack - see Incident ID19448.A pamphlet bomb exploded ata branch of BBVA Banco Fances bankin Buenos Aires. The explosion tookplace hours before a visit by RodrigoRato, the International MonetaryFund (IMF) Managing Director, whowas scheduled to meet withArgentine president Nestor Kirchner.The bomb was detonated by apreviously unknown group callingitself the Dario Santillan Command.Pamphlets found at the location ofthe attack called for Argentina todefault on foreign debt paymentsand for the IMF chief to leave thecountry. No one was injured in theblast which caused minimalstructural damage. A similarexplosion took place outside of aMcDonalds restaurant shortly afterthe first explosion.

31-Aug-04

BuenosAires

ArgentinaDarioSantillanCommand

Explosives0 0 A pamphlet bomb exploded at aMcDonalds restaurant in BuenosAires. The explosion took placehours before a visit by Rodrigo Rato,the International Monetary Fund(IMF) Managing Director, who wasscheduled to meet with Argentinepresident Nestor Kirchner. The bombwas detonated by a previouslyunknown group calling itself theDario Santillan Command.Pamphlets found at the location ofthe attack called for Argentina todefault on foreign debt paymentsand for the IMF chief to leave thecountry. No one was injured in theblast which caused minimalstructural damage. A similarexplosion took place earlier at abranch of BBVA Banco Frances bank.

31-Aug-04

Doda Kashmir Unknown Firearms1 0 The Indian Minister of ParliamentaryAffairs and Urban Developmentescaped an assassination attempt onhis life by militants in Doda. Oneperson was injured in the attack.

31-Aug-04

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Ibrahim Ismail Tevfik, one of theprominent Iraqi Turkomans and alsothe Kirkuk National EducationDirector, was killed in an armedattack on Kirkuk while he was drivingto work.

31-Aug-04

BeershebaIsrael Hamas(IslamicResistanceMovement)

Explosives85 16 Two buses near the Beershebamunicipality building were blown upby a suicide bomber. The suicidebomber took advantage of the factthat the two buses were standingtogether. He blew up a bomb on onebus and then exploded a secondbomb on the second bus. At leastfifteen people were killed and aroundeighty-five injured. The military wingof Hamas claimed responsibility forthe attack, saying that it as aresponse to the assassination ofYasin, a leading Hamas official.

31-Aug-04

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms4 1 The Education Department DirectorGeneral in Kirkuk, Ibrahim Isma'il,was killed when armed men openedfire on him. Two of his guards wereinjured as were two civilians.

31-Aug-04

NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells exploded in thearea of Neve Deqalim settlement. Awoman and her child suffered shock.

31-Aug-04

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms1 3 Three Iraqi women were shot deadand another wounded when theirvehicle was shot at in the city ofMosul. The women all work at a USmilitary base.

31-Aug-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A police patrol was attacked bygrenades in south Baghdad. Oneofficer was killed and two wounded inthe attack.

31-Aug-04

Latifiyah Iraq Unknown Firearms2 2 Gunmen fired at a car near Latifiyahkilling Shiite scholar Bashir al-Jazaariand his driver and wounding twopassengers.

1-Sep-04 Beslan Russia Riyad us-SaliheynMartyrs'Brigade

Firearms727 331 A group of thirty to thirty-five(sources varied) armed Chechenseparatists, including men andwomen, many wearing suicidebomber belts, seized a school in theSouthern Russian town of Belsantaking children, parents, andteachers hostage in the school gym.At least ten of the hostage-takersappeared to be from Arab countries.Most sources originally estimatedthere were about 400 hostages.However, it was later revealed thatthere were between 1,000 and 1,500being held. The attack occurs on thefirst day of school, a day ofcelebration in Russia when childrenand parents dress up and bringflowers to the new teachers. Theattack occurred at the end of aceremony attended by parents,teachers, and students of the school.The school houses classes rangingfrom grade one to eight. Themilitants had refused food andmedical aid for the hostages. Theyhad also refused to trade the childrenfor two senior ranking governmentofficials. They forced the children tostand at the windows of the school,as a human shield, and threatened toblow up the school if police stormedthe building. They said they wouldkill fifty children for every one killedfighter and twenty for every injuredfighter. They also claimed thebuilding had been filled with minesthat would be set off if policeattempted to storm the building.According to hostages after theincident, the militants had adults digup the floor boards of the gym,revealing weapons hidden there. Thissupports theories that the eventswere planned in advance and thatthe militants may have had insidehelp. Approximately sixty-fivechildren and at least one adult hadmanaged to escape from the schoolby hiding during the siege. Themilitants also released one hostagewith a list of their demands, includingthe release of the freedom fightersdetained over attacks on policefacilities in Ingushetia in June. Theyalso sought talks with regionalofficials, including the republic'spresident Aleksandr Dzasokhov andthe head of Ingushetia, MuratZyazikov, and a well-knownpediatrician, Leonid Roshal, whoaided the hostage during the seizureof a Moscow theater in 2002.Twenty-six hostages, includingwomen and children, were releasedfollowing preliminary negotiationswith the former president ofIngushetia, Ruslan Aushev. On Sept.2, the militants blew up a car thatwas passing too close to the school.One source reported that themilitants had killed fifteen malehostages, but this was not confirmedby other sources. Interfax reportedthat the hostages had managed tomake a phone call out of the schooland described their conditions astolerable. Interfax reported theLenoid Roshal had arrived and wasconducting talks with the militants.However, food, water, and medicinehad still not been allowed in thebuilding. The militants had alsorefused several other offers,including safe passage out of thecountry and to exchange the childrenfor adult hostages. Officials wereconducting talks with the militants,one of whom identified himself asrepresenting the Second Group ofSalakhim Riadus Shakhidi, a rebelband believed to be headed byShamil Basayev.The group wasbelieved to be led by the sameindividual, Magomet Yevloyev, wholed the attacks against Ingushetia inJune. The militants issued a set offive demands: 1. Putin signs the edictto stop the war in Chechnya2.Russian troops are withdrawn fromChechnya3. Chechnya joins CIS as anindependent state4. Chechnyaremains in the ruble zone5. The CISpeacekeping forces are deployed inChechnya and North Caucasus.Theattack was being condemned aroundthe world, including by Chechenuniversity student and Muslimleaders. Aslan Maskhadov, a rebelleader living in exile, had also agreedto assist and denied involvement inthe incident. On Sept. 3, Russianforces reached a deal with themilitants to remove the dead bodiesfrom around the school. However,while this was occurring, one of themilitants opened fire and begandetonating explosives. The initialexplosion appears to have beencaused when one of the explosiveshanging on the basketball hoop inthe gym fell and went off. Russianforces returned fire and blew a wholein the side of the building to helppeople escape. The firefight wasintense at times and in the end, theroof of the building collapsed in aheap. Russian forces stormed theschool and had reportedly killedabout ten of the hostage takers. Atleast 400 hostages had escaped andbeen admitted to hospitals. However,the death toll remained unclear.Sources reported seeing over 100bodies in the school gym and bodieselsewhere on the school grounds aswell. It was unclear what hadhappened to the remaining hostagetakers. Some appeared to have fled,trying to look like escaped hostagesin order to blend in. Russian forcesgained control of the school andwere able to clear the room anddisarm remaining mines. During thethree-day siege, children and adultswere allowed essentially no waterand food and were kept in the 90degree gym. In the aftermath of theattack, the official death toll reached338 although unofficial figures werehigher. At least 727 people remainedhospitalized, some in gravecondition. The total number ofhostages is believed to have beenaround 1,200. Following the incident,the North Ossetian Minister KazbekDzantiyev was forced to resign.Shamil Basayev issued a statementclaiming responsibility for theplanning of the hostage taking alongwith the other recent attacks onRussian soil. Along with Basayev, atleast ten other hostage takers havebeen identified. Vladimir Khodov,Arsen Merzhoyev, MayrvekShibikhanov, Bey-Alla Tsechoyev,Magomed Khochbarov, IssaTorshkhoyev, Khirir-Ali Akhmedov,Abdul-Azim Labazanov, and Nur-PahiKulayev who was the only one to betaken alive. Several of the hostagetakers are believed to have beenwanted for other crimes/terroristacts. Some of the gunmen may alsobe family members of Basayev.Police were now actively searchingfor Basayev throughout Chechnya.The OSCE criticized Russian officialsfor limiting media coverage andproviding an incorrect set of factsabout the incident (for examplesaying that only 400 people wereheld hostage when it is known that atleast 800 children attend Beslanschool and almost all were inside thegym along with family members). ARussian parliamentary commission,which was set up, found in January2005, that high-ranking militaryofficials aided the gunmen in thisattack. Two such officals werearrested. On 4 March 2005, Russianpolice killed five people and arrestedfour in a raid in southern Russia. Allnine were suspected of helping toplan this attack.

1-Sep-04 Beslan Russia Riyad us-SaliheynMartyrs'Brigade

Firearms727 331 A group of thirty to thirty-five(sources varied) armed Chechenseparatists, including men andwomen, many wearing suicidebomber belts, seized a school in theSouthern Russian town of Belsantaking children, parents, andteachers hostage in the school gym.At least ten of the hostage-takersappeared to be from Arab countries.Most sources originally estimatedthere were about 400 hostages.However, it was later revealed thatthere were between 1,000 and 1,500being held. The attack occurs on thefirst day of school, a day ofcelebration in Russia when childrenand parents dress up and bringflowers to the new teachers. Theattack occurred at the end of aceremony attended by parents,teachers, and students of the school.The school houses classes rangingfrom grade one to eight. Themilitants had refused food andmedical aid for the hostages. Theyhad also refused to trade the childrenfor two senior ranking governmentofficials. They forced the children tostand at the windows of the school,as a human shield, and threatened toblow up the school if police stormedthe building. They said they wouldkill fifty children for every one killedfighter and twenty for every injuredfighter. They also claimed thebuilding had been filled with minesthat would be set off if policeattempted to storm the building.According to hostages after theincident, the militants had adults digup the floor boards of the gym,revealing weapons hidden there. Thissupports theories that the eventswere planned in advance and thatthe militants may have had insidehelp. Approximately sixty-fivechildren and at least one adult hadmanaged to escape from the schoolby hiding during the siege. Themilitants also released one hostagewith a list of their demands, includingthe release of the freedom fightersdetained over attacks on policefacilities in Ingushetia in June. Theyalso sought talks with regionalofficials, including the republic'spresident Aleksandr Dzasokhov andthe head of Ingushetia, MuratZyazikov, and a well-knownpediatrician, Leonid Roshal, whoaided the hostage during the seizureof a Moscow theater in 2002.Twenty-six hostages, includingwomen and children, were releasedfollowing preliminary negotiationswith the former president ofIngushetia, Ruslan Aushev. On Sept.2, the militants blew up a car thatwas passing too close to the school.One source reported that themilitants had killed fifteen malehostages, but this was not confirmedby other sources. Interfax reportedthat the hostages had managed tomake a phone call out of the schooland described their conditions astolerable. Interfax reported theLenoid Roshal had arrived and wasconducting talks with the militants.However, food, water, and medicinehad still not been allowed in thebuilding. The militants had alsorefused several other offers,including safe passage out of thecountry and to exchange the childrenfor adult hostages. Officials wereconducting talks with the militants,one of whom identified himself asrepresenting the Second Group ofSalakhim Riadus Shakhidi, a rebelband believed to be headed byShamil Basayev.The group wasbelieved to be led by the sameindividual, Magomet Yevloyev, wholed the attacks against Ingushetia inJune. The militants issued a set offive demands: 1. Putin signs the edictto stop the war in Chechnya2.Russian troops are withdrawn fromChechnya3. Chechnya joins CIS as anindependent state4. Chechnyaremains in the ruble zone5. The CISpeacekeping forces are deployed inChechnya and North Caucasus.Theattack was being condemned aroundthe world, including by Chechenuniversity student and Muslimleaders. Aslan Maskhadov, a rebelleader living in exile, had also agreedto assist and denied involvement inthe incident. On Sept. 3, Russianforces reached a deal with themilitants to remove the dead bodiesfrom around the school. However,while this was occurring, one of themilitants opened fire and begandetonating explosives. The initialexplosion appears to have beencaused when one of the explosiveshanging on the basketball hoop inthe gym fell and went off. Russianforces returned fire and blew a wholein the side of the building to helppeople escape. The firefight wasintense at times and in the end, theroof of the building collapsed in aheap. Russian forces stormed theschool and had reportedly killedabout ten of the hostage takers. Atleast 400 hostages had escaped andbeen admitted to hospitals. However,the death toll remained unclear.Sources reported seeing over 100bodies in the school gym and bodieselsewhere on the school grounds aswell. It was unclear what hadhappened to the remaining hostagetakers. Some appeared to have fled,trying to look like escaped hostagesin order to blend in. Russian forcesgained control of the school andwere able to clear the room anddisarm remaining mines. During thethree-day siege, children and adultswere allowed essentially no waterand food and were kept in the 90degree gym. In the aftermath of theattack, the official death toll reached338 although unofficial figures werehigher. At least 727 people remainedhospitalized, some in gravecondition. The total number ofhostages is believed to have beenaround 1,200. Following the incident,the North Ossetian Minister KazbekDzantiyev was forced to resign.Shamil Basayev issued a statementclaiming responsibility for theplanning of the hostage taking alongwith the other recent attacks onRussian soil. Along with Basayev, atleast ten other hostage takers havebeen identified. Vladimir Khodov,Arsen Merzhoyev, MayrvekShibikhanov, Bey-Alla Tsechoyev,Magomed Khochbarov, IssaTorshkhoyev, Khirir-Ali Akhmedov,Abdul-Azim Labazanov, and Nur-PahiKulayev who was the only one to betaken alive. Several of the hostagetakers are believed to have beenwanted for other crimes/terroristacts. Some of the gunmen may alsobe family members of Basayev.Police were now actively searchingfor Basayev throughout Chechnya.The OSCE criticized Russian officialsfor limiting media coverage andproviding an incorrect set of factsabout the incident (for examplesaying that only 400 people wereheld hostage when it is known that atleast 800 children attend Beslanschool and almost all were inside thegym along with family members). ARussian parliamentary commission,which was set up, found in January2005, that high-ranking militaryofficials aided the gunmen in thisattack. Two such officals werearrested. On 4 March 2005, Russianpolice killed five people and arrestedfour in a raid in southern Russia. Allnine were suspected of helping toplan this attack.

1-Sep-04 Belfast NorthernIreland

Other Firearms2 0 Loyalists are being blamed for anarmed attack that took place inBelfast, targeting a man as he sat inhis car. The shooting took place inthe Donegall Road area, on MoltkeStreet. The man was hit severaltimes with bullets and was taken tothe hospital, where he was in seriouscondition. A second man who was apassenger in the car suffered minorinjuries.

1-Sep-04 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Firearms3 1 A highway police patrol was attackedbetween Kandahar City and Shahr-e-Safa. Police blame the Taliban forthe assault.

1-Sep-04 Chanae Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 Police officers who were providingsecurity for teachers in the southernThai provinces, were targeted bythree roadside bombs. Two of thedevices, which were placed on eitherside of the road in Chanae,detonated shortly after a group ofabout six officers passed by. A thirdbomb was found unexploded nearbyand consisted of about five kilogramsof emulsion explosives. There wereno injuries caused in the blasts.

1-Sep-04 Thailand Unknown Firearms2 0 An unidentified gunman, riding on amotorcycle, opened fire on arestaurant in Yala Province. Thegunman used an HK22 assault rifle inthe attack, which wounded twopeople. The victims, TaveesakBounsil and Mingkwan Tomthongwere both admitted to the hospital.Bullets from the attack alsoshattered the windows of a vehicleparked nearby. Police, who had beendining at the restaurant at the time,returned fire but missed theassailant.

1-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 The car of the Czech ambassador toIraq, Martin Klepetko, came undergunfire in Baghdad. The car was hitby at least thirty bullets, when onegroup of armed men blocked theroad and another fired at the car.The car was armored, and althoughthe car was damaged, no one wasinjured.

2-Sep-04 Bogor IndonesiaUnknown Explosives0 0 A low-powered explosive devicedetonated in the Bogor Indah Plaza(BIP) in Bogor City. The device wasmade up of fire crackers, a timer andbatteries. Authorities also found anewspaper, which could have beenused to light the firecracker, a cableand a lighter at the scene of theattack. No further information isavailable.

2-Sep-04 Iraq Tawhidand Jihad

Unknown0 3 The group known as Tawhid andJihad has claimed responsibility forexecuting three Turkish hostages.They released a video showing thehostages and their beheading.

2-Sep-04 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A police major was shot in Basra ashe walked through the city market.

2-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 An grenade was thrown at a policevehicle in downtown Baghdad,injuring one officer and setting thecar on fire.


UlsterDefenceAssociation(UDA)

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Loyalists from the Ulster DefenseAssociation (UDA) are being blamedfor an attack on a bar in northBelfast. The perpetrator stole aforklift digger from a nearbyconstruction site, drove the vehiclethrough the front window of the barand threw three petrol bombs inside.Fire officers were able to extinguishthe flames before any major damagewas caused.

3-Sep-04 KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

5 1 A remote-detonated bomb attachedto a car in Kandahar killed one manand wounded five. The explosivewas placed near a vehicle whichbelonged to the UN mission team.One of the injured victims was a USliason officer. The blast comes in thelead-up to national elections inAfghanistan.

3-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 An Associated Press driver was killedin Baghdad when gunmen ambushedhim and opened fire on his car.Ismai'l Tahir Muhsin was in the caralone when the gunmen opened fireon him and then escaped.

3-Sep-04 Sederot WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets fell in theSederot area this morning. Fourresidents suffered shock.


Unknown Explosives0 0 A mortar shell fell in Netzarim, inGaza Strip. No one was hurt and nodamaged was caused.

3-Sep-04 NahalOz

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 1 A Palestinian was killed by IsraelDefense Forces (IDF) soldiers beforehe could detonate the bomb he wascarrying near the settlement of NahalOz.

4-Sep-04 PuertoAsis


Firearms14 4 Hooded gunmen opened fire on acongregation inside a church locatednear Colombia's border with Ecuador.Four parishioners were killed andfourteen wounded in the attack.Army officials believe theRevolutionary Armed Forces ofColumbia (FARC) carried out theattack because the church hadspoken out against the FARC's forcedrecruitment of local youth. It wasreported the Protestant pastors inthe region had preciously receiveddeath threats.

4-Sep-04 Iraq IslamicResistanceBrigades

Unknown0 0 A group calling itself the IslamicResistance Brigades announced thatit has abducted a Turkish hostagewho works as a driver for a Turkishcompany. The group gave thecompany the driver works for, aKuwaiti establishment, two days tostop dealing with US troops beforebeheading the hostage. The hostageidentified himself as Mithat Civi. OnSept. 6, after the Saqr El-KuwaitTransport Company which Civiworked for agreed to halt activities inIraq, the hostage was released.

4-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Several mortars exploded indowntown Baghdad, near the GreenZone convention center where theIraqi National Assembly is meeting tochoose deputies to the speaker andto vote on bylaws.

4-Sep-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives30 21 A suicide car-bomb exploded in frontof the Iraqi Police Academy in Kirkuk.At least twenty-one people werekilled and over thirty wounded in theattack. Those killed included police,military personnel, and civilians.

4-Sep-04 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An oil pipeline near in southern Iraqwas attacked by insurgents using anexplosive charge. The explosionoccurred near Hartha, caused a fire,and forced the closure of the oilpipeline. The oil pipelines in Iraq arethe frequent target of insurgentattacks.


UlsterDefenceAssociation(UDA)


1 0 An 18-year-old Catholic boy wasattacked by suspected loyalistparamilitaries, as he walked alongFloral Park in north Belfast. Theperpetrators drove up in a car besidehim, jumped out and stabbed himrepeatedly with knives, got back intothe car and sped off. The car waslater found burnt out on the side ofthe road. The Ulster DefenseAssociation (UDA) is being blamedfor the attack.

5-Sep-04 Ajaccio France CorsicanNationalLiberationFront(FLNC)

Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated at theside entrance to the education officeat the Corsican Academy, in the cityof Ajaccio. The blast destroyed theentrance, but caused no injuries.This attack comes one week afteranother explosive device was leftoutside the same entrance, but failedto detonate. On 14 November agroup calling itself the 'Army of theCorsican People' claimedresponsibility for this attack andthree others. On 8 December, theCorsican National Liberation Front(FLNC)- Union of Combatants,claimed responsibility for this andseven other attacks. In theirstatement of claim theyacknowledged that another grouphad already claimed the attack, butstated that it was erroneouslyclaimed by others.

5-Sep-04 WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Firearms0 0 An Israeli bus came under fire inWest Bank, north of Ofra. No one wasinjured in the attack, but the vehiclewas damaged.

5-Sep-04 QatifBloc

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired five mortar shellsat the Qatif Bloc settlements. No onewas injured.

5-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Brigadesof theVictoriousLion ofGod

Firearms0 0 Fairuz Yamulky, a Canadian whoworked for a firm that suppliedgoods, was kidnapped from hervehicle in Baghdad. The group callingitself the Brigade of the VictoriousLion of God released Yamulky onSeptember 23, claiming that hercompany had agreed to ceaseactivities in Iraq.

6-Sep-04 Izmir Turkey TurkishCommunistParty/Marxist(TKP-ML)

Explosives1 0 One person, who was attempting tohang a banner with a bomb attachedto it, was injured when the devicedetonated prematurely. The victim isreportedly a member of the MarxistLeninist Communist Party (MLKP) andwas injured in the hand. The incidenttook place in the city of Izmir.

6-Sep-04 Groznyy ChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 0 Ten houses were destroyed in thecenter of the village of Chechen-Aulin Groznyy when a number of mortarmines went off. Police wereinvestigating the incident.

6-Sep-04 Siirt Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 A suicide bomber carrying a grenadethat she intended to detonate shotherself when she saw that she wouldbe arrested. The incident occurred inthe southeastern province of Siirt,when police were conducting anoperation following a tip from adetained terrorist.

6-Sep-04 Raman Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Two unidentified perpetrators set theBan Ton Saw School on fire in theRaman district of Yala Province. Theattackers arrived on a motorcycle,snuck in through the back gate of theschool, and forced their way into aclassroom where they lit a kerosene-soaked cloth on fire. The fire causeddamage to the ceiling and theschool's books, but there were noreported injuries. This was one oftwo arson attacks targeting schoolsin this city on this day.

6-Sep-04 Raman Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Unidentified men set fire to the BanJa Kua School only minutes aftersetting fire to the Ban Ton SaeSchool. Both schools are in Raman,in Yala Province and are a shortdistance from each other. The firecaused slight damage to the schoolbut there were no reported injuries.

6-Sep-04 Iraq FallujahMujahideen

Unknown0 0 Three Jordanians and a Sudaneseman working as truck drivers in Iraqwere kidnapped and then releasedon the same day. A group callingitself the Fallhjah Mujahideenclaimed responsibility for the attack.

6-Sep-04 Latifiyah Iraq Unknown Firearms2 2 Two police officers were killed andtwo others injured in a drive-byshooting in Latifiyah.

7-Sep-04 Silopi Turkey PKK/KONGRA-GELExplosives1 0 One village guard was injured whenhe stepped on a landmine that wasplanted by suspected members ofthe Kurdistan Workers'Party/Kurdistan Democratic Congress(PKK/KONGRA-GEL). The mine wasplanted on a highway in the town ofSilopi, in Sirnak Province. APKK/KONGRA-GEL terrorist turnedhimself into authorities shortly afterthe attack.

7-Sep-04 DiyarbakirTurkey Unknown Firearms0 2 A police officer and a guard werekilled when unknown perpetratorsopened fire on a police checkpoint inthe city of Diyarbakir. The attacktook place at a checkpoint on thehighway between Diyarbakir andSanliurfa. This incident takes placeas EU Commissioner, GuntherVerheugen was in the city to meetwith Diyarbakir Governor NusreyMiroglu and Mayor Osman Baydemir.

7-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Other Firearms0 0 Two Italian women, Simona Pari andSimona Torretta, employees of theItalian aid agency, Un Ponte Per… (ABridge To…), were abducted in broaddaylight from their office in Baghdad.Also abducted were two Iraqis, amale employee of Un Ponte Per and afemale who worked for the Italianorganization, Intersos. Witness sayabout twenty well-dressed, well-armed gunmen stopped traffic toenter the office; office securityguards were unarmed and unable tostop the intruders. The Iraqi ForeignMinistry reported that a criminalgang may have kidnapped thewomen and sold them to Abu-Mus'bal-Zarqawi. The kidnapping wasclaimed by The Islamic Jihad in Iraq,although the claim remains in doubt.The two women were let go after theItalian government negotiated fortheir release on 28 September. It isunclear whether a random demandwas paid or not.

7-Sep-04 KathmanduNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 Members of the Communist Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M) explodedbombs in a four-star hotel indowntown Nepal, causing no injuriesor fatalities. Three bombs wereexploded simultaneously in front ofHotel Malla at Lainchaur near theroyal palace. The hotel was notdamaged.

7-Sep-04 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen attacked a truck convoy inIraq, killing a Turkish driver. Thegunmen used antitank weapons andrifles, destroying the Turkish driver'struck.


Unknown Explosives1 0 A rocket was fired at the Sederotsettlement. One person sustainedslight injuries. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.


Unknown Explosives0 0 A missile was fired at a bus stop inan Israeli settlement in the GazaStrip. No one was hurt.

7-Sep-04 Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 The motorcade of the Baghdadgovernor came under attack. Armedmen opened machine gun fire on hismotorcade and a car bomb went offright after his car had passed by.One person was killed and twoinjured in the attack.

7-Sep-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 The son of the Mosul city governorwas targeted by an assassinationattempt. He was wounded whengunmen opened fire on him and latersuccumbed to the wounds. His driverwas abducted in the attack.

8-Sep-04 LondonderryNorthernIreland

Real IrishRepublicanArmy(RIRA)

Firearms0 0 The Real Irish Republican Army(RIRA) claimed responsibility forcarrying out an armed attack onconstruction workers in Londonderry,who were building a police station.The RIRA gunmen fired up to thirtyshots at the workers, from an AK47rifle. Several cars and buildings werehit by bullets, but no one was injured.

8-Sep-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Zeynep Tugrul, a correspondent forthe Turkish 'Sabah' daily wasabducted in Iraq. She was releasedthree days later to a Turkmenpolitician in Mosul.

8-Sep-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms1 2 Hisham Hamadani, member of theNinawa Municipal Council, waswounded during an assassinationattempt carried out against him inMosul. His two body guards werekilled during the attack.



Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired five Qassamrockets at Sederot, but there were nocasualties. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

8-Sep-04 NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Three mortar shells were fired at theNeve Deqalim settlement. Onewomen suffered from shock whenone of the shells hit her house. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack.

8-Sep-04 Negev WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two missiles were fired at thewestern Negev from Gaza Strip. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for multiple attacksthroughout the day.

8-Sep-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Horman Ali Uthman, head ofintelligence at the KurdistanDemocratic Party, escaped anassassination attempt in Kirkuk. Agunman opened fire on Uthman andhis guards. One guard was wounded.The assailant, Hashim UthmanGhaffar, was arrested and seriouslywounded.

8-Sep-04 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 The deputy governor of the Anbarprovince was kidnapped by gunmen.No further details were provided.

9-Sep-04 Jakarta Indonesia JemaahIslamiya(JI)

Explosives182 10 Nine people and at least one suicidebomber were killed when a large carbomb detonated outside theAustralian Embassy in Jakarta. Over180 others were injured by the blast.No Australians were killed by thebomb, which authorities blame onthe Jemaah Islamiyah (JI). It isuncertain if the group claimedresponsibility for the attack or not.The blast shattered the windows inseven nearby buildings and left alarge crater in the pavement.Authorities found traces of TNT andsulfate at the scene, the samematerials that were used in theMarriott Hotel bombing in October2002 and the Bali nightclubbombings. On 17 September, policemade their first arrest in this case.They took into custody a man whothey believe to have transporting theexplosives used in this attack. On 1October, authorities identified thesuicide bomber as Heri Golun, basedon DNA tests done at the scene. On24 November, police announced thatthey had arrested four more suspectsin connection with this attack. Thefour men were identified as IwanDarmawan (alias Rois), Hassan, Apuyand Sogir (alias Ansori).

10-Sep-04 Kelkit Turkey PKK/KONGRA-GELFirearms0 0 A group of suspected KurdistanWorkers' Party/Democratic Congressof Kurdistan (PKK/KONGRA-GEL)members opened fire on a policegendarme command center in Kelkit,in Gunushane Province. There wereno casualties and no damage caused,as the police were able to fire back atthe suspects immediately.

10-Sep-04 Kabul AfghanistanTaliban Explosives2 0 Three of five rockets that were firedon this night, were fired in the Qala-e-Naw area in Wazir Abad, leaving awoman and her 10-year-old childwounded. Four of the rockets arebelieved to have been fired from theDehsabz area. Officials blame theTaliban and Al-Qa'ida for the attacks.

10-Sep-04 Kabul AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 0 A rocket hit the Kabul InternationalAirport. This was one of five rocketblasts that took place on this night,which authorities are blaming on theTaliban and Al Qaeda.

10-Sep-04 Kabul AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 0 One of five rockets landed near theInternational Security AssistanceForces (ISAF) compound. This wasone of a series of five rocket attackson this evening that are beingblamed on the Taliban and Al Qaeda.


Explosives0 0 Two homemade socket bombs werethrown simultaneously over the wallof the compound of the USInformation Services' Cultural Centerin Kathmandu. The bombs, whichwent off between the bathroom andparking area on the eastern side ofthe structure, were thrown from amotorcycle parking lot outside of thebuilding's premises, causing onlyminor damages. There were nocasualties in the incident. Policesuspect the Communist Party ofNepal-Maoists (CPN-M) perpetratedthe attack.

10-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A rocket fell on a building near theUnited Arab Emirates Embassy inBaghdad. The explosion damagedthe walls of building near which itfell.

10-Sep-04 Hatin Iraq Unknown Firearms3 0 Three North Oil Company securityguards were wounded whenattackers opened fire on them nearthe village of Hatin. The guardsreturned fire and might have hit oneot the attackers.

10-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 3 Three Lebanese workers in Iraq werekilled and one wounded by a group ofgunmen. The three killed areidentified as Gebrane Badine, KarimKhoury, and Khoury's wife EvelyneAbou Dib. The fourth Lebanese wasidentified as Khukri Nmeir. All thevictims were working in food exportsin Iraq and were killed in Khoury'shome.

11-Sep-04 He'rat AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 A time bomb explosion damagedparts of the Bahar-e-Azadi Hotel inHe'rat Province. There were nocasualties or injuries, but thedamage is significant.

11-Sep-04 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 An official at the North Oil Companysaid that an oil pipeline linking theHavana Refinery and Kirkuk wasattacked by machine gun fire,causing a significant leak. The leakwas stopped and was being repaired.

11-Sep-04 Al-Kut Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A truck transporting goods for the USArmy came under fire in Al-Kut.There were no reports of casualties.

11-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 2 Two people were killed and threeothers wounded when a road-sideexplosive charge went off near theoffices of the US Embassy in Basra.

11-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Mortars landed on the Green Zone,causing damage to the PalestineHotel which is used by foreignemployees and journalists.

11-Sep-04 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 A pipeline linking an oilfield in Kirkukwith the Havana refinery wassabotaged by gunmen on Saturday.Damage was caused to the pipeline.

11-Sep-04 KfarDarom

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 The military wing of the Islamic JihadMovement claimed responsibility fora mortar shell attack at Kfar Darum.

12-Sep-04 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 2 The Taliban have allegedly killed twolocal tribal leaders who supportedAfghan elections. The two bodieswere found on 18 September. Thetribal leaders had participated in thecampaign.Note: Incident date isapproximate.


Explosives9 0 Nine people were injured when acrude bomb placed on the road theKathmandu's airport exploded. Theprime minister was due to arrivefrom India and was expected totravel along the road. The deviceexploded as security officers weretrying to defuse it. The bomb was arigged liquid petroleum gas cylinderwhat was on a bridge. Police areblaming the Communist Party ofNepal (CPN-M) for the attack.

12-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Tawhidand Jihad

Explosives0 0 The Green Zone in Baghdad wastargeted by mortar shelling. TheTawhid and Jihad group (now callingitself Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fi Biladal-Rafidayn), affiliated with AbuMusab al-Zarqawi claimedresponsibility for firing the shells.

12-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A suicide bomber failed to getthrough the entrance of the buildingof the Iraqi Council of Ministers. Theguards at the building killed himbefore he could enter the buildingand detonate his bomb.

12-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A column of vehicles carryingforeigners, most of whom arebelieved to be Americans, cameunder attack at the entrance ofAirport Street. The attack led to thedestruction of the three vehicles.One of the vehicles was carrying IraqiNational Guard forces. Casualtynumbers were unavailable.

12-Sep-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms7 1 Gunmen attacked a group ofpolicemen in Mosul, killing one andwounding seven others.

12-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 The police chief of Yarmouk, a districtof Baghdad, was killed by a bombattack while he was on patrol. Col.Alaa Bashir and one other officerwere killed in the attack.

12-Sep-04 Iraq Unknown Firearms3 0 Gunmen attacked three securityofficers guarding the Dibis oilfieldnear Kirkuk. Oilfields and workers arethe frequent target of attacks.

12-Sep-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms2 0 Two oil workers were injured in adrive-by shooting west of Kirkuk. Oilpipelines and workers are thefrequent target of insurgent attacks.

13-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 2 Gunmen attacked a convoy of carsthat was transporting foreigners onthe highway in the Green Zone inBaghdad. Two drivers of civilian carswere killed and an Iraqi translatorwas wounded.

13-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 The French Embassy in Baghdadcame under shell fire. The attackscome amid negotiations for therelease of a French hostage in Iraq.

13-Sep-04 Darhuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 The governor of Dahuk, NichervanAhmad, escaped an assassinationattempt when an explosive chargeexploded while he was passing by inone of the city streets. The explosiondamaged his car but did not injurehim.

13-Sep-04 KfarDarom

WestBank/Gaza

al-Fatah Explosives0 0 Two Hadith missiles were fired atKfar Darom settlement in Gaza.There were no casualties in theattack. Fatah claimed responsibility.

13-Sep-04 Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 Sajib Hatab, head of the GeneralFederation of Iraqi Youth, was thetarget of an assassination attempt.Three gunmen opened fire on thefederation's head and his Deputy,Sa'd Aziz near Al-Sha'b InternationalStadium. Hattab was slightly injuredin the attack and had received deaththreats before it.

13-Sep-04 Basra Iraq Army oftheFollowersof SunniIslam

Unknown0 3 Three Iraqi truck drivers who wereworking with US forces were killed.The men were kidnapped near Basraon Monday and then killed. The Armyof the Followers of Sunni Islamclaimed responsibility for the attack.

13-Sep-04 Latifiyah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Assailants broke into a local policestation in Latifiya, forced everyone toleave, and blew up the building. Noone was injured in the attack.

14-Sep-04 LondonderryNorthernIreland


0 0 Two petrol bombs were thrown at thehome of Pat Ramsey, a SDLPassembly member from Londonderry.The bombs were thrown nearRamsey's youngest daughter'swindow, where they exploded. Theentire family was home at the time ofthe attack, but no one was injured.Ramsey says this is the eighth timehis home has been attacked byexplosive devices.

14-Sep-04 Elorrio Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A group of radicals set fire to twovehicles, one of which belongs to aregional police officer, in Elorrio. Theperpetrators also started fire toseveral trash cans in the area. Theofficer's dog was in the car at thetime of the blaze and was killed.

14-Sep-04 TresEsquinas

Colombia Unknown Firearms0 1 Two unidentified gunmen shot andkilled Trujillo municipality citycouncilor Walter Adolfo AcevedoFranco while he was visiting anestate administered by aconservative political leader. Somereports suggest paramilitary groupsmay be behind the murder but it hasnot been verified.

14-Sep-04 Iraq SarayaUsud al-Tawhid

Firearms0 0 A group calling itself Saraya Usud al-Tawhid kidnapped a Jordanian truckdriver and threatened to kill thedriver in 48 hours if the company theJordanian works for, Abu-al-Shih, didnot cease operations in Iraq. TheJordanian admitted that he transportsfuel to US forces. The owner of thetransport company announced thenext day that it would halt allactivities in Iraq. The group thenreleased the hostage two days afterkidnapping him.

14-Sep-04 QatifBloc

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Nineteen mortar shells were fired atQatif settlements. No one was hurt.

14-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 Two Iraqis were seriously woundedwhen an explosive charge went offnear the Iraqi Planning Ministry inBaghdad. The explosion comes thesame day as a much larger attackoutside a police station in Baghdad.

14-Sep-04 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Oil pipelines in Al-Fathah area werethe target of an explosion. Thepipelines connect the petroleumrefineries of Bayji and Kirkuk with theCeyhan Port in Turkey.

14-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 1 A blast targeting a civilian convoyassociated with the multinationalforces in Iraq killed one person andwounded another. The attackoccurred in Baghdad.

14-Sep-04 Baqouba Iraq TanzimQa’idatal-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn

Unknown2 12 Twelve Kurdish police officers werekilled and two were injured on theirway to join a training course inJordan. Abu musab al-Zarquawi'sgroup, now known as Tanzim Qa'idatAl-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn, claimedresponsibility for the attack.

14-Sep-04 Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Two Turkish truck drivers werekidnapped south of Tikrit in Iraq.They were kidnapped on their way toKirkuk. Their identities remainunknown.


Explosives114 47 A car bomb exploded outside of thepolice station on Hayfa Street inBaghdad, where a crowd ofvolunteers and recruits were waitingto join the police force. Forty-sevenpeople were killed and 114 woundedin the attack. The group headed byAbu Musab al-Zarquawi, Tawhid andJihad (Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fi Biladal-Rafidayn), claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

14-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A car bomb targeting a convoy ofcivilian contractors exploded, butonly the bomber was killed.

14-Sep-04 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 12 In Baqubah, gunmen in two carsopened fire on a van carryingpolicemen, killing eleven policeofficers and one civilian.

14-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A civilian convoy affiliated withcoalition forces in Baghdad, near Al-Khallani Square, were targeted by ablast. The attacked killed one UScontractor and wounded two others.Contractors who support coalitionforces are the frequent target ofinsurgent attack in Iraq.

15-Sep-04 Irun Spain BasqueFatherlandandFreedom(ETA)

Explosives0 0 An explosive device, which wasplaced along an electricity pylon inIrun, detonated, causing significantdamage to the installation. Thepylon belongs to the company, RedElectrica Espanola, which runsSpain's national power grid. Thedevice was made of ammonal, whichis a substance sometimes used bythe Basque Fatherland and Freedom(ETA), who the attack is beingblamed on. On 3 October,authorities arrested a Spanish truckdriver they accuse of havingconnections to this attack. Thedriver's name was not released.

15-Sep-04 Iruna deOca

Spain Unknown Unknown0 0 An office of the Socialist Party of theBasque Country (PSE-EE) wasattacked in Iruna de Oca. It isunclear how the office was attacked,but scorch damaged was caused tothe front of the building.

15-Sep-04 VentasdeArmentia


0 0 A van, which belongs to a member ofthe Basque police force, was totallyburned out by an attack in Ventas deArmentia. The blaze was started byan incendiary device, which was leftinside the vehicle.

15-Sep-04 Cankaya Turkey KurdistanFreedomHawks(TAK)

Explosives0 0 A sound bomb exploded in Cankaya,in Ankara Province, opposite an officeof the Justice and Development Party(AKP). The device was planted in atrash pile near the AKP districtheadquarters, where it detonated.One vehicle, belonging to the office,was damaged by the blast. TheFreedom Hawks of Kurdistan (TAK)claimed responsibility for this blast,warning that the group will respondto the denial and annihilation policyof the Turkish state by means of theactions it will perpetrate.

15-Sep-04 Ankara Turkey KurdistanFreedomHawks(TAK)

Explosives0 0 The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK)claimed responsibility for staging abomb attack on the Police Trainingand Morale Center in Ankara. Thiswas one of two attacks that thegroup claimed, and warned that itwill continue to respond to the denialand annihilation policy of the Turkishstate with actions like these.


Firearms0 3 Two Americans, Jack Hensley, fromMarietta, Georgia, and Eugene JackArmstrong, from Michigan, and oneBritish national, Kenneth Bigley,from Liverpool, were kidnapped fromthe home they shared in the Mansourneighborhood of South CentralBaghdad on 15 September by Tawhidal-Jihad militants who threatened toexecute them within 24-hours unlesswomen prisoners were released fromUS detention facilities. The USrefused on the grounds that only twowomen were being held (neither atthe facilities Tawhid al-Jihadspecified). On 20 September, avideo appeared on the internetshowing the beheading of Armstrongby a man identified as Abu-Mus'ab al-Zarqawi. Armstrong's body wasfound in western Baghdad the sameday. Hensley was killed the nextday, 21 September; his body wasfound 22 September in the Al-Amiriyah area west of Baghdad in abag with several bullet holes in it.Both killings were videoed andposted on the Muntada al-Ansarwebsite. Kenneth Bigley wasreported to have been killed on 7October. All three men worked ascivil engineers for Gulf Supplies andCommercial Services Co., aconstruction company based in theUnited Arab Emirates. They wereparticipating in a renovation projectat the Taji military base north ofBaghdad, which is used by the IraqiArmy. Neighbors said the men wereabducted by as many as ten mencarrying firearms; the securityguards hired to protect the housewere not there.

15-Sep-04 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Muhammed Yusuf Ra'd, a Lebanesenational, was kidnapped by unknownassailants in al-Ramadi on anunknown date in September 2004.He was working as a truck driver forthe Iraqi Army. He was staying in ahotel in al-Ramadi when three Iraqisarrived in a car in the middle of thenight and took him to Fallujah, wherehe was kept without food or water forsix days and beaten. He then reportshe was abducted by another groupfrom Al-Ramadi, taken to a newlocation in Samarra then to Turaybil,where he was forced to watch as anEgyptian was beheaded. Eighteendays later, he was handed over tothe Lebanese embassy in Baghdad.

15-Sep-04 YusufiyahIraq IslamicArmy inIraq

Firearms0 0 Anton Antoine, a Lebanese nationalwho was setting up a dairy businessin Yusufiyah, was kidnapped byunknown assailants in mid-September 2004. More than twenty-five armed attackers dressed aspolice officers stormed his office andtook him hostage. He was held at anunknown location for approximatelytwelve days, interrogated abouthelping US forces, and released. Hewas not tortured. He asserted thathis assailants identified themselvesas the Islamic Army in Iraq.

15-Sep-04 ErraghenAlgeria Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb was defused in a café in Jijelprovince. Local press speculatespossible ties to the Salafist Group forCall and Combat (GSPC).

15-Sep-04 Iraq Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 3 Three Kurdish men, aged 18 to 20,from Zakho region were on their wayto Baghdad and were abducted by agroup of terrorists near the town ofBalad. They were later beheaded andtheir bodies were returned to theirhome time.

15-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An attack on a power junction causeda blackout in Baghdad. Officials wereworking to repair the damage.

15-Sep-04 Riyadh Iraq al Qaedain theArabianPeninsula(AQAP)

Firearms0 1 Gunmen in Riyadh assassinated aBritish citizen and employee of thecommunications firm Marconi. Theman was identified as EdmundMuirhead-Smith. Westerners workingin Saudi Arabia have been targetedby several attacks in recent months.The attack was claimed by the al-Qaeda Organization in the ArabianPeninsula.

15-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Abu Bakral-SiddiqFundamentalistBrigades

Firearms0 2 Gunmen kidnapped and killed anIraqi and Turkish hostage in Iraq. Agroup calling itself the SalafistBrigades of Abu Bakr Al-Sidiqreleased a video on October 2, 2004showing the killing of the two menwho the group accused of being Iraqispies. One of the men was identifiedas Iraqi businessman Ajad AnwarWali, whose family lives in Italy. Thegroup accused Wali of cooperatingwith the Israeli intelligence service tosell a deal of red mercury from Iraqto foreign parties. The Turk wasaccused of being an agent of Turkishintelligence services. Both men werekidnapped in Baghdad several weeksbefore they were killed. Foreignerswho seem to be supporting thecoalition government are thefrequent target of attack in Iraq.NOTE: Kidnapping date isapproximate

16-Sep-04 MakhachkalaRussia Unknown Explosives0 0 A car loaded with an explosive deviceconsisting of 400 grams of TNT and20 L of gasoline was discoveredoutside a residential building. Thebuilding was evacuated and the carwas cleared of explosives. Detectivesbelieve that a Muslim rebel is behindthe attack.

16-Sep-04 Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Firearms0 3 A group calling itself Jaysh Ansar al-Sunnah executed three Iraqi truckdrivers after they admitted that theywere involved in transportingsupplies to US army camps. Thegroup also stated that the trucker'strucks would be destroyed along withthe supplies.

16-Sep-04 Paktia AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 0 A rocket landed in the vicinity ofAfghan President Ahmed Karzai justbefore his airplane was due to land ina southeastern town to participate ina road-opening ceremony and give aspeech as a school in Gardez. Therockets were two kilometers awayfrom where the president wassupposed to land. Paktia provincehas been laden with Talibaninsurgency.

16-Sep-04 Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 A Syrian truck driver was kidnappedon the road between Mosul andKirkuk while transporting foodstuffs.

16-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 Five people were wounded in a blastin Baghdad targeting an alcoholshop. Liquor stores are often thetarget of attacks by fundamentalistswho dislike their presence.

16-Sep-04 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 A police patrol in Baqubah was hit byan explosive device that woundedfour police officers and a civilian.

16-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A bomb exploded near a liquor storein the Al-Tahrir region of Baghdad.The attack killed one person andwounded at least fourteen others.Alcohol shops are the frequent targetof attacks by extremists who feelthat alcohol sales violate Islamic law.

17-Sep-04 ChernokozovoChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device was detonatedunder a locomotive in Chechnya. Theblast caused the train to catch fireand damaged the railway track. Nocasualties were reported.

17-Sep-04 TambonSa-barang

Thailand Other Firearms0 1 Rapin Ruangkeow, a Pattani judge,was shot and killed by at least threemen on a motorcycle. Ruangkeowwas shot seven times in the headand torso while he was in his car. Hiswife and child were in the car, butwere unharmed. Police laterarrested Abdullah Bali, a student whoadmitted to carrying out the attackwith at least two other people.Authorities are unsure if the attackwas perpetrated because ofRuangkeow's work or as part of anongoing insurgency in the Muslim-majority region. This is the first timethat such a high-level official wasassassinated in the region since anincrease of violence began in January2004.

17-Sep-04 Morag WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Five mortar shells were fired at theMorag settlement. There were nocasualties. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

17-Sep-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives20 5 Five people were killed and twentyothers wounded when a car bombexploded outside the National GuardHeadquarters in Baghdad. The blasttargeted a large number of peoplewho were volunteering for duty.

18-Sep-04 Moscow Russia Unknown Explosives0 1 Three cars filled with explosives werefound and the bombs inside defusedin Moscow. A man, Aleksandr Pumae,was detained after he admitted thathe was planning to park the threecars on Kutuzovsky Prospect, usedfrequently by top governmentofficials. The attack was planned tocorrespond with the World CityMayors conference being held inMoscow. The detainee later died incustody. There was conflictinginformation on the cause of hisdeath. Some reports claimed it wasdue to a heart attack, while othersclaim he was beaten to death by theguards. In the following week therewas much speculation about whetherthe man dead in custody wasactually Pumae (his family said that itwas not his body) and whether therewas actually a planned attack at all.An arrest warrant was issued for anofficer, Maj. Vyacheslav Dushenko,believed to have led the initialinterrogation against Pumae andparticipated in the beating death ofthe suspect.

18-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Other Firearms0 0 Ten Turkish nationals were takenhostage on or about 9 September bythe Salafi Abu-Bakr al-Siddiq Group.The ten men, who worked for aTurkish construction firm, werekidnapped when the militants raidedthe Vinsan construction site inYusufiye, 20 km south of Baghdad.Some four days after they werekidnapped, the militants broadcast areport asking the Turkish firm toterminate its activities in Iraq. Thefirm was given three days to comply.At the end of the three days thereport was broadcast again. Thehostages were kept until 10 October,when they were released after theTurkish firm announced it was haltingoperations and that it wouldwithdraw from Iraq.

18-Sep-04 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Naya Sema, an Imam at Ban BunaeTungoh Mosque was shot and killedby unknown gunmen in PattaniProvince. This is the most recentattack in an ongoing insurgency insouthern Thailand that began inJanuary 2004.

18-Sep-04 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Firearms3 0 Aram Nalbandian, 47, and Sharbil Al-Hajj, 32, both Lebanese nationals,were kidnapped at an armedcheckpoint near Fallujah by anunknown group along with theirdriver, Ahmad Mirza. They werekidnapped after their interrogatorslearned they were Lebanese. Theywere taken to three different houses,blindfolded, banned from speaking,and interrogated about theirrelationship with American forces inIraq. When their captors were surethe Lebanese were not involved withthe US forces, they were told theywere to be released. However, anAmerican attack on Fallujah injuredall three and delayed their release bysome hours. They were releasedalong with their driver on October 15to a hospital. All were in stablecondition. The Lebanese wereworking for the Lebanese CCcompany, a travel agency. Thecompany paid a ransom to releasethe men, but the kidnappersreturned the ranson when theyascertained that Nalbandian and Al-Hajj did not work for US forces. TheCC Company's owner, Fadi MunirYassin, was also rumored to havebeen kidnapped along withNalbandian and Al-Hajj, but thatreport has not been confirmed.

18-Sep-04 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 The chief of Al Budayr tribes in KirkukGovernorate, Shaykh Kazim al-Hani,was assassinated by unknowngunmen when they opened fire onhis convoy. One of his companionswas also killed.

18-Sep-04 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives10 0 Ten students were wounded when ashell was fired at the TechnicalInstitute in Ba'qubah.

18-Sep-04 NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Three mortar shells were fired on theNeve Deqalim settlement. Hamasclaimed responsibility.

18-Sep-04 Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Three Turkish truck drivers werekidnapped on the road leading toTrikit. Their trucks were found by theside of the road.

18-Sep-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Mohammed Zibari, the director of theNorth Oil Co. oil products divisionwas attacked by assailants whoopened fire on his convoy in Mosul.Five of his bodyguards were killed inthe attack, although Zibari was notinjured.

18-Sep-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives67 21 A suicide bomber drove his car into acrowd waiting to apply for jobs withthe National Guard in Kirkuk.Guardsmen opened fire on the carbefore it blew up. At least twenty-onepeople were killed and sixty-sevenwounded in the attack, all civilians.

19-Sep-04 La Trina Colombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Firearms0 3 The Tulio Varon Front of theRevolutionary Armed Forces ofColombia (FARC) shot and killed LuisEduardo Duque Varon, Antonio JoseDuque Varon, and Alfonso LopezNivia on a rural sector of El Libanomunicipality. A sign was left near thebodies which read Death to 'parastool pigeons. The sign was areference to the victims allegedinvolvement with the Self-DefenseForces of Columbia (AUC) which mayhave motivated the attack.

19-Sep-04 Mercin Turkey Unknown Explosives14 0 At least fourteen people were injuredwhen an explosive device detonatedat a pop concert in Mercin. Thedevice had been placed under apolice vehicle at the concert ofCandan Ercetin, a popular Turkishsinger. It is unclear who perpetratedthis attack, authorities speculate it tobe the work of the KurdistanWorkers' Party (PKK) or one of itsspin-offs. On 1 November, threemembers of the PKK were arrested inconnection with this attack. Thethree were identified as Abdullah A.,Abjulkadir T., and Hasan D. In asearch of their home police alsofound a grenade, $400, propagandamaterials, receipts of funds providedto the organization, three cellphones, and three passports.

19-Sep-04 Turkey People'sDefenseForces(HPG)

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 The People's Defense Forces (HPG)claimed responsibility for setting fiveoil tankers on fire at the Karaali oilwell in Amed (Diyarbakir). Theattack caused significant damage,according to the group.

19-Sep-04 NongChik

Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Pulo Puyo, the former village chief ofBan Nam Dam village, was shot andkilled by two attackers on amotorcycle. The assailants shot Puyothree times. The attack took place inthe Nong Chik district of PattaniProvince. Southern Thailand hasseen an increase of violence in anongoing insurgency that began inJanuary 2004.

19-Sep-04 Betong Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 Police were able to safely defuse anexplosive device that was foundplaced under a traffic police box inthe town of Betong. The device wasmade of PVC pipe stuffed with 1kilogram of urea fertilizer and powergel explosive, which was connectedto a fuse and a mobile phone circuitpanel. The device was found at LianYu intersection in Sukhayang road,where it was spotted by passers-by.Authorities believe the intent was tokill police officers who reported totraffic duty.

19-Sep-04 MaracaiboVenezuelaUnknown Explosives0 0 Three grenades were detonatedagainst the back of Las Larasbuilding in Maracaibo where Shell oilis scheduled to open new offices. Aleaflet was found at the site that read- Leo Figarella Moreno, Zuilia willmake you pay for the destruction ofour patrimony. Shell: Out of LasLaras. Thief of our historicalpatrimony. A guard named, EuroGonzález, was injured in the blastswhich broke several windows but didno significant structural damage.

19-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Shaykh Hazim al-Zaydi, member ofthe Association of Muslim Scholarswas killed at the hands of anunknown group of people. His bodywas found at the gate of the Al-SajjadMosque in Al-Sadr City. He had beenreported kidnapped the day beforehis body was found. He waskidnapped with his two body guards,both of whom were ultimatelyreleased.

19-Sep-04 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 0 Five people have been kidnapped bythe Taliban and their whereaboutsare unknown. The kidnapping occursas Taliban violence gains momentumas the election day approaches.

19-Sep-04 KfarDarom

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 The website of Hamas's military wingcalimed responsibility for shellingKfar Darom with three mortars.



Explosives0 0 Two battar missiles were fired at theKissufim crossing in Gaza Strip.Hamas's military wing claimed jointresponsibility with the DemocraticFront for the Liberation of Palestine(PFLP) military wing.

20-Sep-04 Turkey PKK/KONGRA-GELExplosives0 1 A suspected member of theKurdistan Workers' Party/DemocraticCongress of Kurdistan (PKK/KONGRA-GEL) was killed when an explosivedevice he was attempting to plantdetonated prematurely. Theperpetrator was attempting to throwa hand grenade at security forceswhen he was killed by his owndevice. The attack took place inSirnak Province.

20-Sep-04 Turkey Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Unknown perpetrators set fire to anoil well in Batman Province, whichbelongs to the Provincial Directorateof Turkish Petroleum Corp. (TPAO)and the Perenco firm. The group ofthree attackers first rendered thenight guards harmless before settingthe well on fire. Fire officers werecalled in to extinguish the blaze.

20-Sep-04 Pulwama Kashmir Unknown Firearms0 2 A politician who favors Indian rule,Mohammed Ibrahim, was killed inKashmir when he was shot bysuspected militants. No furtherinformation is available.

20-Sep-04 Srinagar Kashmir Unknown Firearms0 1 Militants shot a Muslim civilan deadoutside of Srinagar. No furtherinformation is available.

20-Sep-04 Al-Nasiriyah

Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 The Iraqi police and Iraqi NationalGuard have succeeded in freeing aJordanian man who was kidnappedby gunmen. The police arrested fivemen suspected of being involved inthe attack and seized a large supplyof weapons.

20-Sep-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms4 0 Gunmen opened fire on a vehiclecarrying Turkish journalists andworkers for the Turkish aidorganization known as Red Crescentin Mosul. Two journalists and two aidworkers were injured in the attack.

20-Sep-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 4 A car bomb detonated in Mosul killingall three people in the car and abystander. Several other people wereinjured in the attack and nearbyhouses were damaged. Authoritiesbelieve that the victims wereinsurgents who were planning tocarry out a suicide attack in the area,when their bomb detonatedprematurely. The intended target ofthe suicide attack is unknown.

20-Sep-04 Al-Latifiyah

Iraq Unknown Firearms7 4 Four students from the Faculty ofIslamic Law and Jurisprudence inBaghdad University were killed andseven other wounded when anarmed group opened fire on them.Baghdad University is considered apolitical target because ofconnections between the Universityand both the Iraqi Constitution andthe political arena. Two of themembers of the Iraqi governingcouncil which drafted theConstitution were affiliated with theUniversity, including Salama al-Khufaji, a female professor ofdentistry, and Moshen AbdulHameed, a professor at theUniversity and the head of the IraqiIslamic Party. Wamid Nadmi, also aprofessor at the University, and aspokesman for the Iraqi NationalFounding Congress, has beeninvolved in the Sunni movementagainst the Jan. 30 elections, on thegrounds that Sunnis are at adisadvantage. Many Iraqiacademics, including professors andthe president of Baghdad University,have been killed since the beginningof the insurgency, some becausethey are Sunni and are consideredholdovers from the previous regimeand some because they seem to becooperating with Americans.

20-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Two Iraqi men who worked on a USmilitary base were found shot todeath. Police say they were killedwhen they were attacked by a groupof armed men.



Explosives0 0 The military wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for firing a Qassamrocket at the Sederot settlement.



Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket landed in Sederot.No one was hurt and no damage wascaused. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.



Explosives0 0 Three mortar shells were fired atMorag settlement. The military wingof Hamas claimed responsibility forthe attack.

21-Sep-04 GalyugayevskayaChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 0 An explosion occurred on a gaspipeline near the Russia-Chechnyaborder (near Stavropol Territory). Theexplosion left two villages withoutgas and shut down the shipment ofgas via the pipeline.

21-Sep-04 IndonesiaUnknown Explosives0 0 Police found a bomb, consisting of aMark 80, 81mm caliber mortar shell,in a trash can in Jalan Surya Kencanain Bandung. The device was foundon a road lined with houses, many ofwhich belong to Bandung officials.An antenna, timer, amplifier andseveral 1.5 volt batteries were alsofound along with the mortar shell,which was set to detonate at anytime.

21-Sep-04 Kamu AfghanistanTaliban Other 9 0 Nine employees of the NGO AfghanAid were attacked by a group ofabout thirty suspected members ofthe Taliban. Staff members werebeaten during the assault, and officeequipment and vehicles were stolenand vandalized. The attackers alsotried to burn down the election officebuilding. The Taliban claimedresponsibility for the attack.



Explosives0 0 Three qassam rockets were fired atthe settlement of Sederot. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack and saidthat it was retaliation for theassassination of two fighters.

21-Sep-04 Baiji Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen attacked a Turkish truckdriver who was transporting suppliesfor US forces near Baiji, opening fireon his truck. The man was identifiedas Orhan Beshir. Contractors whosupport US forces are the frequenttarget of insurgent attack in Iraq.

22-Sep-04 Groznyy ChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 0 A terrorist attack was prevented inGrozny after a improvised explosivedevice was found outside theChechen Academy of Sciences. Policewere looking into the incident andlooking for suspects.

22-Sep-04 CemizgezekTurkey Unknown Firearms1 0 One police officer was injured whenunknown gunmen opened fire at apolice station in Cemizgezek, inTunceli Province. The attackers firedlong-range weapons and rocketlaunchers at the station. No one wasarrested in connection with theattack.

22-Sep-04 LaMacarena

Colombia Unknown Firearms0 1 Three unknown individuals shot andkilled Solano Municipality CouncilmanAdolfo Leon Jimenez, 63, at his ranch.His relatives assume the attack wascarried out by the RevolutionaryArmed Forces of Colombia (FARC)guerillas, but it was not verified byofficial sources. It in unknown whatmotivated the attack.

22-Sep-04 Erez WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 1 Israeli police shot and killed a manwho was attempting to plant anexplosive charge outside of the Erezsettlement.

22-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives10 5 A suicide car bombing occurred on astreet in Baghdad, killing at least fiveIraqis and wounding about tenothers. The blast targeted amakeshift recruiting center for theIraqi National Guard. The makeshiftrecruiting center was moved to thislocation after it was targeted byanother car bomb in an anotherlocation the day before.

22-Sep-04 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen attacked a convoy of officialcars near Samarra to the North ofBaghdad. A source in the IraqiNational Guard said that one of thecars was damaged and its driver waskilled. Another occupant of the carwas wounded.

22-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A car bomb exploded in Baghdadkilling and injuring a number of USsoldiers and Iraqi citizens. Theexplosion was targeting a meeting ofthe Municipal Council for thatneighborhood.

22-Sep-04 JerusalemIsrael al-Fatah Explosives15 3 A female suicide bomber detonatedher bomb at the French Hillintersection in Jerusalem. She hadtried to enter the protected soldier'spickup station but has beenprevented. Two people were killedand fifteen injured in the attack. Theblast was targeted at the largenumber of civilians at the station atthe time of attack. The military wingof al-Fatah claimed responsibility forthe attack.

22-Sep-04 YadMordekhay

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at the YadMordekhay settlement. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

22-Sep-04 NongChik

Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Kowit Suebpradit, a deputy principalat Ban Koh Poh School in Pattani'sNong Chick district, was shot bymotorcycle gunmen as he drove towork. He was reported in stablecondition.

23-Sep-04 Pristina FRY(Kosovo)

Unknown Firearms1 0 A journalist for the Pristina Daily inKosovo, known for her in-depth andcontroversial investigative reporting,was injured in a drive by shooting.The shooting was likely linked to herwork for the paper, which isconsidered the most influential paperin the province. Threats and attackson journalists in Kosovo is considereda serious problem. Police werelooking for suspects, but had notidentified anyone.

23-Sep-04 Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Vinai Saengsuthat, a police sergeant,was shot and injured by unknowngunmen in Pattani Province. Theofficer was attacked as he was ridinga motorcycle to work at theRatapanyang Police Station. The twoattackers followed him on anothermotorcycle and fired two shots froman AK-47 rifle, hitting him in the arm.

23-Sep-04 Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Arong Taye, the head of VillageGroup 4 in Narathiwat Province, wasseriously injured when four unknowngunmen fired on him on theNarathiwat-Sungai Padi road. Theattackers fired four shots at Tayefrom an 11mm pistol before theywere able to flee the scene.

23-Sep-04 Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Unidentified men on motorcycles,threw two Molotov cocktails at thehome of Anuwat Supasri, theassistant chief of Ranong's Muangdistrict. The first device landed onthe second-floor balcony but failed todetonate and the second devicelanded under the family's car, whereit detonated, causing a blaze. Noone was home at the time of theattack.

23-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Iman Bassila, a Lebanese nationalworking for the Lebaneseengineering firm Sufan in Baghdad,was kidnapped the week ofSeptember 23 from Sufan's Baghdadoffice. He was kidnapped in full viewof six Iraqis, held for a week, andreleased. His captors did not identifythemselves.

23-Sep-04 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Firearms2 0 Two Jordanian citizens were injurednear the Iraqi city of Ramadi. TalalAhmad and Arab Musa were shot byunidentified gunmen and were takento the hospital in Baghdad fortreatment.

23-Sep-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Sana Tuma, the deputy director ofthe Northern Oil Company wasassassinated by gunmen in Mosulwhile he was on his way to work.

23-Sep-04 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Gunmen blew up an oil pipeline thatextends from Kirkuk to Baghdad. Thepipeline feed the Al-Dawrah Refineryin southeastern Baghdad. Oilpipelines have been the target ofattacks since the start of the USoccupation.


Unknown Explosives2 0 Two Qassam rockets landed inSederot injuring two people andcausing at least nine people to gointo shock.

23-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Two gunmen opened fire on theImam Abu-Hanifah al-Nu'manMosque in Baghdad. The mosque'ssecurity guards returned fire, killingone of the assailants.

23-Sep-04 Balad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Two truck drivers working for a USmilitary base were kidnapped inBalad city. Insurgents have targetedcollaborators with US forces.

23-Sep-04 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 A member of the Iraqi NationalCouncil, Shaykh Abd-al-Karim al-Muhammadawi, survived anassassination attempt when gunmenopened fire on him.

23-Sep-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A senior official of Iraq's North OilCompany, Sana Toma Sulaiman, thedeputy director of the company's oilproducts department in the Ninevehprovince, was assassinated in Mosulon his way to work.

23-Sep-04 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 In Rashidiya, an oil well was attackedwith explosives and set on fire byinsurgents. Oil pipelines in Iraq arethe frequent target of insurgentattacks.

23-Sep-04 Najaf Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 In Najaf, an oil pipeline was attackedby explosives. The explosion forcedSouth Oil Co to stop oil flow fromfields near the city to Basra. Oilpipelines in Iraq are the frequenttarget of insurgent attacks.



Explosives1 1 Palestinians fired two mortars at aJewish settlement in the Gaza Strip,killing an Israeli American womanand injuring one other settler. Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

24-Sep-04 Mairtup ChechnyaUnknown Firearms1 2 One bodyguard of the Chechenpresident, Bai Ali Salmanov and oneof his relatives were shot dead byassailants in the village of Mairtup.Another relative was wounded in theattack. Police were investigating.


Unknown Explosives0 0 A pipe bomb was found on theBelfast to Bangor railway line in eastBelfast. A second device that wasfound on the tracks was declared ahoax. The pipe bomb was fitted witha timer and the rail line was closedfor most of the day while authoritiesdisposed of it.

24-Sep-04 Rangae Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Kaew Sengsidaeng, the father of anassistant village headman, was shotand killed in his hut on a rubberplantation in Baan Ok, Rangaedistrict. The attack is apparently inretaliation for his son's cooperationwith the state to suppress bandits inthe southern regions. Sengsidaeng'sbody was found with three spent9mm shells in his hut. Motorcycletracks were found outside the hut,which authorities believe belong tothe killer.

24-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 The Italian Embassy in Baghdad wasthe target of a mortar shelling. Sixmortars fell on the periphery of theembassy. There were no casualties.However, several nearby houseswere damaged by the shelling. Theattack comes amid much reportedabout the Italian hostages.

24-Sep-04 Al-Anbar

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A train loaded with supplies for UStroops came under rocket-propelledgrenade attack. The amount ofdamage was not reported.


Unknown Explosives0 0 Several mortar shells were fired atthe Qatif Bloc settlement of Morag.There were no damages or casualtiesbecause the mortars exploded in anopen field.

25-Sep-04 Irun Spain BasqueFatherlandandFreedom(ETA)

Explosives0 0 An explosive device, whichauthorities believe to be the work ofthe Basque Fatherland and Freedom(ETA), was planted on a high-tensionelectricity pylon in Irun. Authoritieswere alerted to the device by atelephone warning on behalf of ETA.Bomb experts were able to safelydetonate the bomb, which wasplanted at the foot of the pylon. TheETA caller also warned of a seconddevice which was found in Bujaruelothe following day. ETA later claimedresponsibility for this attack.

25-Sep-04 Jeddah SaudiArabia

Unknown Firearms0 1 A 45-year-old French citizen, LaurentBarbot, was shot while driving his carnear a supermarket, by unknownassailants. He was an employee ofthe French electronic group, Thalesworking as a technician at a nearbynaval base. No group claimedresponsibility, though some believeAl-Qaeda was responsible.

25-Sep-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 The Bayji oil pipeline in Iraq wassabotaged less than 48 hours after itwas finally repaired. No one hadclaimed responsibility for the latestattack.

25-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unknown gunmen assassinated asecurity official working for the IraqiMinistry of Education, Ali Al-Qassab.The official was shot when he wasleaving his home in North Baghdad.Al-Qassab was supposed to be incharge of security for the schoolsthroughout the country when theyopened in October.

25-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Several explosions went off in theIraqi Oil Ministry compound in centralBaghdad. Sources report that theexplosions were caused by a mortarattack. The attack caused only minordamage and no casualties.

25-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 6 Six Iraqis who had just signed up tojoin the National Guard were killed ata makeshift recruiting center inwestern Baghdad. Gunmen in a carwith a machine gun opened fire onthe group as they emerged from therecruiting center.

25-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 6 Gunmen opened fire on a buscarrying Iraqi National GuardApplicants. The men had just signedup to join the force when the attackoccurred. Six people were killed inthe attack.

25-Sep-04 Chana Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Nopparit Inthasiri, a school teacher atChana Wittaya School and a part-time chemistry teacher at fourprivate Islamic schools in Songkhlaprovince's Chana district, was shotdead by a motorcycle gunman infront of Chana Wittaya school intambon Skaom, Chana district,Songkhla province. Nopparit was onhis way to Rungroj Wittaya, one ofthe four private Islamic schools atwhich he worked, when he wasattacked.

26-Sep-04 Negev WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket landed in an openfield in a Kibbutz in Western Negev.There was no damage or casualties.

26-Sep-04 Spain BasqueFatherlandandFreedom(ETA)

Explosives0 0 An explosive device, the second of itskind supposedly planted by theBasque Fatherland and Freedom(ETA), was found on an electricitypylon in the Pyrenean Bujaruelovalley. The perpetrators planted fourseparate charges, one at each of thefeet of the pylon. Two detonated andthe other two were defused byauthorities. This was the seconddevice that an ETA caller warnedabout in a call to a local newspaperon 25 September. The group laterclaimed responsibility for plantingthe device.


Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired three mortar shellsat an Israeli community in SouthernGaza strip. No casualties werereported.


Unknown Explosives2 0 Palestinians fired three Qassamrockets at Sederot. One rocketdirectly hit a home, causingsignificant damage. Two otherrockets landed in the outskirts of thetown. Two people were slightlyinjured and two others were sufferingfrom anxiety attack.

26-Sep-04 Al-Latifiyah

Iraq Unknown Explosives26 10 Ten people were killed and twenty-six wounded when a convoy of oiltanker trucks were attacked byrockets in Al-Latifiyah. The tankersbelonged to the Iraqi Ministry of Oil.At least five out of the twelve truckswere damaged.

27-Sep-04 Groznyy ChechnyaUnknown Firearms1 1 One Chechen judge was killed andanother wounded in by Chechenmojahedin in an operation code-named don't judge the mojahedinand you will not be judged yourself.'The judges work in Groznyy, wherethe incident took place. Themojahedin claim that they arepunishing the judges for betrayingIslam and their people

27-Sep-04 Gaza WestBank/Gaza

al-Fatah Firearms0 0 Riyad Ali, a Palestinian Israeliproducer for CNN, was traveling on aroad in Gaza with a CNNcorrespondent and a driver when hewas apprehended by gunmen. Thegunmen released the correspondentand driver immediately. Ali wasreleased the next day. The Al-AqsaMartyrs' Brigade claimedresponsibility.

27-Sep-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Nizamettin Bilir, a Turkish national,was killed while delivering fuel forCoalition forces.

27-Sep-04 Karbala Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Police forces in Karbala defused sixremote-controlled explosive chargesmade from artillery shells. Thesebombs were planted on the highwaysouth of Karbala.

27-Sep-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms1 2 A South African engineer was killedand a British national seriouslyinjured in an attack by armedinsurgents outside the Iraqi nationalOil Company in Kurkuk. An Iraqidriver was also killed.

27-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Five rockets were fired at the PoliceAcademy in central Baghdad. Therewere no reported injuries.

27-Sep-04 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A police officer, Prachuab Buntho,was shot and killed by unknowngunmen who were riding on amotorcycle. The attack against thehead of the crime suppression unit atthe Tapanyang Police Station, tookplace in Pattani Province. Theshooter used a short pistol to kill theofficer. Authorities believe thisattack to be part of a spate ofviolence in southern Thailand thatbegan in January 2004.

27-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Several mortar rounds were fired at apolice academy in Baghdad.However, there were no reports ofinjuries.

28-Sep-04 GuchumKale

ChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 2 Two individuals were killed when amakeshift bomb they were trying toplant exploded. One of the men hadbeen identified as Mairbek Ilyasov,who had been on the federal mostwanted list for a long time. There issome evidence that Ilyasov wasinvolved in other attacks in Chechnyaas well.

28-Sep-04 Izmir Turkey Unknown Explosives1 0 A resonant bomb exploded at anHSBC Bank branch in Izmir. Asecurity guard posted at the bankwas injured in the leg by the blast.Windows were shattered and thegarden wall of the bank wasdestroyed as a result of the bomb.This was one of three explosivedevices to detonate at HSBC banksaround the country within 24-hoursof each other.

28-Sep-04 Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 A concussion grenade detonated infront of an HSBC bank branch in theKadikoy area of Istanbul Province.The blast shattered the windows ofthe bank and caused other materialdamage, but there were no reportedinjuries. This was one of threeexplosive devices to detonate atHSBC banks around the countrywithin 24-hours of each other.

28-Sep-04 Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 A concussion grenade explodedoutside an HSBC bank branch inAdana Province. The blast shatteredwindows in nearby buildings anddamaged vehicles parked close tothe device. There were no reportedinjuries. This is one of threeexplosive devices that targeted HSBCbanks all over Turkey, all detonatedwithin 24-hours of each other.

28-Sep-04 SantaRosa

GuatemalaUnknown Firearms0 2 Carlos Hipolito Miralda Roca, NationalUnion for Hope (UNE) party deputy,and UNE assistant Eduardo de JesusMoreno Alvarez were both shot andkilled by an unknown assailant. Thetwo were driving to Guatemala Cityfor a meeting when the attack tookplace. It is unknown who carried outthe attack or what motivated it.However, it was reported that norobbery took place which ledauthorities to believe that the attackmay have had a political motive.


Explosives0 0 Two suspected members of theCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M) planted a bomb in a taxitraveling along a main street. Thedevice exploded when the taxi driversaw the package in his car andimmediately picked it up and threw itoutside where it detonated. No onewas hurt.

28-Sep-04 Dhading Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Members of the Communist Party ofNepal- Maoists (CPN-M) set fire to tenvehicles in Dhading District. Thevehicles belonged to the People'sCaravan 2004 for Food Sovereignty.There were four journalists in thecars (twenty-two Indian nationals, aFilipino, and two Nepalese), whichalso bore Indian license plates.

28-Sep-04 Benighat Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 According to reports, members of theCommunist Party of Nepal- Maoists(CPN-M) torched three vehicles inBenighat, including a passenger bus.


Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded in a bank, butcaused no casualties. Manyestablishments were closed on theday of the blast, because of a two-day national strike called by theCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M). Several houses in the areawere damaged.

28-Sep-04 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Five Iraqi intelligence agents whowere returning a kidnapped civilianto his family in Basra were killed bygunmen. No further information isavailable.

29-Sep-04 Kunduz AfghanistanUnknown Explosives4 0 A rocket attack on a German-runpeacekeeping team injured fourpeople. A rocket hit inside of thebase and one fell outside. TwoGerman troops and one Swiss soldierwere among the injured.

29-Sep-04 Sederot Israel Unknown Explosives17 2 A Qassam rocket landed betweentwo houses in Sederot, killing twoand injuring seventeen. The rocketwas launched from the Jabaliya area.

29-Sep-04 Istanbul Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 A resonant bomb was planted in thegarden of the Turkish AmericanAssociation (TAA) in Istanbul, whereit detonated. The blast causeddamage to the TAA premises, butthere were no reported injuries.

29-Sep-04 Elazig Turkey PKK/KONGRA-GELRemote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 A remote-detonated explosivedevice, which authorities are blamingon the Kurdistan Workers'Party/Democratic Congress ofKurdistan (PKK/KONGRA-GEL),detonated on a road in Elazig. Thedevice was detonated shortly after aprimary school bus drove by, but noone was harmed.

29-Sep-04 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Sattar Khalaf, a young police officer,was shot and killed by unidentifiedgunmen in the city of Ramadi, westof Baghdad.

29-Sep-04 Cusco Peru Unknown Other 0 6 Coca farmers from La Convenciontook control of Koricancha Temple inCusco and temporarily trappednineteen tourists inside for over anhour. The incident started as aprotest and ended when policeforced used tear gas to disperse thecrowd and force everyone out of thetemple. The farmers weredemanding that the National CocaEnterprise (ENACO) purchase theirentire crop of coca leaves. No onewas injured in the incident and six(some reports indicated eight)farmers were arrested. Protestscontinued in other areas, and somefarmers went on a hunger strike.

29-Sep-04 Hebron WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Other 0 0 Three UN volunteers stationed inHebron were attacked by Israelisettlers carrying iron chains andbaseball bats while they weeescorting Palestinian children toschool in Tuba. The victims wereidentified as Kim Lamberty and aman named Chris Brown, bothAmericans. Diane Jenson, also anAmerican, was present but notattacked. The attack occurred nearthe settlement of Maon.

30-Sep-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Unknown0 2 Ghassan Mahdi, director of internalaffairs at the Mosul Police Directoratein Mosul, was killed along with hisdriver. The perpetrators wereunknown.

30-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Security from the Iraqi InteriorMinistry defused a car bomb in theal-Mansure neighborhood ofBaghdad. Twelve rocket-propelledgrenades were connected by wireswith the car's fuel tank, as well asanother explosive charge, were bothdefused by the security forces. Thetarget is unknown.

30-Sep-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 An Kurdish Iraqi police officer waskilled and his car was stolen nearAzadi bridge in Kirkuk. Theassailants were unknown.

30-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq IslamicArmy inIraq

Firearms0 0 Two Lebanese employees of theLebanese electrical company JubailiBros, Marwan Ibrahim Qassar andMohammed Jawdat Hussein, werekidnapped in Baghdad by the IslamicArmy of Iraq, along with six Iraqisand two Indonesian women. Thehostages called for the Jubaili tosuspend all operations in Iraq; in fact,all operations had been suspended inJune 2004, but the two Lebaneseworkers were sent to train customershow to operate equipment. Theyremain hostages.

30-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq IslamicArmy inIraq

Firearms0 0 Novitasari binti Gito and Istiqomahbinti Misnad, two Indonesian womenworking for British electronicscompany, G-Bell were kidnapped inIraq, along with six Iraqis and twoLebanese working for an electricalequipment firm. The hostage takersdemanded that the Indonesiangovernment release the caretaker ofthe Al Mukmin Islamic BoardingSchool in Ngruki, Abu Bakar Ba'asyir,who was detained in Jakarta.Ba'asyir was accused with others inthe bombing in Bali which killed 202people, mostly Australian citizens.The two women were released intothe custody of the UAE embassy inBaghdad on 4 October. No mentionwas made of releasing Ba'asyir inexchange. The Islamic Army in Iraqclaimed responsibility for thekidnapping.

30-Sep-04 Srinagar Kashmir Unknown Firearms0 2 A general secretary for the Congressof Islamabad District and his bodyguard were killed when gunmenarmed with rifles stopped theirvehicles and opened fire.

30-Sep-04 Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Jordanian Hisham Talab el-Aza, anadministrator for Starlite, a transportcompany that does work for the U.S.military was kidnapped onSeptember 30. A video made publicOct. 2 shows el-Aza surrounded bymilitants who demand that Starliteleave Iraq. The company announcedthat it would shut down its operationin Iraq. el-Aza's wife says thekidnappers demanded $100,000ransom. On October 14, el-Aza wasreleased for $50,000 ransom.

30-Sep-04 Grozny ChechnyaUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 Law enforcement forces found alandmine explosive device and aradio-controlled detonator on a majorroad near Grozny. The deviceincluded nine kilograms of hexogenand metal objects to increaselethality. A federal sapper unitneutralized the landmine.

30-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq TanzimQa’idatal-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn

Explosives140 40 A car bomb exploded near aceremony marking the opening of anew sewage plant in Baghdad, wheremany US soldiers and Iraqi civilianshad gathered, particularly childrenwho were offered lollipops by the USsoldiers. Two more bombs explodedsoon after, apparently targeting theUS soldiers who responded to thefirst attack. More than forty peoplewere killed (many children) and asmany as 140 injured. The groupaffiliated with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn claimed responsibility forthe attack. On Saturday January 15,Iraqi security forces arrested the manthey believe to behind this bombingas well as a large number of all thebombings in Iraq over the pastmonths. Sami Mohammed Ali Said al-Jaaf, also known as Abu Omar al-Kurdi, claimed responsibility for thisand other bombings and isconsidered one of Zarqawi's topaides.

30-Sep-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives60 10 A suicide car bomber detonated hisvehicle outside a crowded complexnear Abu Ghraib which houses themayor's office, a police station, andother government buildings. As manyas ten people were killed and sixtywounded in the attack.

30-Sep-04 Talafar Iraq Unknown Explosives16 4 A car bomb exploded outside amosque in Talafar, targeting a policechief and police patrol. At least fourpeople were killed and sixteenwounded in the attack. Police captainCol. Ismail was not injured in theattack.

1-Oct-04 Sialkot Pakistan Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

50 30 A bomb exploded at a Shia mosqueand killed thirty people and injureddozens of others. The explosionoccurred during Friday prayers.Nearly 1,000 people were inside ofthe mosque at the time. Initialreports suggested that the bomb wasset off by a suicide bomber.However, later investigationsrevealed that the bomb was set of bya remote device, that was passed onto an innocent bystander. Thedevice later exploded. Angry Shiaprotesters riot in the aftermath of theattack, which came days afterPakistani security forces killed AmjadHussain Farooq, an al-Qaedaoperative.

1-Oct-04 JalalabadAfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 A small explosion occurred near theMain Justice Department in Jalalabad.The attack comes only days before anational election is scheduled to takeplace.

1-Oct-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Jalal Fattah Umar, the Kirkukgovernor's personal guard, wasfound shot to death near the bridgebetween the Kurdish quarters ofRahimawah and Iman Qasim near thenorthern entrance to the city. Theperpetrators are unknown.

1-Oct-04 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Usman Doloh, a Muslim teacher, wasshot and killed in Yala province as hereturned to home.

2-Oct-04 Khost AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 Unidentified people attacked thecompound of the national solidarityprograms in Khost city. Theprograms are attached to theMinistry of Rural Development andRehabilitation. According toauthorities, the attacks were meantto disrupt the elections andAfghanistan's reconstruction.

2-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Armed militants kidnapped JordanianHisham al-Izzah, an employee of theJordan transportation companyStarline. The militants released avideotape which shows al-Izzahsurrounded by armed militants,threatening to kill him within 72-hours if the company does not refrainfrom assisting US forces. Starlinequickly announced that it wouldwithdraw from Iraq. The militantsappear to have then demanded aransom of $500,000 from Starlineand al-Izzah's family to buy al-Izzah'sfreedom. He was released onOctober 14 for a ransom of $50,000raised by his family. His captorsremain unidentified.

2-Oct-04 NouakchottMauritaniaUnknown Firearms0 0 An assassination bid failed onMauritania's director of statesecurity, Deddahi Ould Abdallahi.Four unidentified gunmen arereported to have fired on the houseof Mr. Abdallhi as they passed by in avehicle. No terrorist organization wasnamed in the incident, however,Mauritania has weathered severalfailed coup attempts in the past year.

2-Oct-04 Jalabela Kashmir NationalDemocraticFront ofBodoland(NDFB)

Firearms0 14 The National Democratic Front forBodoland (NDFB) is believe to beresponsible for an attack on a groupof shoppers in Makrijhora. Fourteenshoppers were killed.

2-Oct-04 Dimapur India Unknown Explosives60 12 Twelve people were killed and atleast sixty others injured in a bombblasts targeting a rail line in Assam.The first occurred at the Dimapurrailway station, and resulted in thedeaths of all twelve people. Theplatform was packed with peoplewaiting to board a train to Assam'sKarbi district.

2-Oct-04 Dimapur India Unknown Explosives40 10 A second bomb blast occurred at thebusy Hong Kong market, almostsimultaneously with the railway blastin Assam. The bomb killed tenpeople and injured at least fortyothers. The two blasts are thought tohave been coordinated.

2-Oct-04 Assam India NationalDemocraticFront ofBodoland(NDFB)

Explosives23 13 In Assam militants exploded a bombthat killed thirteen people andinjured twenty-three. The NationalDemocratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)is believed to be responsible for theattack. The intended target of theattack is unclear.

3-Oct-04 Khost AfghanistanUnknown Explosives2 1 One person was killed when amotorcycle bomb placed on a roadexploded. Officials were supposed tohave passed along the road, but thedevice exploded too early, killing thebomber and injuring two others.

3-Oct-04 Nitzarim WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Izz-al-Din al-Qassam Brigades posteda video on their website showingmasked men firing six anti-personnelBattar rockets at the Israelisettlement of Nitzarim in the middleof Gaza strip. There were noreported casualties.

3-Oct-04 PhilippinesUnknown Explosives1 0 A strong blast rocked the 32-hectarecompound of the Autonomous Regionin Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)complex. Unidentified suspectslobbed a grade, injuring one trader.The blast occurred near thescheduled location of a conference ofLatin American diplomats andofficials.

3-Oct-04 Dhubri Kashmir NationalDemocraticFront ofBodoland(NDFB)

Explosives25 3 The National Democratic Front ofBodoland (NDFB) bombed a marketin Dhubri District, killing three andwounding twenty-five people. Nofurther information is provided.

3-Oct-04 PhilippinesUnknown Firearms0 1 A 26 year old man, believed to be amilitary informer, was shot andkilled. His body was dumped inMaunawin Village District, DuhatVillage, Sta. Cruz, Laguna province.

4-Oct-04 Bastia France Unknown Explosives0 0 A low-powered explosive chargedetonated at a warehouse in Bastia.The warehouse belongs to LouisMultari, the chairman of the SCBastia football club. The charge wasplaced inside a fire extinguisher andwent off in the middle of the night.The blast damaged the metal shutterin the warehouse but caused noinjuries.

4-Oct-04 SanSebastian


0 0 Several incendiary devices werethrown at a Peugeot dealership inSan Sebastian, by unknownassailants. Fire officers were able toprevent the blaze from causing majordamages to the upper floors. Thismay be a retaliatory action on behalfof the Basque Fatherland andFreedom (ETA) or groupssympathetic, to the major arrest ofseveral ETA members over theweekend.

4-Oct-04 ThessalonikaGreece Other Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Two vehicles, which were parked in amunicipal lot outside of the PolikhniMunicipality in Thessaloniki, were seton fire with incendiary devices. Theassailants placed small gas cylindersand flammable liquid under the carsand set them alight. Both vehiclessuffered material damage. A groupcalling itself the Committee for thePromotion of Intransigence claimedresponsibility for the attack, stating,we shall destroy everythingcontributing to the denial of freedomand we shall fight against the agentsthat support those in power.

4-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 2 The Iraqi Ministry of the Interiorannounced that unidentified personsassassinated Thamer Abdellatif, adirector general, and Ikhlas Ghalib, acivil servant, at the Ministry ofScience and Technology in the al-Qhadeer district on Monday morning.The perpetrators are unknown.

4-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives76 10 A truck driven by a suicide bomberwas detonated at the entrance to theGreen Zone in Baghdad. The drivertargeted an Iraq police forcescompound at one of the Green Zoneentrances, and appears to havetargeted the police. Initial reportswere ten dead and more thanseventy wounded.

4-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives17 2 Two people were killed and at leastseventeen others injured when a carbomb explod near a hotel complexfrequented by Westerners in centralBaghdad. The perpetrators wereunknown.

4-Oct-04 Balad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Balad Police chief Brigadier GeneralDawud al-Awsi was shot byunidentified gunmen as he left hishouse in Balad, near Ba'qubah, inDiyala Governorate.

4-Oct-04 Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 A kamnan (headman) of Tabon Kearin the Sukhirin district was shot inthe arm by three men with an AK-47as he was driving in his truck. Thetruck was riddled with bullet holesand the driver was sent to thehospital. Southern Thailand iscurrently experiencing a Musliminsurgency, and numerousmotorcycle gunmen have been killingor attempting to kill civilians andgovernment officials.

4-Oct-04 Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 In Pattani provice, a driver for theprovincial prison was shot at whiledriving to work. The driver said thattwo men on a motorcycleapproached his truck and shot at himfour times.

4-Oct-04 IndonesiaOther Firearms0 1 The head of the Lhoknga SubdistrictElection Committee (PPK) was shotdead by a group of three men,suspected of being members ofJailani and Abu Razak's separatistgroup. Although there is no proof ofthe Free Aceh Movement (GAM)involvement, security forces said thearea around the village is known as atransit route for GAM membersmoving from Gunung Gla to UnjungPancu and Lampuuk.

5-Oct-04 KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 7 Seven police officers were killedwhen their vehicle hit a remotecontrolled device just days ahead ofthe elections. The police weretraveling in Kandahar in a four-wheeldrive.

5-Oct-04 Khost AfghanistanTaliban Firearms3 0 Three election workers from the UNwere injured in an attack bysuspected Taliban members. Theworkers were ambushed near JajiMaidan district. This attack takesplace only days before a nationalelection is scheduled to occur.

5-Oct-04 Khost AfghanistanTaliban Explosives3 1 A Taliban rocket attack on a villagekilled a girl and injured three others.The attack took place only daysbefore a national election is to takeplace in Afghanistan. The Talibanopposes the election.

5-Oct-04 Assam Kashmir NationalDemocraticFront ofBodoland(NDFB)

Firearms3 10 Armed militants indiscriminatelyopened fire on a group of people in avillage square. The victims wereMuslim. Police believe the NationalDemocratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)is responsible.

5-Oct-04 PhilippinesNewPeople'sArmy(NPA)

Firearms0 1 A tribal leader accused by the NewPeople's Army (NPA) of being amilitary spy was shot dead inLalaitan Village District, SangayVillage, Agusan del Norte province.NPA claimed responsibility.

5-Oct-04 KathmanduNepal Unknown Explosives6 0 At least six people were woundedwhen a bomb went off at theKathmandu Development Committeeoffice. Four young men and twoyoung women, suspected to be anti-government insurgents threw abomb on the ground floor of thebuilding. Several rooms weredamaged.

6-Oct-04 BadakhshanAfghanistanUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

4 2 The governor of BadakhshanProvince and three other people wereinjured in an explosion. Two otherpeople died in the incident, in whicha landmine was detonated byremote-control. Hamid Karzai'srunning mate, Ahmed Zia Masud,was 200 meters away from theexplosion. He was not injured in theattack.

6-Oct-04 TrubacheyevkaRussia Unknown Explosives0 0 A powerful explosive device went offin a region of Moscow when anarmored car carrying high rankingofficers of the Interior Ministry of therepublic of Dagestan. The car wasseriously damaged by no one wasinjured in the attack. Police werelooking into the incident.

6-Oct-04 Istanbul Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 A resonant bomb detonated in frontof the Fener Greek Patriarchate, inIstanbul. The blast caused thewindows of the building to shatterand damaged the roof, but therewere no reported injuries. The FenerGreek Patriarchate is a historicalreligious institution which wasformerly the church of the ByzantineEmpire. During the Ottoman Empirethis premises was issued the right tospeak on behalf of the Greek Ministryof Affairs. Recently it has sought tohold more influence in Greek-Turkishrelations.

6-Oct-04 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Suspected Muslim extremists killedtwo officials and injured sevenothers, hours after the governmentreshuffled the cabinet to create anew terrorism team. The attack tookplace in one of the troubled southernprovinces.

6-Oct-04 Zabol AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 6 A remote-detonated bomb killed sixcivilians. The device was planted ina vehicle which was traveling on aroad to Qalat. A number of otherswere injured in the explosion as well.The Taliban is suspected behind theattack, which takes place only daysbefore a scheduled national election.

7-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Unknown gunman fired two rocketsfrom a car at the Ashtar-SheratonHotel and Palestine-Meridian Hotel inBaghdad. The car subsequentlyexploded.

7-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A rocket was fired at the Palestine-Meridian Hotel in Baghdad from thesame car that fired two missiles atthe Ashtar-Sheraton hotel. The carreportedly subsequently exploded.There were no reported casualties,and the perpetrators are not known.

7-Oct-04 Multan Pakistan Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

100 38 A powerful car bomb explosion killedover thirty-eight people and injuredat least a hundred others. Theexplosion occurred after people weregoing home following the end of areligious rally among members of theoutlawed Sunni muslim group Millat-e-Islamia, who were marking theanniversary of their slain leaderAzam Tariq. The bomb was aremote-detonate device. The attacksmay have been in response to abombing of a Shia mosque daysbefore.

7-Oct-04 Taba Egypt TawhidIslamicBrigades


159 34 A car bomb attack on the Hilton hotelin the Egyptian resort city of Tabakilled approximately thirty-fourpeople and wounded upwards of onehundred. Among those killed in thethree operations were numerousforeigners including thirteen Israelis,two Italians, and a Russian woman.Initial speculation on the identity ofthe attackers focused on al-Qa`ida,given the characteristics of theattack (near simultaneous car-bombs) and recent messaging byAyman al-Zawahiri warning of futureattacks against Israel. However, theEgyptian security services havefingered a heretofore unknowngroup, composed of an Egyptian bornPalestinian ringleader, Ayad SaidSaleh, who died unintentionally inthe Taba bombing with fellowconspirator, Suleiman Ahmed SalehFlayfil. Investigators believe theattacks were motivated by thedeterioration of the Palestiniansituation, rather than the globaljihad. Multiple groups claimedresponsibility for the attacks, thoughnone were ever substantiated.Tawhid Islamic Brigades, JemaahIslamiya (JI), and the Battalions of theMartyr Abdullah Azzam, Al-Qaeda inthe Levant and Egypt all claimedresponsibility.

7-Oct-04 KathmanduNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 A forestry building was damagedwhen members of the CommunistParty of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M)stormed the Lalipur Forestry Districtfacility and exploded a pressurecooker bomb after overpowering foursecurity guards. There were nocasualties.

7-Oct-04 Nuweiba Egypt Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 In a coordinated attack with thebombing of the Taba Hilton, two carbombs were detonated atcampgrounds in Ras al-Shitan, nearNuweiba. The first car bombing atRas al-Shitan occurred at the MoonIsland camp, where the perpetratordrove a Peugeot car into the camp'sparking lot and than fled the sceneshortly before the bomb detonated.In the attacks at Ras al-Shitan, fivepeople are believed to have beenkilled, including two Israelis.However, there is no precisebreakdown between the attack onthe Moon Island camp and thebombing that occurred minutes laterat al-Badiyah camp. The Egyptiansecurity services allege that the car-bombings at Ras al-Shitan werecarried out by Hammad GamanGomah and Mohamed Ahmed SalehFlayfil, the former being the brotherof Suleiman Ahmed Flayfil, whocarried out the Taba attack. Both ofthe Ras al-Shitan attackers are still atlarge.

7-Oct-04 Nuweiba Egypt Battalionof theMartyrAbdullahAzzam,Al-Qaeda


12 2 In the final of three coordinatedattacks in the Sinai, a car-bomb wasdetonated outside of al-Badiyahcampground in Ras al-Shitan. Theattacker, believed to be eitherMohamed Ahmed Saleh Flayfil orHammad Gaman Gomah (bothEgyptians), drove a Nissan to theentrance to the camp and fledshortly before the bomb detonated.In the two attacks at Ras al-Shitan, itis believed that two people werekilled and some twelve injured. Themajority of the fatalities in thecoordinated operations occurred inthe Taba attack, in which 400 lbs ofexplosives were used to sheer off thefront of the ten story Hilton hotel. On26 October, authorities arrested fiveEgyptians in connection with theseattacks. The Battalions of the MartyrAbdullah Azzam, Al-Qaeda in theLevant and Egypt claimedresponsibility for the attacks, buttheir claim was never verified.

7-Oct-04 ElNaranjalCaorregimiento


Explosives0 0 An attack on members of the publicforce and civilians by RevolutionaryArmed Forces of Colombia (FARC)militants was prevented by personnelfrom the Administrative Departmentof Security in Morroa Municipality.Security personnel found sevensoccer-ball bombs, each filled with 6kg of explosives and shrapnel half-buried on the road from Morroa to ElNaranjal, near to the Escovar hamletrural school. The explosive deviceswere defused by security personnel.

8-Oct-04 Bastia France Unknown Explosives0 0 A grenade detonated at agendarmerie near the Corsican cityof Bastia, causing slight damage tothe premises. There were noreported injuries.

8-Oct-04 Paris France Other Explosives10 0 An explosive device detonated at theIndonesian Embassy in downtownParis, injuring ten people. Theexplosion shattered the windows innearby buildings and flying glass wasthe cause of most of the injuries. Agroup calling themselves the FrenchArmed Islamic Front claimedresponsibility for the attack, thoughauthorities are unsure whether theyclaim is believable or not. The groupcalled for the release of two guerrillafighters believed to be members ofthe Algerian Islamic Army (GIA), whoare serving life sentences for a bombattack in Paris in 1990.

8-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Firearms0 2 Maher Kemal, a Turkish national, wasbeheaded by the al-Qaeda-linkedArmy of Ansar Al-Sunna. He waskidnapped between Mosul andBaghdad on 8 October. He was acontractor who was working with USforces at Al-Bakr airbase north ofBaghdad. He was beheaded on 11October along with Lukman Hussein,an Iraqi Kurdish translator. A videoof the beheading was posted on theinternet.

8-Oct-04 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Insurgents blew up the Red Crescentoffices in Ramadi. The perpetratorsare unknown, as is the number ofcasualties.

8-Oct-04 JalalabadAfghanistanTaliban Explosives2 0 A missile that was fired in Jalalabadhit a house injuring a 22-year-old andan eight-year-old. This was one offour missiles fired on the city on thisday. The attacks are being blamedon the Taliban, who oppose nationalelections.

8-Oct-04 JalalabadAfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 0 A missile landed about 100 to 150kilometers away from a UNICEF officecausing no casualities. Two housesin the area were destroyed, however.This was one of four missile attacksfired on the city on this day.Authorities are blaming the Taliban,who oppose national elections ofcarrying out the attacks.

8-Oct-04 JalalabadAfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 0 A third missile landed in the area ofKhoshgonbad but caused nosignificant damage. This was one offour missiles fired on the city ofJalalabad on this day. Authorities areblaming the Taliban, who opposenational elections.

9-Oct-04 Girmeli Turkey PKK/KONGRA-GELFirearms0 0 A group of members of the KurdistanWorkers' Party/Democratic Congressof Kurdistan (PKK/KONGRA-GEL)attacked a gendarmerie station inGirmeli, in Mardin Province. Theattackers used rocket launchers andlong-barreled weapons to fire at thestation. There were no injuries, butsome material damage was caused.

9-Oct-04 Baiji Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 One Turkish truck driver waskidnapped and another woundedwhen unknown assailants halted anoil tanker near Baiji. Thewhereabouts of the kidnapped driverare unknown.

9-Oct-04 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A sophomore student was killed inPattani province as he was riding hismotorcycle. He was shot three timesin the head near the entrance to thecampus in the Muang district.Asource indicated that the studentmay have worked as an informer. Anote left near the scene links theattack to the recent arrest of Muslimstudents suspected of involvement inregional violence. However, policewere still uncertain whether theattack was tied to the insurgency orwhether it was the result of personalconflict. Two men, WaehameeJaeasae and Abdulloh Paka, werearrested in connection with thisattack.

9-Oct-04 Muang Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A villiage defense volunteer was shotdead in Narathiwat province's Muangdistrict. The killing is believed to beconnected to separatist violence insouthern Thailand.

9-Oct-04 LashkargahAfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 0 The Taliban fired six missiles onLashkargah. Two rockets hit amosque where polling was takingplace. The attacks came only a fewdays before national elections arescheduled to take place.

9-Oct-04 LashkargahAfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 0 Two missiles landed on a road in thecity of Lashkargah. These were twoof six missiles fired by suspectedTaliban members, who are opposedto national elections, which are totake place only a few days later. Theintended target of the attack isunknown.

9-Oct-04 LashkargahAfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 0 A missile struck a deserted area ofLashkargah. This was one of sixmissiles fired by suspected membersof the Taliban in the city. Theattacks came only a few days beforescheduled national elections, whichthe Taliban oppose. The intendedtarget of the attack is unknown.

9-Oct-04 LashkargahAfghanistanTaliban Explosives2 0 Two missiles landed near a house,injuring two children. These weretwo of six missiles fired by suspectedmembers of the Taliban in the city ofLashkargah. The attacks come onlydays before a scheduled nationalelection, which the Taliban opposes.The intended target of the attack isunknown.

9-Oct-04 AsadabadAfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 Two missiles were fired on Asadabadcity. One landed near the FatimeLycee where voting was underway.The home of the province's securitycommander, Matyollah Khan is alsonear the lycee.

9-Oct-04 AsadabadAfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 The second of two missiles fell inanother part on Asadabad city inKonar, but did not explode.

9-Oct-04 Angan AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 Nine missiles were fired in the Angandistrict only days before Afghans arescheduled to vote in nationalelections. The intended target of theblasts is unknown.

9-Oct-04 Shegal AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 Three missiles were fired in theShengal district only days beforenational elections were scheduled totake place. The intended target wasunknown.

9-Oct-04 Sarkani AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 Three missiles were fired at theSarkani district days before nationalelections were scheduled to takeplace. The perpetrators also openedfire with small arms in the samedirection. It is unclear what theintended target of the attack was.

9-Oct-04 Otopur AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 Two missiles were fired on theOtopur district only days beforenational elections were scheduled totake place. The intended target ofthe attack is unknown.

10-Oct-04 France Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive charge detonated at avacation home belonging to a familyfrom mainland France, in the Haute-Corse department on the island ofCorsica. The home, which was underconstruction at the time of the attackwas partially destroyed. There wereno reported injuries.

10-Oct-04 Ajaccio France Army oftheCorsicanPeople

Explosives3 0 Three people were injured when anexplosive device, which weighedabout ten kilograms, detonated atthe Ajaccio Education Inspectorate.The injured included the twocaretakers of the property and a 12-year-old girl. The blast causedextensive damage to the premisesand to nearby homes, shops andcars. On 14 November, a groupcalling itself the 'Army of theCorsican People' claimedresponsibility for this and three otherexplosive attacks.

10-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Tawhidand Jihad

Explosives0 17 A suicide bomber driving a vehiclecarrying explosives detonated thevehicle near a line of volunteersjoining the Iraqi police. Seventeenpeople were reported killed; thenumber of wounded was unknown.The attack was quickly claimed byTawhid and Jihad's MartyrdomBrigade on an unknown website.


Explosives5 8 A mortar shell fell on the streets ofBaghdad near the Ministry of Oil andthe Ministry of Water Resources.Eight people are known to have beenkilled and five injured. The operationwas claimed by Tawhid and Jihad'sMartyrdom brigade on an unknownwebsite; the group claimed to havetargeted a US column of Hummervehicles. The attack came onlyfifteen minutes after a separateattack in which a suicide car bomberdrove into a group of Iraqi policerecruits.

10-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Paul Taggart, an Americancameraman working in Baghdad, wastaken hostage between Baghdad andAl-Sadr City on Sunday. He was heldfor three days and released. Aspokesman for Muqtada al-Sadrreportedly assisted in negotiationswith the kidnappers and securedTaggart's release. The kidnappersare unknown.

10-Oct-04 Lahore Pakistan Unknown Explosives16 4 Four people were killed when asuicide bomber detonated a powerfulbomb at a Jamia Kashmiryan Shiamosque. Roughly 200 Muslims hadgathered at the Mosque for Maghribprayers. The bomber attempted toenter the mosque at the main gate,but was stopped by a security guardwho was killed when the bombershot him. The bomber appeard tohave had the bomb in a bag anddetonated it at the entrance to themosque. Sixteen people were alsoinjured by the blast.

11-Oct-04 Sukhumi Georgia Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded in front of theelection headquarters of SergeyBaghapsh, a candidate for presidentof Abkahzia (legally a province ofGeorgia, but with de factoindependence) in the October 3election. Baghapsh appears to beleading in this election, but a secondround of voting will be held onOctober 17. No one was hurt in theexplosion.

11-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Other Firearms0 1 Lukman Hussein, an Iraqi Kurdishtranslator, was kidnapped inBaghdad on an unknown date inOctober 2004 by members of theArmy of Ansar al-Sunna, an al-Qaeda-linked group. Hussein was a nativeof Dahuk and a member of MassoudBarzani's Kurdistan DemocraticParty. Hussein was beheaded on 11October, having admitted that heworked with US forces in the SunniMuslim rebel area of Ramadi. Hewas killed along with Maher Kemal, aTurkish national working as aconstruction contractor kidnapped on8 October. The beheading of bothmen was videoed and posted on theInternet.

11-Oct-04 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 Two policemen were injured on theBuhruz Subdistrict road in Baqubahwhen an explosive charge detonatedin the road, destroying their patrolvehicle. The perpetrators areunknown.

11-Oct-04 UnknownIraq Tawhidand Jihad

Firearms0 0 The Tawhid and Jihad announced on11 October that it had kidnapped aTurkish national and demanded thatthe US release all Iraqi prisoners andthat all Turkish nationals leave Iraq.The group threatened to behead thehostage within three days if theirdemands were not met.

11-Oct-04 Ankara Turkey KurdistanFreedomHawks(TAK)

Unknown0 0 The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK)claimed responsibility for an attacktargeting the Agriculture ProvinceDirectorate in Ankara. The mode ofthe attack is not stated. In theirclaim of responsibility, the groupwrites, Policies that aim to humiliateand dishonor the Kurdish people arestill being pursued.

11-Oct-04 Khania Greece Other Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A group calling themselves, RabidSituational Group, (OmadhaLissasmenon Katastasiakon) claimedresponsibility for setting two carsbelonging to the Bishop of Kidhoniaand Apokoronou on fire. The attacktook place in the city of Khania, onthe island of Crete. This is the firsttime a group has claimedresponsibility for an attack in Khania.In their statement of claim, the groupwrites, we assume responsibility forthe arson on 11 October againstBishop Irinaios in retaliation for therobberies and irregularities which theclergy and their thugs haveperpetrated on the people. Thegroup threatened future attacks.

11-Oct-04 BalochistanPakistan Unknown Explosives4 0 Unidentified persons launched arocket attack on the Oil and GasCompany camp in Balochistan. Therockets landed on residential homesnear the gas field and on camps.Several were wounded.

11-Oct-04 WaziristanPakistan Unknown Firearms0 1 Two Chinese engineers werekidnapped in Waziristan. Theabductors demanded the release ofsix of their comrades from Pakistanicustody in return. The militants werewearing bombs and holdinggrenades. The engineers had beenworking on a dam and canal for theChina Natural Water ResourcesEngineering Group Corporation. OnOctober 16, commandos killed thekidnappers involved and freed one ofthe Chinese hostages. The otherhostage died of bullet woundssustained during the rescueoperation.

11-Oct-04 Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Explosives1 0 One person was injured when abomb fell on Kabul. The attackcomes only days before a nationalelection is to be held in Afghanistan.

11-Oct-04 Putla deGuerrero

Mexico Council ofOrganizationsfor theDevelopmentof Pe


0 0 Members of several organizations,including the Council ofOrganizations for the Development ofPeople (CODEP), and the Anti-neoliberal Popular MagonistCoordinating Board of Oaxaca(COMPA) violently seized the officesof the Secretariat of UrbanDevelopment, Communications, andPublic Works (Seducop) and the StateDevelopment Planning Committee(Coplade). The groups took hostagesand were demanding that their socialneeds be met. Most women werereleased from the buildings an hourafter they were captured and mostmen two hours later, but the groupcontinued to hold top officials.

12-Oct-04 France Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device, which targeteda gendarmerie in Haute-Corsedepartment, caused extensivedamage to the station. There wereno reported injuries.

12-Oct-04 Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 An explosion targed an unknownforeign company in Basra that isconnected to protecting Iraq's oilpiplines. The company is locatednear the US consulate in Basra. OneIraqi was injured.

12-Oct-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unknown gunmen opened fire onAbd-al-Majid Ibrahim Al-Antar, aKurdish member of the NinawaGovernorate Council, killing him atthe Al-Ghabat crossroads in Mosul.He is the third member of the NinawaCouncil to be assassinated since theUS occupation.

12-Oct-04 Al-Mushahada

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Unknown insurgents targeted an oilpipeline in the Al-Mushahada area,30 km north of Baghdad. Theinsurgents set fire to the part of thepipeline connecting the Kirkuk oilfields to the Al-Dura refinery nearBaghdad.

12-Oct-04 GaneyTal

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 The Al-Quds brigades posted astatement on Islamic Jihad Movementwebsite claiming the firing of twoQuds missiles at the Ganey Talsettlement on October 12. It isunknown if there were anycasualties.

12-Oct-04 Karpoh Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 The Pattani Province Governor andRegion Nine Police Chief visited thecity of Karpoh but were forced to fleewhen a bomb exploded in thevicinity. There was no mention ofinjuries. The explosion appears to bethe work of Muslim insurgents in theregion.

12-Oct-04 Ka Po Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded near a branchoffice of the Bank for Agriculture andAgricultural Cooperative in PattaniProvince's Ka Po district. Police say itwas detonated by cell phone. Nearlysimultaneously, police found asuspected bomb at a bridge about 10km away. Seven hours earlier, aparamilitary volunteer was killed andfive policemen injured when gunmenopened fire on a government officeand nearby police station at Kaphotown in Pattani province, just 300 maway from the site of the first blast.There were no reports of anycausalities.

12-Oct-04 Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 Police found a suspected bomb at abridge. Ten kilometers away andnearly simultaneously, a bombexploded near a branch office of theBank for Agriculture and AgriculturalCooperative in Pattani Province's KaPo district. Seven hours earlier, aparamilitary volunteer was killed andfive policemen injured when gunmenopened fire on a government officeand nearby police station at Kaphotown in Pattani province, just 300 maway from the site of the first blast.There were no reports of anycausalities.

12-Oct-04 Kapho Thailand Unknown Firearms5 1 A paramilitary volunteer was killedand five policemen injured whengunmen opened fire on agovernment office and nearby policestation at Kapho in Pattani province.Police are blaming Musliminsurgents.

12-Oct-04 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A railway station official was shottwice in the back in Songkhlaprovince's Thepa district. Police areblaming Muslim insurgents.

12-Oct-04 BalikpapanIndonesiaUnknown Explosives0 0 Police defused a bomb that wasdiscovered in Fantasy Mall in theEast Kalimantan city of Balikpapan.The bomb, described as a low-explosive device, was inside a plasticbag in the mall's Amazone gamecenter. It was found by an employee,who then alerted a security guard.The security guard then called thepolice, and a bomb squad defusedthe bomb outside of the shoppingcenter.

12-Oct-04 RiohachaColombia Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 An anonymous telephone call tippedoff authorities that a bomb had beenplanted on the side of a road thatpresident Alvaro Uribe was scheduledto travel on. Bomb experts weresent to the scene and found agrenade left in a barrel on the side ofthe road. The grenade was rigged tobe detonated by remote control. Theexperts detonated the grenade in acontrolled explosion shortly beforethe president passed by. It isbelieved that the president was theintended target.

12-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen ambushed a convoycarrying two South Africans whowere working as contractors in Iraq,killing both of them. The men wereidentified as Johan Both and CobusDe Kock, who were employed by arisk management company, OmegaRisk Solutions, which is responsiblefor protecting construction workers inIraq. The attack occurred south ofBaghdad. Foreign contractors whosupport reconstruction in Iraq orcooperate with US forces are thefrequent target of insurgent attack.

13-Oct-04 Istanbul Turkey KurdistanFreedomHawks(TAK)

Unknown0 0 The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK)claimed responsibility for attackingthe Layla Entertainment Center inthe Laleli neighborhood of Istanbul.The tactic and weapon used in theattack are unknown. The groupclaims that they carried out theattack in retaliation for thedestruction of the forests by theTurkish Armed Forces in theiroperations in Kurdistan. In theirstatement of claim, the groupthreatens, our actions in Turkey willcontinue so long as the Turkish statecontinues to burn down forests inKurdistan.

13-Oct-04 Istanbul Turkey KurdistanFreedomHawks(TAK)

Unknown0 0 The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK)claimed responsibility for attackingthe Saray Hotel in the Lalelineighborhood of Istanbul. The tacticand weapon used in the attack areunknown. The group claims thatthey carried out the attack inretaliation for the destruction of theforests by the Turkish Armed Forcesin their operations in Kurdistan. Intheir statement of claim, the groupthreatens, our actions in Turkey willcontinue so long as the Turkish statecontinues to burn down forests inKurdistan.

13-Oct-04 Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Jordanian citizen Ziyad Jaber Rifaiwas kidnapped by unknown personsin Iraq. He was held for thirteen daysand then released back to theJordanian Embassy.

14-Oct-04 NetzerHazani

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Izz-al-Din al-Qassam Brigades posteda statement on its website claiming amortar strike against the Israelisettlement of Netzer Hazani at 6:20PM. Casualties are not known.

14-Oct-04 Najaf Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Iraqi police arrested a womanwearing an explosive belt at theentrance to the city of Al-Najaf. Thewoman was apparently intending todetonate herself inside the Al-Sah al-Haydari al-Sharif (Imam Ali's holyshrine in Al-Najaf). The womanconfessed to being a member of aterrorist organization, but which oneremains unknown.

14-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 An investigation magistrate, Abd-al-Amir Kazim al-Shammari was killedby unknown gunmen as he left hishome.

14-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A female Iraqi journalist working forAl-Hurriyyah Television, which isaffiliated with the Patriotic Union ofKurdistan was killed by unidentifiedgunmen. The victim was shot as sheleft her home.

14-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen killed two Iraq policemenwho were patrolling Jurf al-Naddab.The gunmen also set the police carson fire.

14-Oct-04 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Two Turkish truck drivers werekidnapped in central Iraq, nearSamarra. The truck drivers wereabducted with their trucks accordingto police. No information on thedrivers' whereabouts is known.

14-Oct-04 PeshawarPakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Unidentified attackers threw ahomemade bomb at an InternationalLabor Organization office in DefenseOfficers Colony. The buildingsustained minor damage.

14-Oct-04 Pradera Colombia Unknown Firearms0 2 Milton Eduardo Delgado Lasprilla, aradio and television producer, andMilton Freddy Rosero Narvaez, aradio announcer, were found dead ata roadside stop. Both men had beenshot twice. It is unknown whocarried out the attack or whatmotivated it.

15-Oct-04 Kunar AfghanistanUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 4 Four people, including three children,were killed in Kunar when a remote-controlled device exploded during agathering near a truck that had beenset on fire as it was delivering food toUS bases. The attack fell on the firstday of Ramadan.

15-Oct-04 NetzarimWestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Izz-al-Din al-Qassam Brigades posteda statement on its website claimingan Al-Battar rocket strike against theIsraeli settlement of Netzarim at 5:50AM. Casualties are not known.

15-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Five churches were attacked inBaghdad on the night of October 15.The attacks were apparently acoordinated assault on the Christiancommunity in Baghdad. The attackscome at the start of the Muslim holymonth, Ramadan. A sixth church alsofaced a mortar attack. No casualtieswere reported. The first occurred atthe church of Saint Joseph in thewest of the city.

15-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Five churches were attacked inBaghdad on the night of October 15.The attacks were apparently acoordinated assault on the Christiancommunity in Baghdad. The attackscome at the start of the Muslim holymonth, Ramadan. A sixth church alsofaced a mortar attack. No casualtieswere reported. The second occurredat the chuch of Saint Jospeh in Dora,Southern Baghdad.

15-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Five churches were attacked inBaghdad on the night of October 15.The attacks were apparently acoordinated assault on the Christiancommunity in Baghdad. The attackscome at the start of the Muslim holymonth, Ramadan. A sixth church alsofaced a mortar attack. No casualtieswere reported. The third occurred atSaint Paul's Church in SouthernBaghdad.

15-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Five churches were attacked inBaghdad on the night of October 15.The attacks were apparently acoordinated assault on the Christiancommunity in Baghdad. The attackscome at the start of the Muslim holymonth, Ramadan. A sixth church alsofaced a mortar attack. No casualtieswere reported. The fourth occurredat the Orthodox church in the centraldistrict of Karrada.

15-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Five churches were attacked inBaghdad on the night of October 15.The attacks were apparently acoordinated assault on the Christiancommunity in Baghdad. The attackscome at the start of the Muslim holymonth, Ramadan. A sixth church alsofaced a mortar attack. No casualtieswere reported. The fifth occurredoccurred at Saint Thomas church inMansour.

15-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Five churches were attacked inBaghdad on the night of October 15.The attacks were apparently acoordinated assault on the Christiancommunity in Baghdad. The attackscome at the start of the Muslim holymonth, Ramadan. A sixth church alsofaced a mortar attack. No casualtieswere reported. The sixth church hadmortar rounds fired directly oppositeit, damaging five cars.

15-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives10 6 A car driven by a suicide bomberblew up in an Iraqi Police contingentin main street in Al-Dawrah, southBaghdad. One civilian and ninepolicemen were injured in theincident and five police were killed.

15-Oct-04 JabaliyahWestBank/Gaza

Unknown Firearms0 0 Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troopsprevented an attempt by Palestiniansto fire rockets from the Jabaliyarefugee camp. The terroristsapparently were using children toshield their actions.


Explosives18 6 Two bombs were detonated bysuicide bombers in the 'Green Zone'of Baghdad, killing at least tenpeople, including four Americans (allworkers at Dyncorp), and woundingtwenty others (including two US statedepartment employees). The bombswere set off close together at amarket and popular café. The groupled by Abu Musab Al-Zarquawi,Tawhid and Jihad, claimedresponsibility for the blasts. TwoJordanian men are suspected ofperpetrating the café blast. Bothentered the café, drank tea, and thenone left. The other detonated hisbomb following the exit of the firstman. At least six were killed andabout eighteen injured in the caféblast. None of the killed in thisincident were Americans.

15-Oct-04 Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Abdurrahman Yildrim, a Turkishwelder, was kidnapped in Iraq.Captors announced that they wouldkill Yldirim if his company, KulakConstruction Company, did notwithdraw from Iraq. Yildirim's familyreported one week later that he hadescaped from his captors.

16-Oct-04 Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 Three rockets fell on Kabul. The firsthit a residential building in the Block10 of Hawai Apartments causingproperty damage only. All threerockets were fired on private homesand are being blamed on people whowant to disturb the peace in Kabul.

16-Oct-04 Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Explosives1 0 The second of three rockets that fellon Kabul on this day hit the home ofMoharam Ali injuring his wife.Authorities are blaming the attackson people who want to disturb thepeace in Kabul.

16-Oct-04 Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 The third of three rockets to hitKabul, landed near a wall, but causedno significant damage after failing toexplode. All three rockets were firedon private homes and are beingblamed on people who want todistrub the peace in Kabul.

16-Oct-04 WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians launched a mortarattack against Israeli settlements. Noone was hurt. However, damage wascaused to a house and parkedvehicles.

16-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Unidentified perpetrators killed Al-Hurriyah TV correspondent DinaMuhamad Hasan while she was onher way to work. The attack wasinterpreted as an attempt toundermine the consolidation of freepress and democracy.

16-Oct-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Terrorist elements fired on thevehicle of the Tukomaneli Partyleadership member, Ghafur Abu BakrHakim while he was driving in the Al-Tis'in area, resulting in his death.Sources report the attack was anattempt to destabilize Kirkuk.

16-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 The Baghdad Mansour Hotel, thelocation of China's embassy in Iraqand the headquarters for manyforeign contractors and otherdiplomats, was attacked by a mortarshell. The shell landed in the parkinglot of the hotel, shattering somewindows. No casualties werereported.

16-Oct-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 The Education Department'sadministrative director, a Kurdishofficial also a member of the PatrioticUnion of Kurdistan, was assassinatedleaving his home in Kirkuk byunidentified gunmen.

17-Oct-04 Groznyy ChechnyaUnknown Explosives6 1 A car bomb exploded outside of ahospital in Groznyy, killing gonepolice officer and wounding 2 otherofficers and four pedestrians.

17-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells were fired at ahotel in Baghdad, the Al-HamraHotel, that is used by Westerners.This is one in a series of attacksagainst hotels frequented by Westernjournalists and other foreigners.

17-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Iraqi militants kidnapped anAustralian journalist, John Martinkus,who is affiliated with the Sydneybased SBS network. He waskidnapped from Baghdad and wasreleased twenty-four hours later afterthe kidnappers googled his nameand investigated some of his work.

18-Oct-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 In Northern Iraq, Mosul Police foundthe body of an Iraqi translatorworking for US forces. The body hadbeen beheaded. The translator'sidentity remains unknown. The bodywas found on the Al-Shirqat-Mosulmain road.

18-Oct-04 Baiji Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 A Turkish driver escaped an attackon his fuel tanker in the region of Al-Siniyah near Baiji in northern Iraq.He escaped to a nearby checkpoint.His identity and the identity of hiscaptors remain unknown.

18-Oct-04 Baiji Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A key oil pipeline in Kirkuk was hit byexplosives and caught on fire. Thepipeline connects the Baiji oil refinerywith Turkey. The attack wasconfirmed by the state-run NorthernOil Company. The oil industry hasrepeatedly been the target of attacksby Iraqi insurgents in recent months.

18-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Other Unknown0 1 An unidentified Islamic groupkidnapped and killed a policeman inAl-Nassiriya. Mohaned Kamel Teamahad been missing for one day and hisfather received a note from a groupcalling itself the 'Guards of Islam',saying that Teama would be killed forhis work with the multinationalforces.

18-Oct-04 Manila PhilippinesUnknown Firearms2 1 Senior Superintendent ManoloMartinez, the senior police officer incharge of security at the presidentialpalace in Manila, was shot dead byunidentified gunmen. Martinezgained a high profile aftersuccessfully blocking protestors fromstorming the palace, most recentlyduring mass rallies in support ofdeposed president Estrada last May.The gunmen also fired at a passingbus, wounding the driver and apasserby.

19-Oct-04 Athens Greece Unknown Explosives0 0 A homemade incendiary devicedetonated in front of a Postal FundBank in the Vyronas area of Athens.The device was made of four smallpropane canisters and causeddamage to the entrance of the bank.There were no reported injuries.

19-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 The director of CARE international'soperations in Iraq who has beendoing humanitarian work in thecountry for twenty-five years wasabducted from her car in Baghdad.Margaret Hassan is a British bornwoman with Iraqi citizenship. Shewas kidnapped while being driven towork. Her captors released a videoof her. An armed Iraqi group claimedresponsibility for the kidnapping,according to Al-Jazeerah, but nomotive or demands had been issued.CARE suspended operations inBaghdad. During raids of Fallujah onNovember 16, US forces found abody they believed to Hassan's. Onthe same day, Al-Jazeerah alsoreceived a video showing a blind-folded woman, believed to beHassan, being shot in the head. OnDecember 1, British sourcesannounced that dental records of thebody found did not match Hassan's.She is still believed to be dead,however.On May 1, 2005, US andIraqi forces in Madaen arrestedeleven men who they believe wereinvolved in the kidnapping and deathof Hassan. Five of these menadmitted their involvement inHassan's death. The raid alsorecovered a bag of items believed tohave been Hassan's, including asome clothing and identificationdocuments.In the spring of 2006,Mustafa Mohammed Jubouri, an Iraqi,was found guilty of involvement inthe kidnapping and death of Hassan.Two other suspects, MohammedFayad and Mohsen Jubai, werereleased due to lack of evidence. OnJune 5, 2006, Mustafa MohammedJubouri was sentenced to life inprison.

19-Oct-04 Gadid WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 The Martyr Izz-al-Din al-QassamBrigades, the military wing of Hamas,claimed responsibility for threeattacks on three Israeli settlements.The first occurred at Gadidsettlement and included five mortarshells.

19-Oct-04 Dugit WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 The Martyr Izz-al-Din al-QassamBrigades, the military wing of HAMS,claimed responsibility for threeattacks on three Israeli settlements.The second occurred by firing an al-Battar rocket at the Dugitsettlement.

19-Oct-04 Morag WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 The Martyr Izz-al-Din al-QassamBrigades, the military wing ofHAMAS, claimed responsibility forthree attacks on three Israelisettlements. The third involved thefiring of eleven mortar shells at theMorag settlement.

19-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Unknown0 9 Nine Iraqi policemen were killedwhen they were ambushed in Al-Latifiyah. A group calling itself Ansaral-Sunnah claimed responsibility forthe attack.

19-Oct-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Three Syrian drivers were kidnappedwest of Mosul. Their trucks, whichwere carrying power generators forUS troops, were set ablaze. Thekidnappers were unknown and nodemands have been made.

19-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Two trucks were attacked byunknown persons near Al-Latifiyah.One of the trucks was set on fire,killing the driver and his assistant.The other driver managed to escapesafely.

19-Oct-04 WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 IDF troops uncovered a 40 kg bombnext to the security fence near theErez crossing in Gaza Stip. The bombwas safely detonated.

19-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 A bomb exploded near a carbelonging to the Slovak Embassy inBaghdad. The bomb was activatedremotely and damaged three othervehicles. No Slovak nationals wereinjured. It was unclear if theSlovakian Embassy was the intendedtarget of the blast or not.

19-Oct-04 SiSakhon


0 0 A bomb exploded in Narathiwat, afew meters away from where monksunder Army protection were makingtheir morning alms rounds. Thebomb was detonated by cell phone.No one was injured. Authoritiesbelieve that the bomb is the work ofMuslim insurgents.

19-Oct-04 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A teacher was shot while parking hiscar by motorcycle gunmen in Muangdistrict, Pattani province. Theassailants wore dawah, the whiteflowing sarong worn by Muslim men.The assailants are likely part of theMuslim insurgency in southernThailand.

19-Oct-04 Khok Po Thailand Unknown Firearms0 0 In the Khok Pho district of Pattaniprovince, two gunmen shot at aTambon Administration Organizationexecutive while he was driving. Hewas not injured.

19-Oct-04 Lviv Ukraine Unknown Explosives0 0 A hand grenade exploded in thepolitical offices of 'Prosvita' in Lviv.No one was in the office. Prosvita,Lviv's cultural society, supportsopposition presidential candidateViktor Yushchenko in Ukraine'supcoming October 31 elections.Prosvita's head in Lviv, YaroslavPitko, told Interfax Ukraine that theexplosion was politically motivated.

19-Oct-04 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 0 Sawad Jia-kong, a teacher, narrowlyescaped injury when he attacked bygunmen after he parked his car atPattana Islam School in Pattaniprovince. The attackers wore Muslimattire, and the teacher dove for coveras he saw the assailants pull gunsand aim in his direction. The attackleft three bullet holes in his car.Police are trying to determine theattack is linked to separatistviolence.

20-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Al-Jazirah reported that a boobytrapped car exploded on the road toBaghdad Airport. US forcesimmediately encircled the site of theincident.

20-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Armed men assassinated Mazin al-Sammarra'i, a leader in the IraqiNational Accord Movement headedby Prime Minister Allawi. Sourcesreport that Al-Sammarra'i wasassassinated by unidentified gunmenoutside his house.

20-Oct-04 EleiSinai

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 The Izz-al Din al-Qassam Brigades, aHamas military wing claimedresponsibility for an attack on thesettlement of Eley Sinay using an Al-Qassam rocket. The attack was astatement against the Jewishsettlements.

20-Oct-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 The office of the Patriotic Union ofKurdistan was attacked in Mosul withthree RPG rockets followed bymachine gun fire, but there were nocasualties. The attack causedmaterial damage to the building.

20-Oct-04 Tbilisi Georgia Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosion near Tbilisi's HeroesSquare was caused by 400-600grams of TNT placed in a trash can inan underground street crossing. Aletter was found addressed toSaakashvili, the president of Georgia.The letter was written in oldGeorgian script, and its contents areunknown. No one was hurt in theblast.

21-Oct-04 QatifBloc

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 A mortar shell was fired at an Israelisettlement in the Qatif Bloc. Nobodywas injured.

21-Oct-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Six rockets were fired at the USmilitary headquarters in Mosul justprior to the arrival of interim PrimeMinister Allawi who was coming tothe location to hold a meeting.

21-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms14 1 Gunmen opened fire on a buscarrying female employees of theIraqi Airways at the Baghdad airport,killing one woman and injuringfourteen others. Sources indicatethat two cars of armed men stoppedthe bus on the western outskirts ofthe capital. One assailant threw atleast two hand grenades into the busand then gunmen opened fire fromthe outside.

21-Oct-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Prime Minister Allawi survived anattempted assassination whenmortar shells were fired byunidentified men while he wasleaving Mosul Airport.

21-Oct-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Armed men attacked the Al-ZabAdministrative subdistrict building inKirkuk, burning all of the contents ofthe building.

21-Oct-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives5 1 While a train was being loaded withgoods for US forces, a bombexploded, killing an Iraqi citizen andwounding five others.

21-Oct-04 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Unidentified men blew up theheadquarters of the Iraqi RepublicanGrouping Party in Tikrit. The buildingwas destroyed, but no injuries werereported.

21-Oct-04 Erez WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Palestinian militants attacked Israelisettlements with mortar fire followingthe killing by Israeli Defense Forces(IDF) forces of a top Hamas official. Abattar rocket was fired at the Erezsettlement. Izz-al-Din al-QassamBrigades, the armed wing of Hamas,posted a statement on their websiteclaiming responsibility for this andother attacks.

21-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 3 Three members of Prime MinisterAllawi's office were killed and afourth wounded by an ambush inWestern Baghdad.

21-Oct-04 Aleria France CorsicanNationalLiberationFront(FLNC)

Explosives0 0 A powerful explosive devicedetonated at the Aleria gendarmerieon the island of Corsica. The blastoccurred in front of one of theentrances to the gendarmerie andwas far more powerful than previousblasts targeting gendarmeries on theisland. No one was harmed, as ananonymous caller warned of thedevice a half hour before itdetonated and everyone wasevacuated from the premises. On 28October, three Corsican nationalistswere arrested in connection with thisattack. On 14 February 2005, theCorsican National Liberation Front(FLNC) claimed responsibility for thisattack and twelve others on theisland.

21-Oct-04 Peristeri Greece Other Explosives0 0 An explosive device, made of twogas canisters and a detonator,exploded in front of a Citibankbranch in Peristeri. The blast causedminor material damage to the glassand outside of the building, but therewere no reported injuries. A groupcalling themselves Social SolidarityGroup (Omadha Koinoniki Alliengii)claimed responsibility for the attack.The group stated, solidarity with thepersecuted 17N and ELN members,and to all detainees and toAlexandhros Yiotopoulos.

21-Oct-04 BuynakskRussia Unknown Explosives0 0 Unidentified attackers exploded 2.5kilgrams of TNT along the Buinaksk-Makhachkala highway in Dagestan asBuinaksk administrative head AbakarAkayev was passing by. Akayev andhis entourage were unhurt by theassassination attempt. Akayevbelieved that 'religious fanatics' werebehind the attempt, as his policiesoppose Wahhabism. It is the seventhattempt on his life.

21-Oct-04 Urozgan AfghanistanTaliban Unknown2 1 Haji Atiqollah, the head of electionaffairs in southern Helmand Provinceannounced that MohammadEbrahim, the head of election affairsin Khas Urozgan Province wasattacked and killed by the Taliban.His two sons, traveling with him,were injured. Although the attackhas was not claimed, Atiqollahinsisted it was a Taliban attack. Thetactic and weapon used are notknown.

21-Oct-04 UnknownPakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Abdallah al-Umari, the deputy headof the Saudi mission received apackage, wrapped as a gift made tolook like it had been sent by formerPakistani Prime Minister ChaudhryShujaat Hussain. The packagecontained four grenades and ananonymous threatening letterwarning al-Umari to leave Pakistan.According to Ali Awadh Asseri, Saudiambassador to Pakistan, thePakistani security forces defused theexplosives before they detonated.No groups or individuals haveclaimed responsibility.

22-Oct-04 NeveDekalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Palestinian militants attacked Israelisettlements with mortar fire followingthe killing by IDF forces of a topHamas official. At least fifteen mortarrounds were fired on the settlementof Neve Dekalim, damaging housesbut causing no casualties. Onemilitant was short and anotherwounded as they prepared to launchmortar rounds. Izz-al-Din al-QassamBrigades, a military-wing of Hamas,posted a statement on their websiteclaiming responsibility for this andother attacks.

22-Oct-04 al-Awja Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 A policeman was killed and onewounded when gunmen opened firenear the police station in Al-Awjah.

22-Oct-04 Al-Ishaqi

Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 Two policemen were wounded whena booby-trapped car exploded nearthe police station in the town of Al-Ishaqi.

22-Oct-04 QatifBloc

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Fourteen mortars were fired atsettlements in the Qatif Bloc. No onewas injured, but heavy damage wascaused to several buildings.



Explosives0 0 Palestinian militants attacked Israelisettlements with mortar fire followingthe killing by Israeli Defense Forces(IDF) forces of a top Hamas official. ABattar rocket and a Qassam rocketwere fired at the Netzarimsettlement, setting fire to at leastone house. Izz-al-Din al-QassamBrigades, the military wing of Hamas,posted a statement on their websiteclaiming responsibility for this andother attacks.

22-Oct-04 KfarDarom

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Palestinian militants attacked Israelisettlements with mortar fire followingthe killing by Israeli Defense Forces(IDF) forces of a top Hamas official.Two mortar shells were fired at theKfar Darom settlement. Izz-al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wingof Hamas, posted a statement ontheir website claiming responsibilityfor this and other attacks.

22-Oct-04 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 An armed group in Fallujahkidnapped an independent Frenchjournalist working for a pressfoundation. The group released thejournalist after holding him for oneday. The group said it released thehostage in response to the mediationof the Shura Council of Fallujah city.

22-Oct-04 SanSebastian


Explosives0 0 An explosive device, made of justunder a kilo of explosive and a timer,detonated at an estate agent'spremises in San Sebastian. Theexplosion damaged the building anda vehicle parked nearby. Authoritiesare blaming the attack on theBasque Fatherland and Freedom(ETA).

22-Oct-04 Mezitli Turkey KurdistanFreedomHawks(TAK)

Unknown0 0 The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK)claimed responsibility for an attackagainst the Security Directorate inMezitli, in Mersin Province. Thegroup threatened that every attackagainst Kurdish people will have thesame retaliation. Their statementadded, we will attack as deemednecessary. The weapon and tactic ofthe attack are unknown. On 1November, three men were arrestedin connection with this attack. Thethree were identified as Abdullah A.,Abdulkadir T., and Hasan D. Policealso found a grenade, $400,propaganda materials, receipts offunds provided to the organization,three cell phones and threepassports in the suspects' custody.These three also have connections tothe Kurdistan Workers'Party/Democratic Congress ofKurdistan (PKK/KONGRA-GEL).

22-Oct-04 Grozny ChechnyaUnknown Firearms0 3 Chechen insurgents opened fire on acar carrying Chechen police on theDzokhar-Shatoy highway nearGrozny. Three men were killed.

22-Oct-04 Mensoub Algeria Unknown Firearms0 16 Sixteen people were killed in anapparent terrorist ambush whiletraveling south of Algiers. In the past,Ramadan has typically coincided withan escalation in the frequency ofattacks in Algeria.

22-Oct-04 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen opened fire on a policemannear Tikrit, killing the policeman andinjuring another. No furtherinformation is available.

22-Oct-04 Al-Ishaqi

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 Two policemen were wounded whencar bomb exploded near a policestation in Al-Ishaqi. No furtherinformation is available.

23-Oct-04 Khan al-Baghdadi

Iraq Unknown Explosives30 17 A suicide car bomber attacked apolice station in Khan al-Baghdadikilling sixteen Iraqi police andwounding at least thirty others. Thecar bomb targeted the police stationwhere many Iraqis were lined up tosurrender their weapons and/or jointhe police force. The station is alsothe site of a police training center. Atthe time of the attack, police weregathered at the station for a trainingcourse.

23-Oct-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Gunmen launched a rocket attack ona convoy of five Turkish driverscarrying supplies to the US Army.The attack caused the death of twodrivers and wounded two others. Thetrucks were also severely damaged.One of the killed drivers was aCroatian citizen.

23-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 An explosion took place in the Al-Hurriyah Square in Baghdad. At leastone person was killed and two othersinjured. The explosion appears tohave occurred near the area's gasdistribution center.

23-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 2 Two civilians were killed when twomortars fell on the Al-Karradah areain Baghdad.

23-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A mortar fell on the Green Zone,causing some damage. No furtherinformation was available. TheGreen Zone houses both the Iraqiinterim government and the US andBritish embassies.

23-Oct-04 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A pipeline for pumping crude oil fromnortheast Iraq to Al-Durah refinery inthe Iraqi capital was blown up.National Guard troops andfirefighters were on the scene toextinguish the resulting fire. Officialsnoted that significant damage wascaused to about 150 meters ofpipeline and that another bombplanted on the pipeline had beendefused.

23-Oct-04 Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A rocket fell between a gas stationand a telecommunications center inthe Al-Jadiriyah area. One person waskilled and two others were wounded.It was not clear whether thetelecommunications center or thegas station was the target of theblast.

23-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A rocket fell on the Lawyers'Syndicate building in the Al-Mansurneighborhood in central Baghdadcreating a big hole in the building'sroof. No casualties were reported.

23-Oct-04 Batman Turkey PKK/KONGRA-GELExplosives0 0 Suspected members of the KurdistanWorkers' Party/Democratic Congressof Kurdistan (PKK/KONGRA-GEL)carried out a bomb attack on an oilpipeline in the city of Batman. Thedevice, which caused a fire on theline, caused about 6,000 barrels ofoil to spill. The pipeline belongs tothe Turkish Oil Corp (TPAO).

23-Oct-04 Shali ChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 0 A land mine beside the road leadingfrom Shali to Avtury in Chechnya wasremoved and defused on Saturday,October 23. Russian federal forcesreceived a tip from locals. The minewas made of an artillery shell andhad a timer attached to it. It wasplanted in a well-trafficked area.

23-Oct-04 Kabul AfghanistanTaliban Explosives8 3 The Taliban claimed responsibility fora suicide mission carried out onChicken Street, a narrow, busyshopping district with jewelry, rug,and antique shops in Kabul. Therewere reportedly two fatalities, one USwoman civilian and an Afghani.There were at least seven otherswounded, including three IcelandicISAF soldiers. Afghani citizenscomprise the rest of the woundedgroup.

23-Oct-04 He'rat AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded near the office ofthe Danish Committee for Aid toAfghan Refugees (DACAAR). Theexplosion did not cause any damage.There is no mention of perpetrator orwhether there are any DACAAR staffin the office. No injuries or fatalitieswere reported. It is of note tomention that DACAAR has beenoperating in Afghanistan since 1988.Just one month and a half prior tothis bombing in Herat, workers in thesouthern provinces of Helmand,Kandahar and Uruzgan had been toldto suspend operations temporarilydue to the death of four workersduring an ambush on the road(purportedly the Taliban).

23-Oct-04 BaghdadiIraq Unknown Explosives40 16 A car bomb attack on a policerecruitment center killed sixteen andwounded forty others. The suicidebomber drove his car near the policeacademy and detonated the bomb.

23-Oct-04 Exarkhia Greece Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 An unidentified caller admittedresponsibility for an arson attack thattook place in Exarkhia. A police car,three private cars, a ground-floorapartment and two trees wereburned in the attack. The callerstated that the incidentsdemonstrated, solidarity against thestate brutality, which was expressedthrough the beating of comrades. Nospecific information on the attackwas available.

24-Oct-04 Trabzon Turkey Unknown Explosives6 0 Six people were injured when anexplosive device detonated at aMcDonalds fast food restaurant inTrabzon. The victims were taken tothe hospital immediately after theblast. The perpetrators managed toescape. No further information isavailable.

24-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb hidden near the Baghdadhome of Foreign Minister HoshyarZebari was defused by police.

24-Oct-04 AnantnagKashmir Other Explosives7 0 Unknown perpetrators detonated abomb, attempting to kill OmarAbdullah, the leader of pro-IndiaNational Conference Party. Theattack was carried out as Abdullahwas attending a prayer ceremony forthe former National Conferenceminister Safdar Ali Baig (killed bymilitants). The rebels' bomb missedtheir target, but injured four others inthe crowd. There were no fatalities.

25-Oct-04 Baiji Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A Turkish driver was shot whiledriving a refined oil products tanker.He was found on the side of ahighway near the largest Iraqirefinery at Baiji.

25-Oct-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 4 Four Iraqis, including the head of theUnion of Tribes of Iraq in theNorthern Region and two of his aides,were killed in Mosul when the carthey were traveling in was blown upnear the Ninawa governor's office.

25-Oct-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives9 4 Two suicide car bombs detonated inMosul, killing at least three Iraqis andwounding at least nine governmentemployees. Both suicide attackerswere also killed. The first bombcaused most of the causalities andtargeted a Nineveh governatecompound.

25-Oct-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 Two suicide car bombs detonated inMosul, killing at least three Iraqis andwounding a number of governmentemployees. Both suicide attackerswere also killed. The second bombdetonated near a local Ninevehofficial's convoy.

25-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A car bomb exploded close to aschool in Baghdad, near an entranceto the high-security compound thathouses Iraq's seat of governmentand the US embassy. Casualties werereported, but the number of injuriesand deaths was not yet available.

25-Oct-04 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A city council leader, Dhari Ali, wasgunned down in a drive-by shootingin Mahmoudiya. No furtherinformation is available.

25-Oct-04 RawalpindiPakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 An unidentified man threw a handgrenade at a Catholic Church near apublic park in the New Town PoliceStation Area. The police were able todefuse the device before itdetonated. It was stated that thedevice would have been quitedestructive, but could not fullyexplode after being thrown. This isthe second incident of a bomb attackon this particular church within theweek.

25-Oct-04 Shopian Kashmir Jaish-e-Mohammad(JeM)

Firearms1 0 Rebels fired at Khursheed Ganai, thedivisionalcommissioner/administrator for theMuslim-majority Kashmir Valley. Theattack took place while Ganai wastraveling in his motorcade 50 km SWof Srinagar, India. The bullets hit thecar, missing the target, but injuringone of the security guards. Twogroups, the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM)and the Harakat ul Mujahideen bothclaimed joint responsibility for thisattack.

25-Oct-04 He'rat AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 Unidentified motorcyclists threwbombs into the Herat mayor's home.The attack caused damage to thehouse, but no injuries or deaths werereported.

25-Oct-04 HyderabadPakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 There was a report of a a gaspipeline belonging to Sui SouthernGas Company (national Pakistanindustry) being blown up. Therewere inspections being carried out byinformation minister Sheikh RashidAhmed. Three pounds of explosiveswere used in the attack. There wasno news of potential perpetrators.

26-Oct-04 Dovecik Turkey PKK/KONGRA-GELExplosives0 0 Suspected members of the KurdistanWorkers' Party/Democratic Congressof Kurdistan (PKK/KONGRA-GEL)attempted to set an oil pipeline onfire in the town of Dovecik. Theperpetrators exploded a tube filledwith explosives at the line, whichbelongs to the Turkish PetroleumPartnership (TPAO), but no damagewas caused.

26-Oct-04 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen intercepted thecar of Ni'mat Hasan Salih, a memberof the Local Governing Council inDiyala Governorate and shot himdead. Shalih is affiliated with theIslamic Al-Da'Wah Party.

26-Oct-04 Olmeto France Unknown Explosives0 0 A holiday villa, which belongs to anItalian family, sustained majordamage when an explosive chargedetonated on the premises inOlmeto. There was no one home atthe time of the attack and no injurieswere caused.

26-Oct-04 Turkey PKK/KONGRA-GELExplosives0 0 The Kurdistan Workers'Party/Democratic Congress ofKurdistan (PKK/KONGRA-GEL) aresuspected of perpetrating a bombattack on an oil pipeline in BatmanProvince, the third of its kind in thisweek. The explosion caused about200 barrels of oil to leak from theline.

26-Oct-04 GaneyTal

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 2 Two Palestinians were discoveredplanting a bomb near the settlementof Ganey Tal. They were hit by AirForce personnel and their bombexploded. Both men were killed.

26-Oct-04 WaziristanPakistan Unknown Explosives0 17 As a meeting of a pro-governmentMehsud jirga of 300 tribal eldersdispersed, they were shelled andattacked with a 107mm rocket. Therocket was shelled from sixty-fivemiles east of Wana (according to themilitary). A tribal elder claimed thattwelve tribal members were killedwhen a mortar hit their vehicle, andfive more members standing aroundthe vehicle died. This gathering oftribal elders was an attempt toalleviate and the tensions from themilitary's recent door-door searchesfor Abdullah Mehsud (wanted for thekidnapping of Chinese engineersearlier in the month) and the generalmilitary search for foreign militants inthe area. There was an agreementby the tribal elders to give sacrificeand compensation to those who hadsuffered losses in the interim.Resulting, the military claims that themilitants perpetrated the bombing,while the tribal elders accused themilitary of targeting the tribesman.

27-Oct-04 Galilee Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 A Katyusha rocket was fired fromLebanon into Western Galilee. Theremains of the short range rocketwere found in a Kibbutz bananaplantation. There were no casualties.Sources report the bomb was fired byPalestinian elements in Lebanon.Israeli officials lodged a complaintwith the United National InterimForce in Lebanon in response to thisincident.Note: date is approximate

27-Oct-04 Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A car bomb exploded while a numberof civilian cars carrying foreignnationals were traveling in Iraq, northof Ba'qubah. Two Iraqi citizens wereinjured in the blast.

27-Oct-04 Sederot WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets were fired atthe settlement of Sederot. Hamas'smilitary wing claimed responsibility.

27-Oct-04 Kabul AfghanistanOther Firearms1 0 A group called Jaish-e-Muslimeen(also spelled Jaysh al-Moslemin) orthe Army of Muslims kidnapped atgunpoint three election poll workerswho were part of a United Nations-Afghan Government effort thatorganized the election. The workersincluded one from the Philippines:Angelito Nayan, one a British-IrishNational: Anetta Flanigan, and aKosovar Albanian: Shquipe Habibi.The workers were traveling in aclearly marked UN vehicle when theywere stopped by a four-wheel vehiclenear Karteh Parwan (western Kabul-near Intercontinental Hotel) andforced at gunpoint into another car.Witnesses say that the kidnapperswere in camouflage and carriedKalashnikovs. The UN driver wasbeaten but is now safe. The group isled by former Taliban commanderAkbar Agha claimed the kidnapping(in a statement to the BBC). Thespokesman for the kidnappers,Mullah Mohammad Ishaq (speakingfrom inside Afghanistan), says thevictims were targeted, along withtwenty-five others, for helping toconduct fake elections to keep Karzaiin power. Spokesman Sabir Momingave a deadline of Friday Nov 5, butthe deadline has been extendedseveral times since the governmentand UN began negotiations with thekidnappers. The release of theKosovar Albanian had beennegotiated for 10 November. Allthree victims were releasedunharmed on 23 November.

28-Oct-04 NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells were fired at theNeve Deqalim settlement. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack on theirwebsite.

28-Oct-04 Iraq IslamicArmy inIraq

Unknown0 0 The Islamic Army in Iraq claimedresponsibility for abducting twodrivers, one from Bangladesh andone from Sri Lanka. Both work for aKuwaiti company that supplies UStroops. Their captors said they weredetained and interrogated in theIslamic religious court. On December10, sources reported that the twomen had been released and wereplanning to return home. There wasno information on whether a ransomhad been paid or not.

28-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Abu Bakral-SiddiqFundamentalistBrigades

Unknown0 1 A polish woman, Teresa Borcz,working with a US supplier waskidnapped in Iraq by a previouslyunknown group, Abu Bakr al-SiddiqFundamentalist Brigades. Thekidnappers demanded thewithdrawal of Polish troops from Iraqand the release of Iraqi femaleprisoners. Polish officials denied thatthe woman was affiliated with thePolish defense ministry. The womanhas lived in Iraq for almost 30 yearsand is an Iraqi citizen.Borcz wasreleased November 19 and returnedto Warsaw. She refused to discloseany details surrounding her release.

28-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A rocket fell on the Al-Battawinresidential complex in the center ofBaghdad. The explosion did notcause casualties, but many of thewindows of the building weresmashed.

28-Oct-04 Neiva Colombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Firearms0 1 Twelve heavily armed men attackedthe offices of the city council of Neivaearly Thursday morning. Theattackers engaged a security guardand a police officer in a firefight thatresulted in the guard’s death, buteffectively deterred the allegedguerillas who fled from the scene.Authorities blame the attack on theRevolutionary Armed Forces ofColombia (FARC) and believe thegroup sought to abduct severalmembers of the city counsel whowere in the building at the time ofthe attack.

28-Oct-04 BordeauxFrance Army oftheCorsicanPeople

Explosives0 0 A small explosive device detonatedat the Bordeaux mayor's office,causing slight damage but noinjuries. The attack took place at thesame time that the mayor, AlainJuppe was appearing at the Versaillesappeal court in connection with acharge of scandal. On 14 Novemberthe 'Army of the Corsican People'claimed responsibility for this attackand three others. In their statementof claim, the group writes, we claimresponsibility on French soil for theaction carried out on 29 Octoberagainst Bordeaux City Hall. This isjust a warning to the UMP (Union fora Popular Movement).

28-Oct-04 SungaiKolok


20 2 A bomb exploded outside a barfrequented by tourists in Narathiwatprovince. Two tourists, Malaysiannational Sawakiaat Hoe and Thainational Pissamai Daengdamdi, werekilled in the blast. At least twenty-one were wounded. Reports indicatethe blast may have been a revengeattack for the eighty-five Muslimprotesters crushed to death on Oct.25 en route to a military detentioncenter. It is not clear if the bar wasthe intended target. A police stationwas also nearby the blast.

28-Oct-04 Yala Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 Officials in defused a 22-pound bombminutes before it was set to explodeat a food stall where residents gatherto give offerings to Buddhist monks.The bomb may have been a revengeattack for the eighty-five Muslimprotesters crushed to death on Oct.25 en route to a military detentioncenter.

28-Oct-04 IslamabadPakistan Al Qaeda Explosives9 0 There was an explosion in the lobbyof a Marriott Hotel in the center ofIslamabad. The government ofPakistan claims that there was anelectrical short circuit, but there isevidence of foul play. The hotel isfrequented by foreign journalists,diplomats, and business people andis located a few hundred meters fromthe president's house. There wereUS diplomats and military troops atthe hotel. There was a purportedimportant personality to arrive at thehotel on 30 November.The explosionoccurred while a bomb disposalsquad team was doing an inspection.It was reported that despite the shortcircuit, all of the lights were still on. Afew days later, an al Qaeda activistand tribal leader wanted by Pakistanfor the abduction of a ChineseEngineer, Cdr Abdullah Mahsud,claimed responsibility for theexplosion. Interior Ministryrecommended equipping lawenforcement agencies with explosivedetectors (despite the fact that thegovernment still claimed the incidentto be an electrical failure).

28-Oct-04 Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 3 An explosive charge went off under avehicle carrying twenty policemen inBasra. Three policemen were killed inthe attack. No further information isavailable.

29-Oct-04 Athens Greece RevolutionaryStruggle

Explosives0 0 A small explosive device, which wasconnected to a cable, detonatedunder an overpass on Petrou Rallistreet in the Tavros district ofAthens. The device was targetingMAT riot police buses, which werepassing under the overpass at thetime of the blast. There were noinjuries and only minor damage wascaused. The MAT police officers wereheaded to Koridhallos jail to begintheir duty when they were attacked.In June 2005, the RevolutionaryStruggle group claimed responsibilityfor this attack and a number ofothers. In their statement of claim,the group says that the attack wasperpetrated as 'a response to theGreek state's participation in the waragainst terrorism.'

29-Oct-04 StavropolRussia Unknown Explosives1 0 Andrei Utkin, vice mayor of Russia'ssouthern city of Stavropol, survivedan assassination attempt. Anexplosive device, planted near hishouse, exploded when he left thehouse in the morning. While Utkinwas not hurt, one of his bodyguardswas injured. The perpetrators areunknown.

29-Oct-04 Baqouba Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unknown persons assassinated AqilHamid al-Abbali, deputy governor ofDiyala by shooting him in Ba'qubah.

29-Oct-04 Sainte-Lucie-de-Mercurio


Explosives0 0 An explosive charge detonated at thehome of Emile Zuccarelli, the mayorof Bastia, in Sainte-Lucie-de-Mercurio. The blast causedsubstantial damage to the property,but the Zuccarelli family was nothome at the time of the attack.Zuccarelli is a member of the RadicalLeft Party (PRG) and serves as boththe mayor and parliamentary deputy.One of the island's nationalistgroups, the Accolta Naziunali Corsa(ANC) condemned the attack. On 14February 2005, the Corsican NationalLiberation Front (FLNC) claimedresponsibility for this and twelveother attacks on the island.

29-Oct-04 Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 A sound bomb was thrown at theBatman Security Directorate, inBatman Province. The devicedetonated at the JuvenileDepartment within the directorate,causing no casualties, but damaginga police vehicle. The device hadbeen hurled from a passing vehicleand police were investigating theincident.



Explosives0 0 Two mortars were fired at thesettlement of Netzarim. Nobody washurt, but one building was damaged.The attack was claimed by themilitary wing of Hamas.

29-Oct-04 Al-Anbar

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Three mortar shells fell on Al-AnbarGovernorate's building inflictingdamage to the building, but causingno injuries.

29-Oct-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A Turkish truck driver was killed inMosul. The driver was shot and histruck had been set on fire. He hadbeen transporting mineral water. Thedriver had not been identified.

29-Oct-04 Bogota Colombia Unknown Explosives2 2 A bomb exploded near a bus stopalong Bogotá's Transmilenio bussystem route. A taxi passing by wascaught in the blast resulting in thedeath of the driver and a passenger.Two other passengers were alsoinjured. The explosion damagedabout 30 houses in the area. Thechief of police believes the attackwas aimed at the bus stop but didnot comment on the motive of theattack or who was responsible for it.The Transmilenio system has beenthe target of at least three attacks.

29-Oct-04 Yala Thailand Unknown Explosives16 0 A bomb placed near a popuar teashop in the heart of the localgovernment district in Yala exploded,injuring two policemen and sixpatrons. When police arrived toinvestigate the scene, a secondbomb exploded, injuring eight morepolice officers. The bombs may havebeen revenge attacks for the eighty-five Muslim protesters crushed todeath Oct. 25 en route to a militarydetention center.

29-Oct-04 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Two policemen, Capt. GhaziMuhammad and his son, were killedon their way from Karbala toBaghdad. They were dressed incivilian attire and were shot bygunmen who stopped their car.

30-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Saraya al-Shuhuadaal-jihadiyahfi al-Iraq

Explosives19 7 A car bomb exploded outside theoffice of the Al-Arabiya televisionstation in Baghdad killing at leastseven people and woundingnineteen. The incident was initiallyclaimed by the National IslamicResistance, 1920 RevolutionBrigades. Later this group deniedresponsibility and the Jihadist MartyrsBrigades in Iraq, Saraya al-Shuhadaal-jihadiyah Fi al-Iraq, claimedresponsibility. The group claimedthat Al-Arabiya was the mouthpieceof the American occupation in Iraqand threatened that similar attackswould be launched against any non-neutral media source. The network'sstaff was in a meeting at the time ofthe explosion.

30-Oct-04 Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Gunmen blew up the Al-LatifiyahBridge that connects al-Hillah citywith Baghdad causing a large trafficjam, but no casualties.

30-Oct-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen killed Iraqijournalist Nasrallah al-Dawud, whowas the chief editor of Al-IraqNewspaper before the fall of theformer regime. Al-Dawud waskidnapped from his home two daysearlier.

30-Oct-04 Ishak Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A Turkish oil tanker was fired on nearthe village of Ishak. The driver whosenationality had not been identifiedwas killed in the attack. The oiltanker was stolen and the body ofthe driver abducted as well.

30-Oct-04 Ramadi Iraq Other Unknown0 0 A Sudanese man, NourredinZarquaria, was kidnapped on October30 in Ramadi where he was workingas a translator for US forces. A groupcalling itself The Revolution of the1920's (Thawart al-Ishrin) Brigadesclaimed the incident and released avideo of the hostage. He wasreleased by his kidnappers onNovember 6.

31-Oct-04 Milan Italy Other Explosives0 0 A group calling themselves the'Informal Anarchic Federation-Metropolitan Insurgent Cells' claimedresponsibility for staging small bombattack that took place at a Manpoweremployment agency office in Milan.The device, which was made of asmall firecracker, detonated outsidethe entrance to the building, causingno injuries and only minor damage.The device was detonated by a slow-burning fuse. The group alsoclaimed responsibility for two otherexplosive attacks in Milan that tookplace in November 2004.

31-Oct-04 Athens Greece Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Unknown arsonists set fire to fivemotorcycles and two cars that wereparked in the Exarchia neighborhoodin Athens. The perpetrators dousedthe vehicles in oil before settingthem on fire. The motorcycles weredestroyed and the cars were severelydamaged. The arsonists managed toescape the scene.

31-Oct-04 ThessalonikiGreece Other Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A group calling themselves theArsonists for Social Peace claimedresponsibility for setting fire to aparked truck in Thessaloniki, thatbelongs to the Mercedes Company, aconstruction firm. The perpetratorsplaced gas canisters under the truckand set them ablaze. It took sixfiremen to extinguish the fire. Intheir statement of claim, the groupsaid, early on Sunday we attackedthe Mercedes Company in solidarityto the fighting strikers in all prisons.Immediate release to the anarchistPolis Yeoryiadhis. Our every moveconstitutes a step toward thedestruction of your civilization.

31-Oct-04 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives8 15 An explosion occurred at a hotel inTikrit, killing fifteen Iraqis andwounding eight other people. Theblast occurred at the Sunubar Hotelwhen a projectile hit the hotel. Thehotel is a place where itinerant Iraqiworkers often stay. A second rocketwas also fired at the hotel, butlanded harmlessly.

31-Oct-04 Iraq IslamicArmy inIraq

Unknown0 0 A Bangledeshi man was takenhostage by a group calling itself theIslamic Army. A Sri Lankan man wasbelieved to have been kidnapped atthe same time. Abul Kashem wasworking for Al Jaseem Company.

31-Oct-04 QatifBloc

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives1 0 Several mortars were fired at QatifBloc settlements. One person waswounded in the attack.

31-Oct-04 Morag WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 An anti-tank missile was fired in thevicinity of the Morag settlement. OneIsraeli suffered from shock.

31-Oct-04 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 The body of a Turkish truck driverwas found in the Iraqi town ofSamarra. The driver had not beenidentified and had been badly burnedand shot. The driver had beentransporting cement blocks to a USbase.

31-Oct-04 Grozny ChechnyaUnknown Explosives1 1 The first of two explosions onOctober 31 targeted theStaropromyslovskoye highway nearGrozny, killing one and injuringanother. This first blast took place atapproximately 7:40 AM when a VAZ-2109 car exploded as a presidentialsecurity motorcade passed. Whenthe two injured were taken toHospital No. 9, a Zhiguli parkedoutside the hospital exploded,injuring more than a dozen others.The total casualties from bothattacks were one dead, nineteenwounded. Russian security servicesassert that the attacks were linked.Major Ilya Shabalkin of the RussianRegional Operations Headquartersstated that the acts were carried outby gunmen of Yunadi Turchayev'sbandit group on the direct orders ofMaskhadov and Basayev.

31-Oct-04 Grozny ChechnyaOther Explosives18 0 The second of two explosions onOctober 31 targeted Hospital No. 9 inGrozny, injuring eighteen. Thissecond blast took place atapproximately 8:00 AM when a VAZ-2109 car exploded near thereception area of the hospital. Theblast occurred as an ambulancecarrying wounded from an earlierexplosion targeting a a presidentialsecurity motorcade arrived. As thetwo injured in the first blast arrived,a Zhiguli parked outside the hospitalexploded, injuring more than a dozenothers. The total casualties fromboth attacks were one dead,nineteen wounded. Russian securityservices assert that the attacks werelinked. Major Ilya Shabalkin of theRussian Regional OperationsHeadquarters stated that the actswere carried out by gunmen ofYunadi Turchayev's bandit group onthe direct orders of Maskhadov andBasayev.

1-Nov-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 Gunmen assassinated the deputygovernor of Baghdad and woundedtwo of his body guards. Hatem KamilAbdul Fatah was killed in a drive-byshooting in Baghdad. The carcarrying the governor was rammedby the attackers as it passed amosque. The attack comes at thestart of a drive to register more Iraqisto vote.

1-Nov-04 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen assassinated InteriorMinistry Official Captain Aisar KhalilAbdul Aziz near a traffic circle inBaquba that has been the site ofother insurgent activities. Abystander was also killed. The attackcomes on the same day thatBaghdad's deputy governor wasassassinated.

1-Nov-04 Baghdad Iraq MujahideenArmy

Firearms0 1 Gunmen kidnapped an American, aNepali, a Filipino, and two Iraqis fromthe offices of their company, theSaudi Arabian Trading andContracting Company, in westernBaghdad. The Iraqis worked asguards for the company. One guardwas killed in the attack. The Iraqiswere later freed by their captors, butthe American, Filipino, and Nepalesecitizens remained in captivity. Thegroup holding the hostages wasidentified as Jaish al-Mujahideen orMujahideen Army.On November 5,2004 officials announced that theNepalese hostage had been released.The Filipino hostage was identified asRobert Tarongoy. The group holdingthe men hostage demanded $12million ransom for the US captive and$10 million ransom for the Filipinocaptive. The ransom for the Filipinohostage was later reduced to $6million, although Filipino officials saidthat they would not negotiate. Theyalso demanded the release of fourprisoners now held at Abu Ghraib.The American hostage was identifiedas Roy Hallums. On January 25,2005 the militant group holdingHallums released a video showingHallums with a rifle pointing at hishead. Hallums asked for help to savehis life, not from the US or PresidentBush, but from Arab rulers,particularly Libyan leader Gadhafi,because he 'has been known to helpthose who are suffering.' There areno flags or banners in the video andno demands are made. In earlyMarch, the group issued a new threatto kill the Filipino hostage on March11, 2005 if the Filipino governmentdid not comply with their demandthat all Filipino workers leave Iraq.After negotiations, the grouprelented and did not kill Tarongoy,agreeing to an indefinite extension ofthe deadline. The Filipinogovernment claims it is working tomeet the group's demands.On June22, 2005, Tarongoy was freed by hiscaptors following intensenegotiations by Rafael Seguis, thelead negotiator in the case. It wasunclear if there were other conditionsattached to his release.OnSeptember 7, 2005, Roy Hallums wasfreed during a raid by US forces of afarmhouse outside of Baghdad. Thekidnappers escaped without a gunbattle however.

1-Nov-04 Baghdad Iraq MujahideenArmy

Firearms0 1 Gunmen kidnapped an American, aNepali, a Filipino, and two Iraqis fromthe offices of their company, theSaudi Arabian Trading andContracting Company, in westernBaghdad. The Iraqis worked asguards for the company. One guardwas killed in the attack. The Iraqiswere later freed by their captors, butthe American, Filipino, and Nepalesecitizens remained in captivity. Thegroup holding the hostages wasidentified as Jaish al-Mujahideen orMujahideen Army.On November 5,2004 officials announced that theNepalese hostage had been released.The Filipino hostage was identified asRobert Tarongoy. The group holdingthe men hostage demanded $12million ransom for the US captive and$10 million ransom for the Filipinocaptive. The ransom for the Filipinohostage was later reduced to $6million, although Filipino officials saidthat they would not negotiate. Theyalso demanded the release of fourprisoners now held at Abu Ghraib.The American hostage was identifiedas Roy Hallums. On January 25,2005 the militant group holdingHallums released a video showingHallums with a rifle pointing at hishead. Hallums asked for help to savehis life, not from the US or PresidentBush, but from Arab rulers,particularly Libyan leader Gadhafi,because he 'has been known to helpthose who are suffering.' There areno flags or banners in the video andno demands are made. In earlyMarch, the group issued a new threatto kill the Filipino hostage on March11, 2005 if the Filipino governmentdid not comply with their demandthat all Filipino workers leave Iraq.After negotiations, the grouprelented and did not kill Tarongoy,agreeing to an indefinite extension ofthe deadline. The Filipinogovernment claims it is working tomeet the group's demands.On June22, 2005, Tarongoy was freed by hiscaptors following intensenegotiations by Rafael Seguis, thelead negotiator in the case. It wasunclear if there were other conditionsattached to his release.OnSeptember 7, 2005, Roy Hallums wasfreed during a raid by US forces of afarmhouse outside of Baghdad. Thekidnappers escaped without a gunbattle however.

1-Nov-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Four employees of the Baghdadgovernor's officer were killed at thehands of unidentified gunmen. Thosekilled were the governor's personalsecretary, two bodyguards, and hisoffice director. They were killed ontheir way to work.

1-Nov-04 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Unidentified gunmen stopped a trainoperating on the Baghdad-Damascusrailway in the Ninwa governorate.The gunmen slaughtered the traindrivers and set the wagons filled withwood shipments on fire. Other trainson this line have come under attackin recent months.

1-Nov-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 The head of the Kurdistan Women'sUnion, Mosul branch was kidnappedby an unidentified group. Armed menin four vehicles kidnapped MunaMuhammad Jaff outside her house inMosul.

1-Nov-04 Tel Aviv Israel PopularFront fortheLiberationofPalestine(PFL

Explosives32 3 A teenage Palestinian suicide bomberstruck on outdoor market in Tel Aviv,killing at least three people andwounding more than thirty. Thebomber hit the Carmel Market at11am, causing a big explosion using5kg of explosives. The attack wasclaimed by the Popular Front for theLiberation of Palestine (PFLP). Thegroup said they carried our theattack to show that Arafat's illnesswould not stop the fight against theIsraeli occupiers and as a warning tothose who talk of reducing theresistance movement. Israeli forcesrazed the home of the suicidebomber the following day inretaliation.

1-Nov-04 Sukhumi Georgia Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated nearan electric transformer supplyingelectricity to an Abkhaz televisioncenter in Sukhumi, Georgia, at 5 AMMoscow time. The perpetrators areunknown. The transformer was notseriously damaged.

1-Nov-04 NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Three mortars were fired at the NeveDeqalim settlement. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

1-Nov-04 NetazarimWestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A rocket was fired at the Netazarimsettlement. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

2-Nov-04 Bastia France Unknown Explosives0 0 Two explosions destroyed a beachdisco in the town of Bastia. Therewas no one at the premises at thetime of the attack and no injurieswere caused. This is the second timethis disco has been attacked. Nofurther information is available.

2-Nov-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives29 8 A car bomb exploded on Tuesdaynear the Ministry of Education inBaghdad, killing eight people andwounding twenty-nine others. Thecar plowed into the concrete blastwalls and protective barrierssurrounding the compound.

2-Nov-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Three blasts occurred on oil pipelinesnear Kirkuk, essentially cutting offexports to Turkey. This attack wasbeing called the largest attack onIraq's oil pipelines since the start ofconflict there. The first explosiontargeted the pipeline of the North OilCompany.

2-Nov-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Three blasts occurred on oil pipelinesnear Kirkuk, essentially cutting offexports to Turkey. This attack wasbeing called the largest attack onIraq's oil pipelines since the start ofconflict there. The second and thirdexplosion targeted the oil pipelinesto the largest oil refinery at Baiji.

2-Nov-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unknown gunmen assassinatedHusayn al-Fattal, director general ofNorthern Oil Company, responsiblefor the distribution of Iraqi oilproducts, near his home in Baghdad.

2-Nov-04 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Two Jordanian truck drivers cameunder insurgent fire in Ramadi. Nofurther information is available.

2-Nov-04 AmsterdamNetherlandsOther Firearms0 1 Theo Van Gogh, a Dutch film maker,was shot and killed as he rode hisbike through Amsterdam. Van Goghwas also stabbed and two kniveswere left in his body, reportedlyalong with a piece of paper with textfrom the Koran. Van Gogh was acontroversial film maker, mostrecently making a piece whichfeatured Islamic women and the waythey are treated in the Middle Eastand South Asia. Van Gogh hadreceived death threats after the filmwas released because of hisportrayal of the women in the film. Atotal of nine suspected Islamicradicals were arrested in connectionwith this attack. One man, thesuspected perpetrator is beingidentified as Mohhamed Bouyeri, andis not known to be a part of anymajor terrorist group. Dutchauthorities will charge the suspectsof terrorism-related activities. In May2005, Dutch authorities arrested asecond man, Bislan Ismailov, aRussian, who is believed to beinvolved in a Chechen Islamic groupand is linked to this murder.Ismailov's fingerprints were found ondocuments in the home ofMohhamed Bouyeri. Bouyeri pledguilty to the murder of Van Gogh on12 July 2005, stating that hisreligious beliefs drove him toperpetrate the attack. Bouyeri isfacing life in prison. In court, thesuspect stated, I take completeresponsibility for my actions. I actedpurely in the name of my religion. Ican assure you that one day, should Ibe set free, I would do exactly thesame, exactly the same.

2-Nov-04 Sukhirin Thailand Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 Jaran Torae, a Buddhist chief ofSukhirin village, was beheaded inThailand's Narathiwat province in anapparent revenge killing, a weekafter eighty-five Muslim protesterswere crushed to death en route to amilitary detention center. A notefound with the victims body read:This is revenge for the innocentMuslim youths who were massacredat the Tak Bai protest. This was lessthan what has been done to theinnocent.

2-Nov-04 Buga Colombia Unknown Firearms0 1 Benhur Ramirez Rizo, YotocoMunicipal Council President, was shotand killed while resisting severalarmed men who apparently tried tokidnap him. Ramirez was at a busstop when the attack took place.Two vehicles were captured shortlyafter the attack, one was an armoredvehicle. It is unknown who carriedout the attack or what motivated it,but police believe a group called La19 could have been involved.

2-Nov-04 Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives4 0 20-25 kilos of TNT, which was packedin a white Suzuki FX with a timingdevice and was parked behind theoffice of the provincial chief ministerin the city center and 30 meters fromthe Afghan consulate, detonated.The perpetrator is unknown, butthere have been reported low-levelinsurgency on government targets inthe resource rich province ofBaluchistan. Four people sufferedminor injuries from flying glass whenthe car detonated. Windows wereshattered and two homes weredamaged.

3-Nov-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives9 1 A car bomb exploded at a checkpointon the Baghdad airport road, injuring9 airline employees who were alsowaiting at the checkpoint. Thesuicide bomber detonated his bombwhen a soldier approached the carand asked for identification.

3-Nov-04 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Gunmen have attacked the oil field ofGhabaz which is southwest of Kirkuk.Oil valves were blown up and a hugefire broke out. This comes the dayafter large attacks on oil wells haveessentially shutdown distribution ofgas in the north of the country.

3-Nov-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen abducted a LebaneseAmerican contractor, who workedwith the US Army, from his home inBaghdad. Radim Sadeq, a contractorwith a mobile phone company wastaken by gunmen when he answeredthe door of his home. This is thesecond such incident that took placein the upscale neighborhood ofMansour in this week.

3-Nov-04 Iraq IslamicArmy inIraq

Unknown0 0 Three Jordanian truck drivers wereseized by unknown gunmen. TheJordanian embassy confirmed this,but declined to give specifics. OnNovember 4, a video showing thehostages was released. In the video,the hostages warned of the dangersof doing business with the coalitionforces. A group called the Army ofIslam claimed to be holding the men.The men were freed aroundNovember 6 and returned home toJordan on November 9. There was noinformation on why they were freed.They were identified as Atta AbdullahYacoub, Jamal Hassan Abed Shneikand Mahmoud Ahmed Abu-Zaytoon.

3-Nov-04 Kartal Turkey KurdistanFreedomHawks(TAK)

Explosives0 0 The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK)claimed responsibility for a bombattack in Kartal, in Istanbul Province.It is unclear what the intended targetof the blast was. The groupthreatened to continue attacks if theTurkish Army continues to threatenKirkuk and Mosul. In their statementof claim, the group writes, we carriedout the attack to retaliate to the waythe Turkish Army threatens theKurds, particularly our people inKirkuk and Mosul.

3-Nov-04 Baitadi Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives4 0 A bomb attack was perpetrated bysuspected members of theCommunist Party of Nepal- Maoists(CPN-M) at a lodge in Baitadi. Fourpeople were reported injured in theblast.

3-Nov-04 JalalabadAfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 There was an explosion at the USAIDcompound in Jalalabad. Perpetratoris unknown and it was reported thatno casualties were sustained On thesame day, a bomb went off inJalalabad outside of the compound ofa Swedish Aid Agency. No relationhas been claimed between theattacks.

3-Nov-04 JalalabadAfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 A bomb went off near the compoundof a Swedish Aid agency. Theperpetrator is unknown and it wasreported that there were nocasualties. On the same day, abomb went off in Jalalabad in theUSAID compound. No relation hasbeen claimed between the attacks.

4-Nov-04 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives10 1 A suicide bomber blew up a car infront of the building of the municipalcouncil in Tikrit. As a result, tenpeople were wounded includingcivilians and National Guardmembers. Prior to the attack policeguards tried to prevent the bomberfrom reaching the building, butfailed.

4-Nov-04 MakhachkalaRussia Unknown Explosives2 1 A failed terrorist attack inMakhachkala, Dagestan killed oneman and injured two people. 28year-old Aslanbek Askhabov waskilled in a car park when theexplosives he was carrying in his carinadvertently exploded. The force ofthe blast was the equivalent of 20-25kg of TNT, and the resulting firedestroyed ten cars and damaged 20.Two people, including a 10 year-oldchild and a 41 year-old man, wereinjured. Police report that theexplosion was caused due tomishandling of the homemadeexplosive, and the bomb was meantfor a terrorist attack in Mkhachkaladuring upcoming holidays onNovember 7-8. Askhabov, aseparatist leader, was emir of theGudermes District. He was identifiedby his remains and his passport.

4-Nov-04 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Terrorists attacked a freight trainwhich was operating between Mosuland Baghdad. The perpetratorsburned the train, and killed all themembers of the crew. The attack wasbegun with rockets and then followedby an armed assault. Four peoplewere killed in the assault.

4-Nov-04 Morag WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells were fired at theMorag settlement. The military wingof Hamas claimed responsibility forthe attack.

4-Nov-04 KfarDarom

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Three mortar shells were fired at theKfar Darom settlement. The miilitarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

4-Nov-04 NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A mortar shell was fired at the NeveDeqalim settlement in the Gaza Strip.The military wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack.

4-Nov-04 Rafah WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A mortar shell was fired at RallZu'rub in Rafah. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

4-Nov-04 Atzmona WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A mortar shell was fired at theAtzmona settlement in Gaza. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack.

4-Nov-04 RupandehiNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Unknown0 0 Three teachers; ChandramurtiKoirala, Dilliraj Gyawali and OmPandey, all from Butwal district, werekidnapped by suspected members ofthe Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M).

4-Nov-04 Gwadar Pakistan Unknown Explosives3 0 Three homemade bombs exploded ina garbage bin in Gwadar. Each bombwent off about ten minutes apartfrom the other. Three peoplepassing by were injured by shrapnel.No one/group has claimedresponsibility. The authoritiessuspect an ethnic Baloch nationalistgroup.

5-Nov-04 Tver Russia Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device attached to theUkhta-Torzhok gas pipeline inRussia's Tver region was disarmed bythe Federal Security Service (FSB).The device consisted of an antitankround, a detonator, and a timer. Theperpetrators are unknown.

5-Nov-04 KfarDarom

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Several mortar shells were fired atthe Kfar Darom settlement. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack.

5-Nov-04 Sederot WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two Quds-2 missiles were fired at thesettlement of Sederot. The IslamicJihad movement claimedresponsibility for the attack.

5-Nov-04 WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Two mortars were fired at theSouthern Gaza Strip. No casualtieswere caused.

5-Nov-04 NetzarHazani

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two Quds-2 rockets were fired at theNetzer Hazani settlement. TheIslamic Jihad movement claimedresponsibility for the attack.

5-Nov-04 SaravenaColombia Unknown Explosives0 1 A police expert attempting to defusea bicycle bomb was killed when thedevice exploded. The bomb hadbeen left near a park. It is unknownwho left the bomb or what motivatedthe attack.

5-Nov-04 Manila PhilippinesNewPeople'sArmy(NPA)

Explosives0 0 Suspected communist rebelsattacked the headquarters of PetronCorporation and Caltex PhilippinesInc., two oil companies, withgrenades. Investigators believe NewPeople's Army (NPA) is the culpritbecause the group has a history ofattacking oil companies in the face ofan oil price hike, and both companieshad previously been attacked byNPA.

6-Nov-04 NetzerHazani

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at thehothouse of the settlement of NetzerHazani. Damage was caused, but noone was injured.

6-Nov-04 Gadid WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Qassam rockets were fired at thehothouses in Gadid settlement. Astatement on the website of Hamas'smilitary wing claimed responsibilityfor the attack. Damage was caused,but no one was injured.


Unknown Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells landed in Gazastrip. No casualties were caused.

6-Nov-04 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A Turkish driver was killed and twotrucks destroyed in an attack on aconvoy of contractors on the highwayfrom Baghdad to Mosul.

6-Nov-04 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms6 4 An attack by gunmen on a policestation in central Samarra killed fourpolicemen and wounded six others.The attack occurs on the same dayas extensive violence in the city.

6-Nov-04 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms15 0 An attack by gunmen on a policestation in southern Samarra killed orwounded fifteen people (the reportdoes not disaggregate the number ofkilled or injured). The attack occurson the same day as extensiveviolence in the city.

6-Nov-04 Samarra Iraq TanzimQa’idatal-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn

Explosives0 0 A car bomb exploded in front of apolice station in Samarra. This wasone of four bombs that explodednearly simultaneously in front ofdifferent police stations in the city. Atleast forty-two people were killed andsixty-two wounded in all four attacks.The group affiliated with Abu Musabal-Zarqawi claimed responsibility forthe attacks.Note: no information oneach individual attack's casualtynumbers was available.


Explosives0 0 A car bomb exploded in front of apolice station in Samarra. This wasone of four bombs that explodednearly simultaneously in front ofdifferent police stations in the city. Atleast forty-two people were killed andsixty-two wounded in all four attacks.The group affiliated with Abu Musabal-Zarqawi claimed responsibility forthe attacks.Note: no information oneach individual attack's casualtynumbers was available.


Explosives0 0 A car bomb exploded in front of apolice station in Samarra. This wasone of four bombs that explodednearly simultaneously in front ofdifferent police stations in the city. Atleast forty-two people were killed andsixty-two wounded in all four attacks.The group affiliated with Abu Musabal-Zarqawi claimed responsibility forthe attacks.Note: No information oneach individual attack's casualtynumbers was available.


Explosives62 42 A suicide car bomb exploded in frontof a police station in Samarra. Thiswas one of four bombs that explodednearly simultaneously in front ofdifferent police stations in the city.The fourth bomb exploded slightlyafter the first three. At least forty-twopeople were killed and sixty-twowounded in all four attacks. Thegroup affiliated with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility forthe attacks.Note: No information oneach individual attack's casualtynumbers was available.

6-Nov-04 Budgam Kashmir Unknown Firearms0 2 An attack was carried out on thehouse of Abdul Rashid, a member ofIndia's ruling Congress party. Therewere several gunmen. A guard anda civilian neighbor were killed, butRashid was not. The attack wasmost likely perpetrated by Muslimrebels.

6-Nov-04 StaropromyslovskiyChechnyaUnknown Firearms0 0 In Chechnya's Starpromyslovskiydistrict, armed militants abducted anunemployed man, Ibragim Kerimov,from his apartment. Hiswhereabouts remain unknown. Theassailants were unknown.

6-Nov-04 GoragorskChechnyaUnknown Firearms0 0 An unknown group of assailantsdressed in camouflage and masksabducted citizen Magomed Idrisovfrom his house in Goragorsk,Chechnya. Idrisov worked for aShari'ah court in the 1990s whenrebel president Maskhadov was inpower.

7-Nov-04 QatifBloc

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired a mortar at theQatif Bloc, causing no damage orcasualties.

7-Nov-04 Al-Rashad

Iraq Unknown Unknown0 4 Four Iraqi civilians who work for theUS military base in Tikrit were killedon their way from Kikuk to Tikrit.One of the victims included awoman.

7-Nov-04 Al-Mahmudiyah

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A car bomb exploded near the Hall ofJustice in the city of Al-Mahmudiyah,as police surrounded it. There wereno reports of casualties. After theexplosion, police found two other carbombs in the same area, which theydefused.

7-Nov-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A car bomb exploded near the houseof the Iraqi Finance Minister, Ali Abd-al-Mahdi in Al-Karrandah. Theminister was not home, but one ofhis bodyguards was killed in theattack. Damage was also caused toother nearby homes.

7-Nov-04 Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A Turkish driver was killed by armedmen in Iraq. A missile attack wascarried out against the truck drivernear Samarra.


Unknown Explosives0 0 Seven mortar shells were fired atGaza Strip settlements. No one washurt.

7-Nov-04 Grozny ChechnyaUnknown Firearms0 0 Khavazhi Zhumayev, a Chechenpoliceman, was kidnapped byunknown miitants in the Oktyabrskiydistrict of Groznyy. Zhumayev wasforced out of his car and into themilitants' Lada and driven to anunknown location. His whereaboutsremain unknown.

7-Nov-04 Milan Italy Other Explosives0 0 Two explosive devices were left atthe San Vittore prison. Both wereleft in the trash and were foundoutside the premises after the trashwas taken away to trash dumps.One of the devices exploded on ViaPaleocapa where garbage iscollected from the prison. Thesecond detonated in Piazza Aquileia,at the wall of the prison. A groupcalling themselves the 'InformalAnarchic Federation- MetropolitanInsurgent Cells' claimedresponsibility for the attack. In theirstatement of claim, the group calledfor the sabotaging of profits andproduction.

7-Nov-04 Milan Italy Other Explosives0 0 A group calling itself the 'InformalAnarchic Federation- MetropolitanInsurgent Cells,' claimedresponsibility for a bomb attack thattargeted the Corso Lodi head officeof the temporary employmentcompany, Adecco. The blastdamaged two shop windows and thewindow of a car parked nearby. Intheir claim of responsibility, thegroup called for the attacking ofbanks and employment agencies.

7-Nov-04 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Three Iraqi officials from Diyalaprovince were killed while on theirway to the funeral of a colleague.

7-Nov-04 Zubayr Iraq Unknown Explosives1 2 A British contractor and one SouthAfrican was killed when a roadsidebomb exploded in Zubayr. The blasttargeted the convoy of contractorsand private security guards. Thevictims were traveling in an armoredvehicle which belonged to theircompany, Olice Security.

7-Nov-04 Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Two car bombs exploded outside theMayor's office in Samarra. No injurieswere caused. The attack occurredamid escalting violence in the city.

7-Nov-04 Kalat Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Three bombs exploded on Sundayaround Quetta. One of these bombsexploded near a governmentbuilding. No casualties werereported. According to the Kalatpolice, one room in the building wasdamaged.

7-Nov-04 Turbat Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Three bombs exploded on Sundayaround Quetta. The first bombexploded in a drain, near a shoppingcenter in Turbat. No casualties werereported. The windows of the nearbyshopping center were shattered.

7-Nov-04 Bakran Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A telephone tower was blown up byunidentified militants. The policeconfirmed that the group had firedrockets at Mazaray Hill cuttingcommunication between Bakran andthe rest of the country. They took asecurity guard hostage during theattack but released him when theyleft the scene.

8-Nov-04 EindhovenNetherlandsUnknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated at theTarieq Ibnu Zyad Muslim school inthe southern Dutch town ofEindhoven. The device blew thefront door off the school but tookplace in the middle of the night anddidn't cause any casualties.Windows in nearby buildings werealso shattered by the blast.Authorities believe that this attackwas a retaliatory attack afterTuesday's slaying of a Dutch filmmaker. Theo Van Gogh was shot andstabbed by suspected Islamicradicals and this attack may be inretaliation for that incident.

8-Nov-04 Hermesh WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device was found nearthe settlement of Hermesh innorthern Samaria. It was detonatedsafely by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF)personnel.

8-Nov-04 VougliagmeniGreece Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 An unknown anarchist group claimedresponsibility for setting a car withUS license plates on fire inVougliagmeni, outside of Athens. Acaller claimed responsibility for theattack but did not mention a groupspecifically. The caller stated,revolutionary struggle againstImperialism and against theAmerican low comedies, as well asagainst the Skopje incidents.

8-Nov-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A car bomb exploded outside St.Georges Catholic Church in Baghdad.The blast was one of two suicideattacks on churches in Baghdad onthis day. The blasts occurred withinminutes of each other, killing at leastthree people and wounding overforty, though it is impossible todisaggregate how many were killedin each attack.

8-Nov-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives45 4 A car bomb exploded outside St.Matthews Catholic Church inBaghdad. The blast was one of twosuicide attacks on churches inBaghdad on this day. The blastsoccurred within minutes of eachother, killing at least three peopleand wounding over forty, though it isimpossible to disaggregate howmany were killed and injured in eachattack.

8-Nov-04 Nablus WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 1 Soldiers shot and killed a Palestinianwho was planting an explosivecharge near Nabulus.

8-Nov-04 RafiahYam

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A mortar shell was fired at thesettlement of Rafiah Yam. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack.

8-Nov-04 Atzmona WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells were fired at thesettlement of Atzmona. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

8-Nov-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A civilian convoy belonging to thecoalition authority was hit by rocketpropelled grenades on the roadleading to Baghdad's internationalairport. One vehicle was overturnedby the blast and the other burst intoflames. The number of casualties wasnot given.

8-Nov-04 Laos UndergroundGovernmentof theFreeDemocraticPeop

Explosives0 0 According to foreign sources, twosmall bombs exploded in Laos at theThai-Lao Friendship Bridge linking itto Thailand three weeks ahead of aregional summit meeting. Thaiofficials on the Thai side of the bridgecould not confirm the explosion,while Laotian officials denied theexplosion had occurred. Theunderground group claimingresponsibility, the UndergroupGovernment of the Free DemocraticPeople of Laos, warned that moreexplosions could occur during theASEAN summit scheduled for Nov.24-29 in Vientiane.

8-Nov-04 Haditha Iraq Unknown Firearms0 21 Insurgents attacked the policestation in the town of Haditha, andeventually took control of it. Themilitants then executed twenty-onepolicemen in the attack. The attackfollows several days of violenceagainst police in Iraq.

8-Nov-04 Than To Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Nikhompitakraj school, a school runby Border Police in Yala province'sThan To District was slightlydamaged in a pre-dawn arson attack.The school was slightly damaged, butneighboring villagers helped put outthe fire.

9-Nov-04 Negev WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired atWestern Negev. No injuries werecaused.

9-Nov-04 QatifBloc

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells landed in an Israelisettlement in Qatif Bloc. No one washurt, but a house hit by a shell wasbadly damaged.

9-Nov-04 Baiji Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A Turkish driver was killed as a resultof a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG)that was launched against his tankertruck in Baiji.

9-Nov-04 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 The Northern Oil pipeline wasattacked by gunmen. This halted alloil exports from the Turkish port ofCeyhan.

9-Nov-04 NetzarimWestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A mortar shell landed in thesettlement of Netzarim in thenorthern Gaza Strip. There were nocasualties, but a building wasdamaged. A statemnt on the websiteof Hamas's military wing claimedresponsibility for the attack.

9-Nov-04 Negev WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired atWestern Negev. No casualtiesresulted.

9-Nov-04 ChangpeukThailand Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 Suspected Islamic militantsbeheaded a Buddhist man (surnameKaew) in Narathiwat province,possibly as a revenge killing for theeighty-five Muslim protestors killedOct. 25. Police found fourhandwritten letters with the body, allof which stated, This is not enough.More will be killed in revenge for theinncoencts killed in the Tak Baimassacre.

9-Nov-04 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 The Wahda Police Station in Baqubahwas attacked by gunmen. This wasone of three police station attacks onthis day. A total of forty-five peoplewere killed and thirty-two wounded,mostly police men. Note casualtyfigures obtained only for the threeattacks total.

9-Nov-04 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms32 45 The Tahrir Police Station in Baqubahwas attacked by gunmen. This wasone of three police station attacks onthis day. A total of forty-five peoplewere killed and thirty-two wounded,mostly police men. Note casualtyfigures obtained only for the threeattacks total.

9-Nov-04 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 The Mafraq Police Station in Baqubahwas attacked by gunmen. This wasone of three police station attacks onthis day. A total of forty-five peoplewere killed and thirty-two wounded,mostly police men. Note casualtyfigures obtained only for the threeattacks total.

9-Nov-04 Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 Four people were wounded when abomb targeting an Iraqi police patrolexploded in Basra. No furtherinformation is provided.

9-Nov-04 KathmanduNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives38 0 A bomb was planted inside state-owned Employees’ Provident Fundbuilding at Sundhara, a newgovernment office building that wassupposed to be populated the nextweek (after the Hindu Diwali festival).Authorities are blaming theCommunist Party of Nepal- Maoists(CPN-M). Thirty-eight laborers andpedestrians were injured.

9-Nov-04 UrosevacSerbia Unknown Explosives2 0 A car bomb went off in Urosevac,injuring two people, one of them aUS member of the NATO-led KosovoForce (Kfor), and the other a passer-by. Police and Kfor membersevacuated the area, on the suspicionthat there were explosives placed inthe car and while they wereinspecting the car, the bomb wentoff.

10-Nov-04

NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Thre mortars were fired at thesettlement of Neve Deqalim. No onewas hurt.

10-Nov-04

Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Shaykh Kamil Hasan al-Ulayyan,member of the Salah-al-Dingovernorate council wasassassinated in front of his home byunknown gunmen. This was thesecond attempt on al-Ulayyan's life.

10-Nov-04

Baiji Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A Turkish truck driver was killed andhis truck was burned near Baiji. Hewas the fourth driver to be killed inthis area in recent days.

10-Nov-04

Baghdad Iraq Ansar al-Jihad

Unknown0 0 A group calling itself Ansar al-Jihadkidnapped three members of PrimeMinister Allawi's family, his 75-year-old cousin Ghazy Allawi, his cousin'swife, and his cousin's pregnantdaughter-in-law, from their home inBaghdad. The group said that itwould behead the hostages if theattacks on Fallujah were not stoppedand all detainees in Iraq were freed.The female relatives were relapsedon November 15. On November 21,the male cousin was released. Nodetails were given.

10-Nov-04

Nisanit WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Mortar fire fell on the Nisanitsettlement. Three people weretreated for shock when a mortar fellon their house. Another shell fell on akindergarten building.

10-Nov-04

NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Mortar fire fell on the Neve Deqalimsettlement, narrowly missing aschool and a home. No causaltieswere caused. A statement on thewebsite of the military wing ofHamas claimed responsibilty for thisattack.

10-Nov-04

Negev WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket landed in westernNegev, causing no casualties ordamage.

10-Nov-04



Explosives0 0 A mortar was fired at the Netzarimsettlement in Gaza. A house wasdamaged, but no injuries werereported. A statement on the websiteof the military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

10-Nov-04

Salay PhilippinesNewPeople'sArmy(NPA)

Firearms0 1 New People's Army (NPA) rebelsambushed Emmanuel ManingCapistrano as he was riding hismotorcycle. The victim was shot andkilled as he was stopped by therebels. The victim's brother is theformer mayor of Salay in MisamisOriental and current chairman ofPoblacion Village. The victim'sbrother's wife is the incumbentmayor of the town. Authoritiessuspect Capistrano was killedbecause he was assisting police inoperations against the NPA.

11-Nov-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives15 19 At least nineteen people were killedand fifteen wounded when a suicidebomber blew himself up in a carbomb in central Baghdad, in a busymarket during rush hour. The blastdamages twenty-five cars, twentyshops, and left a hole in the ground.The attack targeted a vehiclecarrying Americans.

11-Nov-04

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 The governor of Kirkuk survived anassassination attempt. GovernorAbdul Rahman Mustaga wastraveling from home to a governmentbuilding when a bomb exploded nearhis convoy. Four security guardswere wounded in the attack.

11-Nov-04

Iraq Revolutionof the1920sBrigade

Unknown0 0 A Lebanese American was takenhostage in Iraq. On a video shown byal-Jazeerah, the hostage identifiedhimself as Dean Sadek MohammadSadek and appealed to allcontractors not to work with hiscompany, SkyLink Air and LogisticSupport, an American basedcompany that has helped to operateIraqi airports. The group known asthe Revolution of the 1920s Brigadeclaimed the kidnapping.

11-Nov-04

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Insurgents attacked several policestations, overwhelming andeventually controlling some of them.Several police cars were also burned.No information on how many orwhich police stations were attackedwas available. The attacks occurredas US forces tried to control theinsurgents in the city.

12-Nov-04


Unknown Explosives2 0 A car bomb exploded in Ramallah,just a few miles from the entrance toYasser Arafat's headquarters. Theattack occurred just as the helicoptercarrying his body was set to land inthe West Bank city. Two people werewounded in the attack.

12-Nov-04

NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Four mortar shells were fired at thesettlement of Neve Deqalim. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack.

12-Nov-04



Explosives0 0 Three mortar shells were fired at theNisanit settlement. The military wingof Hamas claimed responsibility forthe attack.

12-Nov-04

Thailand Unknown Explosives16 0 A bomb exploded at 6 pm at theAngmor Restaurant in Narathiwatprovince's Muang city district. Atleast sixteen people were seriouslyinjured. A person posing as acustomer left an explosives-filled bagbehind a refrigerator in therestaurant and detonated it viamobile phone after leaving. Therestaurant is frequented by ethnicThais and Chinese in the province.Within two hours, two other bombsexploded in the province: one at ageneral store in Tak Bai, the other ata military checkpoint in the Bachodistrict. No one was injured in thesebombings. The coordinated blastsappear to be a continuation of theviolence in the area since the Oct. 25riot in Tak Bai in which eighty-fivepeople were killed.

12-Nov-04

Tak Bai Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded in a motorbikeshop in Tak Bai district. No one wasinjured. This bombing was thesecond of three blasts acrossNarathiwat province. The firstbombing occurred an hour earlier inMuang district inside a restaurant,while the third occurredapproximately an hour after thesecond bombing at a militarycheckpoint in the Bacho district. Thecoordinated blasts appear to be acontinuation of the violence in thearea since the Oct. 25 riot in Tak Baiin which eighty-five people werekilled.

12-Nov-04

Bacho Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded at a militarycheckpoint in Bacho district. No onewas injured. This bombing was thethird in two hours in Narathiwatprovince. The first bombing occurredan hour earlier in Muang districtinside a restaurant, while the secondoccurred approximately an hourafter the first bombing at amotorbike shop in Tak Bai. Thecoordinated blasts appear to be acontinuation of the violence in thearea since the Oct. 25 riot in Tak Baiin which eighty-five people werekilled.

12-Nov-04

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 A large group of unknownperpetrators attacked the offices ofthe Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)in Mosul with mortar rockets.Members of the peshmerga forcesprotected the building, leaving fourattackers dead and many wounded.

12-Nov-04

Mosul Iraq Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 The Al-Ghabat Police Station wasburned. No casualties were reportedbecause the station had beenevacuated.

12-Nov-04


0 0 The Al-Waqqas police station wasburned. No casualties were reportedbecause the station had beenevacuated.

12-Nov-04


0 0 The house of Major General Salim al-Hajj Isa, the Ninawa Governoratesecurity director was burned.

12-Nov-04

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Brigadier General MuwaffaqMuhammad Dahham, director of theAnticrime Commission in Mosul, wasgunned down by unknown gunmen.

12-Nov-04

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen attacked two adjoiningpolice buildings in Mosul, forced thepolicemen out, set prisoners free,seized the weapons and blew up thebuildings.

12-Nov-04

Babil Iraq Unknown Explosives0 19 Two civilians and seventeen Iraqipolicemen were killed in theexplosion of a car bomb whichtargeted Babil's governor and hisdeputy. No further information isavailable.

12-Nov-04

Babil Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 The Babil police chief was the targetof an assassination attempt thatfailed. The weapon used and thetactic of the attack are unclear.

12-Nov-04

Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A Buddhist martial arts teacher whoworked at a Yala province sportsschool was shot and killed as hereturned home from a funeral.

12-Nov-04

Yi-ngor Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 Police defused a bomb found nearthe fence of Ban Yi-ngor School in Yi-ngor district, Narathiwat province.The school is located next to theresidential quarters of the localpolice station.

13-Nov-04

Than To Thailand Unknown Explosives8 1 A bomb beleieved to have beendenotated by mobile phone explodedin a market in Yala province's ThanTo province. It instantly killed avegetable vendor, Sompong Nukhaoand injured eight others.

13-Nov-04

BanBuketa

Thailand Unknown Explosives2 0 A bomb exploded near a market inBan Buketa in the Waeng district ofNarathiwat province. The explosionseriously injured two people: AnandWaebuesa and Roebusee Badae.

13-Nov-04

Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Suspected Muslim insurgents shotSergeant Koyrudeen Maroh, chief ofthe crime suppression unit in Pattaniprovince, in the leg and he was ridinghis motorcycle home.

13-Nov-04

Iraq Unknown Other 0 1 A Turkish oil tank driver was killed innorthern Iraq. Assailants beat todeath the driver and then firedbullets into his body. The victim hadnot yet been identified.

13-Nov-04

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 An official in the Interim IraqiNational Council and a leader of theIraqi Communist Part was killed alongwith three of his bodyguards in anambush on the road to Kirkuk.

13-Nov-04

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A pipeline extending from Kirkuk to apower plant and a refinery in Bayjiwas shelled according to an official ofthe North Oil Company.

13-Nov-04

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 According to officials from theNorthern Oil Company, a bomb wentoff near an oil pipeline south of Bayji,destroying a portion of line.

13-Nov-04

WestBank/Gaza


0 0 A Palestinian threw two firebombs ata gas station on the Jerusalem Ma'aleroad. The firebombs shattered on theroad but did not ignite. Policearrested the man and are currentlylooking for another suspect.

13-Nov-04

Iraq Unknown Unknown0 2 An Indonesian and a Bangladeshiwere found dead on a road side inthe Al-Lidj area near Al-Suwayrah.The bodies were wrapped in a yellowblanket on which was written: this isthe fate of those who deal withAmericans.

13-Nov-04

Hillah Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A suicide bomber detonated a bombnear an Iraqi police patrol in thecenter of Hillah. The attack appearedto target the commander of securityforces in the city, but he was nothurt. Four policemen were woundedin the attack.

13-Nov-04

Corinto Colombia Unknown Firearms0 1 Specialized Prosecutor, MarioFernando Canal Ricaurte was forciblyremoved from his taxi and killed byfour armed men. Fernando wastraveling in Corinto when the attacktook place. It is unclear whatmotivated the attack, but authoritiesbelieve illegal armed groups mayhave been involved.

13-Nov-04

Malakal Pakistan Unknown Firearms1 0 Syed Mulazim Hussain Shah, a Shialeader was shot and injured byunknown attackers at Pind Mako(near Malakwal-Punjab Province).The religious leader was on his wayto offer prayers at the mosque in themorning when he was attacked frombehind. The attackers fled thescene.

14-Nov-04

Cargese France Unknown Explosives0 0 Three holiday villas were damagedby three explosive blasts in Cargese,in Corse-du-Sud department. Theblasts took place in ten minuteintervals and damaged two housesunder construction and a thirdresidence. No one was injured by theblasts.

14-Nov-04

Baiji Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A Turkish truck driver was killed inIraq. Gunmen killed the driver andbadly burned his body. The driverwas not yet identified.

14-Nov-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Fifteen assailants attacked the PolishEmbassy in Baghdad, firing machineguns and grenade launchers. Theexchange of fire lasted nearly half anhour. The guards defended theembassy and no one was killed orinjured. Material damage was alsonegligible.

14-Nov-04

GazaCity

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Firearms4 2 Two members of the Palestiniansecurity services were killed in ashooting at the mourning tent forYasser Arafat. The attack took placeas PLO leader Mahmud Abbas visitedthe site. Four others were woundedin the attack. It seems that theincident was targeted at Abbas whowas not injured in the attack.

15-Nov-04

Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Suspected militants killed a fatherand son in Songkhla privince's Tephadistrict. Ma-ae Doloh and son HamaDoloh were village defesevolunteeers. They were shot byidentified gunmen while riding theirmotorcycle to work that night.

15-Nov-04

NorthernIreland

Unknown Explosives0 0 A pipe bomb detonated at the homeof Gwen Mulholland and her family inTamlaght O'Crilly, a small villagenear Maghera. There were noreported injuries. A Sinn Feinauthority blamed the attack onloyalist paramilitaries, though policehad not confirmed that accusation.

15-Nov-04

EleiSinai

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells were fired at thesettlement of Elei Sinai. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

15-Nov-04

Dugit WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 One mortar was fired at thesettlement of Dugit. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

16-Nov-04

Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 Bomb experts defused a heavyexplosive device near the house ofNarathiwat province politicianArephen Utrasin of the ruling ThaiRak Thai party.

16-Nov-04

Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 A Katyusha rocket was fired fromLebanon into Israel. It landed in anopen field near Shlomi. According toIsraeli Defense Forces forces,another rocket was also fired landingin the sea.

16-Nov-04

Baiji Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A Turkish driver was killed in Iraq inthe city of Baiji. Gunmen attackedthe fuel tanker of the driver withrockets, setting it on fire. The driverwas killed.

16-Nov-04

QatifBloc

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Two Qassam missiles were launchedat settlements in Qatif Bloc. No onewas injured and no damage reported.

16-Nov-04

NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Four mortar shells were fired at theNeve Deqalim settlement. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack on theirwebsite.

16-Nov-04

EtzyonBloc

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives1 0 A car traveling in the Etzyon Bloc wasdamaged by an explosive chargeplaced on the road. There were fiveIsraelis in the car. One was injuredand four were in shock.

16-Nov-04

DehrawutAfghanistanTaliban Remote-detonatedexplosive

5 4 A police vehicle hit a homemadebomb triggered by a remotecontrolled device (according to theUruzgan province police chief RoziKhan). Four Afghan police werekilled and five injured. Among theinjured was the district police chief.The injured police were evacuated byUS troops in the area and brought toKandahar for treatment. The attackwas claimed by Mufti LatifullahHakimi, claiming to speak for theTaliban

16-Nov-04

Helmand AfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 7 Haji Mawin, provincial deputygovernor reported that the Talibanattacked a police post in Helmand'sKajaki district. Six policemen werekilled and one Taliban fighter's bodywas left at the post. The weapon andtactic were not mentioned in thereport.

16-Nov-04

NaurskayaChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 0 A passenger train struck a mine at 6:50 am local time near Terek inChechnya's Naurskaya district,slightly damaging it. The train wasnot derailed, and no one was hurt.Two sleeper cars were damaged.

17-Nov-04

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Several explosions occurred atvarious locations on the Kirkuk oilpipelines causing fires.

17-Nov-04

Balad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Two Turkish truck drivers were killedin Iraq. After launching rockets at thetrucks, gunmen shot the drivers andthen set their bodies on fire. Thisbrings the number of Turkish truckdrivers killed in this one week toseven.

17-Nov-04

Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 The oil pipeline linking the Bayji andAl-Durah refineries was blown up bygunmen.

17-Nov-04

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen stormed an Iraqi policestation in Mosul and set two policecars on fire. No casualties werereported.

17-Nov-04

Mingora Pakistan Unknown Explosives29 2 A bomb exploded in a cinema inMingora killing two people andwounding twenty-nine. The bombwas planted under a seat at the backof Palwasha cinema and explodedjust before the end of the movie.The bomb was apparently hidden in aplastic bag It is possible that thesuspect could be among thewounded.

17-Nov-04

TundNallah

Kashmir Unknown Explosives4 1 One person was killed and four otherinjuried when a funeral processionfor two youths, Ranjit Kumar andRoshan Lal, was attacked bymilitants in Tund Nallah. Theattackers threw a bomb at theprocession and also sprayed thecrowd with gunfire. The two deadyouths being honored by the funeralhad been gunned down by ultrasearlier. The Prime Minister was alsoscheduled to visit the region the nextday.

17-Nov-04

BuenosAires

ArgentinaUnknown Explosives0 1 An unknown group left two bombs atone Citibank Branch in Buenos Aires.A private security guard was injuredand later died at the hospital afterone of the packaged bombsexploded. A second packaged bombwas deactivated at the same Bankbranch. It is not clear if the attackswere coordinated, however, twomore bombs were found the sameday (one at another Citibank branchin Buenos Aires, and one at BancoGalicia). These are represented inseparate incidents.

17-Nov-04

BuenosAires

ArgentinaUnknown Explosives1 0 Policemen responded to a call abouta suspicious package at a Citibankbranch. The package turned out tobe a bomb, left by unknownperpetrators. The bomb wasdetonated, and there were minorinjuries sustained by the securityofficial detonating the device.It is notclear whether the attacks werecoordinated, but there were twoother bombs found at anotherCitibank branch and one at a branchof Banco Galicia on the same day.These are represented in separatereports.

17-Nov-04

BuenosAires

ArgentinaUnknown Explosives0 0 Unknown perpetrators left a bomb atBanco Galicia. There were no injuriesor fatalities from the explosion. It isnot clear whether the attacks werecoordinated, however, two otherbombs were found at one Citibankbranch and one bomb at anotherCitibank branch on the same day.These attacks are represented inseparate reports.

18-Nov-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 The Baghdad Airport came undermortar attack. The losses resultingwere not determined. No furtherinformation is provided.

18-Nov-04

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 An explosion occurred near thegovernor's office in Mosul and anumber of mortar shells fell near theoffice as well. One guard was killedand four wounded in the incident, butthe governor was not wounded.

18-Nov-04

Al-Latifiyah

Iraq Unknown Firearms2 4 Gunmen attacked a police convoy inAl-Latifiyah. Four gunmen were killedand two policemen wounded in theattack.

18-Nov-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 2 A car bomb exploded in front of apolice station in Baghdad. Two Iraqiswere killed and four injured. Nofurther information is provided.

18-Nov-04

Caracas VenezuelaUnknown Explosives0 1 Prosecutor Danilo Anderson waskilled when his car exploded at 11:00pm. Anderson was preparing acase against more than 300 peopleinvolved in the failed coup attemptagainst President Hugo Chavez. It isbelieved that his involvement in thiscase motivated the attack. Andersonwas driving his Toyota sports utilityvehicle in the Los Chaguaramosneighborhood when two explosionstook place inside his vehicle whichthen slammed into a store front. Onesuspect, Antonio Lopez, a lawyer,was killed on 23 November in ashootout with police. Anothersuspect, Johan Pena is believed tohave fled to Miami, Florida.

19-Nov-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Several explosions occurred incentral Baghdad near the GreenZone where the headquarters of theIraq and US leadership is based.

19-Nov-04

NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Three mortar shells were fired as theSouthern Gaza strip settlement ofNeve Deqalim. No damage wascaused. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

19-Nov-04

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 2 Two Palestinians were killed byIsraeli Defense Forces soldiers afterthey planted an explosive chargenear the Philadelphi route. Thecharge was found and detonatedsafely.

19-Nov-04

al-Manshru

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Insurgents attacked a police stationin the Iraqi town of al-Mashru byfiring mortars, but no damage orinjuries were reported.

19-Nov-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives10 2 A suicide bomber exploded hisvehicle near an Iraqi police patrol inBaghdad. One policeman wasinjured and one killed. Up to tenbystanders were also wounded.

19-Nov-04

Jitpur Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 The Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-M) exploded a bomb in thegovernment Sugarcane Research andDevelopment office building in Jitpurof Bara. There were no reports ofinjuries or fatalities. The building issaid to have been completelydestroyed.

20-Nov-04

Borgo France Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated at aprivate home which was underconstruction in Borgo, on the islandof Corsica. This was one of twoexplosive attacks on the island onthis evening.

20-Nov-04

SilvareccioFrance Unknown Explosives0 0 A car belonging to a painter inSilvareccio, was destroyed by anexplosive device. This was one oftwo explosive attacks to take placeon the island of Corsica on thisevening.

20-Nov-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 The adviser at the Iraqi Ministry ofSocial Affairs, Dr. Amal Abd Al Hamidwas killed along with her secretaryand two companions when herconvoy was attacked in Baghdad.

20-Nov-04

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Kurdish guards at the headquartersof the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan inMosul repelled a group of attackers.One terrorist was killed and threecaptured. The guards also managedto seize four rifles, an RPG launcherand a mortar gun.

20-Nov-04

Sa-Nur WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Israel Defense Force troops defuseda large explosive device found on aroad near the northern Samariasettlement of Sa-Nur. The devicewas ready for detonation when it wasfound.

20-Nov-04

QatifBloc

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Several mortars were fired at a QatifBloc settlement. No casualties werereported.

20-Nov-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Four workers from the Ministry ofPublic Works were killed by gunmenas they drove to work in Baghdad.No further information is available.

20-Nov-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Insurgents attacked the Al-A'zamiyahpolice station, setting it on fire. Thegunmen killed three policemen andset their cars on fire as well.

20-Nov-04

Osh KyrgyzstanUnknown Explosives0 2 Two men were killed in an explosionnear the Osh city police office insouthern Kyrgyzstan following analtercation. A traffic officer stoppeda car with four men in it to checktheir identification. Only two hadpassports so the other two weretaken into custody. One of thedetainees attempted to escape, andwas chased by an officer. Thedetainee then set off a grenade,killing both himself and the officer.The detainee was Uzbekistani andwanted on suspicion of terrorist linksin his country. The two men withpassports were both Kyrgyzstani.

20-Nov-04

UnknownNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 The Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-M) is suspected in the bombing of theAsia-Pacific CommunicationsAssociates House (APCA) which is runby foreign investors. This is anattack against foreign investment inthe media. The bomb was placed inthe toilet of the ground floor of thebuilding. No casualties werereported, but there was significantfinancial damage to the property.

21-Nov-04

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosion near an oil well in theKhabazah village near Kirkuk causeda fire and large amounts of smoke.

21-Nov-04

Beyci Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Two Turkish truck drivers were killedby unidentified assailants north ofBaghdad. The assailants shot thedrivers and set fire to the trucks.

21-Nov-04

WestBank/Gaza


Firearms9 0 Nine Israeli settlers were wounded ina joint attack by the Islamic Jihad andPopular Front for the Liberation ofPalestine (PFLP) groups. The groupsambushed a convoy of vehicles alongthe Kissufim road. Two vehciles fellinto a nearby valley.

21-Nov-04

Pattani Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A firebomb exploded in a policeman'shouse. The attack was part of acoordinated attack of four other firebombs that exploded just minutesapart in Pattani. The bombs weredescribed as Molotov cocktails andwere thrown at four homes and ashop in city. Another policeman anda civil servant were among thosewhose homes were targeted bysuspected insurgents.

21-Nov-04


0 0 A firebomb exploded in a policeman'shouse. The attack was part of acoordinated attack that included fourother fire bombs, which explodedjust minutes apart in Pattani. Thebombs were described as Molotovcocktails and were thrown at fourhomes and a shop in city. Anotherpoliceman and a civil servant wereamong those whose homes weretargeted by suspected insurgents.

21-Nov-04


0 0 A firebomb exploded in a civilservant's house. The attack was partof a coordinated attack of four otherfire bombs that exploded justminutes apart in Pattani. The bombswere described as Molotov cocktailsand were thrown at four homes and ashop in city. Two policeman wereamong those whose homes weretargeted by suspected insurgents.

21-Nov-04


0 0 A firebomb exploded in a home inPattani. The attack was part of acoordinated attack of four other firebombs that exploded just minutesapart in Pattani. The bombs weredescribed as Molotov cocktails andwere thrown at four homes and ashop in city. Two policeman and acivil servant were among thosewhose homes were targeted bysuspected insurgents.

21-Nov-04


0 0 A firebomb exploded in a shop inPattani. The attack was part of acoordinated attack of four other firebombs that exploded just minutesapart in Pattani. The bombs weredescribed as Molotov cocktails andwere thrown at four homes and ashop in city. Two policeman and acivil servant were among thosewhose homes were targeted bysuspected insurgents.

21-Nov-04

Athens Greece Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A firebomb detonated at aVodaphone mobile phone companystore in the Exarchia neighborhood inAthens. The blast started a fire,which caused major damage to thestore. No more information isavailable.

22-Nov-04

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen assassinated a member ofan influential Sunni cleric's groupthat has called for a boycott ofnational elections. The attack takesplace just a day after Iraqi officialsannounced the balloting would beheld on January 30. Sheik FaidhMohamed Amin al-Faidhi, a memberof the Association of MuslimScholars, was shot by gunmen at hishome in Mosul.On November 30, anunidentified group calling itself theMujahidin Brigades said that it hadarrested the individual responsiblefor this killing, Kamiran Abd-al-Sattar,and executed him.

22-Nov-04

GaneyTal

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Six mortar shells were fired at theGaney Tal settlement. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

22-Nov-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A homemade bomb was found on acommercial flight inside Iraq. Thebomb did not explode, but officialsimplemented additional securitymeasures at the airport. No furtherdetails were released.

22-Nov-04

QatifBloc

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired several Mortarshells at settlements in the QatifBloc. No injuries were reported.

22-Nov-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 2 Iraqi Interior Minister Falah al-Naqibescaped an assassination attempt insouthern Baghdad. However, hisdriver and one of his bodyguardswere killed in the attack and oneguard was injured. Details of theincident were unclear. Thebodyguards of the Minister openedfire on a car whose occupants werebehaving suspiciously. This led to ashoot out which endangered the lifeof the Minister. In the car was atleast one British citizen and oneother foreign citizen. The twocivilians were arrested and laterreleased.

22-Nov-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A mortar shell fell on a denselypopulated area in Baghdad, killingone child and wounding four people.The only possible target in the areais a building for the BaghdadMunicipality that provides services tothe capital.

23-Nov-04

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Sheik Ghalib Ali al-Zuhairi, a SunniCleric and member of the Associationof Muslim Scholars, was assassinatedby masked gunmen. Al-Zuhairi wasshot as he was leaving the ThiyabaMosque in Muqdadiyah, aftermorning prayers. He died later in thehospital. He is the second influentialSunni cleric assassinated in the pasttwo days, although it was unclear ifthere was any connection betweenthe two murders.

23-Nov-04

GaneyTal

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Three mortar shells were fired at theGaney Tal settlement. The shells fellnear the gate. No casualties werecaused. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

23-Nov-04

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A mortar attack occurred on thebuilding used by the Patriotic Unionof Kurdistan (PUK) in Mosul. Nodamages were reported.

23-Nov-04

Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 District clerk Muhammad Roding,who gathers intelligence for theInterior Ministry, was seriouslywounded in an ambush in the Muangdistrict. No further information isavailable.

23-Nov-04


0 0 Militants are suspected incoordinated arson attacks againstfive schools in Pattani province'sKrapor, Mai Kaen, and Sai Buridistricts. One of these attacksoccurred at the Lohtu ElementarySchool. Local Muslims were reluctantto help fight the flames, as they seesuch schools a a symbol ofgovernment in Bangkok. The arsonattacks occurred almostsimultaneously around 7pm. Reportsdo not indicate whether anyone wasinjured or killed.

23-Nov-04

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms2 0 A Turkish contractor working with USforces was kidnapped from his homein Kirkuk when gunmen invaded thehome and abducted him. Thecontractor was identified as Dhia al-Naftachi, who holds contracts withUS forces in Tikrit and Balad. Two ofal-Naftachi's relatives were injured inthe attack. Contractors who workwith US forces are the frequenttarget of insurgent attack in Iraq.

24-Nov-04

ThessalonikiGreece Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A homemade explosive devicedetonated outside a PASOK partyoffice in Thessaloniki. The blastcaused damage to the building butthere were no reported injuries. Thedevice was made of two smallpropane canisters, which were set onfire. The impact of the explosionbroke the office windows anddamaged a car parked nearby. Ananonymous caller claimedresponsibility for the attack andstated, the committee for promotingintransigence claims responsibilityfor yesterday's attack at the PASOKoffice in the Faliros area.

24-Nov-04

JerusalemIsrael Other Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Four students, American citizensstudying in Israel, were arrested afterthey threw a firebomb at a group ofPalestinians in the Old City's JewishQuarter. No one was hurt. Thefirebomb shattered but did not ignite.

24-Nov-04

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells were fired at asettlement in the Southern GazaStrip. The shells fell near a localschool, but no damage or injurieswere caused.

24-Nov-04

NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Four mortar shells were fired at theNeve Deqalim settlement. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack on theirwebsite.

24-Nov-04



Explosives0 0 Three mortar shells were fired at theAtzmona settlement. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack on their website.

24-Nov-04



Explosives0 0 Three mortar shells were fired at theAtzmona settlement. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack on their website. Thisclaim came shortly after anotherclaimed to have fired another fourmortar shells.

24-Nov-04

Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives3 0 An unknown assailant put a bomb ina truck outside of the Sariab policestation. Three people passing bywere injured. No group claimedresponsibility.

25-Nov-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A doctor and colonel in the formerIraqi Army, Dr. Nasif Jawad al-Masaudi, who was in charge of theIraqi National Coalition's Office ofProvincial Relations was gunneddown on his way to his office inBaghdad. He had only returned toIraq two days earlier.

25-Nov-04

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms1 4 Three gunmen opened fire on thedeputy governor of Mosul, KhasroGoran, and his bodyguards as theywere coming out of the governatebuilding. One bodyguard was killedand another, the governor's brother,was injured in the attack. All threeterrorists were killed.

25-Nov-04

Baghdad Iraq TanzimQa’idatal-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn

Explosives0 1 Gunmen killed an Americanemployee working as an advisor tothe Iraqi Ministry of Education inBaghdad near the Green Zone. Thegroup linked to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Tanzim Qa’idat al-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn, claimedresponsibility for the attack.

25-Nov-04

VientianeLaos Unknown Explosives0 0 Two small bombs constructed withfertilizer and timing devices explodedoutside Vientiane near the FriendshipBridge linking Laos and Thailand. Thebombings occurred just days beforethe opening of an ASEAN meeting inthe city. The explosions did not resultin any injuries or causalities. Earlierthis month, two similar bombs wereset off on the Laos side of theFriendship Bridge. The Governmentof Free Democratic Laos, anunderground movement, claimedresponsibility for those attacks. Nogroup has claimed responsibility forthese attacks.

25-Nov-04

Belfast NorthernIreland

Unknown Explosives0 0 Army bomb experts were able tosafely defuse a firebomb which wasfound at a department store inBelfast. No group has claimedresponsibility, though police suspecta breakaway faction of the IrishRepublican Army (IRA) ofinvolvement. This attempted attackcomes as Northern Irish leaders aremeeting to revive power-sharinginstitutions in the region.

25-Nov-04

Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A car bomb exploded near a policestation in Samarra. There were nocasualties reported. No furtherinformation available.

25-Nov-04

Tallinn Estonia Unknown Explosives4 0 A man was detained wearingexplosives near a housing block inthe residential district of Oismae.While in a police car with four law-enforcement officers, the manactivated the explosive device, killinghimself and wounding four others.The man was reported as Russianspeaking, but no other details abouthim are known.

26-Nov-04

Baghdad Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Explosives15 4 Four members of a British securityfirm, Global Risk Strategies, thatprovides security in Iraq were killedand fifteen wounded when either arocket or a mortar round hit thefirm's compound. The four dead wereof Nepalese origin. This attack tookplace in Baghdad's heavily guardedGreen Zone. Ansar al-Sunnahclaimed responsibility for the attack.

26-Nov-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 A suicide bomber blew up his carnear the 14 July suspension bridge inBaghdad, in an area close to theGreen Zone. The attack caused manycasualties (at least two) and set fireto several vehicles. Witnesses saymany of the victims were membersof the Iraqi National Guard.

26-Nov-04

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Battar rocket was fired at BaytHanun crossing. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

26-Nov-04



Explosives0 0 A battar rocket was fired at thesettlement of Nisanit. The militarywing of Hamas claimed repsonsibilityfor the attack.

26-Nov-04

NahalOz

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Battar rocket was fired at thesettlement of Nahal Oz. The militarywing of Hamas claimed repsonsibilityfor the attack.

26-Nov-04



Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at thesettlement of Netzarim. The militarywing of Hamas claimed repsonsibilityfor the attack.

26-Nov-04

BarakaldoSpain Unknown Explosives0 0 A number of Molotov cocktails werethrown at the offices of the GeneralWorkers' Union (UGT) in the Basquetown of Barakaldo. The devicesstarted a small fire, which was easilyextinguished by a cleaning crew.There were no reported injuries.

26-Nov-04

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen attacked a police roadblocksouth of Kirkuk with machine guns,killing one policeman and woundingthree others. The same road blockwas attacked several weeks earlierand set on fire.

26-Nov-04

Kunduz AfghanistanTaliban Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 0 Three German soldiers affiliated withthe NATO led InternationalAssistance Force (ISAF) inAfghanistan were injured when abomb exploded while they werepatrolling Kunkuz City to the airportsouthwest of the city in their car.The Taliban claimed responsibility ina letter left beside the bomb site.They threatened more attacks onforeign troops and cited an attackagainst the infidels.

27-Nov-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 A bomb was detonated outside theIraqi Central Bank in Baghdad. Twocivilians who did not work at thebank were killed in the attack.

27-Nov-04

NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A mortar shell was fired at the NeveDeqalim settlement. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

27-Nov-04

Buhriz Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen opened fire onMunir Jabbar Abu-Yasar, an importantmember of the Communist Party,while he was walking on the street.He was killed instantly.

27-Nov-04

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms3 1 Gunmen attacked a checkpoint onthe Kirkuk-Tikrit road. The guardswere able to get rid of the attackers,but a police officer was killed andthree national guards membersinjured.

27-Nov-04

Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 A group of gunmen attacked a policeunit in the Wahid Huzayran District.Two of the attackers were found, onedead and one alive. No police wereinjured in the attack.

27-Nov-04

GermenchukChechnyaUnknown Firearms0 2 Two policemen were killed inGermenchuk, in Chechnya's Shalidistrict, when unidentified attackersfired Kalashnikov assault rifles intotheir car from another car onGermanchuk's central street. Theattackers' car was later foundabandoned fifteen miles away.

28-Nov-04

NahalOz

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two Battar rockets and three mortarshells were fired at the Nahal Ozsettlement. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

28-Nov-04

QatifBloc

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired three mortars atthe Qatif Bloc. No one was injured.

28-Nov-04

Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives5 6 A car bomb killed six people andinjured five others when it hit twocivilian vehicles in Samarra, 60 milesnorth of Baghdad. The blast occurredas a minibus drove past a school. Allthe casualties were passengers inthe minibus.

28-Nov-04

PhilippinesNewPeople'sArmy(NPA)

Firearms0 1 The New People's Army abductedand killed a carpeter, Gregorio FloresLlanes, because they suspected himof being a military informer. Theattack took place in San Pablo SuhaVillage, Catanauan, Quezon.

28-Nov-04

Bogota Colombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Explosives6 1 A bomb exploded beside the mayor'soffice in the Rafael Uribe district ofBogotá on Sunday evening. Initialreports indicated the RevolutionaryArmed Forces of Colombia (FARC)were involved. The only fatality wasthe person who was carrying thebomb. Those injured wherepassengers in a bus traveling bywhen the explosion took place.Otherwise the explosion damagedthe building and broke the windowsof the bus.

28-Nov-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms4 0 Gunmen attacked a police station inBaghdad, wounding four Iraqi police.No further details were given.

28-Nov-04

Almaty KazakhstanUnknown Explosives1 0 One man was injured in twoexplosions near an office ofKazakhstan's ruling party. Eachbomb contained 200 grams of TNT.One went off in a transformer housenear the office and the other went offon a windowsill of the office'sbuilding, causing slight damage tothe building. No one in the officewas hurt, as the staff were off thatday. The sole injury was to a passer-by. Kazakhstan officials downplayedthe incident.

29-Nov-04



Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at thesettlement of Netzarim. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

29-Nov-04

Ramadi Iraq Unknown Explosives10 12 A suicide bomber drove into a groupof policemen waiting to collect theirsalaries in western Ramadi. Twelvepeople were killed and ten wounded.Most of the victims were policeofficers.

29-Nov-04

Gadid WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at thesettlement of Gadid. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

29-Nov-04

NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells were fired at theNeve Deqalim settlement. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack on theirwebsite.

29-Nov-04

NahalOz

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Battar rocket was launched at theNahal Oz settlement. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

29-Nov-04

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Unidentified gunmen blew up an oilpipeline linking the Bayji Refinerywith the Al-Durah Refinery. Twoexplosive charges were detonatednext to the pipeline, decreasing oilflow by about 80%. Oil pipelines arethe target of frequent attacks in Iraq.

29-Nov-04

GermenchukChechnyaUnknown Firearms0 2 Two senior police officers, RizvanAbzatov and Khabib Guduyev, wereshot and killed by unknownassailants as they came out of themosque in Germenchuk village in theShali district. The attackers fled in acar toward Shali and later abandonedthe car.

30-Nov-04



Explosives0 0 Three mortar shells were fired at theAtzmona settlement. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

30-Nov-04


Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket landed at theentrance of the Sederot settlement.No one was hurt and no damage wascaused.

30-Nov-04

Karbala Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Unidentified persons blew up the oilpipeline running from Karbala. Theexplosion caused a large fire to breakout on the line, which supplies amain power plant in Iraq. This is oneof several recent attacks on oilpipelines.

30-Nov-04

Baiji Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A Turkish truck driver, who wastransporting oil, was killed whenunknown persons shot him while hewas driving. This was one of twoTurkish truck drivers to be killed intwo days. No further information isavailable.

30-Nov-04

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Two religious scholars were killed inIraq in Kirkuk Governorate. The menwere brothers, Hasan Ibrahim Salihand Husayn Ibrahim Salih. They werekilled after they had called oncitizens to take part in the upcomingelections during a Friday prayergathering. There has been anincrease in militant attacks in thelead up to these elections.Insurgents oppose free elections inIraq.

30-Nov-04

Quibdo Colombia NationalLiberationArmy ofColombia(ELN)

Explosives8 3 Three people were killed and eightwounded when a fragment grenadewas left at a supermarket checkoutcounter. It is believed that theNational Liberation Army (ELN) isbehind the attack which was carriedout in retaliation for the recentcapture of one of their chiefs. A manwho left the bomb quickly fledthrough the back exit.

30-Nov-04

Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Two men dressed in white Muslimrobes shot and killed AduenanSalaemeang, a teacher atThammawittaya School, a privateIslamic school in Yala province. Theattackers shot and killed Aduenan onhis way to work.

1-Dec-04 NahalOz

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 An Al-Battar rocket was fired at theNahal Oz settlement in Negev. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack.

1-Dec-04 Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Unknown0 3 An Islamic Militant Group, Ansar al-Sunnah, abducted and killed threeIraqis who were working with USMarines. The statement ofresponsibility was released on thegroup's website and said that allthose who cooperated with US forceswould be dealt with harshly. Thegroup also posted pictures of thethree killed and their ID cards.

1-Dec-04 BaytHanun

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 The Israeli Air Force hit a Qassamlauncher in Bayt Hanun just before arocket was to be launched at anIsraeli settlement. Several rocketshave be launched in the last fewdays. The perpetrators managed toflee the scene.

1-Dec-04 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen fired at and killed Abd-al-amir Husayn, a leading member inthe Islamic Da'wah Party in Iraq, nearhis home in Ba'qubah.

1-Dec-04 Kissufim WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Three mortar shells were fired at theKissufim settlement. No injuries werecaused. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

1-Dec-04 NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells were fired at theNeve Deqalim settlement. Nodamage was reported. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.


WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Four mortar shells were fired at theNeve Deqalim settlement. Nodamage was reported. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack. These four mortarswere fired a half an hour after twoothers were fired at the samesettlement.

1-Dec-04 Gadid WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets were fired atthe Gadid settlement. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

1-Dec-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A Katyusha rocket was fired at thecentral power plant in Kirkuk. Therocket exploded inside the plant,causing serious damage anddisrupting power supplies to the city.

1-Dec-04 Farah AfghanistanTaliban Unknown2 3 The Taliban attacked the staff of theMinistry of Rural Development in theFarah Province. Three were killed,two wounded, and one was takenhostage. The date of the attack wasnot mentioned, however, MohammadHanif Atmar, Afghan RuralDevelopment Minister released hisstatement regarding the attack on 1December. The tactic and weaponwere unknown.

1-Dec-04 Sukhirin Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 A small homemade roadside bombexploded near a gathering ofteachers and soldiers who were toescort the teachers to school. Theattack occurred in Tambon Sukhirin,Sukhirin district, Narathiwatprovince. Both security services andteachers in the southern provinceshave been attacked often in recentmonths.

1-Dec-04 Bacho Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Maripeng Mawaedi, a teacher, wasshot by motorcycle gunmen inNarathiwat province's Bacho districtas he drove home from school.Maripeng was in critical conditionfrom two bullet wounds to theabdomen.

2-Dec-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Two mortar rounds exploded inBaghdad's Green Zone, thecompound that holds Iraq's interimadministration and foreign diplomaticmissions. Some damage was causedbut no casualties were reported.This was one of several mortarattacks in Baghdad on this day. It isunclear if the Iraqi government ordiplomatic missions were targeted.

2-Dec-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 A mortar round struck near a mobilephone office, Iraquna Mobile PhoneCompany, in Baghdad's Arasatneighborhood, killing one person andwounding three others. This was oneof several mortar attacks in Baghdadon this day. A total of three peoplewere killed and dozens wounded.

2-Dec-04 EleiSinai

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A mortar shell was fired at the EleiSinai settlement in Gaza Strip. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack on theirwebsite.

2-Dec-04 Baiji Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A Turkish truck driver was killedwhen drivers in two cars fired shotsat his truck. This was one of twotruck drivers of Turkish descent killedby militants in the previous two days.No further information is available.

2-Dec-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Several explosions occurred at thepresidency building of the Universityof Technology in Baghdad. A carbomb exploded in front of thebuilding, wounding a number ofstudents and employees. Followingthe detonation of the car bomb,three mortars and four rockets werealso fired at the building. Thenumber of injuries was still unknown.

2-Dec-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives20 3 A mortar attack was launchedagainst the Abi-Nuwwas theater inBaghdad. This was one of severalattacks in Baghdad on this day. Atotal of three people were killed anddozens wounded.

2-Dec-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A mortar attack occurred targeted atthe Al-Ulwiyah Telephone exchange.This was one of several mortarattacks in Baghdad on this day. Atotal of 3 people were killed anddozens wounded.

2-Dec-04 Rafah Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 IDF troops found a 30-40kg bomb onthe Israel-Egypt border near Rafah.The bomb was detonated in acontrolled explosion and no one wasinjured.

2-Dec-04 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen killed two Municipal Councilmembers in Ba'qubah. Abd-al-RasulMuhammad and Hashim Kazim Jasimwere as they were leaving thegovernor's office in Ba'qubah afterattending a seminar. The gunmenfired from a parked car.

2-Dec-04 BaladRuz

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed the DeputyChief of the Central InvestigationBureau at the Diyala Police commandin Balad Ruz. One of his companionswas also killed.

2-Dec-04 Baiji Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Tamadir Shakir al-Sudani, a memberof the Salah al-Din GovernorateCouncil was kidnapped on her wayfrom Baiji to Tikrit. Her body wasfound several days later on a roadNorth of Beyji. She was killed byseven bullets.

2-Dec-04 Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 A member of the local council of theSlaah al-Din governorate waskidnapped on the road between Bayjiand Tikrit. She was later released. Noadditional information was given.

2-Dec-04 Saiburi Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Chalermpong Muakchumbot, aBuddhist school teacher, was gunneddown by motorcycle gunmen, whofollowed him as he was driving homefrom school. A passenger in the car,Charal Kanchanarangsri, was alsoinjured in the shooting. The attacktook place in the Saiburi district ofPattani province. Police believe thatthe killings were part of targetedattacks by Muslim militants inSouthern Thailand.

2-Dec-04 Khost AfghanistanTaliban Other 0 3 The Taliban claimed to have fired tenrockets at an airport. The airport isunknown. Taliban spokesman, MoftiLatifollah Hakimi's statement wasthat there was no information oncasualties.

2-Dec-04 KathmanduNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 The Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-M) is suspected in the bombing of thehome of Former Prime Minister GirijaPrasad Koirala's daughter. The bombexploded in the garden, shatteringwindows, but no injuries or fatalitieswere reported. Almostsimultaneously, a bomb exploded atthe local Election Commission officein Patan (Katmandu suburb). It isassumed that it was a coordinatedattack.

2-Dec-04 Patan Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 The Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-M) was suspected in the bombing ofthe local election commission office.There were no injuries or fatalities(although there were people presentin the building at the time). Almostsimultaneously, there was a bombingin Katmandu at the house of theformer prime minister's daughter.There were also no injuries orfatalities.

3-Dec-04 Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Unknown persons threw a hand-grenade at an electoral center inBasra. The contents of the centerwere burned. No further informationis available.

3-Dec-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives10 0 Unknown individual shelled theNinawa Governorate building inMosul with three mortar shells. Theshells fell on a residential communitynear the building, wounding at leastten people.

3-Dec-04 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 20 Rockets and mortar shells were firedat the presidential palace inKurnaysh al-A'zamiyah. The rocketsand mortars fell on residential areanear the palace. At least ten houseswere destroyed in the shelling. Theattack occurred right before a carbombing. In total, the two attackscaused twenty deaths.

3-Dec-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives19 18 Four suicide bombers drove a vanpacked with explosives into amosque, killing fourteen civilians whowere gathered at the Shiite mosquefor morning prayers. Nineteen peoplewere also wounded. The attackcomes amid several large attacks byinsurgents on police stations in thearea.

3-Dec-04 Atzmona WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Seven mortars were fired at theAtzmona settlement. No casualtieswere reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.


WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Four mortar shells were fired onNeve Deqalim settlement. Nocasualties were reported. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack.


WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 One mortar shell was fired on NeveDeqalim settlement. No casualtieswere reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

3-Dec-04 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 The Secretary General of theNational Salvation Movement, Wafiqal-Samarra'i escaped anassassination attempt by unidentifiedgunmen in the city of Samarra.

3-Dec-04 NahalOz

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A battar rocket was fired at the NahalOz settlement. No injuries werereported. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

3-Dec-04 Madrid Spain BasqueFatherlandandFreedom(ETA)

Explosives6 0 A small, low-potency explosivedevice, detonated at a petrol stationalong the N-5 highway (which leadsto Lisbon) in Madrid. This was one offive explosive attacks on petrolstations throughout Madrid on thisevening. An anonymous callerrepresenting the Basque Fatherlandand Freedom (ETA) warned of thedevices prior to their detonation. Sixpeople were slightly injured in theattacks, though it is impossible todisaggregate the numbers for eachindividual attack. The attacks cameas residents were traveling awayfrom the city for a holiday weekend.


Explosives0 0 A small, low-intensity explosivedevice detonated at a petrol stationat kilometer 6 of the A-45 highwayon the outskirts of Madrid. This wasone of five explosive attacks onpetrol stations throughout Madrid onthis evening. An anonymous callerrepresenting the Basque Fatherlandand Freedom (ETA) warned of thedevices prior to their detonation. Sixpeople were slightly injured in theattacks, though it is impossible todisaggregate the numbers for eachindividual attack. The attacks cameas residents were traveling awayfrom the city for a holiday weekend.


Explosives0 0 A small, low-potency explosivedevice detonated at a petrol stationon the M-607 highway which travelsfrom downtown Madrid to middleclass and affluent parts of the city.This was one of five explosiveattacks on petrol stations throughoutMadrid on this evening. Ananonymous caller representing theBasque Fatherland and Freedom(ETA) warned of the devices prior totheir detonation. Six people wereslightly injured in the attacks, thoughit is impossible to disaggregate thenumbers for each individual attack.The attacks came as residents weretraveling away from the city for aholiday weekend.


Explosives0 0 A small, low-intensity explosivedevice detonated at a petrol stationon the A-3 highway, which leads tothe Mediterranean city of Valencia.This was one of five explosiveattacks on petrol stations throughoutMadrid on this evening. Ananonymous caller representing theBasque Fatherland and Freedom(ETA) warned of the devices prior totheir detonation. Six people wereslightly injured in the attacks, thoughit is impossible to disaggregate thenumbers for each individual attack.The attacks came as residents weretraveling away from the city for aholiday weekend.


Explosives0 0 A small, low-powered explosivedevice detonated at a petrol stationon the A-6 highway that leads fromMadrid to Toledo. This was one offive explosive attacks on petrolstations throughout Madrid on thisevening. An anonymous callerrepresenting the Basque Fatherlandand Freedom (ETA) warned of thedevices prior to their detonation. Sixpeople were slightly injured in theattacks, though it is impossible todisaggregate the numbers for eachindividual attack. The attacks cameas residents were traveling awayfrom the city for a holiday weekend.

3-Dec-04 Baghdad Iraq TanzimQa’idatal-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn

Firearms5 12 A police headquarters near theBaghdad Airport was attacked byeleven carloads of insurgents. Theassault began when insurgents firedgrenades and small arms fire at thestation. Then they entered and freedseveral prisoners. Twelve policeofficers were killed and five woundedin the attack. A group claiming torepresent Abu Musab al-Zarqawiclaimed responsibility for the attack.

3-Dec-04 Baghdad Iraq TanzimQa’idatal-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn

Explosives0 0 The Adhamiya police station inBaghdad was hit by mortar fire.Police chased the attackers away andthere was no report of damage orinjuries. The group associated withAbu Musab al-Zarquawi claimedresponsibility for this and anotherpolice station attack on the sameday.

3-Dec-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A police station within the compoundof the Ministry of Housing andConstruction was attacked with a carbomb. Several people were wounded,but no exact number were available.

3-Dec-04 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A car bomb exploded in the Kurnayshal-A'zamiyah neighborhood. The blastoccurred immediately following amortar attack on the presidentialpalace in the neighborhood. Thecombined attacks killed twentypeople, though it is impossible todisaggregate the number killed ineach incident.

3-Dec-04 Asuncion Paraguay Unknown Firearms0 0 Lebanese extremist, Salim SaidBeyrouti, attempted to shootAsuncion ABC Color photographer,Graciela Yakisich at 10:00 pm.Yakisich was riding in a company carwhen Beyrouti pulled up next to thecar and tried to shoot him.Beyrouti's gun jammed and did notfire and as a result no one wasinjured. Beyrouti was apprehendedafterward and when taken to thepolice station where he was given abreathalyzer and proved to beseverely intoxicated. While beingbooked, he made commentsinsinuating that the attack wasmotivated by recent press coverageof the Arab world.

3-Dec-04 Karameh Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A Saudi national, Fahd Fuheiki,attempted to carry out a suicideattack on oil tankers at the Karamehborder post in Iraq. Fuheiki crossedthe Iraqi border in car filled withexplosives and drove towards thetankers but was unable to carry outthe attack due to mechanicalproblems. Fuheiki was arrested soonafter and charged with transportingexplosives and plotting terrorist acts.In his car, police found 17 artilleryshells, 12 kg. of explosives, twoelectric detonators, a 14 meterdetonation cords, and powerfulplastic explosives. Fuheiki is believedto have been working with JordaniansAbu Musab al-Zarqawi and DararIsmail Abu-Awdah (Abu Abd-al-Rahman al-Afghani). Fuheiki wascharged with using explosivematerials and car bombs to carry outterrorist operations in Iraq. Theprevented attack was supposed to bea coordinated attack with two carbomb attacks on the Al-Turaybilborder post. Fuheiki was beingcharged with the attemptedbombing, possession of explosives,and plotting terrorist operations.Zarqawi and al-Awdah were facingthe same charges in absentia.

4-Dec-04 NahalOz

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A battar rocket was fired at the NahalOz settlement. No injuries werereported. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

4-Dec-04 Morag WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Five mortar shells were fired at theMorage settlement. No injuries werereported. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

4-Dec-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives25 15 Fifteen Kurdish security personnelwere killed and twenty-five woundedwhen a bomb detonated outside ofthe Patriotic Union of Kurdistanheadquarters in Mosul. The securitypersonnel were in a bus in front ofthe headquarters when the bombdetonated.

4-Dec-04 Almeria Spain BasqueFatherlandandFreedom(ETA)

Explosives0 0 An explosive device, comprised ofammonal inside a small case, wasdiscovered and defused by CivilGuard members in the city ofAlmeria. The device was found inEspana Square in the Ciudad Jardindistrict of the city. Authorities alsofound a note with the initials ETA(Basque Fatherland and Freedom)scrawled on it inside the case. Thisdiscovery comes only one day afterfive explosive devices detonated atpetrol stations in Madrid. Thoseattacks are also being blamed onETA.

4-Dec-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives38 9 A suicide bomber drove a minibusfilled with explosives into a policestation near the Green Zone, killingeight officers and wounding thirty-eight. Police officers were gatheringin front for roll call at the time of theattack. The blast caused the roof ofthe station to collapse.

4-Dec-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen carried out an attack on apolice station in Baghdad usingmortars and machine guns. Nosignificant damage was caused in theattack.

4-Dec-04 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms2 0 Gunmen launched an attack on apolice station in Samarra, usingmortars and machine guns. Twopolice officers were wounded in theattack.

4-Dec-04 Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Unknown0 0 Chief District Judge Tek BahadurMoktan was abducted with twoothers by Maoists of the CommunistParty of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M). TheJudge and one other, SureshRajbanshi were released 5 Decemberat Shantipur of Ilam.

5-Dec-04 Al-Marj Lebanon Unknown Firearms0 0 Jamal al-Jarrah, the coordinator of theal-Mustaqbal Current in Al-Biqaescaped an assassination attackwhen his car came under gunfire.



Explosives0 0 Three mortar shells were fired at theAtzmona settlement. No injuries werereported. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

5-Dec-04 NetzerHazani

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 One mortar shell was fired at theNetzer Hazani settlement. No injurieswere reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.


WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Thee shells were fired at the NeveDeqalim settlement. No injuries werereported. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

5-Dec-04 RafiahYam

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells were fired at theRafiah Yam settlement. No injurieswere reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

5-Dec-04 NahalOz

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Battar rocket was fired at the NahalOz settlement. No injuries werereported. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

5-Dec-04 NahalOz

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A battar rocket was fired at the NahalOz settlement. No injuries werereported. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.This rocket attack took place onlyabout three hours after another onthe same settlement.

5-Dec-04 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Firearms13 17 Seventeen Iraqi civilians who workwith the civilian contractorBuckmaster, a company cooperatingwith US forces and working to collectweapons found on insurgents and inweapons caches and destroy them,were killed when insurgents attackedthem with guns on their way to work.Thirteen others were wounded in theattack. Authorities believe that thisattack and others in recent days areattempts to disrupt scheduledelections in Iraq in late Januaray.

5-Dec-04 Belfast NorthernIreland

Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

1 0 In an attack that authorities arecalling sectarian, an 18-year oldCatholic boy was attacked by threemen in north Belfast. The victim washit with a hammer and cut with aknife and received forty staples to hisback and arm as a result of theattack. No further information isavailable.

5-Dec-04 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Unknown gunmen set fire to a largeunderground oil reservoir. The firecaused extensive damage to thereservoir. Oil facilities are thefrequent target of attacks in Iraq.

5-Dec-04 Dabarey AfghanistanTaliban Fire orFirebomb

0 0 The Taliban set fire to an oil tankercarrying fuel from Pakistan to USforces based in southern KandaharProvince. Taliban spokesman MoftiLatifollah Hakimi made a statementthat it occurred near the village ofDabarey, on the road leading fromSpin Boldak to the capital, Kandahar.He did not mention casualties.

5-Dec-04 Srinagar Kashmir Unknown Explosives0 0 A grenade landed 300 meters fromthe grave of former Kashmir chiefminister Sheikh Abdullah while hisson, former chief minister FarooqAbdullah, and grandson OmarAbdullah attended a commemorationceremony. There were no injuries orfatalities and no one claimed theattack. The family has been targetedbefore for their pro-Indian leanings.

6-Dec-04 Karbala Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 The office of the IndependentElectoral Commission of Iraq wasattacked in the city of Karbala by agroup of unidentified gunmen. Theattack resulted in the death of onesecurity guard and the injury of twoothers.

6-Dec-04 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms2 2 The police chief of the DiyalaGovernorate escaped anassassination attempt. Colonel Abd-al-Jalil Ibrahim and his driversustained wounds when their car wasattacked by gunmen as the Colonelwas leaving his home. One child andan Iraqi civilian were killed.


WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives1 0 Two mortar shells were fired at theNeve Deqalim industrial zone in thesouthern Gaza Strip. Two women in anearby settlement went into shock. APalestinian worker was injured byshell shards.

6-Dec-04 Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Insurgents attacked an oil pipeline inNorthern Iraq with explosives,causing damage to the pipeline andstarting a large fire. Oil supply to thepipeline had been stopped. Oilpipelines are a frequent target forattack.

6-Dec-04 Jeddah SaudiArabia


Firearms15 9 Five Saudi militants attacked the USconsulate in the Saudi port city ofJeddah. Saudi forces killed three ofthe militants and wounded the othertwo (one subsequently died of hiswounds). The militants threwexplosives at the gates of the walledconsulate and then entered throughthe entrance used to deliver mail tothe consulate, firing at the guards asthey went. They had tried to enter intheir car but were blocked by anautomatic gate. About eighteenthird-country nationals were takenhostage inside the consulate forsome time, but were later released.Some reports indicated the hostageswere used as human shields whenthe Saudi guards engaged themilitants. American Marines andSaudi guards eventually repelled themilitants. Five non-Americanemployees were killed in the attackalong with some Saudi securitypersonnel. The victims were ofseveral nationalities: one Yemeni,one Sudanese, one Filipino, aPakistani, and a Sri Lankan. SeveralSaudi security personnel were alsoinjured in the attack, along with moreembassy personnel (two Yemenis,two Pakistanis, a Lebanese, aFilipino, an Indian, and Sri Lankan).Saudi sources said that several Saudicivilians were also hit by gunfire. TwoAmericans sustained slight injuries.Consulate workers reported that themilitants entered one of theconsulate buildings and beganscreaming: Where are theAmericans? However, no Americansworked in that building. Theattackers failed to reach the mainbuilding where Americans work. ASaudi group linked to Al-Qaeda,calling itself Qaeda al Jihad in theArabian Peninsula, claimedresponsibility for the attack onseveral Islamic websites. The groupsaid that the attack had beenorganized by al-Qaeda. However,during the attack the hostage takerscalled Saudi officials and identifiedthemselves as the Fallujah Brigades(this discrepancy is not yetaddressed). The attack occursexactly one year after the InteriorMinistry took the step of listingtwenty-six wanted terrorists linked toal-Qaeda. None of the attackers wereon this list of most wanted terrorists.Several of the militants were lateridentified as Fayiz Bin Awwad al-Jihinni, Id Bin Dakhilallah al-Jihinni,and Hasan bin-Hamid al-Hazimi.

6-Dec-04 Jeddah SaudiArabia


Firearms15 9 Five Saudi militants attacked the USconsulate in the Saudi port city ofJeddah. Saudi forces killed three ofthe militants and wounded the othertwo (one subsequently died of hiswounds). The militants threwexplosives at the gates of the walledconsulate and then entered throughthe entrance used to deliver mail tothe consulate, firing at the guards asthey went. They had tried to enter intheir car but were blocked by anautomatic gate. About eighteenthird-country nationals were takenhostage inside the consulate forsome time, but were later released.Some reports indicated the hostageswere used as human shields whenthe Saudi guards engaged themilitants. American Marines andSaudi guards eventually repelled themilitants. Five non-Americanemployees were killed in the attackalong with some Saudi securitypersonnel. The victims were ofseveral nationalities: one Yemeni,one Sudanese, one Filipino, aPakistani, and a Sri Lankan. SeveralSaudi security personnel were alsoinjured in the attack, along with moreembassy personnel (two Yemenis,two Pakistanis, a Lebanese, aFilipino, an Indian, and Sri Lankan).Saudi sources said that several Saudicivilians were also hit by gunfire. TwoAmericans sustained slight injuries.Consulate workers reported that themilitants entered one of theconsulate buildings and beganscreaming: Where are theAmericans? However, no Americansworked in that building. Theattackers failed to reach the mainbuilding where Americans work. ASaudi group linked to Al-Qaeda,calling itself Qaeda al Jihad in theArabian Peninsula, claimedresponsibility for the attack onseveral Islamic websites. The groupsaid that the attack had beenorganized by al-Qaeda. However,during the attack the hostage takerscalled Saudi officials and identifiedthemselves as the Fallujah Brigades(this discrepancy is not yetaddressed). The attack occursexactly one year after the InteriorMinistry took the step of listingtwenty-six wanted terrorists linked toal-Qaeda. None of the attackers wereon this list of most wanted terrorists.Several of the militants were lateridentified as Fayiz Bin Awwad al-Jihinni, Id Bin Dakhilallah al-Jihinni,and Hasan bin-Hamid al-Hazimi.

6-Dec-04 CiudadReal


Explosives1 0 One police officer was injured in anexplosive attack in Ciudad Real. Anexplosive device detonated in thekitchen of the El Peral café in thecity, after an anonymous callerrepresenting the Basque Fatherlandand Freedom (ETA) called in awarning of the attack. This was oneof seven bomb attacks that tookplace all over Spain on this day, aholiday to celebrate Spain'sindependence. All seven of thebombs are being blamed on ETA.These attacks also come only threedays after a series of five explosivedevices detonated at five gasstations in Madrid. Those attacks arebeing blamed on ETA as well.

6-Dec-04 Santillanadel Mar


Explosives2 0 An explosive device detonated in theRobleda Park in Santillana del Mar,injuring two people; a woman and achild. This was one of seven bombattacks that took place all over Spainon this day, a holiday to celebrateSpain's independence. All seven ofthe bombs are being blamed on theBasque Fatherland and Freedom(ETA). These attacks also come onlythree days after a series of fiveexplosive devices detonated at fivegas stations in Madrid. Those attacksare being blamed on ETA as well.

6-Dec-04 Avila Spain BasqueFatherlandandFreedom(ETA)

Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated in atrash can on the Reyes CatolicosStreet in Avila. The blast caused noinjuries but slight damage to awindow. The bomb detonated at thetime that a caller, representing theBasque Fatherland and Freedom(ETA) warned that it would explode.This was one of seven bomb attacksthat took place all over Spain on thisday, a holiday to celebrate Spain'sindependence. All seven of thebombs are being blamed on ETA.These attacks also come only threedays after a series of five explosivedevices detonated at five gasstations in Madrid. Those attacks arebeing blamed on ETA as well.

6-Dec-04 Alicante Spain BasqueFatherlandandFreedom(ETA)

Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated in theLa Explanada area of the Alicantecity center. The bomb explodedafter a caller, representing theBasque Fatherland and Freedom(ETA) called in a warning about thedevice. This was one of seven bombattacks that took place all over Spainon this day, a holiday to celebrateSpain's independence. All seven ofthe bombs are being blamed on ETA.These attacks also come only threedays after a series of five explosivedevices detonated at five gasstations in Madrid. Those attacks arebeing blamed on ETA as well.

6-Dec-04 Leon Spain BasqueFatherlandandFreedom(ETA)

Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated inPicara Justina Square in the city ofLeon. There were no reportedinjuries or damage caused by thedevice. A caller, representing theBasque Fatherland and Freedom hadcalled in a warning about the attack.This was one of seven bomb attacksthat took place all over Spain on thisday, a holiday to celebrate Spain'sindependence. All seven of thebombs are being blamed on ETA.These attacks also come only threedays after a series of five explosivedevices detonated at five gasstations in Madrid. Those attacks arebeing blamed on ETA as well.

6-Dec-04 ValladolidSpain BasqueFatherlandandFreedom(ETA)

Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated in thecity of Valladoid. It is unclear wherein the city the device exploded. Thedevice detonated after a caller,representing the Basque Fatherlandand Freedom (ETA) called in awarning. This was one of sevenbomb attacks that took place all overSpain on this day, a holiday tocelebrate Spain's independence. Allseven of the bombs are beingblamed on ETA. These attacks alsocome only three days after a seriesof five explosive devices detonatedat five gas stations in Madrid. Thoseattacks are being blamed on ETA aswell.

6-Dec-04 Malaga Spain BasqueFatherlandandFreedom(ETA)

Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated in thecity of Malaga, though it is unclearwhere exactly the blast took place. Acaller, representing the BasqueFatherland and Freedom (ETA) calledin a warning prior to the blast. Thiswas one of seven bomb attacks thattook place all over Spain on this day,a holiday to celebrate Spain'sindependence. All seven of thebombs are being blamed on ETA.These attacks also come only threedays after a series of five explosivedevices detonated at five gasstations in Madrid. Those attacks arebeing blamed on ETA as well.

6-Dec-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 An Iraqi who works with coalitionforces was killed by gunmen not farfrom the Green Zone. Sources inBaghdad report that gunmen areroaming the streets, looking foranyone who cooperates with USforces. This attack comes only alittle more than a month before Iraqielections, which militants areattempting to halt.


WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Five mortar shells were fired at theNeve Deqalim settlement. Nocasualties were reported. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack.

6-Dec-04 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Former Pattani chief prosecutor NatWipaset was shot dead by two menwith a 9mm pistol on his farm. Hisassistant, Sajjai Srisuwan, was alsoseriously injured in the shooting.

6-Dec-04 Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 In the Yarang District, two youngmen threw a pistol bomb into thehouse of a local police sergeant,Abdulrohim Yusoh. The bomb slightlydamaged the roof, but there were noinjuries.

6-Dec-04 Rangae Thailand Unknown Explosives1 0 A bomb exploded in Narathiwatprovince's Rangae district, seriouslyinjuring Pricha Nuannuay, anassistant district chief, as he parkedhis car. Nuannuay was in the area toinstruct security forces on how tosearch for explosive devices.

6-Dec-04 Rangae Thailand Unknown Explosives1 0 A bomb went off in Rangae district,Narathiwat province. The bombdetonated at a gathering point ofdefense volunteers nearTanyongmas market. The seniorchief of Rangae district, PreechaNuannoi, was injured.

6-Dec-04 Farah AfghanistanUnknown Firearms2 1 A suspected Al Qaeda armed attackwas carried out on police in a villagein Balabolok District, Farah. Onepoliceman was killed and two wereinjured. One suspect was arrestedand two escaped. Two Corollastation wagons were seized by thepolice.

6-Dec-04 Sukhumi Georgia Unknown Explosives0 0 Four bombs detonated at Sukhumi'sgovernment compound in Georgia'sbreakaway republic of Abkhazia. Thefirst struck at about 3:40 am localtime. The site was a schoolneighboring on the governmentcompound. Three more blastsfollowed, all at intervals of twentyminutes. No one was hurt.

6-Dec-04 Sukhumi Georgia Unknown Explosives0 0 Four bombs detonated at Sukhumi'sgovernment compound in Georgia'sbreakaway republic of Abkhazia. Thesecond of the detonations struck atabout 4:00 am local time. No onewas hurt. All explosions occurred indifferent places near the governmentcompound.

6-Dec-04 Sukhumi Georgia Unknown Explosives0 0 Four bombs detonated at Sukhumi'sgovernment compound in Georgia'sbreakaway republic of Abkhazia.Thethird of four blasts struck at about 4:20 am local time. No one was hurt.All explosions occurred in differentplaces near the governmentcompound, at intervals of abouttwenty minutes.

6-Dec-04 Sukhumi Georgia Unknown Explosives0 0 Four bombs detonated at Sukhumi'sgovernment compound in Georgia'sbreakaway republic of Abkhazia. Thefourth of the blasts struck at about 4:40 am local time. No one was hurt.All explosions occurred in differentplaces near the governmentcompound, at intervals of abouttwenty minutes. The perpetratorsare unknown.


0 0 Arsonists set fire to a state-runschool in Yala province. The attackfollowed a weekend in which thegovernment released millions oforigami cranes folded by childrenacross the country in hopes ofpromoting peace.


0 0 Arsonists set fire to a teacher's housein Narathiwat province. The attackfollowed a weekend in which thegovernment released millions oforigami cranes folded by childrenacross the country in hopes ofpromoting peace.

7-Dec-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 Militants bombed two churches inMosul, wounding a total of threepeople in the attacks. The firstattack occurred at the church of theChaldean bishopric in Mosul. Threepeople were wounded in this attack.The attackers ordered the guards outof the church before detonating theexplosives. Severe damage was doneto the church.

7-Dec-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants bombed two churches inMosul, wounding a total of threepeople in the attacks. The secondattack occurred at an Armenianchurch in western Mosul. Theattackers ordered several peoplewho were in the church out beforedetonating the bomb. There were nocasualties in this attack.

7-Dec-04 NahalOz

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Three Battar rockets were fired atthe Nahal Oz settlement. No injurieswere reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

7-Dec-04 Negev WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket exploded in anopen field in Western Negev. No onewas injured.

7-Dec-04 Istanbul Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated infront of an HSBC bank branch in theFatih neighborhood of Istanbul. Thewindows of the building's basementwere shattered, but there were noinjuries caused. This was one of twoexplosive attacks in the city on thisevening.

7-Dec-04 Istanbul Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 A time bomb detonated under aparked car at the Bakirkoy KartaltepePolice Center in the Bakirkoyneighborhood of Istanbul. The carsustained minor damage as a resultof the blast, but there were noreported injuries. This was one oftwo explosive attacks in the city onthis evening.

7-Dec-04 Hebron WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives1 0 A Palestinian, who was trying tothrow a grenade at an Israeli vehiclewas injured when the devicedetonated prematurely in his hand.The incident occurred outside theCave of Patriarchs.

7-Dec-04 Doget WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Several mortar shells were fired atthe Doget settlement north of theGaza Strip. No injuries were reported.The military wing of the PopularFront for the Liberation of Palestine(PFLP) claimed responsibility for theattack.

7-Dec-04 KfarDarum

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two anti-armored projectiles werefired at the Kfar Darum settlement.The militants who fired the weaponsthen engaged the guards of thesettlement. No injuries werereported. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

7-Dec-04 Kabardino-BalkariaRussia Unknown Firearms1 1 Colonel Mukhtar Altuyev, a chief forthe correctional branch of theRussian Federal Justice Ministry, waswounded and his son, Mukhamed,aged 16, was killed as the two weredriving home when unknownassailants shot at them withautomatic weapons. The son died atthe scene, and Altuyev, aged 50, wastaken to the hospital with twogunshot wounds to his neck. Theassailants fired on the car at point-blank range.

8-Dec-04 Nisanit WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at theNisanit settlement. No casualtieswere reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.


WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Three mortars were fired at the NeveDeqalim settlement. No one wasinjured, but two of the mortars hit ahouse causing damage. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

8-Dec-04 Saint-Florent

France Unknown Explosives0 0 Two holiday homes, which belong toa resident of mainland France, wereblown up in Saint-Florent. The twoproperties suffered medium damagefrom the blast. The attack took placeon Nation Day on the island ofCorsica, which is celebrated by mostseparatists on the island.

8-Dec-04 PietrosellaFrance Unknown Explosives0 0 A holiday villa was completelydestroyed by an explosive device inthe city of Pietrosella, on the islandof Corsica. The attack comes onNation Day, a holiday celebrated byseparatists on the island.

8-Dec-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 A high ranking official in Iraq'sFinance Ministry and his driver werekilled by unknown attackers inBaghdad. No further information isavailable.

8-Dec-04 Rafah WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives1 0 Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troopsshot and wounded one of four mencrawling toward the Philadelphi roadnear Rafah, trying to lay an explosivecharge. The suspects fled the scene.

8-Dec-04 Samarra Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 The home of the police chief ofSamarra, Major General Talib ShamilSamarriee, was attacked byinsurgents. On the request on hisfamily, he had decided to resign.Samarriee cites other attemptedattacks on his family, including anattempted kidnapping of his son andan attack on his car as other reasonsfor his resignation.

8-Dec-04 Samarra Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Insurgents attempted to kidnap theson of Samarra's police chief, MajorGeneral Talib Shamil Samarriee, atschool. His teachers hid him,preventing the kidnapping. On thesame day, the police chief's homeand car were attacked. He decided toresign his position.

8-Dec-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Three Iraqi election workers werekilled in a drive-by shooting inBaghdad. Sattar Jabbar Al-Mishari,the head of Hezbollah's operations inBaghdad, was killed along with twoofficer workers. There was noinformation on the perpetrators ofthe attack. The election group is notaffiliated with the militant movementin Lebanon or Iraq with the samename.

8-Dec-04 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Unidentified gunmen attacked apolice station in Samarra. At leastone policeman was killed and onechild was wounded. No furtherdetails are provided.

8-Dec-04 Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives5 1 A bomb exploded near two Iraqipolice vehicles, as the vehiclespassed by. The explosion killed onepoliceman and wounded five others.Only one of the cars was severelydamaged.

8-Dec-04 Colombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Unknown0 1 The Revolutionary Armed Forces ofColombia (FARC) abducted FatherJavier Francisco Montoya, a catholicpriest, on December 8 while he wason his way to a religious celebrationin northwest Colombia. OnDecember 24, a humanitariancommission that met with the rebelsreported that the FARC admitted toshooting Montoya after his abductionand burying him. The FARC did notreveal the motive for the killing.

9-Dec-04 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A car bomb was detonated in thenorthern city of Mosul in a crowdedfruit and vegetable market,wounding three Iraqis. There was noadditional information on the attack.This incident takes place a day afterIraq's Interim President stated thathe believed that the insurgencycould be defeated in less than a year.

9-Dec-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 An Interior Ministry Official, Col.Mohammed Abdul Rahman waswounded in a drive-by shooting inBaghdad. No further information wasavailable.

9-Dec-04 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 Insurgents fired mortar rounds at theItalian Embassy in Baghdad. Themortars missed their target andinjured two Iraqi civilians. The ItalianEmbassy has been the target ofseveral attacks.

9-Dec-04 Morag WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Battar rocket was fired at thesettlement of Morag. No casualtieswere reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

9-Dec-04 Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 Four bombs were planted on railwaytracks in Yala, Pattani, and Songkhlaprovinces in southern Thailand.Three bombs exploded nearlysimultaneously, while the fourth wasdefused by an anti-bomb squad. Thebombs went off as rail cars, eachcarrying six police officers and threerailway officials, were on dailyroutine trips to inspect the tracks anddetect explosives. This particularexplosion was the third in the seriesand detonated 6:30 am, fifteenminutes after the first. The blastoccurred about 3 km from the districtrailway station of Raman in Yalaprovince. Police found a PVC pipewith fertilizer inside and a battery atthe scene. No injuries were reported.

9-Dec-04 Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb, the fourth in a series ofexplosive attacks on railway tracks inYala, Pattani and Songkhla Provinces,was found and safely defused bybomb experts. The three priorbombs all detonated as railcars werepassing over them, but no one wasinjured.

9-Dec-04 EleiSinai

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets were fired atthe Elei Sinai settlement. Nocasualties were reported. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack.



Explosives0 0 Three mortar shells were fired at theAtzmona settlement. No casualtieswere reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.



Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells were fired at theNisanit settlement. No casualtieswere reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.



Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at theNisanit settlement. No one wasinjured. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

9-Dec-04 NetzarimWestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two Battar rockets were fired at theNetzarim settlement. No one wasinjured. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

9-Dec-04 Chana Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 Four bombs were planted on railwaytracks in Yala, Pattani, and Songkhlaprovinces in southern Thailand.Three bombs exploded nearlysimultaneously, while the fourth wasdefused by an anti-bomb squad. Thebombs went off as rail cars, eachcarrying six police officers and threerailway officials, were on dailyroutine trips to inspect the tracks anddetect explosives. This particularblast occurred at 6:15 am betweenthe Chana and Kuan stations inChana district, Songkhla province.Police later found a PVC pipe stuffedwith 3 kg of fertilizer and a benzenecontainer. Detonation wiresstretched from the bomb into abanana plantation nearby. None ofthe nine people on board wereinjured.

9-Dec-04 Khok Po Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 Four bombs were planted on railwaytracks in Yala, Pattani, and Songkhlaprovinces in southern Thailand.Three bombs exploded nearlysimultaneously, while the fourth wasdefused by an anti-bomb squad. Thebombs went off as rail cars, eachcarrying six police officers and threerailway officials, were on dailyroutine trips to inspect the tracks anddetect explosives. This particularexplosion was the second in theseries, and detonated at 6:20 an, fiveminutes after the first. The blastoccurred about 1 km from the NaPradu station on Pattani's Khok Phodistrict. None of the nine on boardwere injured.

9-Dec-04 BuenosAires

ArgentinaUnknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded at a Citibankbranch early Thursday morning. Thebomb caused some structuraldamage but no one was injured.Several similar attacks were carriedout in November, but authorities areunsure who was responsible for thisattack or what motivated it.

9-Dec-04 MakhachkalaRussia Unknown Explosives22 0 An explosion destroyed a section ofthe Mozdok-Gazimagomed gaspipeline, injuring twenty-two people.The fire resulting from an explosionof unknown origin began at about 10:00 pm Moscow time at the 614thkilometer of the pipeline just outsideMakhachkala. The explosion putabout 148,000 people out of naturalgas. Most of the twenty-two injuredwere mildly to severely burned.Preliminary analysis pointed to thepossibility of an artillery shell aimedat the pipeline.

10-Dec-04

NahalOz

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Battar rocket was fired at thesettlement of Nahal Oz. No one wasinjured. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

10-Dec-04

NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Thre mortar shells were fired at theNeve Deqalim settlement. No onewas injured. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

10-Dec-04

NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives4 0 Five mortar shells were fired at theNeve Deqalim settlement. At leastthree of these landed within thesettlement. Four Israelis were injuredin the attack. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility.

10-Dec-04

Rafah Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiersfound and safely defused anexplosive charge on the Israeli-Egyptian border near Rafah.

10-Dec-04

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Insurgents caused an explosion onan oil pipeline that runs along theIranian border. The explosion causeda large fire. Oil transportation in theregion was disrupted. Oil pipelines inIraq are the frequent target ofattacks.

10-Dec-04

Suwayra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A Ukrainian military patrol preventeda terrorist attack in a suburb ofSuwayra. The soldiers found a largelandmine made up of 4 155mmartillery shells 1.5 meters from theroad. The mine was safely defused.

10-Dec-04

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 An oil export line in Kirkuk was attackby unidentified gunmen causingdamage to the dual pipeline anddisrupting oil flows to the Turkishport of Ceyhan. Oil pipelines are thefrequent target of attacks in Iraq.

10-Dec-04

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A powerful explosion occurred inMosul, targeting the Police Academy.There was no additional informationon this incident or the number ofcasualties.

10-Dec-04

Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 A contractor working with US forceswas reported kidnapped in the Salah-al-Din governorate. No furtherinformation was available.

10-Dec-04

Italy Unknown Explosives0 0 A parcel bomb, made of a videocassette filled with explosive powder,was sent to the Independent Union ofthe Penitentiary Police (Sappe).Authorities are blaming anarchists forsending this device and another tothe National Carabinieri Associationin Rome. The device neverexploded, as a member of the mailservices at Sappe sounded the alarmand the package was removed.

10-Dec-04

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 18 Eighteen Shiite men were killed ontheir way to work at a US base. Theattack occurred in early December,but the bodies were not found untilJanuary 6 in Mosul.Note: date ofincident is approximate

10-Dec-04

Burma(Myanmar)

Unknown Unknown0 0 U Zahkung Ting Ying, chairman ofthe New Democratic Army (Kachin orNDA-K), one of the Kachin nationalrace armed groups that has signed acease-fire with the SPDC, survived anassassination attempt. The attackoccurred at a time when NDA-K hasbeen trying to mediate between thefactions of the Kachin IndependenceOrganization and while the SPDC hasbeen trying to arrange for cease-firegroups to attend a nationalconvention. It is unclear who wasresponsible for the attempt. Therewas no mention of injuries in thereport.

11-Dec-04

Alimos Greece PopularRevolutionaryAction

Explosives0 0 A homemade explosive device, madeof a 9-volt battery, a timer and adetonator, was found outside theOlympic Construction Company inAlimos. Police were able to safelydefuse the device. An anonymouscaller warned of the location anddetonation time of the bomb, butbecause of a faulty detonator, thedevice didn't explode at the statedtime. The group, PopularRevolutionary Action, claimedresponsibility for this blast and twoothers targeting constructioncompanies. The group stated that itattacked this group for participatingin construction activities for theOlympic Games in the summer of2004.

11-Dec-04

Negev WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets were fired atwestern Negev. They hit a home andcaused damage to the building, butdid not cause any injuries.

11-Dec-04



Explosives0 0 Two mortars were fired at thesettlement of Netzarim. No injurieswere reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack and noted that the attack wasretaliation for the murder of aPalestinian who died in an earlierIsraeli attack.

11-Dec-04

RafiahYam

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two mortars were fired at thesettlement of Rafiah Yam. No injurieswere reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack and noted that the attack wasretaliation for the murder of aPalestinian who died in an earlierIsraeli attack.

11-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 2 Unknown gunmen assassinated Col.Najib al-Ayya, the director ofoperations at the command of theSlah-al-Din police department. Hiscar was ambushed north of Tikritwhen he was on his way to work. Hewas killed immediately. Anotherofficer traveling with him was alsokilled. His two escorts were injured.

11-Dec-04

Colombo SriLanka

Unknown Explosives19 2 A bomb detonated by an unknownperson resulted in two deaths,including one journalist, and nineteenreported injuries. The attack was atan open air stadium staging aconcert of the Indian artist ShahrukhKhan in Colombo. The concert wasbeing protested by Buddhist monksfor being held on the anniversary ofthe death of a monk one year before(Gangodawila Soma). The artistobserved a minute of silence in honorof the monk and proceeded. Manygovernment dignitaries, including,the High Commissioner of IndiaNirupama Rao, Minister of TransportFelix Perera, Minister for Medium &Small Plantation Industries & RuralHuman Resource Development C.B.Ratnayake, Deputy Minister ofTourism, Industries, and InvestmentPromotion Arjuna Ranatunga, and theSecretary of the Ministry C.Ramanujan, Thilanga Sumathipala,were all in attendence.

11-Dec-04

BatticaloaSriLanka

Unknown Explosives0 0 There was a grenade attack by anunknown assailant on the house ofan Education Department official. Nocasualties or injuries were reported.The house was damaged.

12-Dec-04

Usurbi France Unknown Explosives0 0 A homemade explosive devicedetonated outside the premise of anunstated business in the town orUsubil. The device was detonated atalmost the same time another blastoccurred at another business inOrmaitegi. Only slight damage wascaused.

12-Dec-04

OrmaitegiFrance Unknown Explosives0 0 A homemade explosive devicedetonated outside an unstatedbusiness in the town of Ormaitegi.This device detonated at almost theexact same time that another blasttook place in the town or Usurbil.Only slight damage was caused.

12-Dec-04

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 A mortar shell was fired at asettlement in the Gaza Strip. It hit apublic building causing damage, butno injuries were reported.

12-Dec-04

QatifBloc

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 A round of mortar fire was launchedat a settlement in the Qatif Bloc. Nocasualties were reported.

12-Dec-04

Rome Italy Unknown Explosives0 0 A parcel bomb, made up of a videocassette packed with explosivepowder and iron bolts, wasdiscovered in a mail room at theNational Carabinieri Association inRome. Authorities are blaming thisbomb and a similar device found atthe Independent Union of thePenitentiary Police (Sappe) only twodays earlier, on anarchists. Thedevice in Rome didn't explode due tocaution on behalf of the mail servicesoffice, who spotted the package anddeclared it suspicious.

12-Dec-04

Hadithah Iraq Unknown Unknown0 7 Seven African nationals who workwith US forces were found dead inHadithah outside the US Ayn al-Asadbase. Their nationalities were notimmediately announced.

12-Dec-04

PhilippinesAbuSayyafGroup(ASG)

Firearms0 1 Roel Andan, provincial director of thePhilippine Coconut Authority, wasshot dead on Jolo Island by asuspected Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)member. Police believe that the ASGgunman may have mistaken Andanfor a civilian agent.

12-Dec-04

TinambacTown


Firearms0 1 A military informer, Edwin Beato, wasshot dead by suspected New People'sArmy (NPA) members in front of hishome in Bataan Village, TinambacTown, Camarines Sur Province.

12-Dec-04

AsadabadAfghanistanUnknown Explosives6 0 In Asadabad, six people wereseriously injured in an explosion. TheDefense Ministry Spokesman, GenZaher Azimi said the wounded wereresidents of Asadabad city and thatforeign terrorists (Arab extremists)were involved.

12-Dec-04

SarkanayAfghanistanUnknown Explosives3 0 Three people on a tractor wereseriously wounded when they hit amine in Sarkanay district of easternKonar Province. A source in theKonar Security Command stated thatenemies of the state had planted amine in the district to kill people.The wounded were evacuated toBagram military hospital at Bagramair base with the help of US-ledcoalition.

12-Dec-04

KosovskaMitrovica

Serbia Unknown Firearms0 0 Unknown assailants shot at thesecurity staff of the Waterworks Ibarpublic water pumping station inKosovska Mitrovica in Kosovo shortlyafter 2100 local time. A KFOR unitsearched the site and foundautomatic weapon cartridges.Authorities believe that this attackwas perpetrated by Albanianextremists.

13-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq TanzimQa’idatal-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn

Explosives15 13 A suicide bomber exploded hisvehicle while in line at a checkpointat the Western Gate of the GreenZone in Baghdad. Thirteen peoplewere killed and fifteen wounded inthe attack. Most of those killed werepeople waiting to enter thecompound. No Americans were killedin the attack. The attack occursexactly one year after the capture ofSaddam Hussein. The group linked toAbu Musab al-Zarquawi, al-Qaeda inIraq or Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn claimedresponsibility for the attack.

13-Dec-04

NahalOz

WestBank/Gaza



13-Dec-04



Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at theNisanit settlement. No injuries werereported. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

13-Dec-04

NetzarHazani

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Three mortar shells were fired at theNetzer Hazani settlement. No injurieswere reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

13-Dec-04

Arbil Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A car bomb exploded in Arbil, nearthe Great Khadijah Mosque. Theexplosion resulted in no casualtiesand little damage.

13-Dec-04

Baiji Iraq Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 One of the main power generatingplants in Iraq, Sayhi thermal plantwas set alight by unidentifiedperpetrators. The fire is believed tobe an act of intentional sabotage.The fire caused damage to the fueland water supply systems in one ofthe power generating plant in thestation. The result was a suspensionof power in Iraq and the stoppage ofthe power plant until repairs could becompleted.

13-Dec-04

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Unknown assailants set fire to a holein the ground filled with oil that hasspilled out during a previous attack.The fire occurred near a vital pipelinein Northern Iraq. The heat from thefire could cause the pipe to explode.Oil pipelines are frequent targets ofattack.

13-Dec-04

NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two Quds-1 rockets were fired at theNeve Deqlim settlement. No damagewas reported. The military wing ofthe Islamic Jihad Movement claimedresponsibility for the attack.

13-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Three RPG's were fired at the GreenZone. Two landed on the perimeterof the Green Zone and on a nearbyhotel. The Green Zone is the targetof frequent mortar attacks.

13-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq PalestineIslamicJihad (PIJ)

Unknown0 2 The Islamic Jihad Brigadesannounced that it kidnapped andkilled two Americans, Dale Stoffeland Joseph Wemple. They claim thatthe two men are CIA agents. AnAmerican construction company inIraq, CLI USA, said that the two menworked for the company.Note: dateof kidnapping is approximate.

13-Dec-04

GeneralSantosCity

PhilippinesJemaahIslamiya(JI)

Explosives58 15 A bomb exploded in a public marketin General Santos City, killing sixteenpeople and wounding at least fifty-seven others. A week prior to theevent, an anonymous source claimedthat a group associated with Al-Ghozi(a member of Jemaah Islamiyah)threatened to burn the market inretaliation for the death of one of itsmembers. However, Philippine policeinitially downplayed the bombing asthe result of a feud betweenChristian and Muslim groups. Soonafter the bombing, militaryintelligence sources concluded thatJemaah Islamiyah was responsible forthe bombing and was working withAbu Sayyaf to bomb other targets onMindanao Island. Police havearrested five suspects in thebombing, including Omar Hassan, anASG rebel. Another four rebels werearrested in June 2005, includingUztadz Norodin Mangelen, the leaderof the group thought responsible forthis attack and another in March2003 against the Davao airport.Mangelen told authorities that he is alocal liason for the JI.

13-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq MujahideenArmy

Firearms0 8 Ten employees of the Sandi Group,an American security companyoperating in Iraq, were taken hostageby a militant group claiming torepresent the Mujahideen Army,Black Banner Brigade, and theMutassim Bellah Brigade. They weretaken hostage on December 13. OnDecember 29, the group announcedthat eight of the employees wereexecuted because they supportedthe US-led occupation. The other twowere reportedly being releasedbecause there was not enoughevidence to prove they supportedthe occupation.

13-Dec-04

Corso Algeria SalafistGroup forCall andCombat(GSPC)

Firearms0 1 An individual was shot and killed bywhat the local press are reporting asSalafist Group for Call and Combat(GSPC) elements. Very littleinformation is provided in theaccount of the killing other than thatthe victim, Fateh D., was shot atpoint blank range in a parking lot.The report does not address possiblecriminal motivation.

13-Dec-04

JalalabadAfghanistanUnknown Explosives2 1 In a bus station in Jalalabad, oneperson was killed, two injured in anexplosion. The explosion took placeat the Chaprahar bus station in thesouthern part of the city. Theperpetrator is unknown.

13-Dec-04


Explosives3 0 Three people were injured when asmall bomb exploded in the backseat of a bus in the Transmileniorapid transit system in Bogotá.Authorities believe the attack wascarried out by the RevolutionaryArmed Forces of Colombia (FARC).This is the third such attack in forty-five days.

13-Dec-04

GuwahatiIndia ULFA Explosives8 2 Two explosions occurred near theAssam Assembly building. Theattacks were carried out by theUnited Liberation Front of Assam(ULFA). Two persons were killed andeight injured. Authorities believethat the group carried out theseattacks to mark the completion of ayear of the Bhutan operations thathave evicted the ULFA from theHimalayan kingdom.

14-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives13 7 A suicide bomber blew up his vehicleat the western checkpoint intoBaghdad's Green Zone. The blastoccurred at the same place as asuicide bomb attack had occurredthe day before. There were no UScasualties in the attack.

14-Dec-04

NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets were fired atthe Neve Deqalim settlement. Nodamage was reported. The militarywing of Hamas claimedresponsibility.

14-Dec-04

Dugit WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at theDugit settlement. No damage wasreported. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility.

14-Dec-04

NahalOz

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at theNahal Oz settlement. No damage wasreported. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility.

14-Dec-04

Maltepe Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 A penetration bomb exploded in abuilding belonging to the NationalistMovement Party (MHP)'s youthorganization, the Ulku Ocagi. Theattack took place in the city ofMaltepe, in Istanbul Province. Theblast damaged the building butcaused no injuries.

14-Dec-04

Al-Qarmah

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen attack a convoy of Iraqigovernment trucks carrying suppliesto the US troops. The gunmen usedrockets and sub machine guns andset the trucks on fire. The attackoccurred near Al-Qarmah. Casualtynumbers were not reported.

14-Dec-04

GaneyTal

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives2 1 Several mortars were fired at theGaney Tal settlement. The shells hitthe hothouse of the settlement. AThai worker was killed and twoothers slightly injured in the attack.

14-Dec-04

Balad Iraq Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 2 Two Turkish truck drivers were killedin Balad. The drivers were carryingsupplies from Mosul to the US base inBalad. The bodies of the drivers andtheir trucks were badly burned.

14-Dec-04

Iraq Unknown Firearms40 20 Ten cars carrying eighty-five Iraqipolice recruits were attacked whiletraveling between Basra andBaghdad. Twenty-four recruits werekilled or wounded and thirteen otherswere missing. Nine vehicles weredestroyed. In addition, fourpolicemen were killed and twentywere wounded (not recruits). Note:Injury and fatality numbers areestimates.

14-Dec-04

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A car-bombing occurred at theJordan-Iraq border. The explosionoccurred as a caravan of Iraqi truckswas passing through the border.There were casualties, but no reportof the numbers of deaths/injuries.Officials believe the explosive devicewas located in one of the trucks. Theborder between Iraq and Jordan wasclosed as a result of the attack.

14-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 An employee of the Kurdish newssource, KurdSat, was abducted onDecember 14. His body was found inBaghdad on December 22. The manwas identified as Muhannad AkramShakir.

14-Dec-04

SungaiPadi

Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Pinyo Wongrukavej, a 41 year-oldschool teacher, was driving hismotorcycle to work when twomotorcycle gunmen attacked him.His wife, Somporn, also aschoolteacher, was riding passengerand was seriously injured. Twomonths prior to this attack, anassailant threw a Molotov cocktail atPinyo's house after he had receivedthreats demanding he transfer out ofthe province.

14-Dec-04


Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded near a dam underconstruction in Brgy. Condingle,Dumarao, Capiz province. Propertywas damaged, but there were noinjuries. Philippine officials suspectcommunist rebels (from the NewPeople's Army) operating in the areaare responsible for the bombing.Authorities also discovered anotherbomb placed under a 10-wheelertruck at the site. Authoritiesrecovered the bomb and safelydetonated it.

14-Dec-04

Assam India ULFA Explosives26 2 In one, in a series of explosions inAssam, carried out by the UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA) on14 Dec, two persons were killed andtwnety-six others wounded in anexplosion at the Maya Bazaar inMorigaon town. The device had atimer on it.

14-Dec-04

Assam India ULFA Explosives17 1 In the first in a series of explosions inAssam, carried out by UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA) on14 Dec, one person was killed andseventeen injured when a bombexploded on the other side of thestreet from the Haiborgaon policestation in Nagaon town. The bombhad a timer on it.

14-Dec-04

Assam India ULFA Explosives2 0 In one in a series of explosions inAssam, carried out by UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA) on14 Dec, a Central Reserve Policeofficer, and a civilian were injuredwhen a grenade was thrown at acinema hall in Guwahati city.

14-Dec-04

Assam India ULFA Explosives0 0 In one in a series of explosions inAssam, carried out by the UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA)occurred at a rural telephoneexchange at Kakojan in the Tinsukiadistrict. There was no information oninjuries or fatalities.

14-Dec-04

Assam India ULFA Explosives0 0 In one in a series of explosions inAssam, carried out by the UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA) on14 Dec, included an attack at thehome of the State Labor Minister,Rameswar Dhanowar, at Digboi inthe Tinsukia district. There were noreports of injuries or fatalities

14-Dec-04

Assam India ULFA Explosives0 0 A grenade was fired at the Chabuapolice station as part of a series ofattacks carried out by the UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA).There were no reported injuries.

14-Dec-04

Assam India ULFA Explosives0 0 One in a series of explosions inAssam, carried out by the UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA), 14Dec, involved a grenade attacktargeting an office of the Congressparty from the Tinsukia district. Nofatalities or injuries were reported.

14-Dec-04

Assam India ULFA Unknown0 0 United Liberation Front of Assamterrorists kidnapped a businessman,Nitai Saha from the Boxirhat area inDhubri district. There is noinformation on what the terrorists arerequesting or negotiations.

14-Dec-04

Balad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen ambushed two Turkish truckdrivers traveling from Mosul to Balad,transporting supplies for US forces.Both truck drivers were killed andtheir trucks destroyed and burned inthe attack near Balad. Contractorswho supply US troops are thefrequent target of insurgent attack inIraq.

15-Dec-04

Karbala Iraq Unknown Explosives40 12 An explosive charge went off outsideone of the entrances to the Imam Al-Husayn Shiite shrine in the city ofKarbala. Twelve people were killedand about forty injured. The bombexploded when a group of peoplewere walking into evening prayers,following an aide to cleric AyatollahAli al-Sistani. The aide, Sheik AbdulMahdee al-Karbalayee, was woundedin the attack and is believed by someto be the primary target of theattack. He later died of his wounds.Local leaders also believe the attackwas intended to fuel tension betweenShiites and Sunnis in the lead up tothe Iraqi election. The shrine is oneof the holiest sites for Shiites andattracts pilgrims every month.

15-Dec-04

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 An armed group assassinated MajorSultan Muhammad Haasan, thedirector of operations for theNational Guard in Baqubah. Hisdriver was also killed. The attackoccurred in the industrial district ofthe city.

15-Dec-04

Karbala Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 The director of the Karbala tax officewas shot to death by gunmen ridingin a BMW sedan. The incidenthappened northeast of the city.

15-Dec-04

Ramadi Iraq IslamicMovementof IraqiMujahideen

Firearms0 2 An Italian citizen working in Iraq for aBritish NGO was kidnapped in Iraq.The man had an Italian passport andLebanese residency and wasidentified as Salvatore Santoro.Militants kidnapped and then shotand killed the hostage when he triedto break through a guerilla roadblockon a highway outside of Ramadi.Santoro killed one of the militantswith his car just prior to thekidnapping. Militants showed thebody of the dead Italian to Iraqijournalists and released photographsof the dead body. The militantsclaimed to be from the group knownas Islamic Movement of IraqiMujahideen.

15-Dec-04

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Firearms5 2 Two Palestinians were seen crawlingtoward Kissufim road. They werearmed and believed to be preparinga terrorist attack. One of thePalestinians opened fire on severalIsraeli vehicles in Gaza Strip, injuringan Israeli officer, three soldiers, anda civilian. Soldiers killed the gunmanand his accomplice.

15-Dec-04

Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Multinational troops stopped avehicle, used traditionally for sewagetransfer, and discovered that it wasfilled with explosives. The driver wasarrested and reported that he wastraveling towards the US and Britishconsulates in Basra.

15-Dec-04

Iraq MujahideenArmy

Unknown0 0 Insurgents claiming to representthree militant groups kidnapped tenIraqis working for an Americansecurity and reconstructioncompany. The militants were fromthe Mujahideen Army, the BlackBanner Brigade, and the MutassimBellah Brigade and threatened to killthe workers if the firm did not leavethe country. The group released avideotape showing the ten hostages.It was unclear exactly when thehostages were taken, somewherebetween December 13 and 18.

15-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Gunmen killed two Iraqi women whoworked at a US base in SouthernBaghdad. Their driver was also killedin the attack. A group of unknownmen opened fire on the car carryingthe women. The women wereidentified as Inas Ayshu and IbtisamAyshu.

15-Dec-04

SalmanBak

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 A police convoy was ambushed bygunmen as it traveled south ofBaghdad, in the city of Salman Bak.At least three police officers werekilled in the incident.

15-Dec-04

Bacho Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Village headman Kliang Jankong wasshot dead by unknown attackers inBacho district, Narathiwat province.Police believe the attack was relatedto separatist violence in southernThailand.

15-Dec-04

Assam India ULFA Explosives9 0 Terrorists from the United LiberationFront of Assam (ULFA) threw agrenade at police officers who werepatting down people and checkingvehicles in Silapathar in the Dhemajidistrict of Assam. There were ninereported injuries.

15-Dec-04

Assam India ULFA Explosives0 0 United Liberation Front of Assam(ULFA) terrorists threw a grenade ata Central Reserve Police Force patrolparty at Sadiya Bazaar in theTinsukia district. There were noresulting injuries or fatalities. Thiswas one of three grenade attacksperpetrated on this day.

15-Dec-04

Assam India ULFA Explosives0 0 A grenade was thrown by the UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA) atthe Barama police station in theNalbari District. The grenade did notexplode and was later defused byArmy personnel. This was one ofthree grenade attacks perpetrated bythe ULFA on this day.

15-Dec-04

Assam India ULFA Explosives3 0 The United Liberation Front of Assam(ULFA) planted a grenade at the SilaPatthar town. Three people wereinjured, among them, a policesubinspector. These string of attackscoincide with the anniversary of theRoyal Bhutan Army's offensive on thetraining camps one year ago. Thiswas one of three grenade attacksperpetrated on this day.

16-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms8 1 The deputy head of the IraqiCommunication Ministry, QassimMehawi, was shot when gunmenattacked his car while he was on hisway to work. Eight of his bodyguardswere injured in the attack.

16-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A roadside bomb exploded inwestern Baghdad as an SUV carryingforeigners was passing., After theblast, gunmen opened fire on thevehicle, killing one of the foreignersand wounding two others. Noinformation on the nationality of thevictims was reported.

16-Dec-04

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 1 Israeli troops shot a member of theIslamic Jihad movement who tried toplant an explosive device near asettlement.

16-Dec-04

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 Nine mortar shells were fired at theNinawa Governorate headquarters.One person was killed in the attack.

16-Dec-04

KfarDarom

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A mortar shell was fired at thesettlement of Kfar Darom. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack which didnot cause any casualties.

16-Dec-04

Morag WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 The Morag settlement was shelledwith three mortar shells. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack. No casualties werereproted.

16-Dec-04



Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells were fired at theNisanit settlement. The military wingof Hamas claimed responsibility forthe attack. No causalities werereported.

16-Dec-04

NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells were fired at theNeve Deqalim settlement. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack. Therewere no reported casualties.

16-Dec-04

NetzerHazani

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A mortar shell was fired at the NetzerHazani settlement. There were nocasualties. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

16-Dec-04

Kissufim WestBank/Gaza


Explosives6 0 Two Qassam rockets were fired atthe Kissufim crossing. Six settlerswere reported injured. The militarywing of Hamas claimedresponsibility.

16-Dec-04

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives1 2 Several mortar shells fell on aKurdish camp in Kirkuk, killing twoIraqis, a father and son, andwounding one other.

16-Dec-04

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Several gunmen attack theheadquarters of the Iraqi TurkomanFront's chairmanship in Kirkuk. Thoseprotecting the building were able torepel the attackers. The building wasslightly damaged in the attack. Noinjuries were caused.

16-Dec-04


Explosives0 0 A car bomb was found in a parkinggarage near the Bogota airport. Itwas made up of 8kg of explosivescontained in a spare tire. Furtherinvestigation revealed the car hadfake license plates that were copiedfrom the plates of a car issued to theProsecutor General’s Office. Thisallowed those driving the car tomove around safely and pretend tobe from the Technical InvestigationCorps. Officials believe the bomb wasthe work of Revolutionary ArmedForces of Colombia (FARC) and wasintended to target the aircraft ofPresident Alvaro Uribe.

17-Dec-04



Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at theNisanit settlement. The military wingof Hamas claimed responsibility forthe attack which caused no injuries.

17-Dec-04

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Gunmen attacked a car in Mosul,killing three armed foreigners andtheir Iraqi driver. The vehicle wasattacked by rifle fire and then set onfire. The men died of rifle wounds.

17-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A rocket attack was launched byunidentified persons at the BaghdadAirport. No further information wasofferred. No casualties were reportedin the attack.

17-Dec-04


Unknown Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets were fired atthe Sederot settlement. There wereno casualties.

17-Dec-04

NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket landed on the NeveDeqalim settlement. No injuries werecaused or damage reported. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack.

17-Dec-04

KfarDarom

WestBank/Gaza

al-Fatah Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells were fired at theKfar Darom settlement. No damagewas reported. The military wing ofFatah claimed responsibility.

17-Dec-04

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 9 Five Turkish officers, security guardsat the Turkish embassy, and theirtwo drivers, were killed when theirvan was ambushed by gunmen inMosul on their way to Baghdad.Three additional officers survived theattack, two of whom went on toBaghdad. Two of the attackers werealso killed in the attack by US forces.

17-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded under an oilpipeline extending to the al-Durahrefinery in Baghdad. This was one ofseveral oil attacks over a period oftwo days. Oil pipelines are thefrequent target of attacks.

17-Dec-04

Baiji Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded under an oilpipeline near the Baiji refinerycausing damage to the pipeline. Thiswas one of several oil attacks over aperiod of two days. Oil pipelines arethe frequent target of attacks.

17-Dec-04

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A booby-trapped bus exploded on thebridge connecting Baghdad andKarbala. As a result of the explosion,the bridge was damaged andunusable. No information oncasualties was available.

17-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen attacked several shops insouthwestern Baghdad. Theytargeted music shops and a barbershop. No human casualties werereported but the stores weredamaged. Similar attacks haveoccurred in other cities on musicstores and liquor shops, particularlythose owned by Christians.

17-Dec-04

Karbala Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Thirty-six Iraqi policemen werekidnapped when they were on theirway back from Jordan where theyhad been completing a trainingcourse. Another twenty policemenmanaged to escape without beingkidnapped. One day later, thepolicemen were released.

17-Dec-04

Riyadh Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen opened fire on the electioncenter in Riyadh. No damage wasreported. The attack comes in thelead up to the country's first election.

17-Dec-04

Assam India ULFA Explosives11 1 The United Liberation Front of Assam(ULFA) carried out a grenade attackon a hotel in the Paltan Bazaar inGuwahati. There were elevenseriously injured and one person waskilled. This is following several daysof heightened violence and attacksby ULFA.

17-Dec-04

Assam India ULFA Explosives0 0 The United Liberation Front of Assamcarried out a bomb attack on a gaspipeline of the state owned AssamGas Company in the Dibrugarhdistrict. The pipeline was set on firewith severe damage.

17-Dec-04

BhaktapurNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 Three persons claiming to beMaoists, assumed to be from theCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M) planted a bomb in the LandRevenue Office at Byas chowk inBhaktapur municipality. The LandRevenue office was 500 meters fromthe police department. There wereno injuries, but damage wassignificant.

18-Dec-04

NetzerHazani

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at theNetzer Hazani settlement. No injurieswere caused. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

18-Dec-04

Morag WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Three Qassam rockets were fired atthe Morag settlement. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack. No injuries werecaused.

18-Dec-04



Explosives0 0 A qassam rocket was fired at theSederot settlement. No casualtieswere reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

18-Dec-04

EleiSinai

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets were fired atthe Elei Sinai settlement. No damagewas reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

18-Dec-04



Explosives0 0 Three Qassam rockets were fired atthe Sederot settlement. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack. No injuries werereported.

18-Dec-04

NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at theNeve Deqalim settlement. No injurieswere repotted. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibly for theattack.

18-Dec-04

KfarDarom

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Three mortar shells were fired at thesettlement at Kfar Darom. No injurieswere reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

18-Dec-04

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two missiles were fired at a Kibbutzin the Gaza Strip. No damage wasreported. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

18-Dec-04

Gadid WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets were fired atthe Gadid settlement. No damagewas reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

18-Dec-04

NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 One mortar was fired at the NeveDeqalim settlement. No damage wascaused. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

18-Dec-04

NetzerHazani

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A qassam missile was fired at theNetzer Hazani settlement. No injurieswere caused in the attack. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility.

18-Dec-04



Explosives0 0 Three Qassam rockets were fired atthe Sederot settlement. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack which caused noinjuries.

18-Dec-04

Morag WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Three Qassam missiles were fired atthe Morag settlement. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack which caused noinjuries.

18-Dec-04

Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives1 2 Two people were killed in a mortarattack launched against the Al-DujaylYouth Center in Tikrit. A third personwas wounded. No information on theperpetrators was available.

18-Dec-04

Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 An attack by unknown perpetratorscaused a large fire to break out in anoil pipeline that carries oil fromKirkuk to the al-Durah refinery. Oilflow had been disrupted. This wasone of several attacks on oil pipelinesin a period of 48 hours. Oil pipelinesare a frequent target of attack.

18-Dec-04

Baiji Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 Four US security contractors werewounded when a car exploded inBaiji. The men were employed withthe Florida based Cochise SecurityInc., which is charged with disposingof munitions.

18-Dec-04

Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 An attack occurred on an oil pipelinein a Sunni Arab area. This was one ofseveral oil attacks over a period oftwo days. Oil pipelines are thefrequent target of attacks.

18-Dec-04

Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 An attack occurred on an oil pipelinein a Sunni Arab area. This was one ofseveral oil attacks over a period oftwo days. Oil pipelines are thefrequent target of attacks.

18-Dec-04

Newry NorthernIreland


0 0 An incendiary device was found at asports shop in Newry, in CountyDown. Police are blaming dissidentrepublicans for planting this deviceand four others in upcoming days.

18-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A first lieutenant in the JudicialPolice, which are affiliated with theInterior Ministry was assassinated athis home in Baghdad. He is also theson of a well-known pop singer.

18-Dec-04

Dujail Iraq Unknown Explosives8 1 Insurgents fired mortars at the voterregistration center in Dujail, killingone civilian and wounding eightothers. The attack comes in the leadup to the election.

18-Dec-04

GuasdualitoVenezuelaBolivarianLiberationForces(FBL)

Firearms0 0 Alleged members of the BolivarianLiberation Forces (FBL), kidnappedRamon Romero, a leader of the FifthRepublic Movement (MVR). Romerowas in his home with friends andfamily when twelve people dressed incivilian clothing took him away. It isunknown what motivated the attack,but General Oswaldo Bracho, a chiefof operations, believes it waspolitically motivated.

18-Dec-04

Quetta Pakistan Other Explosives0 0 Muhammad Yousaf, called in as aspokesman for Abdullah Mahsud,claiming the bombing on the CivilSecretariat in Quetta. There were nofatalities. The attack was in responseto the military's monetary offer forthe capture of Abdullah Mahsud.

19-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Iraqi rebels attacked and executedthree election workers in Baghdad.About thirty militants threw handgrenades and fired weapons at thecar carrying five election officials.Then, gunmen stopped a car anddragged three of them into themiddle of busy Haifa Street duringmorning traffic and shot them dead.The three killed were identified asMahdi Sbeih, Samy Moussa, andHatem Ali Hadi al-Moussawi, a lawyerand deputy director of the Karkhoffice. Two election workers escapedunhurt. Militants then set fire to thevehicle. The attack comes on thesame day as two large bombings inKarbala and Najaf.

19-Dec-04

Najaf Iraq Unknown Explosives91 50 A car bomb exploded in the middle ofa funeral procession in Najaf. Thebomb was detonated only 300 yardsfrom the Imam Ali Shrine, animportant Shiite shrine. Nearby werecrowds of people waiting for buses.At least fifty people were killed andninety-one wounded in this attack.The explosion ruptured water pipesand caused damage to nearby shops.The blast occurred only one day aftera bomb attack in Karbala. Theattacks may be linked to theupcoming elections. On December20, sources reported that at leastfifty people had been detained inconnection with the attack. OnDecember 25, the governor of Najafannounced that the perpetrators ofthe attack had been arrested.

19-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 Four Iraqis were wounded whenseveral mortar shells fell on the IbnTaymiyah mosque in Baghdad. Theblasts also caused damage to themosque in which the HigherCommission for Call, Guidance, andFatwa is headquartered.

19-Dec-04

Karbala Iraq Unknown Explosives50 14 A car bomb exploded near a bus stopin Karbala, killing fourteen andwounding at least fifty. The attackalso occurred near the twin shrinesof Hussein and Abbas. GrandAyatollah Ali al-Sistani also lives nearthe site of the blast. It was unclear ifhe was a target or not. The attackoccurs on the same day as abombing in Najaf. At least fiftypeople were detained in connectionwith the Najaf bombing and couldhave connections to Karbala as well.

19-Dec-04

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Gunmen fired at four young Kurds,killing them and placing their bodieson Kirkuk road. The incident tookplace when the Kurds were returningfrom work. The gunmen were ridingsin a taxi and killed the Kurds usingmachine gun fire.

19-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq DivineWrathBrigades

Explosives0 0 A rocket was fired on the Green Zonein Baghdad, where US forces areheadquartered. A group calling itselfthe Divine Wrath Brigades claimedresponsibility for the attack.

19-Dec-04



0 0 A store in the Crescent Link area ofLondonderry was set on fire. Policeare investigating the cause of theblaze, though it is believed to havebeen part of a spate of firebombings, most likely perpetrated bydissident republicans. The fire wasstarted at the Carpet Right shop.

19-Dec-04

Lisburn NorthernIreland


0 0 A fire was started at the B&Q DIYstore near Lisburn. The blaze wascaused by an incendiary device,probably set by dissidentrepublicans. There was extensivedamage caused to the rugdepartment of the store and smokedamage was caused to the entireproperty. It took fire officials overeight hours to control the blaze.

19-Dec-04

JerusalemIsrael Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

1 0 A Jewish man (American born) wasstabbed in the back outside his homein Jerusalem by suspected Arabassailants. Officials believe that hewas targeted only because he wasJewish. The man was moderatelywounded.

20-Dec-04

Dugit WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at theDugit settlement. The military wingof Hamas claimed responsibility forthe attack. No injuries were caused.

20-Dec-04

KfarDarom

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Five mortar shells were fired at theKfar Darom settlement. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack. No injuries werereported.

20-Dec-04




20-Dec-04

NewtownabbeyNorthernIreland


0 0 Dissident republicans are beingblamed for an arson attack at thePoundstretcher store inNewtownabbey, in County Antrim.The fire broke out in the stationarysection of the store close tomidnight. Police believe this may bethe latest attack in a series of firebombings at businesses throughoutthe country. All of the attacks arebeing blamed on dissidentrepublicans.

20-Dec-04



0 0 The Homebase Store in theWaterside area of Londonderry wasthe target of a fire bomb attack. Anincendiary device, which had beenleft in the shop, partially explodedand caused some minor damage.Shoppers were evacuated prior tothe blast. Police believe this was themost recent in a series of firebombings that were most likelyperpetrated by dissident republicans.

20-Dec-04

Karbala Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded at a policecheckpoint in Karabala, damagingsurrounding buildings, but causing nocasualties. Police managed to arrestthe attacker.

20-Dec-04

al-Tikriti Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A Turkish truck driver was killedwhen an explosive device wasdetonated near a road in al-Tikrit. Hewas traveling as part of a US convoyat the time of the attack and of hisdeath.

20-Dec-04



Explosives0 0 Two Quds-2 rockets were fired on theSederot settlement. No injuries werereported. The military wing of theIslamic Jihad movement claimedresponsibility for the attack.

20-Dec-04

Lagile Uganda Lord'sResistanceArmy(LRA)

Firearms1 2 A local government functionary andan unidentified woman were killed ina presumed Lord's Resistance Army(LRA) ambush on a vehicle inNorthern Uganda. The functionary, alocal councilman variously reportedas Martin Lacen or Martin Lanek, andthe female passenger were bothkilled by gunfire. The driver of thevehicle, a priest by the name of Rev.John Olum, sustained gunshotwounds but survived. The rebelsburned the vehicle after the attack.

20-Dec-04

Mitontic Mexico Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified assailants shot andkilled city councilor Manuel GutierrezMendez at 4:00 am several metersfrom the city hall offices. Mendezhad sounded an alarm to convenecity officials before he was shot.Moments after the alarm wassounded people reported hearingMendez pleaded for his life. It is notknown who carried out the attacks orwhat motivated them.

21-Dec-04



Explosives0 0 A Battar rocket was fired at theNetzarim settlement. No damagewas reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

21-Dec-04

NahalOz

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at theNahal Oz settlement. No injurieswere reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

21-Dec-04

EleiSinai

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two qassam rockets were fired at theElei Sinai settlement. No injurieswere reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

21-Dec-04

Rafah WestBank/Gaza


Firearms0 0 Two Israeli settlers were shot at whilethey were leaving their car near anobservation post in the refugee campof Tall-al-Sultan in Rafah.Ambulances reported to the scene,but it was unclear if injuries occurred.No injuries were reported. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack.

21-Dec-04

GaneyTal

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at theGaney Tal settlement. No injurieswere reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

21-Dec-04

NahalOz

WestBank/Gaza



21-Dec-04

NahalOz

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A two mortar shells were fired at theNahal Oz settlement. No injurieswere reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

21-Dec-04




21-Dec-04



Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets were fired atthe Netzarim settlement. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack. One of the rockets hita Jewish Synagogue, as prayers wereunder way. The building wasdamaged, but no injuries werereported.

21-Dec-04

NetzerHazani

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at theNetzer Hazani settlement. Noinjuries were reported. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

21-Dec-04

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An oil pipeline was blown up betweenKirkuk and Bayji by an explosivecharge set by unknown persons. Theblast damaged the line and causedoil leakage.

21-Dec-04

QatifBloc

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Three mortar shells were fired at theQatif bloc. No injuries or damage wasreported.

21-Dec-04

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Two mortars were fired at the QarniCrossing. There were no casualtiesand no damage was caused.

21-Dec-04

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at anIsraeli settlement in the Gaza Strip.No injuries or damage was reported.

21-Dec-04

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells were fired at theGaza Strip, hitting a kindergartenbuilding. Fortunately there were noreported injuries.

21-Dec-04

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A member of the Baqubah citycouncil was assassinated. No furtherinformation is available.

21-Dec-04

Baiji Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 A child whose mother works for theUS base in Baiji was kidnapped byunknown people. There was noinformation reported on thewhereabouts of the child or anydemands made.

21-Dec-04

Karbala Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 A roadside bomb was planted near apolice checkpoint in Karbala. Itexploded, wounding four passersbyand causing damage to surroundingbuildings.

21-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosion destroyed a Shiiteshrine in Baghdad, the Ibrahim BinAli al-Hadi shrine. No casualties werecaused.

21-Dec-04

SundbybergSweden GlobalIntifada

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A group calling itself the GlobalIntifada claimed responsibility for anattempted arson attack on the PolishConsulate in Sundbyberg, a suburb ofStockholm. Consulate employeesfound a basket with two Molotovcocktails on the sidewalk outside thepremises. When the police arrived toinvestigate, they also found that twobottles of gasoline had been set onfire and thrown at the building. Nodamage or injuries were caused. Thegroup left a Christmas card at thescene with the phrase, Poland out ofIraq written on it. When they laterclaimed responsibility, they stated,the attempted arson was carried outas a warning to the Polish state forits involvement in the imperialistoccupation of Iraq. In August 2005, a21-year-old woman and a 23-year-oldman were arrested in connectionwith this attack.

21-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Two members of the municipalcouncil in the Al-Siniyah Sub-districtof Baghdad were killed by gunmentraveling in a car. Ammar al-Janabiand Hazim al-Bara were shot on theirway to the municipal councilbuilding.

21-Dec-04

Baiji Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Insurgents planted explosive chargesunder an oil pipeline near Baiji,causing an explosion and a large fireon the pipeline which is used to shipoil to the Turkish port of Ceyhan.This was one of two attacks onpipelines in Bayji on this day.

21-Dec-04

Baiji Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An oil pipeline was damaged whenunknown insurgents placed anexplosive charge under a pipeline inthe city of Baiji. The pipe feeds thelargest refinery in the country. Alarge fire was caused as the result ofthis and another nearby pipelineattack. This was one of two pipelinesattacked in Bayji on this day.

21-Dec-04

al-Dawrah

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 The municipal council office in Al-Dawrah was attacked by gunmen.Yusuf Abd-al-Razzaq, a member ofthe council was killed in the attack.The attackers managed to escape.

21-Dec-04

Yarang Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Suthee Meesrisawat, a 45 year-oldteacher, was shot dead in Yarangdistrict. He died on the way to thehospital.

21-Dec-04

Sai Buri Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Worawut Limbutr, a 39 year-old localofficial, was gunned down bymotorcycle gunmen while drivinghome in Sai Buri district. A passengersitting in the truck bed, ThinWangthong, was unharmed.

21-Dec-04

Rangoon Burma(Myanmar)

VigorousBurmeseStudentWarriors

Explosives1 0 The Vigorous Burmese StudentWarriors claimed responsibility for abomb that exploded outside arestaurant popular with foreigntourists in Myanmar's capital. Thegroup demanded the immediaterelease of all political prisoners. Thebombing injured one worker.

21-Dec-04

NetzerHazani

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Four mortar shells were fired at theNetzer Hazani settlement. Nodamage was reported. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

22-Dec-04

BallymenaNorthernIreland


0 0 The Harry Corry store on ChurchStreet in Ballymena, was badlydamaged in an arson attack. Policewere passing the premises whenthey noticed smoke coming from thewindows and went inside toinvestigate. When they arrived, twomore firebombs detonated and theshop ignited. Authorities are blamingthis attack and six others in the pastthree days on dissident republicans.

22-Dec-04

Hebron WestBank/Gaza

DemocraticFront fortheLiberationofPalestine(

Firearms0 1 An Israeli man was shot by aPalestinian gunman West of Hebron.He was shot at a location whereIsrael is currently building a wall toseparate the West Bank from Israel.The terrorists escaped. Tel Aviv Ynetreported that it received ananonymous call claimingresponsibility from the NationalResistance Brigades, the militarywing of the Democratic Front for theLiberation of Palestine.

22-Dec-04

NahalOz

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at theNahal Oz settlement. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack. No damage orcasualties were reported.

22-Dec-04

Gitit WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Three mortars were fired at the Gititsettlement. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack. No damage or casualtieswere reported.

22-Dec-04

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A Iraqi police lieutenant was killed inBaqubah by an unknown gunmen asthe police officer left for work. Nofurther information is available.

22-Dec-04

Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Varavuth Limbutr was shot dead bytwo motorcycle gunmen as he wasdriving home. Varavuth was Pattaniprovince's chief of Tambon Kroh BonAdministrative Organization.

22-Dec-04

Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 The US and UK consulates in Basrawere attacked by rocket-propelledgrenades. The size of the damagewas not reported. No furtherinformation on the incident wasavailable.

22-Dec-04

Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Two teachers were shot dead inPattani Province. This incident andothers in the region in recent days,forced all schools in Pattani to closefor the day.

23-Dec-04



Explosives0 0 Four mortars were fired at the Nisanitsettlement. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack. No damage or injuries werereported.

23-Dec-04



Explosives0 0 Two Battar rockets were fired at theNisanit settlement. The military wingof Hamas claimed responsibility forthe attack. No damage or injurieswere reported.

23-Dec-04

NetzerHazani

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets and two batterrockets were fired at the NetzerHazani settlement. The military wingof Hamas claimed responsibility forthe attack. No damage or injurieswere reported.

23-Dec-04

Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Separtist gunmen shot and killedVichian Sunokabut and his wife Ae-soh as they rode their motorcycle toa rubber plantation. Vichian was aformer village head of Ban LuboYering.

23-Dec-04

Iraq Unknown Fire orFirebomb

4 0 Armed gunmen attacked an oilpipeline that is used to pump oilderivatives from Bayji refineries tostorage tanks in Baghdad, al-Mushahidah, al-Karkh, and al-Latifiyah. They set the pipeline onfire, cutting off Baghdad oil supplies.However, the four gunmen were alsowounded by the fire that broke outon the pipeline.

23-Dec-04

Al-Latifiyah

Iraq Unknown Explosives13 9 A suicide bomber detonated hisvehicle during rush hour at acheckpoint in the Al-Latifiyah area.The explosion destroyed five cars,killed five people, and woundedthirteen others. Most of those killedwere police and National GuardMembers.

23-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A mortar shell fell on the Al-Ma'mumpolice station in western Baghdad.One police officer was killed and twowounded. The shell also causeddamage to the station and nearbyvehicles.

23-Dec-04

Kissufim WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells were fired at theKissufim settlement. No damage orcasualties were reported. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack.

23-Dec-04


Unknown Explosives0 0 Six mortar shells were fired at theNetzarim settlement. No injurieswere reported.

23-Dec-04

NetzerHazani

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 1 Eight mortar shells were fired at theNetzer Hazani settlement. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack. Oneperson was injured and a buildingwas destroyed in the attack.

23-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 3 The Ashra Mohammadia Mosque inBaghdad, a Sunni mosque, was hit bya mortar shell. Three people werekilled and three wounded in theattack.

23-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 1 A mortar shell exploded outside apolice station in the al-Mamundistrict. One police officer was killedand one wounded in the attack. It isthe third such attack on the station inrecent days.

23-Dec-04

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A police officer was assassinated inBaqubah. This is third assassinationof a police officer in three days in thiscity.

23-Dec-04

Tikrit Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A tribal chief, Hazem Daraa, waskilled by gunmen in Tikrit. No furtherinformation is available.

23-Dec-04

Ramadi Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 The al-Ramadi District office andMayor's office was blown up byunidentified gunmen. No casualtieswere reported in the attack. Theoffice was vacant when theinsurgents entered and plantedexplosive charges.

23-Dec-04

Ramadi Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A police station in al-Ramadi wasattacked and blown up by gunmenshortly after the Mayor's office wasattacked. The gunmen drove thepolice outside the building beforedestroying it. No casualties werereported in the attack.

23-Dec-04

ChamaleconHonduras MarasSalvatruchas

Firearms12 28 Members of a youth gang, MarasSalvatruchas, opened fire on a bus ofcivilians killing twenty-eight andwounding twelve. The gang left anote on the bus saying theyrepresented a guerilla group,Cunchonero People’s LiberationMovement, that has not been activesince the 1980s. The notethreatened and insulted thePresident of Honduras, TicardoMaduro, the National CongressPresident, Lobo Sosa, and a numberof leading politicians who are prodeath penalty, and who havesupported a crack down on organizedcrime and the youth gangs.

23-Dec-04

Khost Pakistan Unknown Unknown0 1 Zubair Nusrat, a Christian radioreporter, was killed by mujahideenfor spreading Christianity inAfghanistan. No further informationis available.

23-Dec-04

Wana Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 1 A bomb was placed outside the homeof Sardar Sher Khan (PeaceCommittee member). His sonKalilmullah exited the house and waskilled by the blast. Another bombhad gone off earlier in the dayoutside of the house, but Sher Khanremained unharmed. Theperpetrators are unknown.

23-Dec-04

Muang Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Prateep Supong, a teacher at Sakhorschool in Yala's Muang district, wasshot and killed by motorcyclegunmen as he drove to school. Policebelieve that Muslim separatists areresponsible.

24-Dec-04

DiyarbakirTurkey Unknown Fire orFirebomb

2 0 Two police officers were slightlyinjured when unidentifiedperpetrators threw Molotov cocktailsat their police vehicle in Diyarbakir.The officers were on patrol in theUrfa Kapi neighborhood when theywere attacked. One person wasarrested in connection with theincident.

24-Dec-04

KrongPinang


0 0 Arsonists set fire to three telephonebooths in the Muang and KrongPinang districts in Yala province.One of the two booths targeted inKrong Pinang was destroyed afterbeing attacked with a homemadepetrol bomb. The fire in the otherbooth failed to ignite, and the boothwas not damaged.

24-Dec-04

Muang Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Arsonists set fire to three telephonebooths in the Muang and KrongPinang districts in Yala province. Thetelephone booth targeted in tambonBannangsareng, Muang district wasonly minimally damaged.

24-Dec-04

Manila PhilippinesUnknown Explosives0 0 A homemade bomb found inside apassenger bus was disarmed. Thebus was in the Quiapo district, whenthe driver noticed an abandonedbackpack in the bus and notifiedpolice. Police speculate that southernterrorists, such as Abu Sayyaf, mayhave been involved.

24-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives19 9 A fuel tanker exploded in the al-Mansur district of Baghdad, near theLibyan and Jordanian embassies.Several other embassies andgovernment buildings, including thehomes of Sunni dignitary AdnanPachachi and Shiite party leaderAhmed Chalabi, are also located inthe area. The fuel tanker was tiedwith explosives and driven by asuicide bomber. The explosiondamaged nearby buildings and killedat least nine people, including guardsat the Libyan embassy. At leastnineteen people were injured in theattack.

24-Dec-04

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Four members of the Patriotic Unionof Kurdistan Party were attacked andabducted on the Baghdad-Kirkukhighway. The abducted wereidentified as three engineers whowork at the Kirkuk water and sewagedepartment and a contractor.

24-Dec-04



Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets were fired atthe Netzarim settlement. No damageor casualties were reported. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack.

24-Dec-04

EleiSinai

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells were fired at theElei Sinai settlement. No damage orcasualties were reported. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack.

24-Dec-04

KfarDarom

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Six mortar shells were fired at theKfar Darom settlement. No damageor casualties were reported. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack.

24-Dec-04

NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells were fired at theNeve Deqalim settlement. Nodamage or casualties were reported.The military wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack.

24-Dec-04

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 The police station in Al-Mafraq wasattacked by gunmen with mortarsand rockets. US forces responded torepel the attack.

24-Dec-04

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A police station in south Baqubahwas attacked by gunmen armed withmortars and rockets. No casualtieswere reported.

24-Dec-04

Greece Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A group of between fifty and onehundred anti-establishment youthscharged at the Ayios Pandeleimonaspolice department, attempting to setit on fire. A security guard outsidethe premises saw the group comingand warned his colleagues, whobarricaded themselves in the station.The police fired shots outside to warnoff the group. There were noreported injuries. One member ofthe group was arrested shortly afterthe incident. The attack wasapparently perpetrated in protest tothe tortures of Afghan refugees byofficers from this department.

24-Dec-04

Tarapoto Peru Unknown Firearms0 1 Mayor of San Martin, Signior Posso diBorgo, was killed on the evening ofDec 24. The mayor was visiting hisson and family in Tarapoto and wasshot while getting out of his truckafter parking on the street near hisson's house. The perpetrator fled ina vehicle waiting nearby. Some havespeculated that there were politicalmotives for the crime. Othersbelieve drug traffickers killed Possobecause of an agreement he signedwith US Agency for InternationalDevelopment (USAID), the regionalgovernment, and the NationalCommission for Development andLife Without Drugs (DEVIDA) aimedat reinforcing development programsin the area.

24-Dec-04

Jamrud Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Ten trucks with food and oil supplyfor US forces were attacked by rocketin Khyber Agency's Jamrud area. Theattack occurred on the oil tankerwhich caused a fire and destroyedthree trucks while damaging others.No casualties were reported.

24-Dec-04

Kohlu Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 The District Coordination Officeroffice came under attack whenunknown assailants fired fourrockets. One was fired at Killi Jilli andone at Killi Sardar (Killi Pir MehmoodShah area). There was damage tothe buildings, but no casualties werereported.

25-Dec-04

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms4 0 The convoy of the governor of Diyala,Abdullah Al-Juburi, was targeted withan explosive charge in Baqubah. Fourof his bodyguards were wounded inthe incident, but the governor wasnot harmed.

25-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 A member of the local council inBaghdad, Galal Ibrahim, was killed bygunmen. A friend of the official wasalso killed in the attack.

25-Dec-04

QatifBloc

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Four mortar shells fell in the northernQatif bloc. A house was damaged butno injuries were caused.

25-Dec-04

EkeremorNigeria IduwiniYouths

Unknown0 0 A faction of Ijaw militants identifiedas Iduwini Youths kidnapped sixteenworkers from a shipping contractor toShell Oil. The group quickly releasedall fifteen of its Nigerian hostages,but is still detaining a Croatian, IvanRoso. While these incidents arefrequently of criminal motivation, inthis case, the Iduwini appear to beusing the hostage to extort politicaldemands, among them greaterinvestment from multinationals intheir communities and compensationfor environmental degradation.

25-Dec-04

Moscow Russia Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded near a branch ofthe Bank of Moscow at 10:30 pmMoscow time. There were no victims.A ten story apartment block nearbywas damaged from the shockwave.

25-Dec-04

Bannu Pakistan Unknown Explosives7 2 The Haroon Spices Shop in Bannu(Frontier Province) was attackedwhen a bomb went off. Other shopsin the Mandan Gate Bazaar were alsodamaged. The shop owner, Haroon,died and eight were taken to thehospital. One died on the way.Haroon was the nephew of AbdulRazzaq Mujaddadi, MemberProvincial Assembly

26-Dec-04

Tel Aviv Israel Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Two firebombs were thrown at heHasan Bakk Mosque in Tel Aviv. Noone was hurt but some damage wascaused to the mosque. Police suspectthe Israelis were behind the attack.

26-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 A high-ranking Iraqi police officer,Col. Yassin Ibrahim Jawad, was killedin Baghdad and two of hisbodyguards were wounded whengunmen attacked his car he wasdriving to work.

26-Dec-04

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 The subdistrict officer of Al-sharqat,Muhsin al-Sabhan, was kidnapped byunknown gunmen north of Samarra,along with two of his guards. Theguards were later released, but al-Sabhan was still being held bykidnappers.

26-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A leader in the Iraqi Ummah Party,Muhammed Abd-al-Husayn, waskilled by gunmen as he left his homewest of Baghdad. The shots werefired by three masked men as theywere driving by the scene. Al-Husayn was killed instantly.

26-Dec-04

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive charge hit an oilpipeline near Kirkuk. The explosioncaused a large fire, which tookofficers a long time to extinguish. Nofurther information is available.

26-Dec-04

Ramadi Iraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Gunmen shot and killed five Iraqipolice officers in Ramadi. Thegunmen left the bodies in the streetalong with a note that states thenames of the victims.

26-Dec-04

al-Rashid

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 26 A police station in al-Rashid wasattacked by a large group ofinsurgents. Police were able to repelthe attack and kill twenty-six of theinsurgents.

26-Dec-04


Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket fired towardsSederot hit a residence in the Sha'arHanegev Regional Council. Thehouse was damaged by no one wasinjured.

27-Dec-04

EleiSinai

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two Nasser rockets were fired at thesettlement of Elei Sinai. No damagewas reported. The military wing ofthe Popular Resistance Committeesclaimed responsibility for the attack.

27-Dec-04

NetzerHazani

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Four mortar shells were fired at theNetzer Hazani settlement. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack. NOdamage or injuries were reported.

27-Dec-04



Explosives0 0 Five mortar shells were fired at theAtzmona settlement. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack. No damage or injurieswere reported.

27-Dec-04

NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Several mortars were fired at theNeve Deqalim settlement. Themilitary wings of The DemocraticFront for Palestine and al-Fatahjointly claimed responsibility for theattack. No damage was reported.

27-Dec-04

Newry NorthernIreland


0 0 A small incendiary device was foundin the pocket of a garment at the OldCreamery Retail Park in Newry, inCounty Down. Police evacuated thepremises and were able to safelydispose of the device. This is one ina series of fire bombings all overNorthern Ireland, which are beingblamed on dissident republicans.Police have warned business holdersto check their premises for thesetypes of devices because of thisspate of attacks.

27-Dec-04

Poso IndonesiaUnknown Explosives0 0 Two bombs were detonated near theoffice of the NGO Mercy Corps inPoso City but did not cause anycasualties or damage. Theperpetrators threw the bombs fromtheir motorcycle and then fled.Military officials believe the bombingwas meant to intimidate the NGO,which had been providinghumanitarian aid for refugees of thesectarian violence in CentralSulawesi.

27-Dec-04

Chana Thailand Unknown Firearms1 3 Three border patrol policemen werekilled and one seriously injured byinsurgents. The four were attackedwhile returning from a patrol inChana district, Pattani province. Twoattackers approached towards themon a motorcycle and opened fire withan AK-47. The three killed were Lt-Cpl Ekapol Saengkaew, Lt-CplChutinai Chumchit, and Lt- CplChalee Khemsanit. Lt-Cpl ChanraemNasathit was seriously wounded.

27-Dec-04

Rangae Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Pradit Khaochai, assistant villageheadman of Moo 5 Village in Rangaedistrict, Narathiwat province, wasattacked by motorcycle gunmen.Police believe that local insurgentswere responsible for the shooting.

27-Dec-04

Yarang Thailand Unknown Firearms0 0 An unidentified number of attackersopened fire on a police truck carryingfive offers from the Thung YangDaeng district police station. Thetruck was travelling in Yarang districtwhen the suspected insurgentsstruck. No one was injured.

27-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives50 13 A suicide bomber detonated hisvehicle outside the home of AbdulAziz al-Hakim, the head to theSupreme Council for the IslamicRevolution in Iraq, the largestpolitical party in Iraq. At least thirtycars near the residence weredamaged, thirteen people werekilled, and about fifty injured.Although Hakim was in his house atthe time of the attack, he was notinjured.

27-Dec-04



Explosives0 0 Two Nazzal rockets were fired at thesettlement of Netzarim. No damageor injuries were reported in theattack. The military wing of theDemocratic Front for the Liberationof Palestine claimed responsibility forthe attack.

27-Dec-04

NetzerHazani

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two mortars were fired at thesettlement of Netzer Hazani. Nodamage was reported. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

27-Dec-04


Unknown Firearms0 0 Several gunshots were fired byunknown gunmen at theheadquarters of Palestinianpresidential candidate, Bassam Salhiin Ramallah. No injuries were causedby the shooting.

27-Dec-04

al-Birah WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen in a car opened fire on thehome of Abdul Jawad Saleh, amember of the Palestinianparliament, in al-Bireh. No one wasinjured in the attack.

27-Dec-04

Al-Mahmudiyah

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A senior member of the IraqiCommunist party, Sa'di Abd-al-Jabbaral-Bayyati was kidnapped whiledriving his car in the al-Mahmudiyaharea south of Baghdad. The followingday al-Bayyati's body was found fullof bullets on the side of the road.

27-Dec-04

GaneyTal

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells were fired at theGaney Tal settlement. No damagewas reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

27-Dec-04

Lincoln UnitedStates

Unknown Explosives0 0 Three unexploded incendiary deviceswere found at a construction site inLincoln, California. Authoritiesbelieve that this incident is the workof eco-terrorists, as they foundgraffiti spray painted at the scenewith phrases like, Enjoy the world asis- as long as you can and U will pay.No group has claimed responsibility.This incident occurred in the CattaVerdera development in TwelveBridges, an upscale golf coursecommunity. Two of the devices wereplanted inside homes and the thirdwas found in a trench. All three wererigged with timing devices thatapparently failed to operate properly.

27-Dec-04

Chitral Pakistan Lashkar-e-Jhangvi

Fire orFirebomb

0 2 The Aga Khan International NGO wasset on fire by four assailants. Two(Rafiq and Juma Khan) were arrestedand confessed on 5 January. Thesuspects are from Lashkar-i-Jhangviand the police are searching for theremaining assailants. The suspectswere quoted as saying that they setthe Aga Khan offices and vehicles onfire to kick them out of the area.When they encountered resistancefrom the workers, they killed a driverand a watchman.

28-Dec-04

Pithan Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Insurgents launched four arsonattacks in Pattani province. Theinsurgents used either bottle-bombsor lit moquito repellent sticks to startthe fires. The attacks were aimed atthe houses of villagers and civilservants. Among the targets was anold police station in Pithan District,which was only slightly damaged asvillagers managed to help extinguishthe fire.

28-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives18 29 At least twenty-nine people werekilled and eighteen wounded, a largenumber of them Iraqi police, when apowerful bomb exploded in a housethat police were raiding. Afterreceiving an anonymous call about amilitant hideout, police were on theirway to raid this hideout in theGhazaliya neighborhood. When theywere about to enter the house alarge explosion occurred. Officialsbelieve the attack was asetup/booby-trap arranged byinsurgents. As many as eightsurrounding houses were destroyedduring the attack.

28-Dec-04

Ramadi Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 The deputy governor of Al-Anbar,Mu'ayyad Marwan al-Atawi, waskidnapped by unknown persons. Hisbody was found in al-Ramadi severalhours later. No information on theperpetrators of this attack was given.

28-Dec-04

GaneyTal

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device weighing morethan 60kg was found near thesettlement of Ganey Tal. The devicewas safely detonated by IsraeliDefense Forces (IDF) forces.

28-Dec-04

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Three Iraqi contractors working forUS troops were killed when gunmenopened fire on their car betweenSalayman Bak and Tikrit.

28-Dec-04

al-Sharqat

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Aziz Salih, a translator working withUS troops was killed in al-Sharqat.This was one of two attacks on UScollaborators on this day.

28-Dec-04

Baiji Iraq Unknown Firearms2 0 Gunmen attacked the municipalcouncil building in Baiji wounding twoguards. The attack occurred at theend of working hours.

28-Dec-04

al-Sharqat

Iraq Unknown Firearms4 2 The al-Sharqat police center wasattack by gunmen. Two officers werekilled and four wounded in theattack.

28-Dec-04

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Abdallah Sulayman, an Iraqi whoworks as a US contractor, waskidnapped from the Mosul area. Nofurther information on hiswhereabouts is available.

28-Dec-04

Tikrit Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 A checkpoint outside of Tikrit wasattacked by gunmen. Two officerswere killed in the attack. This wasone of two attacks on policecheckpoints in this area on this day.

28-Dec-04

Tikrit Iraq Unknown Firearms0 12 Gunmen attacked a police station inTikrit, killing twelve police officers.No further information is available.

28-Dec-04

Tikrit Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Three police officers were shot deadat a checkpoint outside of Tikrit. Thiswas one of two attacks on policecheckpoints in this area on this day.

28-Dec-04

Arauca Colombia Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded in the entrance tothe government offices in downtownArauca in an alleged attack onArauca Governor Julio Enrique AcostaBernal. The governor passedthrough the entrance ten minutesbefore the explosion took place. Thebomb was composed of 20 kilos of R-1, and caused severe materialdamage, but no one was injured.Authorities believe either theRevolutionary Armed Forces ofColombia (FARC) or the NationalLiberation Army (ELN) wereresponsible for the attack.

29-Dec-04

Lisburn NorthernIreland


0 0 Authorities discovered and defusedan incendiary device that was foundin a Sainsbury's supermarket inLisburn. Shop owners in NorthernIreland have been on high alert asmore than ten firebombs have beenfound in stores across the country inrecent days. All of the devices arethought to be the work of dissidentrepublicans. So far, none havecaused any harm.

29-Dec-04

Riyadh SaudiArabia


Explosives6 2 A car bomb exploded outside theInterior Ministry building in Riyadh.The car was driven by a suicidebomber who detonated his vehicleoutside the compound after trying todrive his car into the building. Theexplosion broke windows of thebuilding. Six police officers werewounded and one bystander waskilled. This was the first of twobombings, 30 minutes apart on thissame night within five miles of eachother. The attacks come shortly afterSaudi security forces were involvedin a shootout during a raid of an areawhere a terror suspect had beenkilled the night before. Saudi forcescarried out raids following theattacks, killing seven militants thatthey believe were involved. Thoseinvolved were members of severalradical groups. On January 4,sources reported that a groupaffiliated with Al-Qaeda, al-Qaeda inthe Arabian Peninsula, claimedresponsibility for the blasts, claimingthat the targets were the InteriorMinister, Nayef bin Abdel Aziz alSaud, and his son.

29-Dec-04

Riyadh SaudiArabia


Explosives4 1 A bomb exploded at a center forrecruiting emergency troops inRiyadh. The bomb was detonated bya suicide bomber who tried to drivehis bomb into the recruiting center.Two security personnel and twobystanders were injured in theattack. This was the second of twobombings, 30 minutes apart on thissame night within 5 miles of eachother. The attacks come shortly afterSaudi security forces were involvedin a shootout during a raid of an areawhere a terror suspect had beenkilled the night before. Saudi forcescarried out raids following theattacks, killing seven militants thatthey believe were involved. Thoseinvolved were members of severalradical groups. On January 4,sources reported that a groupaffiliated with Al-Qaeda, al-Qaeda inthe Arabian Peninsula, claimedresponsibility for the blasts, claimingthat the targets were the InteriorMinister, Nayef bin Abdel Aziz alSaud, and his son.

29-Dec-04

KfarDarom

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Three mortar shells were fired at theKfar Darom settlement. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack. No casualties ordamages were reported.

29-Dec-04

TelQatifa

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at the TelQatifa settlement. No damage wasreported. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

29-Dec-04

Balad Iraq Unknown Unknown2 0 Two policemen were woundedfollowing an attack on their patroleast of Balad. The weapon used inthe attack is not stated.

29-Dec-04

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A Turkish truck driver was killed bygunmen while transporting goodsnorth of Samarra.

29-Dec-04

Iraq Unknown Unknown0 2 An Iraqi contractor and an engineerworking for the US Army were killed.Their bodies were found on the roadconnecting Tikrit with al-Tuz. Theweapon used in the attack is notstated.

29-Dec-04

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms3 1 A police commander, Captain Na'emMuhanad Abdullah, was killed inBaqubah by unknown gunmen.Three other people were injured inthe attack.

29-Dec-04

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen attacked a police station inMosul. One policeman was killed inthe attack. No further information isprovided.

29-Dec-04

Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives10 1 A suicide bomber detonated hisbomb in the center of Samarra. Tenpeople were wounded in the attack.The target of the blast was not statedin the report.

29-Dec-04

MuradiyaIraq Unknown Explosives20 5 A car bomb exploded in the village ofMuradiya. Five civilians were killedand dozens were wounded. Thetarget of the blast was not specifiedin the report.

29-Dec-04

Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms4 1 A police station in Samarra wasattacked, killing one policeman andwounding four others. No furtherinformation is available.

29-Dec-04

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Gunmen assassinated three policeofficers who work in the TribilPassport Department while they werevacationing in Diyala Governorate.

29-Dec-04

Muang Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police Senior Sergeant MohammadBenjakaj was shot and killed by amotorcycle gunmen as he wastravelling home in Pattani province.The shooting is believed to berelated to insurgent violence inThailand's south.

29-Dec-04

Srinagar Kashmir Unknown Firearms0 1 Farooq Ahmad Zargar, a NationalConference leader and provincialPresident of Youth NationalConference, was shot and killed byunknown assailants. No group hasclaimed responsibility for thepolitician's death.

29-Dec-04

Bidiyah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A Turkish truck driver transportingsupplies for the US military was killedwhen gunmen ambushed him nearBidiyah, south of Samarra.Contractors who work with US forcesare the frequent target of insurgentattack in Iraq.

30-Dec-04

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded on an oil pipelinenorth of Iraq. The pipeline feeds thebiggest crude refinery in the country.The explosion caused the pipeline tobe set on fire. The attack occurred inKirkuk and disrupted oil flow alongthe pipeline.

30-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 The al-Dawrah oil refinery inBaghdad was the target of a mortarattack. No further information isprovided.

30-Dec-04

Al-Musayyib

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 The headquarters of the ShiiteSupreme Council for IslamicRevolution in Iraq (SCIRI) wasattacked by hand grenades at twotimes during the day. Materialdamage was caused to theheadquarters, but no injuries werecaused.

30-Dec-04

Morag WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two Quds-1 rockets were fired at theMorag settlement. No damage wasreported. The military wing of theIslamic Jihad movement claimedresponsibility for the attack.

30-Dec-04

QatifBloc

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A rocket was fired at a settlement inthe Qatif bloc. The military wing ofPopular Front for the Liberation ofPalestine claimed responsibility forthe attack. No damage was reported.

30-Dec-04

Morag WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two Quds-1 rockets were fired at theMorag settlement. No damage wasreported. The military wing of IslamicJihad claimed responsibility for theattack.

30-Dec-04

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 The son of Salim Aziz, the director ofinternal affairs in Diyala Governorate,was kidnapped by unknown persons.Search efforts were ongoing.

30-Dec-04

KrongPinang


8 0 Six Thai secruity officers, a volunteer,and a village headman werewounded when a bomb exploded inKrong Pinang district, Yala province.Suspected insurgents first planted afake bomb. When a bomb squadarrived, they then triggered aremote-control bomb planted on theopposite side of the road. Theinjured were Police Sub-Lt CharnchaiLaohiransap, Pol Sgt-Major PranetSrisai, Pol Lt-Col Pisut Chimkua, Pol.Lt-Col Kachornsak Laohiranwat, StaffSergeant Somjit Ram-in, PrivateSabueree Korlae, volunteer MusorJehsoh, and village headmanMuhammad Lohyapa.

30-Dec-04

WaziristanPakistan Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

2 0 Asmatullah Khan Gandapur, apolitical agent, was targeted in aroad-side bomb, believed to beremote-detonated. The politicalappointee was returning from hisvisit to the Gamal Zam Dam inKhajuri Kach (with members of theSenate Standing Committee). Therewere seventeen officials, led by PirNooral Haq Qadri present during thevisit. Gandapur had received threatsbefore as a result of his campaignagainst the militants in his area. Hewas injured along with his driver,Mehrdali Mahsud. Both were treatedat the hospital. No group hasclaimed this attack.

30-Dec-04

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped two Lebanesebusinessmen who were working inIraq supporting reconstruction. Themen were identified as Hasan andGhazi Haidar. Gunmen burst into thehome of the businessmen inBaghdad, tied up their Iraqi guard,and kidnapped the men. The menwere held for about six weeks andwere released on February 16, 2005.Foreigners who work in Iraqsupporting reconstruction are thefrequent target of insurgent attacksin Iraq.

31-Dec-04



Explosives0 0 Three Qassam rockets were fired atthe Sederot settlement. No injurieswere reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

31-Dec-04

Dugit WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at theDugit settlement. No damage wasreported. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

31-Dec-04



Explosives0 0 Two mortars were fired at theAtzmona settlement. No damagewas reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

31-Dec-04

KfarDarom

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Three mortars were fired at the KfarDarom settlement.No damage wasreported. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

31-Dec-04

NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza

al-Fatah Explosives0 0 Two mortars were fired at the NeveDeqalim settlement. No damage wasreported. The military wing of Fatahclaimed responsibility for the attack.

31-Dec-04



Explosives0 0 Two Nasir-3 rockets were fired at theSederot settlement. No damage wasreported. The military wing of thePopular Resistance Committeesclaimed responsibility for the attack.

31-Dec-04

Thailand Unknown Firearms0 0 Arsonists set Ban Suanphla School inNarathiwat province on fire, slightlydamaging a wall and teachingmaterials.

31-Dec-04

Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 0 The Afghan Human RightsCommission building was attacked byfive unknown assailants wearingpolice uniforms and black and whitespotted scarves. There were nocasualties and there was no damageto the office.

31-Dec-04

Zabol AfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 5 A group of over twenty Talibanmembers attacked a governmentoffice in the Atghar district, ZabolProvince. Four insurgents (includingTaliban commander MolaAbdorrazaq) and one Afghan soldierdied. The tactic and weapon werenot reported.The Taliban fled toQuetta after a few hours of fighting.


ContinuityIrishRepublicanArmy(CIRA)

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 The Continuity Irish Republican Army(CIRA) has claimed responsibility forplacing a fire bomb in a taxi andordering the driver to deliver it to theGrosvenor Police Station in westBelfast. The driver stopped to pickup two men on Upper DonegallStreet in the city and when theyentered the taxi, they pointed a gunat the driver and ordered him todeliver the device to the policestation. When the taxi arrived at thestation, police were able to safelydefuse the device.

1-Jan-05 Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 Security forces thwarted an attemptby a group of men to attack the oilpipeline and refinery near Basra. Themen were attempting to fireKatyusha rockets at the oil refinery.One of the attackers was killed andtwo were arrested.

1-Jan-05 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen opened fire ona police officer in the WahidHuzayran neighborhood in Kirkukwhen he was leaving his home forwork and killed him.

1-Jan-05 Baqubah Iraq TanzimQa’idatal-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn

Firearms0 2 The leading Iraqi official in Diyalaprovince was assassinated bygunmen. Nawafal Abdul-Hussein al-Shimari was the head of thegoverning council in Diyala and waskilled near Baquaba. His brother wasalso shot. The terrorist groupaffiliated with al-Qaeda TanzimQa'idat Al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidaynclaimed responsibility for the murder.

1-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 An Iraqi police major was shot deadoutside his home in Baghdad bygunmen. No further information isprovided.

1-Jan-05 EleiSinai

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at the EleiSinai settlement. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack. No damage was reported.



Explosives0 0 A mortar was fired at the Netzarimsettlement. No damage wasreported. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

1-Jan-05 NeveDeqalim

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Anti-tank rockets were fired at theNeve Deqalim settlement. Nodamage was reported. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

1-Jan-05 Iraq Unknown Unknown0 2 Two Iraqi drivers who worked for USforces were killed. Their bodies werefound south of Baghdad. Theweapon used in this attack was notstated.

1-Jan-05 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A police officer was killed in Kirkuk.He was one of three policemenassassinated in this city in a threeday period.

1-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A police officer was killed in south-western Baghdad by gunmen. Hewas one of three police officersassassinated in this city in a threeday period. No further information isprovided.

1-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A Lebanese national who worked fora Kuwaiti transport campaign inBaghdad, was killed in the GreenZone. The area in which the attacktook place is where westerndiplomatic missions and agencies ofthe coalition forces are located.

1-Jan-05 Vezhariy Russia Unknown Firearms0 1 A policeman was shot in the villageof Vezhariy in the Malgobekskiydistrict of of Ingushetia. Thepoliceman, from the Urus-Martanovskiy District PoliceDepartment in Chechnya, was shotat as he was driving on ShosseynoyStreet. He was on vacation at thetime. The identity of his attackers isunknown.

1-Jan-05 AndahuaylasPeru EthnocaceristaFirearms5 6 Antauro Humala, former army majorand the leader of an armednationalist group referred to as theEthnocacerista movement, and hisarmed followers seized a policestation and took ten police officershostage on Saturday. The conflictended four days later with thesurrender of Humala at 10:30 pm onMonday and the surrender of hisfollowers, nearly 100 formermembers of the Peruvian army, at11:30 am on Tuesday. The groupdemanded the resignation of Peru'sPresident Alejandro Toledo andopposes foreign investment. Fourpolice officers and two rebels werekilled and several people wereinjured throughout the conflict (note -reports do not specify how manywere injured but reported thatseveral were injured).

1-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A women's hair salon was damagedwhen a bomb exploded inside thesalon in the Dora neighborhood ofBaghdad. The bomb was likelyplanted by Muslim extremists, whofeel that giving men western-stylehaircuts or shaving their beards isagainst Islamic law. This type ofattack has become fairly frequent inIraq. No information on casualtieswas given. Note: Attack date isapproximate.

1-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Gunmen opened fire into a busybarbershop in Baghdad, killing theowner of the shop and three teenagecustomers. Barber shops arefrequently targeted by extremistswho feel that giving men western-style haircuts or shaving their beardsis against Islamic law.Note: Attackdate is approximate.

1-Jan-05 Raman Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 In a series of arson attacks,assailants set fire to the Baan KotoDuera School in the Raman district ofYala Province. Telephone booths,and a garage of a local resident werealso set on fire at the same time.

2-Jan-05 NorthernIreland


0 0 A pipe bomb was placed outside thehome of a party election worker inBradden Place, in CountyLondonderry. When the device wasfound, the fuse had been burned out.Bomb experts were able to safelydefuse the remnants of the device.

2-Jan-05 al-Diwaniyah

Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 An Iraqi police officer was woundedwhen gunmen attacked him in anassassination attempt in al-Diwaniyah.

2-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A police officer was assassinated inBaghdad. No further details areprovided.

2-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A Shiite cleric was killed in Baghdad.No further details were offered.

2-Jan-05 Sederot WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Three Qassam rockets were fired atthe town of Sederot. One of therockets hit a parking lot in anindustrial zone. Some vehicles weredestroyed and five people sufferedfrom shock. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.


WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at theNeve Deqalim settlement. Nodamage was reported. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

2-Jan-05 KfarDarom

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets were fired atthe Kfar Darom settlement. Nodamage was reported. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

2-Jan-05 Nisanit WestBank/Gaza


Explosives1 1 Three mortar shells were fired at thesettlement of Nisanit and the Erezcrossing. Two people were injured inthe attack, one of whom, Nissim Arividied of his injuried on January 11.The military wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack.


WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two Quds-1 rockets were fired at theNeve Deqalim settlement. Nodamage was reported. The militarywing of the Islamic Jihad Movementclaimed responsibility for the attack.

2-Jan-05 GushKatif

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Four mortar shells fell on the GushKatif settlement. No damage wasreported.



Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets were fired atthe Sederot settlement. No damagewas reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

2-Jan-05 Kissufim WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at theKissuim crossing in Gaza strip. Nodamage was reported. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.



Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at theGadid settlement. No damage wasreported. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.



Explosives0 0 A mortar shell was fired at theNetzarim settlement. No damagewas reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

2-Jan-05 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An election center in Tikrit, housed atthe al-Hadarah school, came undermortar attack. The attack causedsignificant damage to the building.This is one of two attacks on electioncenters in this city on this day.

2-Jan-05 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An election center in Tikrit, housed atthe al-Maqasid school, came undermortar attack. The attack causedsignificant damage to the building.This is one of two attacks on electioncenters in this city on this day.

2-Jan-05 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Four policemen were ambushedwhile on patrol in Samarra. All fourwere killed in the attack.

2-Jan-05 Jebala Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 The police chief in Jebala was killedwhen gunmen stormed his home. Nofurther information is available.

2-Jan-05 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A police officer was assassinated inBasra. No further information isreported on the attack.

2-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen attacked andkilled an Interior Ministry officer in al-Amil neighborhood in Baghdad.Karim Isma'il was killed in front of hishome when gunmen opened fire athim.

3-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Explosives25 4 A suicide bomb exploded near theparty headquarters of the IraqiNational Accord Party, which is theparty of Iraqi interim Prime MinisterAyad Allawi. The explosion killed twopolice officers and one civilian andinjured twenty-five other people.Allawi was not inside the building atthe time of the explosion. OnJanuary 4, the militant group JaishAnsar al-Sunnah claimedresponsibility for the attack, citingthe upcoming elections as theirmotivation.

3-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 4 A car bomb exploded near thecheckpoint entrance to the GreenZone. The blast targeted a non-military convoy, specifically a vehicleowned by the Kroll security firm. Theblast killed two British employees ofKroll as well as an Americanemployee, Tracy Hushin, who workedfor BearingPoint.

3-Jan-05 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosion took place on an oilpipeline that runs from Kirkuk toBayji. The explosion disrupted theflow of oil along the pipeline. Nofurther information is provided.

3-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A car rigged with explosivesexploded near a vehicle driven bybodyguards of foreign contractors.The explosion, which occurred inBaghdad, did not cause anycasualties.



Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at theSederot settlement. It exploded in anopen field in a residential area, butcaused no damage or casualties. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack.

3-Jan-05 CasteldergNorthernIreland


0 0 An Orange Order Hall was set alightby unknown arsonists in Castelderg,in County Tyrone. The hall, which isused by three loyal orderorganizations, was completely guttedby the fire. No further information isavailable.

3-Jan-05 Tal Afar Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A police officer was killed and twosecurity personnel wounded when aexplosive charge attached to a deadperson's body exploded in Tal Afar.

3-Jan-05 Baiji Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Two policemen were gunned down ata checkpoint in Baiji. The gunmenfired from an Opal car. No furtherinformation is available.

3-Jan-05 KfarDarom

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two mortars were fired at the KfarDarom settlement. No damage wasreported. The military wing of theIslamic Jihad movement claimedresponsibility for the attack.

3-Jan-05 Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 There were three bombs in Quetta.It is assumed the attacks werecoordinated. One of the devicestargeted the Forest Office. Nocasualties were reported. The othertwo incidents targeted the mess hallof a law enforcement agency in Kalatand the office of BalochistanEducation Board in Quetta.

3-Jan-05 Kalat Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded near the mess hallof a law-enforcement agency inKalat. No casualties were reported.There were two other incidents inQuetta that are assumed to havebeen coordinated. One was a bombnear the Forest Office and the otherwas a bomb near the office ofBalochistan Education Board.

3-Jan-05 Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded near the office ofthe Balochistan Education Board. Nocasualties were reported. Two othercoordinated attacks occurred near aForest Office in Quetta and near amess hall of a law enforcementagency in Kalat. No casualties werereported.

3-Jan-05 SankarpurIndia CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Firearms0 3 The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M) attacked and killedthree voters, a sergeant major, aconstable, and a woman, at the pollsin Bihar. Five rifles and ammunitionwere looted from the post. The CPN-M has called for a boycott of theelection in Bihar and neighboringJharkhand.

3-Jan-05 BannangSatang


0 0 Arsonists set fire to Nikhom Sangton-eng Pattana Paktai primary school inYala province's Bannang Satangdistrict. The school, like all primaryschools in Thailand, is state run. Thefire destroyed a building of theschool, two teachers' quarters, and ascience laboratory room. The attackoccurred one day before theanniversary of a set of attacks thatmarked the start to the currentcampaign of violence in Thailand'ssouth.

4-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq TanzimQa’idatal-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn

Firearms10 2 Gunmen opened fire on the convoycarrying Governor Ali Radi al-Haidari,the governor of Baghdad. Al-Haidariwas killed in the attack, along withone of his bodyguards and a total often people (including twobodyguards) were injured. AbuMusab al-Zarqawi's group TanzimQa'idat Al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidaynclaimed responsibility for the attack.On January 11, US forces detained sixsuspects in connection with theincident. The suspects were arrestedduring raids and were based on tipsfrom local residents.


Explosives60 10 A tanker truck exploded when asuicide bomber rammed his car intothe gate of the compound housingthe elite commando division of theIraqi force. Police managed to shootthe driver of the vehicle, but couldnot prevent the detonation of thevehicle. The attack targeted boththe command post, where a largenumber of police were leaving afterreceiving their salaries, and theInterior Ministry building which is alsonearby. At least eight Iraqi policewere killed. Ten people were killedtotal and as many as sixty peopleinjured. The group affiliated withAbu Musab al-Zarqawi, TanzimQa'idat Al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn,claimed responsibility for the attack.

4-Jan-05 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A former municipal council memberin Baqubah city was killed byunknown gunmen. Thafir Sami wasshot as he got into his car.

4-Jan-05 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 The home of Husayn al-Tikriti, amember of the municipal council inBaladruz district, was attacked withhand grenades. Al-Tikriti was not hurtby his daughter was slightly injured.

4-Jan-05 Rafah WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 A 30kg explosive charge was foundand safely detonated near Rafahalong the Egyptian border. Theintended target of the device was notstated.

4-Jan-05 WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at theKibbutz Or Haner in the Sha'arHanegev Regional Council'sjurisdiction. The rocket hit a Kibbutzfactory causing some damage but nocasualties.

4-Jan-05 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A Turkish truck driver was founddead near Baqubah. He was killed inan ambush while working under acontract with coalition forces.

4-Jan-05 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Shaykh Mahdi al-Janabi, Imam andpreacher at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, waskilled. His body was found near themosque after a group of armed menclaiming to be police led him out ofthe mosque and shot him.

4-Jan-05 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 The deputy director of the IraqiIslamic Party in Mosul was founddead near a hospital in Mosul,apparently killed by insurgents.

4-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 Five mortar shells landed behind theHealth Ministry in Baghdad. Twocivilians were wounded in theincicdent.



Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at theNisanit settlement. No damage wasreported. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.



Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets were fired atthe Sederot settlement. No damagewas reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.


WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at theNeve Deqalim settlement. Nodamage was reported. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.


Unknown Explosives0 0 A 15kg explosive device was found inthe Nabulus district and safelydefused by Israel Defense Forces(IDF) forces.

4-Jan-05 EleiSinai

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets were fired atthe Elei Sinai settlement. No damagewas reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.



Explosives0 0 Four mortar shells were fired at theGadid settlement. No damage wasreported. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.



Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at theSederot settlement. No damage wasreported. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.


al-Fatah Explosives0 0 A rocket was fired at the Nisanitsettlement. No damage wasreported. The military wing of Fatahclaimed responsibility for the attack.


Salah-al-DinBattalions

Explosives0 0 A rocket was fired at the Erezcrossing. No damage was reported.The attack was reported on thewebsite of the military wing of Fatahwhich said the attack wasperpetrated by the Al-Nasir Salah-al-Din Battalions and the Martyr AhmadAbu-al-Rish Brigades.


Unknown Explosives2 0 A mortar shell landed near a schoolbus in the northern Gaza Strip. Twochildren were lightly wounded in theattack.

4-Jan-05 Ajaccio France Unknown Explosives3 0 Three people were slightly injuredwhen an explosive device detonatedat the Corsican Education Authorityoffices in Ajaccio. The blast occurredin one of the building's annexes andcaused major damage to thepremises. The three injured weresitting in a parked car nearby andsuffered concussions. This samepremises was also damaged on 5September 2004 in a similar attack.

4-Jan-05 Jalawla Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 A local election official waskidnapped from his home in Jalawlaby four armed men. No informationon his whereabouts was released.

4-Jan-05 Mosul Iraq Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 3 Three Turkomen from al-Qubbah whowere working with US forces at thepresidential palaces in Mosul werekidnapped. Ten days later, theirbodies were found, beheaded inMosul.

4-Jan-05 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A village official in Narathiwatprovince was wounded by gunmen.The attack occurred on the firstanniversary of the Isalmic separatistinsurgency in southern Thailand.

4-Jan-05 Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A government school in Yala provincewas burned down on the firstanniversary of the Muslim separatistinsurgency in southern Thailand.

4-Jan-05 Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Unknown0 0 Forty-two students and six teacherswere kidnapped from Mawkanpur'sBatsaladevi High School by theCommunist Party Nepal-Maoists. Thesearch has been abandoned due tolack of transportation.

5-Jan-05 Hillah Iraq Unknown Explosives25 20 A suicide bomber exploded hisvehicle outside a police academy andrecruiting station in Hillah, south ofBaghdad, as a graduation ceremeonywas taking place. Police opened fireon the driver of the vehicle beforethe truck exploded. Twenty people,mostly police officers, were reportedkilled and at least twenty-fivewounded. Nearby cars and buildingswere also damaged in the explosion.

5-Jan-05 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen killed Iraqi police officer,Col. Khalifa Hassan and his driver asthey were on their way to work inBaqubah. Hassan was the securitychief for Iraq's Independent ElectionCommission in Diyala province.


Explosives13 7 A police checkpoint in the Al-Mafraqneighborhood in Baqubah wasattacked by a suicide car bomb. Sixpolice officers were killed andthirteen others wounded. The attackwas calimed by the group affiliatedwith Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, TanzimQa'idat Al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn.

5-Jan-05 Jalul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Ahmad Sulayman Wahhab, the headof a polling center in Jalul village nearBaqubah, was kidnapped byunidentified gunmen.


Unknown Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets landed inSederot settlement. No damage wasreported. One of the rockets landedin an industrial zone near SapirCollege. The other landed insideKibbutz Gevim, slightly damaging abuilding.

5-Jan-05 TelQatifa

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets were fired onthe settlement of Tel Qatifa. Nodamage was caused. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.


Unknown Explosives0 0 A mortar shell landed in a settlementin the northern Gaza Strip. No onewas injured, but a building wasslightly damaged.

5-Jan-05 QatifBloc

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 A round of mortar shells was fired ata settlement in the Qatif Bloc. No onewas injured, but there was somedamage.

5-Jan-05 StrabaneNorthernIreland


0 0 A fire was started at an Orange OrderHall in Strabane, in County Tyrone.The fire was set at the front door ofthe hall and only caused minordamage. This is the second attackon an Order Hall in the past fewdays, authorities are investigatingwhether the two are related.

5-Jan-05 SopelanaSpain Unknown Explosives0 0 A group of perpetrators attacked theheadquarters of the Basque SocialistParty (PSE) in Sopelana, with anexplosive device. This attack comesonly a few days after the Basqueregional parliament voted to approvethe 'Ibarretxe Plan' for freeassociation with Spain.

5-Jan-05 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 A Turkish truck, likely used totransport goods and supplies for USforces, was found burnt after it cameunder fire from gunmen in the al-Dandan area.

5-Jan-05 Sumar Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Ali Muhammad Ahmad, a member ofthe Kurdistan Democratic Party, waskidnapped from his home in Sumar.Three days later, he was found dead.

5-Jan-05 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Three Jordanian truck drivers, whoworked to supply US troopsaccording to a statement left bythose who killed them, were killed bygunmen. Their bodies were found inal-Ramadi, with gunshot wounds tothe head. The bodies were returnedto Amman. They were identified asNasser Hameed Suleiman Fawa'reh,Mohsen Ali Khaled Fawa'reh, andKhaleifah Zeidan Al Khaldi.

5-Jan-05 RafiahYam

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Five mortar shells were fired at thesettlement of Rafiah. No damage wasreported. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.


WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two Quds-1 rockets were fired at theNeve Deqalim settlement. Nodamage was reported. The militarywing of the Islamic Jihad movementclaimed responsibility for the attack.

5-Jan-05 TalQatifa

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two qassam rockets were fired at theTal Qatifa settlement in Qatif Bloc.No damage was reported. Themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack.

5-Jan-05 Wajihia Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 A police colonel and his driver werekilled by armed assailants in Wajihia,east of Baqubah.

5-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq MuadhIbn JabalBrigade

Firearms0 0 A French reporter who works as atranslator for the French dailyLiberation, Florence Aubenas, wasabducted by an unknown group. HerIraqi translator Hussein Hanun al-Saadi was also missing. The armedgroup told other French journaliststhat the missing woman was in 'goodhealth' but did not give any otherinformation. On March 1, a videowas released showing Aubenaspleading for help from French deputyDidier Julia. She said that her healthwas poor and her situationdesperate. Julia was involved inmediating the release of two otherkidnapped French Journalists inDecember 2004, but was accused ofmeddling in the government'sattempts to secure their release andalmost sabotaging it. Julia hadreceived permission from the Frenchgovernment to respond to Aubenas'splea, but said it would be difficult forhim to act until restrictions placed onhim by the investigation into the Dec.2004 incident were lifted. On June11, sources reported that Aubenasand her guide were still alive andthat the group holding her haddemanded a one million dollarransom. On June 12, Aubenas andher guide were released andAubenas returned to France. Sourcesreport that Aubenas was held by thesame group, Maadh Bin Jabal, thatheld the Romanian journalisthostages released several weeksearlier and was kept in an adjoiningcell. The Romanian journalistsreported being able to communicatewith Aubenas during their captivity.However, Maadh Bin Jabal neverformally claimed responsibility forkidnapping Aubenas. The Frenchgovernment denied paying a ransomfor Aubenas's release, but refused togive any details on negotiationsleading to her release. Aubenasreported that the day of her release,she was given perfume and rings byher captors and served a full meal.

5-Jan-05 Ranke Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Unknown0 0 50 people (passengers and a driver)were kidnapped from a bus headingfrom Taplejung to Birtamod. The buswas stopped in Ranke off the MechiHighway. No demands have beenmade and no casualties werereported.The same day, a formerchairman of the Loharpatti village acongress worker, and the chairmanof the Itharwa village werekidnapped.

5-Jan-05 MahottariNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Unknown0 0 Maoists, assumed to be from theCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoist(CPN-M), kidnapped a formerchairman of Loharpatti village in theMahottari district. Assumed to be incoordination, the Maoists abducted aNepali congress worker, and thechairman of the Itharwa village. Nodemands have been made in theabductions and no casualtiesreported.

5-Jan-05 UnknownNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Unknown0 0 Maoists, assumed to be from theCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M), abducted a Nepali Congressworker. In the same day, assumedto be in coordination, Maoistsabducted an ex-chairman ofLoharpatti village (Mahottari district)and the chairman of the Itharwavillage. No demands have beenmade in the kidnapping and nocasualties have been reported.

5-Jan-05 Itharwa Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Unknown0 0 Maoists, assumed to be from theCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M), abducted the chairman ofthe Itharwa village. In the same day,assumed to be in coordination,Maoists abducted an ex-chairman ofLoharpatti village (Mahottari district)and a Nepali Congress worker. Nodemands have been made in thekidnapping and no casualties havebeen reported.

5-Jan-05 Dang Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives7 2 Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M) placed a roadside bomb inthe way of a bus in Amelia of Dang.The passengers exited the bus toremove the bomb and two werekilled, seven injured. The bus wastraveling on the East-West Highwayfrom Nepalgunj to Tulsipur (Dang)

6-Jan-05 Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Six mortars were fired at the Qasr al-Basra area, in the vicinity of the USand UK consulates. No losses werereported in the attack. It is unknownif the diplomatic missions were theintended targets of the attack.

6-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Other 0 1 An official in the Iraqi CommunistParty, Hadi Salih, was strangled withan electric wire at his home inBaghdad. Salih was in charge offoreign relations in the labor unionsand has Swedish citizenship inaddition to his Iraqi citizenship.

6-Jan-05 GaneyTal

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 1 A Palestinian was shot by IsraelDefense Forces (IDF) when he triedto enter the settlement of Ganey Talto plant a roadside bomb near thesettlement's fence. Hamas officialsclaimed that the man was a memberof their group and had beenattempting a suicide attack.

6-Jan-05 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 An official with the Supreme Councilfor the Islamic Revolution of Iraq, aShiite political party, was killed bygunmen in a drive-by shooting near agas station near Baqubah. He is oneof several officials from this groupkilled in the lead up to the January 30elections.

6-Jan-05 QatifBloc

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Four mortar shells were fired at theQatif bloc. No damage or injurieswere reported.



Explosives0 0 A mortar shell was fired at theNisanit settlement. No damage wascaused. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

6-Jan-05 NetzerHazani

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells were fired at theNetzer Hazani settlement. Nodamage was caused. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

6-Jan-05 NahalOz

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells were fired at theNahal Oz settlement. No damage wascaused. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

6-Jan-05 GaneyTal

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Three mortar shells were fired at theGaney Tal settlement. No damagewas caused. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.


WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Three mortars were fired at the NeveDeqalim settlement. No damage wascaused. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.



Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets were fired atthe town of Kissufim. No damage wascaused. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.



Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at theGadid settlement. No damage wascaused. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

6-Jan-05 al SadrCity

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 The police chief of al-Sadr city,Brigadier General Karim Hasan, wasassassinated by unknown gunmen.Police announced on March 16, 2005that they had arrested a suspect inHassan’s assassination. Policebelieve that the suspect worked witha group of others to carry out theassassination.

6-Jan-05 Iraq al-Jihad Firearms0 0 An armed group identifying itself asAl-Jihad claimed to have kidnappedtwo South Koreans in Iraq andthreatened to kill them if SouthKorean troops were not withdrawn in72 hours. No video images werereleased.

6-Jan-05 al-Dawrah

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 The police commissioner in Al-Dawrah, Abbas Jabr, wasassassinated by gunmen. No furtherinformation is provided.

6-Jan-05 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Policeman Sergeant Vichai Jankhewas shot and killed by two Islamicmilitants on motorbike in Yalaprovince.

7-Jan-05 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 A police patrol came under fire inBasra from a group of armed men.One policeman was killed and twoother were wounded in the attack.

7-Jan-05 Nablus WestBank/Gaza

al-Fatah Firearms3 1 Palestinian gunmen fired at Jewishsettlers traveling in a car nearNablus, killing one and woundingthree of them. The military wing ofal-Fatah claimed responsibility forthe attack.

7-Jan-05 Erez WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 A mortar shell was fired at the Erezindustrial zone in the Gaza strip. Nodamage or casualties were reported.

7-Jan-05 Arbil Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A bomb exploded in Arbil near apolice station. The bomb was hiddenunder gravel and sand and wasoperated by a timer. Two policeofficers were injured and severalbuildings were damaged.

7-Jan-05 Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 An attack on power lines betweenBayji and Tikrit caused a disruption inthe transmission of power frompower stations in northern Iraq to therest of the country. This caused anational power grid failure.

7-Jan-05 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Unidentified gunmen blew up apipeline used to transport gas fromKirkuk to Baghdad by placing anexplosive charge near the pipeline. Alarge fire was caused at the scene ofthe explosion and the pipeline wasdamaged.


Unknown Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells were fired at anIsraeli settlement in the SouthernGaza strip. No damage or casualtieswere reported.


Unknown Explosives0 0 A mortar shell was fired at asettlement in the southern part ofGaza Strip. One house was damaged,but no injuries were reported.

7-Jan-05 Negev WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired atWestern Negev, but fell in an openfield, causing no damage or injuries.


WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Five mortar shells were fired at theNetzer Hazani settlement. Nodamage was caused. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.


WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Five mortar shells and a Qassamrocket were fired at the NeveDeqalime settlement. No damagewas caused. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.



Explosives0 0 Three Quds-1 rockets were fired atthe settlement of Nisanit. Themilitary wing of the Islamic JihadMovement in Palestine claimedresponsibility for the attack. Nodamage was reported.

7-Jan-05 NahalOz

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two Quds-1 rockets were fired at theNahal Oz settlement. The militarywing of the Islamic Jihad movementclaimed responsibility for the attack.No damage was reported.

7-Jan-05 Thailand Unknown Explosives0 3 Three people (a railway worker andtwo policemen) were injured when abomb exploded at a train crossing inYala province. The bomb wasdetonated by digital clock andcaused heavy damage to the traintraffic control booth near thecrossroad. The bomb wasprogrammed to dontonate at thesame time the policemen arrived toguard the booth.

8-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives19 5 A suicide bomber detonated hisvehicle at a gas station in southernBaghdad, near a police checkpoint.Four civilians were killed andnineteen people were wounded inthe attack. The station, believed tobe the target of the attack, wascrowded with people at the time ofthe attack, due to the fuel shortage.Three cars were also destroyed in theattack.

8-Jan-05 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 The director of the Iraqi HumanRights Organization, MohammedKhodr, was kidnapped in the al-Riyadh area west of Kirkuk byunknown gunmen.

8-Jan-05 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Major Abd-Ahmad al-Assafi, a highranking police official, wasassassinated by unknown gunmenwhen he was leaving the Al-AnbarPolice Directorate in Ramadi.

8-Jan-05 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Col Jasim al-Khirbit was killed byunknown gunmen in the center ofRamadi when gunmen found him andopened fire on him.

8-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms3 2 Unidentified gunmen assassinatedformer Major General Abbud Khalafal-Lahibi. The deputy secretarygeneral of the National Front for theIraqi Tribes while he was in hishouse. The gunmen also killed hisguard and wounded three others.The attack occurred in westernBaghdad.

8-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A policeman was killed by maskedgunmen as he left his home inBaghdad. No further information isavailable.

8-Jan-05 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Three Iraqi contractors who workedfor US forces were found shot in thehead near Samarra. Their bodieswere found in a pond.

8-Jan-05 KhanYounis

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Firearms0 0 Two Spanish journalists for thepublication El Pais, Carmen Secanellaand Ramon Lobo, were abducted inKahn Younis, in the southern GazaStrip. The journalists were preparingto tour the refugee camp of KhanYounis when they were grabbed bygroup of militants. Known Palestinianmilitant groups have deniedinvolvement. The journalists wereheld for two hours and then released.

8-Jan-05 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms1 2 The convoy of Basra provincialcouncillor Majid al-Tamimi wasattacked by gunfire in Basra. Two ofhis companions were killed, but al-Tamimi was only slightly injured.

8-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq IslamicArmy inIraq

Firearms0 0 Three Sunni officials from Tikrit wereabducted on a road south of Baghdadwhile they were returning fromholding pre-election meetings withShi'ite leaders including Sayyid Ali al-Sistani. The kidnapped officialsinclude the head of the northernSalaheddin Provincial council (AliGhaleb), the deputy to the provincialgovernor (Qahtan Hammadi), and thedean of the Tikrit law school (AmarAaiash). The delegation wasambushed by gunmen. One of thetwo delegation cars managed toescape the ambush. Some sourcesreported that a fourth person waskidnapped. Although some newssources later reported that the threemen had been killed, on January 21,all three men were released by theircaptors. According to Ghaleb, theattackers were members of theIslamic Army in Iraq.

8-Jan-05 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 The Al-Watan al-Arabi school in Tikrit,which was intended to be anelectoral center in the January 30elections, was attacked anddestroyed by gunmen.

8-Jan-05 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 A translator working with the USArmy was killed when attackersbroke into his home in Baqubah andbeheaded him.

8-Jan-05 Gilgit Pakistan Unknown Firearms35 15 Agha Ziauddin, a Shiite leader wasshot by unknown assailants. Theattack sparked sectarian riots thatkilled fifteen people and injuriedthirty-five others. This was the worstcase of sectarian violence since June2004.

8-Jan-05 Tangail BangladeshJamatulMujahedinBangladesh

Explosives15 0 Four bombs were thrown on thestage of an open air opera (culturalevent -a Jatra) in Tookchanpur of theDelduar district. At least fifteenpeople were injured. The area is partof the Jamalpur district, where thereare commonly fundamentalistmissions. However, bombings oncultural events are reported to berare. Six activists of Jamaat-ulMujaheedin were arrested andcharged with the bombing. AsadullaAl Galib (chief), Harun-ur-Rashid,Rownakul Islam Khushi, TaiburRahman, Raju Sarder, and HabiburRahman were the six activistsarrested.

9-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 The manager of the Iraqi NationalAccord Party, General Jassem al-Obaidi, was assassinated by maskedgunmen who attacked his car nearhis home in Baghdad. His daughterwas injured in the attack as she wasin the car at the time on the way toschool. The Iraqi National AccordParty is headed by Iraqi interimprime minister Allawi.


Unknown Firearms0 0 A voting center in the Gaza Strip, theKhauza'ah voting center, came underfire on the day of the Palestinianelections. No injuries were reported,but citizens were forced to go tovoting centers in other areas.

9-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 2 Brigadier Fayiz Sabeeh, who works inthe Mansour passports office, waswounded in Baghdad when gunmenattacked him. Two of his guards werekilled in the attack.

9-Jan-05 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 The deputy police chief of Samarra,Brig. Mohammed Mudhafar al-Badri,was killed in a drive-by shooting inSamarra.

9-Jan-05 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 An Education Ministry official, KamilKamal Mustafa, was killed in Kirkuk infront of his home by gunmen.

9-Jan-05 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Four schools, which were to be usedas polling stations in Kirkuk wasblown up. No casualties werereported and no specific schoolswere mentioned in the report.

9-Jan-05 BatticaloaSriLanka

Unknown Explosives34 3 A grenade attack occurred in therebel controlled area in Eastern SriLanka (near Batticaloa) at a funeral.The motive and perpetrator areunclear, but the police suspect that itwas the result of religious tensionsbetween Hindus and Christians.Thisattack occurs in the wake of the 26Dec Tsunami. Aid and relief workersare present in the country and waryof the sectarian violence.

9-Jan-05 Tokyo Japan Unknown Explosives0 0 Two bombs were found outside theTokyo home of a prominentbusinessman who advocatedimproved Chinese-Japaneserelations. No one was hurt in theattempted attack. The crude deviceswere discovered in a bush in front ofthe main entrance to Fuji Xeroxchairman Yotaro Kobayashi's home inTokyo's Meguro Ward area.Kobayashi, 71, has been targeted byright-wing groups angered by hissuggestions that Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumi should refrain fromvisiting a war shrine that offends theChinese. Kobayashi was abroad onbusiness at the time of theattempted attack.

10-Jan-05 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A car bomb exploded near the al-Tahrir Bridge in Baqubah. The blastoccurred after police received a callabout an explosive near the bridge.When they arrived, a man left his carnear the bridge and fled. When policeapproached the car, it exploded.None of the police in the area wereinjured in the attack. It is unclear ifthe bridge or the police were theintended target of the blast.

10-Jan-05 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Three petroleum engineers werekilled by gunmen who opened fire onthem while they were on their way towork in Kirkuk. Oil fields and oilcompany employees in Kirkuk havebecome the frequent target ofinsurgent attacks.

10-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Explosives were detonated at thegate of the al-Shuruk High School forGirls in Baghdad, one schoolintended to be used as a pollingplace on election day. The externalgate and fence were damaged. Thiswas one of two schools that will bepolling places that was attacked inBaghdad on this day.

10-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 An insurgent detonated explosives atthe Salah al-Din Middle School forBoys, a school intended to be usedas a polling place in the January 30elections. The insurgent was killed inthe explosion, but no other damagewas reported. This was one of twoschools that will be polling placesthat was attacked on this day inBaghdad.

10-Jan-05 Rubai'a Iraq Unknown Explosives0 5 A suicide bomber drove his vehicleinto an Iraqi Border Security Forcesbase in Rubai'a, killing four soldiersand damaging the building.

10-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 7 A suicide bomber detonated hisvehicle in the courtyard of a policestation in southern Baghdad. Sevenpeople were killed, including fourpolice officers, and others injured.The attacker drove a police vehicleor a car that had been painted toresemble a police vehicle.


Firearms0 2 The deputy police chief of Baghdad,Brigadier Amer Ali Nayef, and hisson, Lt. Khalid Amer, wereassassinated when gunmen attackedthe car in which the two men wereriding to work. Gunmen in two carsparallel to that of the deputy policechief shot machine guns at the twovictims. The group affiliated withAbu Musab al-Zarqawi, TanzimQa'idat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn,claimed responsibility for the attack.

10-Jan-05 Baiji Iraq Unknown Explosives0 4 A police patrol was targeted by anexplosive charge in Baiji. The blastkilled three police officers and acivilian.


Unknown Explosives0 0 Two Palestinians planted anexplosive charge next to the borderfence in Rafah. Israel Defense Forces(IDF) soldiers discovered the bomband were able to safely defuse it.



Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells were fired at theKissufim settlement. No damage wasreported. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

10-Jan-05 GaneyTal

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 One mortar shell was fired at theGaney Tal settlement. No damagewas reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

10-Jan-05 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 The oil pipeline used to transport oilbetween Kirkuk and Bayji wasattacked with an explosive charge.The attacked halted the flow of oilbetween the two cities. Oil pipelinesare the frequent target of attack inIraq.

10-Jan-05 Lurgan NorthernIreland

Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device was thrown atthe Lurgan Police Station in CountyArmagh, where it exploded. Thebomb was thrown over the back gateat the premises and bomb expertswere called in to examine theremains. No one was injured in theattack and no damage was caused.

10-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A party volunteer for interim PrimeMinister Allawi's Iraqi National Accordparty was killed in Baghdad bygunmen. He was one of three partymembers killed by attackers in twodays.

10-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A party volunteer for interim PrimeMinister Allawi's Iraqi National Accordparty was killed in Baghdad bygunmen. He was one of three partymembers killed by attackers in twodays.

10-Jan-05 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Pratheep Sulong, a security guard atThamma Witthaya School was shotand killed by motorcycle gunmen ashe drove into the school compound.Pratheep was the brother-in-law ofSapaeing Basor, a key suspect in thesouthern unrest. He was also adefence volunteer attached to theMuang Yala police station.

10-Jan-05 HyderabadPakistan Unknown Explosives11 6 The Sui Gas field was attacked withrockets and mortar shells byunknown assailants. The runway tothe Sui Airport and telephone lineswere damaged and the power supplysystem was destroyed. Six peoplewere killed (including two frontierconstabulary officers) and eleveninjured.

11-Jan-05 Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives7 2 A suicide bomber detonated hisvehicle in front of the InteriorMinistry in Basra. Several cars weredamaged. One person was killed andseven injured.

11-Jan-05 Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A car bomb exploded outside the Al-Hamdan police center in Basra. Nocasualties were reported.


Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket hit the Sederotsettlement. No one was hurt butseveral cars and buildings weredamaged.

11-Jan-05 QatifBloc

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Five mortar shells were fired at theQatif Bloc, hitting severalsettlements. No casualties werereported.


WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells were fired at theNetzer Hazani settlement. Nodamage was reported, although themortar shells did fall near akindergarten and synagogue in thesettlement. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.


WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Three mortar shells were fired at theNeve Deqalim settlement. Nodamage was reported. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.


WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Four mortar shells were fired at thesettlement of Netzer Hazani. Nodamage was reported. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

11-Jan-05 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An oil pipeline connecting Kirkuk withBayji was attacked with a Katyusharocket. Oil company officials said thatthe pipeline was destroyed by theblast. The blast caused a large fireand disrupted oil flows. This was oneof two attacks on Kirkuk's oil fields onthis day.

11-Jan-05 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosion southwest of Kirkukdamaged several oil pipelines thatrun next to each other. The explosioncaused a fire and disrupted oil flow.This was one of two attacks on oilpipelines in Kirkuk on this day.

11-Jan-05 Tikrit Iraq TanzimQa’idatal-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn

Explosives12 8 A suicide bomber detonated his carnear a police station in Tikrit, killingseven Iraqi policemen and woundingtwelve. The group affiliated with AbuMusab al-Zarqawi, Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn, claimedresponsibility for the blast.

11-Jan-05 Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A suicide bomber detonated hisvehicle outside the IndependentElectoral Commission in Basra, alsothe location of the Virtuous PeopleParty headquarters. The explosionalso occurred near the home offormer head of the city's securityaffairs, Shaykh Hasan al-Qatrani. Theexplosion damaged the official'shome and the commission building,but caused no casualties.

11-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A party volunteer for interim PrimeMinister Allawi's Iraqi National Accordparty was shot by gunmen inBaghdad. He was wounded in theattack and later died of his injuries.He was one of three party memberskilled by attackers in two days.

11-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 An official in the Iraqi National AccordParty was kidnapped. The groupaffiliated with Abu Musab al-Zarqawiclaimed responsibility for the attack.

11-Jan-05 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 An Iraqi translator working for the USArmy was shot by gunmen near hishome in Mosul.

11-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Two police officers were attackedand killed by gunmen in Baghdad.

11-Jan-05 songkhla Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police Senior Sergeant VerrayuthHmasa-ar was shot and killed bymotorcycle gunmen as he headedhome from duty in Songkhla.

11-Jan-05 Thailand Unknown Explosives5 0 Five people, including two policemen,were wounded when a bombdetonated. The bomb was plantedunder a bench in front of a shopfrequented by policemen in Yalaprovince. Investigators believe thebombers were targeting police. Theinjured were: Pol. Corp. Mawin Kado,Pol. Corp. Abubakar Dalaeman,Sunthari Pramotwimon, SamiyaAwaekachi, Waeduding Waetae.

12-Jan-05 QatifBloc

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Three mortars were fired atsettlements in the Qatif Bloc. No onewas injured, but several greenhousesof one settlement were damaged.

12-Jan-05 BarakaldoSpain Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated at aMercedes car dealership in the city ofBarakaldo. An anonymous callerwarned of the device, by placing aphone call to the newspaper, Gara.Authorities only found the remains ofthe device, it detonated withoutanyone noticing. No major damageswere caused by the blast.Note: TheBasque Fatherland and Freedom(ETA) often threatens localbusinesses and demands aprotection fee. It is unclear if theseincidents resulted from the businessrefusing to pay this fee. No furtherinformation on this is available.

12-Jan-05 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives6 1 A bomb exploded as a police patrolpassed, killing one officer andwounding six others. The incidentoccurred in Baqubah.

12-Jan-05 Najaf Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A Shiite cleric who worked in Ali al-Sistani's office in Najaf was founddead in the office. Halim al-Afghaniwas killed on the same day asanother important al-Sistani aide.

12-Jan-05 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 An election official was kidnapped inBaqubah. No further informationabout the attack is available.

12-Jan-05 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 The home of a Diyala election official,Amer Majeed, was attacked bymilitants. His guards were able torepel the attackers and Majeed wasunhurt.

12-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Ansar al-Islam

Firearms0 6 Gunmen assassinated an assistant tosenior cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Sheik Mahmoud Finjan(Mahmoud al-Madaeeni), in theSalman Park area of Baghdad as hewas returning from saying eveningprayers. Also killed in the attack wasthe assistant's son and fourbodyguards. Al-Madaeeni hadreceived several death threats in thepast. On January 14, a group callingitself Ansar al-Islam claimedrepsonsibility for the attack.

12-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Iraqi presidential candidate Mithal al-Alousiwas the target of a failedassassination attempt. Gunmenlaunched an attack on al-Alousi'shome by throwing grenades at hishouse. His guards were able to repelthe attack in a gun battle. Al-Alousisupports normal relations with Israeland served under Ahmed Chalabi.

12-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Insurgents attacked and destroyedthe Abdullah Bin Ali Shrine inMahmoudiya, south of Baghdad. Noone was injured in the attack but thebuilding was damaged. The weaponused in the attack was not stated.

12-Jan-05 Auburn UnitedStates

Unknown Explosives0 0 Authorities found five incendiarydevices, made of a combination ofgasoline and red dye diesel fuel andequipped with timing devices, at anoffice complex in Auburn, California.All five of the devices were safelydefused without causing anydamages. Authorities are blamingthe attack on eco-terrorists, as theyfound graffiti at the site referring tothe environment. This incidentfollows a similar attack on 27December 2004 only a few milesaway in Lincoln, California.Authorities are investigating a linkbetween these two attacks. InFebruary 2005, police arrested RyanDaniel Lewis, a 21-year old activistfrom Newcastle, CA. Police arecharging Lewis with an attemptedarson in connection with this attack.

12-Jan-05 LucenaCity


Firearms0 1 The New People's Army (NPA)claimed responsibility for the killingof former Quezon province policechief, Eduardo Sebastian. An NPAspokesman accused Sebastian ofhuman rights abuses as part of thecounterinsurgency campaign.

12-Jan-05 GeneralSantosCity

PhilippinesUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

70 17 Bombers blew up the General SantosCity public market, killing at leastseventeen people and injuringseventy others. The explosive devicewas made of TNT, nitrates andcarbon and was activated by a cellphone. Police originally detainedfour suspected Abu Sayaaf Group(ASG) members but lacked evidenceto link them to the bombing.

12-Jan-05 Cucuta Colombia Unknown Firearms0 1 Two armed men on a motorcyclekilled Julio Hernando Palacios, a radiojournalist, on his way to work.Hernando, along with three otherjournalists in the area, beganreceiving death threats in October2004 encouraging him to stopreports and interviews regarding theGovernor of Norte de Santander, LuisMiguel Morelli. Authorities have notmade a statement about who carriedout the attack or what motivated it.

13-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 6 Gunmen in two cars opened fire on aminibus filled with employees of aconstruction company that workedwith American-led forces in Iraq. Theattack occurred as the van arrived atthe Bakhan Hotel in Baghdad to pickup the owner of the company,Turkish business man AbdulkadirTanrikulu. Five employees and onedriver were killed and Tanrikulu wasabducted. On June 29, 2005,Tanrikulu was released by hiscaptors. No details about theconditions of his release were given.

13-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A police officer was shot by gunmenin Baghdad. No further informationis available.

13-Jan-05 KfarDarom

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 A vehicle filled with explosives wasfound in Kfar Darom. A policehelicopter fired at and destroyed thevehicle. Palestinian sourcesconfirmed that the vehicle had beenintended as a car bomb.

13-Jan-05 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A Diyala provincial council memberand member of the communist party,Muwayad Sami was shot dead infront of his home in Baqubah byunknown gunmen. He is the thirdIraqi communist murdered in thepast two weeks.

13-Jan-05 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 An Iraqi journalist and editor-in-chiefof a local paper in Baqubah al-Parlaman, Moayad Sami, was shotdead in Baqubah by unknowngunmen.

13-Jan-05 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A Turkish truck driver whotransported goods for US forces waskilled by gunmen near Samarra.

13-Jan-05 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A pipeline linking oilfields in Kirkukwith the Dora refinery near Samarrawas attacked with an explosivecharge by insurgents. The explosioncaused a fire and required that oilflow through the pipeline be halted.Iraqi oil pipelines are the frequenttarget of insurgent attacks.

13-Jan-05 Maghera NorthernIreland


0 0 Two petrol bombs were thrown at ahouse belonging to a family of five inMaghera, in County Londonderry.One of the two devices partiallyexploded and caused some scorchdamage. There were no reportedinjuries, even though all five familymembers were in the house at thetime. This family has reportedlybeen targeted in similar attacks inthe past.

13-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 An election worker, MohammedJassem Oubadi, a member of theBaghdad City Council and director ofthe voting station in the Khadmiyeneighborhood, was killed by gunmenin Baghdad.


Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired towardsan Israeli settlement in the GazaStrip. There were no casualties ordamage reported. The rocket waslater found, unexploded.

13-Jan-05 Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Unknown assailants attacked apipeline that runs to the al-Dorarefinery with an explosive charge.The attack occurred near Samarra,caused a fire, and forced the oilcompany to stop oil pumping.

13-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Four policemen were killed byinsurgents south of Baghdad.Assailants burned the dead bodies ofthe policemen after shooting them.

13-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unknown gunmen assassinated Abd-al-Karim Jasim al-Ubaydi, an electionofficial in charge of the al-Salampolling center. The incident occurredin Baghdad.

13-Jan-05 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Three officials in the KurdishDemocratic Party in Mosul were killedwhen their car was fired upon byunknown assailants.

13-Jan-05 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives38 7 A car bomb exploded outside a Shiitemosque in the town of Khan BaniSaid, near Baqubah, just as eveningprayers were getting out. At leastseven people were killed, includingfour police officers, and thirty-eightwere wounded in the attack.

13-Jan-05 Qarni WestBank/Gaza

al-Fatah Explosives15 9 A suicide bomber detonated a largetruck at the Gaza Strip crossing ofQarni, the main crossing betweenIsrael and Gaza Strip, just as thecrossing was closing. The explosionbroke a hole in a nearby securityfence and two gunmen chargedthrough the hole, firing at Israelisecurity personnel on the checkpointbase. The attack killed at least sixIsraelis and three Palestinians (onegunman and two bombers), andwounded as many as fifteen otherIsraelis. Three Palestinian groupsclaimed responsibility for the attack.Fatah, Hamas, and the PopularResistance Committees claimed jointresponsibility for the attack. Theattack comes only days after theelection of Mahmoud Abbas, amember of the Fatah party. Inresponse, Israeli closed down theborder crossings between Israel andGaza.

13-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 An Iraqi driver of the InternationalCommittee of the Red Cross, SazimKazim, was killed near Baghdad. Hedisappeared while on duty and hisbody was found the next day. Theweapon used in the attack was notstated.

13-Jan-05 Baiji Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An oil pipeline north of Baghdad,near the Baiji Oil refinery, cameunder attack when insurgents placedan explosive charge near a part ofthe pipeline. Oil pipelines are thefrequent target of insurgent attacks.

13-Jan-05 GazaCity

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen opened fire on theheadquarters of the Islamic weeklypublication Al-Resala newspaperbased in Gaza City, causing damageto the building. No injuries werereported.

13-Jan-05 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 A Chaldean priest was kidnapped inIraq, held for 24 hours by gunmen,and then released. No furtherinformation was available.Note:attack dates are approximate.

13-Jan-05 Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Police Sergeant-MajorNikom Phetsutwas seriously wounded by amotorcycle gunman as he left hispost at the house of AgricultureMinister Wanmuhamadnor Matha insouthern Thailand.

13-Jan-05 Yaha Thailand Unknown Explosives2 0 A bomb thrown at a policecheckpoint at Ban Baro in Yahadistrict injured Lt-Cpl ThaniSuwanwela and a villager, Ropi-ahKamaning.

13-Jan-05 Prizren Serbia Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

1 0 A UNMIK (UN Interim AdministrationMission in Kosovo) policeman fromNigeria was killed when a bombattached to his car exploded. Thedetonation was caused by a mobilephone. The perpetrators areunknown.

14-Jan-05 StockholmSweden GlobalIntifada

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A group, calling itself the 'GlobalIntifada,' claimed responsibility forsetting a car, which belongs to theDanish Embassy, on fire. The attackhappened outside the Danish missionin Stockholm. The perpetratorsbroke a window of the vehicle and litthe car from inside. The car was notcompletely burned out, but probablyrendered unusable. The perpetratorsleft a sign bearing the group's namein the window. On the sign, thegroup stated, in the same way theimperialist troops daily attack in Iraqthey should themselves expect to beattacked around the world.


Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired a mortar shell at aQatif bloc settlement. No injurieswere reported, but several housesand cars were damaged.

14-Jan-05 Mosul Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 An employee of the Patriotic Union ofKurdistan was found dead in the cityof Mosul. It is believed he was killedby insurgents.

14-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 7 Seven men who were trying to set upa mortar cannon near a mosquenorth of Baghdad were discovered byUS forces. The men were preparingto fire a mortar shell at the AbuHanifah Mosque. US forces killed allseven of the terrorists and burnedtheir vehicles.

14-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Two rockets were fired at and landednear the Sadeer Hotel, which is usedby Western contractors. No injurieswere reported in the attack.

14-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A rocket was fired at and landed nearthe Ministry of Education indowntown Baghdad. No injuries werereported.

14-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A rocket-propelled grenade was firedat an Iraqi police patrol at theWestern edge of Baghdad. Nocasualties were reported.

14-Jan-05 Kut Iraq Unknown Unknown0 4 The bodies of four Iraqi employees ofa foreign contractor were found nearKut. Their names and the name ofthe company that employs themwere not released. The weapon usedin the attack was not stated.

14-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 Two mortar rounds hit a policestation outside of Baghdad,wounding two civilians.

14-Jan-05 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives3 2 A car bomb explosion in Mosul killedtwo members of the KurdistanDemocratic Party and three wereinjured. No information on theperpetrators was available.

14-Jan-05 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Three members of the KurdistanDemocratic Party were killed whentheir vehicle was attacked bygunmen.

14-Jan-05 Morag WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Two mortars were fired at the Moragsettlement. No damage wasreported. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.



Explosives0 0 Three mortars were fired at theKissufim crossing. No casualties werereported. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

14-Jan-05 TallZu'rub

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Three mortars were fired at TallZu'rub. No casualties were reported.The military wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack.

14-Jan-05 KfarDarom

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Three mortars were fired at the KfarDarom settlement. No casualtieswere reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

14-Jan-05 GaneyTal

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 1 Three Palestinians trying to plant anexplosive charge near the Ganey Talsettlement were discovered by IsraeliDefense Forces (IDF) forces. IDFforces fired at the three men, hittingand killing one of them. The othertwo fled the scene.

14-Jan-05 CotabatoPhilippinesUnknown Explosives0 0 A home-made bomb was found in themain Roman Catholic cathedral inCotabato, but failed to detonate dueto faulty wiring. The bomb wasplanted in a box of donated rice thatwas left in the church untildiscovered five days later by ajanitor. No one has claimedresponsibility for the bombing.



Explosives3 1 Two Qassam rockets were fired atthe Israeli settlement of Sederot,killing a young Israeli settler,identified as 17-year-old EllaEbukasis, and wounding three others,including her brother Tamir, hersister, and her friend. The attackcomes on the day the new PrimeMinister Abbas was sworn in. Themilitary wing of Hams claimedresponsibility for the attack.



Explosives2 0 A Qassam and Nasir rocket werefired at the Netzarim settlement. TwoIsraeli children were injured whenone of the rockets hit a synagogue.The military wing of Hamas and theAl-Nasir Salah-al-Din Brigadesclaimed joint responsibility for theattack.



Firearms0 3 The Popular Front for the Liberationof Palestine and the military wing ofthe Islamic Jihad Movement claimedjoint responsibility for an attack onthe vehicles of Israeli settlers at theKissufim crossing. One of theattackers was killed, as were twoIsraeli settlers. Other settlers werereported injured, though no numberwas given.

15-Jan-05 Bogra BangladeshJamatulMujahedinBangladesh

Explosives40 1 An explosive device detonated at afolk-theater show in Bogra, killingone man and injuring around fortyothers. Two bombs had been thrownduring the performance where over500 people had gathered to watchthe annual event. There was asimilar attack in Natore on the sameday, one person was killed andtwenty others injured. A member ofthe Jamatul Mujahedin, Shafiqullah,was arrested in connection with thisattack.

15-Jan-05 Natore Pakistan Unknown Explosives20 1 There was a bomb attack on a folkshow in Natore. One man died andtwenty were injured. There were twobombs thrown at the stage. Theperpetrators are unknown. A similarincident occurred in Bogra withJamatul Mujahedin (JM) member,Shafiqullah, arrested and acceptingresponsibility. Two bombs werethrown at a jatra, one died, and fortywere wounded.

15-Jan-05 Jammu Kashmir Unknown Explosives7 0 A grenade was thrown at a group ofpolice in the Hari Market. Thegrenade missed the target andinjured seven people. Theperpetrators are unknown.

16-Jan-05 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Three civilian trucks carryingsupplies and military equipmentwere attacked north of Baquba. Thetrucks were headed towards amilitary base near the Turkish borderwhen they were attacked byunknown gunmen using small armsfire and rocket propelled grenades.Two of the trucks were completelydestroyed. At least one truck driverwas reported missing.

16-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 The director general of the de-Ba'athification Committee was killedin Baghdad as he left his home. ImadAbd al-Zahra was also the director ofthe mechanical department of Iraqirailways.

16-Jan-05 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A member of the Mosul Law Council,Younes Idris al-Hiyali, was killed byunknown gunmen in Mosul.

16-Jan-05 Basra Iraq TanzimQa’idatal-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn

Explosives0 0 A school in Basra that will be used asa voting site in the 30 Januaryelection was targeted by machinegun fire and RPGs. This was one ofthree schools/voting places to beattacked in Basra on this day. Thegroup affiliated with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn, claimedresponsibility for this and the othertwo Basra polling station attacks.





16-Jan-05 NumaniyahIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 The son of a representative ofAyatollah Ali al-Sistani, HabibSalman, was killed by gunmen whileat an Internet café in the town ofNumaniyah.

16-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 The car carrying Shiite candidateSlama al-Khafaji, was attacked bygunmen dressed in police uniforms inBaghdad. Her bodyguards returnedfire and the gunmen fled. Al-Khafajiwas not injured in the attack. This isthe second attack on her life sinceMay.

16-Jan-05 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 An Egyptian truck driver was founddead in al-Ramadi with a note sayingthat he was killed because he wastransporting goods for US troops. Theman was identified as IbrahimMuhammad Isma'il and officials saidthat he worked for a Kuwaiticompany. The weapon used in theattack was not stated.

16-Jan-05 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 A police center in Kikuk was attackedby gunmen, killing three policeofficers.

16-Jan-05 Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Three Iraqi police officers were shotto death in the Kut area by gunmen.

16-Jan-05 Kut Iraq Unknown Explosives0 8 A suicide bomber detonated hisvehicle in a crowd of people gatheredfor the funeral procession of a policeofficer. Seven civilians and thebomber were killed in the attack. Theincident occurred near Kut.

16-Jan-05 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A mortar was launched at a school inMosul which was intended to be apolling place for the 30 Januaryelections. The school was damaged,but no injuries were reported.

16-Jan-05 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 The Ishbiliya School in Kirkuk wasattacked by a time bomb that wentoff in front of the school. The schoolwas intended to be a voting centerfor the 30 January elections. Nocasualties were reported, but thebuilding was severely damaged.

16-Jan-05 Karbala Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 A large car bomb was found outsidethe al-Abbas Mausoleum and apolling booth in Karbala. US forceswere able to defuse the device.Officials noted that the device couldhave been detonated at any time byremote control.

16-Jan-05 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A police officer was shot by unknowngunmen in Ramadi. He was identifiedas Salah al-Dulaymi.

16-Jan-05 NumaniyahIraq Unknown Explosives0 2 Two police officers, including policecaptain Shakir Aboud, were killedwhen their car hit a roadside bomb inNumaniyah.



Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets were fired atthe Sederot settlement. No casualtieswere reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

16-Jan-05 EleiSinai

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 The military wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for launching a mortarattack on the Elei Sinai settlement.No casualties were reported.


Unknown Explosives0 0 A mortar shell was fired at asettlement in the Qatif bloc. Noinjuries were reported, but one housewas directly hit and damaged.



Explosives0 0 Two Quds-1 rockets were fired at theNetzarim settlement. The militarywing of the Islamic Jihad Movementclaimed responsibility for the attack.No casualties were reported. IsraeliDefense Forces (IDF) forces returnedfire following the rocket launches.


WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A mortar shell was fired at the NeveDeqalim settlement. No casualtieswere reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.



Explosives0 0 One mortar shell was fired at theGadid settlement. No one was injuredin the attack. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

16-Jan-05 Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

59 1 One person was killed and fifty-ninewounded when suspected insugentsblew up a noodle restaurant in thecenter of Yala province. The bombwas triggered remotely by mobilephone at noon, when the shop wascrowded with customers.

16-Jan-05 SarMarda

AfghanistanTaliban Explosives3 0 The Taliban carried out an attack ona pro-government cleric, Abdol Hay,at a mosque in Sar Marda village,near Tarin Kot (Urozgan Province).The cleric and two of his students inthe mosque were wounded. Thebomb was placed at the altar of themosque in order to kill the cleric.The attack has not yet been claimed.



Explosives0 0 Three mortars were fired at Kissufim.No injuries were reported, but themilitary wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for the attack.

17-Jan-05 Baiji Iraq Unknown Explosives20 10 At least ten people, including sevenIraqi police officers were killed whena suicide bomber exploded hisvehicle at a checkpoint outside anIraqi police headquarters in Baiji.Ninteen people were wounded in theattack.

17-Jan-05 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A school in Kirkuk, intended to beused as a polling site in the 30January elections, was damaged byan explosion. Perpetrators havebeen attacking these premises, inthe lead up to the national elections.

17-Jan-05 Dour Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 A police station in Dour, near Tikrit,was attacked by gunmen. Onepoliceman was killed and two injuredin the attack.

17-Jan-05 Sharqat Iraq Unknown Firearms2 2 A police station in Sharqat wasattacked by gunmen. Two policeofficers were killed and two woundedin the attack.

17-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 3 Three employees of the Iraqi FinanceMinistry were killed and onewounded when their motorcade wasattacked by gunmen south ofBaghdad.

17-Jan-05 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 A Catholic Archbishop was kidnappedin Mosul. Basil George Casmoussawas kidnapped outside a privateresidence North of Mosul. Initialreports suggested that thekidnappers demanded a $200,000ransom for the release of thearchbishop. However, he wasreleased on Jan. 18 without aransom.

17-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Masked gunmen assassinated aShiite who was running in the 30January elections on theConstitutional Monarchy Movementticket. Shaker Jabbar Sahl was killedin Baghdad.


Unknown Explosives0 0 Four Qassam rockets were fired atthe Negev and Sederot settlement.One landed in an open area inSederot and another in NetivHa'asara.

17-Jan-05 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 One of the candidates running on theNational Accord Movement ticket, ledby interim Prime Minister Allawi, waskilled in Basra. Riyad Radi Habib waskilled by gunmen who shot at himfirst in a market place and thenpursued him, eventually shootinghim in the head.

17-Jan-05 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A candidate of the Iraqi NationalAccord Movement was killed in Basraby unidentified gunmen. Ala HamidNasih also worked as a clubs officialat the Olympic Committee in Basra.

17-Jan-05 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Insurgents planted an explosivecharge near an oil pipeline inNorthern Iraq. The attack causeddamage to the pipeline andinterferred with efforts by the OilCompany to resume oil transport andexports along the frequently targetedoil pipeline through Turkey.

17-Jan-05 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 5 The bodies of five civilians werefound in Ramadi. All were dead, twobeheaded, and nearby investigatorsfound a note saying that they werecollaborators with the Americanoccupiers.

17-Jan-05 EleiSinai

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 One mortar shell was fired at the EleiSinai settlement. No one was injuredin the attack. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.



Explosives0 0 Three mortar shells were fired at theNisanit settlement. No one wasinjured in the attack. The militarywing of Hamas claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

17-Jan-05 Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 A suspected Muslim insurgent shotand injured Manavee Jae, the villageheadman of Ban Tae Dae, Narathiwatprovince.

17-Jan-05 Saiburi Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Suspected militants shot and killedMana Salae, a deputy school masterat Ban Pa Muang School in Saiburidistrict, Pattani Province. Accordingto witnesses, Mana was 2 km fromschool when he was attacked.

18-Jan-05 ad-Dwar Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 The local governing council buildingin Ad-Dawr was attacked byinsurgents who blew it up usingexplosives. The building wasseriously damaged in the attack.Note: Attack date is approximate.



Explosives0 0 Two Nasir rockets were fired at theNetzarim settlement. No injurieswere reported in the attack. Themilitary wing of the PopularResistance Committees claimedresponsibility for the attack.



Explosives0 0 Two Quds-1 rockets were fired at theNetzarim settlement. No damagewas reported. The military wing ofIslamic Jihad Movement claimedresponsibility for the attack.

18-Jan-05 KfarDarom

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 Four mortar shells were fired at theKfar Darom settlement. No injurieswere reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

18-Jan-05 NahalOz

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 One mortar shell was fired at theNahal Oz settlement. No injurieswere reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.


Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive charge went off nearthe Sufa crossing. No injuries ordamages were reported.


Unknown Explosives0 0 Three Qassam rockets were fired intoan open area near Sederotsettlement. No damage was reportedin the attack.

18-Jan-05 Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Three Qassam rockets were fired intoIsrael by Palestinian militants. Nodamage was caused by the attack.

18-Jan-05 Erez WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at theErez settlement. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack. No injuries were reported.


Unknown Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets were fired at anIsraeli settlement in North Gaza Strip.No one was hurt and no damage wascaused.

18-Jan-05 Iraq IslamicResistanceBrigades

Firearms0 0 Eight Chinese contractors, workingfor a Chinese contracting companythat was helping to rebuild Americanbases, were taken hostage by anIraqi militant group, identifying itselfas the Islamic Resistance Movementand the al-Numan Brigades. Thegroup released a video showing theworkers holding their passports andgave the Chinese government 48hours to declare that it would notallow any more of its citizens to workfor Americans in Iraq. On January 23,the men were released by theircaptors and received by Chineseofficials in the Iraqi capital. The menwere released when Chinese officialsagreed not to send anymore of itsnationals to Iraq. The men wereidentified as Zhou Sunqin, ZhouSunlin, Wei Wu, Lin Xiong, ChenQinai, Lin Zhong, Lin Bin, and LinQiang.

18-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives8 4 A suicide bomber exploded hisvehicle outside the Baghdad office ofthe Supreme Council for the IslamicRevolution in Iraq, which is locatednear Baghdad University. At leastfour people were killed and eightwounded in the attack. The bomberdetonated his vehicle after he triedto enter the compound but wasdenied access by a security guard.

18-Jan-05 Getxo Spain BasqueFatherlandandFreedom(ETA)

Explosives1 0 A car bomb detonated in aresidential area of Getxo, nearBilbao, injuring one police officer. Anunknown caller, representing theBasque Fatherland and Freedom(ETA) called in a warning about tenminutes prior to the blast. The policehad arrived at the scene and wereroping off the area, when the carexploded. The blast shatteredwindows of nearby buildings. Thecar used in the attack was stolen andthe owner was found handcuffed to atree nearby. On 20 March, ETAofficially claimed responsibility forthe attack, and stated that it was anattack on, the political and economicleaders who promote the repressionof Euskal-Herria (the BasqueCountry) and act against the politicaland democratic resolution of conflict.

18-Jan-05 Al-Latifiyah

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Gunmen attacked a minibus carryingpolicemen who had just completed atraining course at the PoliceAcademy in Baghdad. Fourpolicemen were killed and thirteenothers kidnapped in the incidentwhich occurred in al-Latifiyah City.

18-Jan-05 Sidon Lebanon Unknown Explosives0 0 Two explosive devices were foundunder the al-Zahrani Bridge inLebanon. One device weighted 7kgand was attached to detonators. Thesecond device had a wirelessdetonator and explosive chargesweighing 3kg. The devices were bothdefused safely. Some officialsspeculated that the devices had beenplanted by Israelis. It is not clear ifthe bridge was the intended target ofthe devices or if they were beingstored for a later attack.

18-Jan-05 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Two human rights leaders werekidnapped in Kirkuk. Their bodieswere found shot in the head and thechest the following day.

18-Jan-05 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 An Iraqi police station in Baqubahwas attacked by mortars. Threemortars fell on the station, killing oneofficer and wounding two others.

18-Jan-05 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 A convoy escorting Ammar Abd-al-Aziz al-Hakim, a leader within theSupreme Council of the IslamicRevolution in Iraq, came undergunfire from unknown gunmen inBasra. No casualties were reported.

18-Jan-05 Al-Shirqat

Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 The Iraqi Homeland Party'sheadquarter in Al-Shirqat city wasattack by mortars. Three people werewounded in the attack. The party isheaded by Mishan al-Juburi, memberof the Interim Iraqi NationalAssembly.

18-Jan-05 Iraq PalestineIslamicJihad (PIJ)

Firearms0 0 A Lebanese man was kidnapped bythe Islamic Jihad Brigades. GebrayelAbdi Azar worked for the BerjaniGroup which works with USoccupation forces. The kidnappersgave the company seven days to endits work in Iraq before 'punishingAzar.' The company who employsAzar, the Al-Darjani Group,suspended operations in Iraq in anattempt to save Azar. On February3, sources reported that Azar hadbeen released by his captors andreturned to Lebanon.

18-Jan-05 GushKatif

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives6 2 A Palestinian suicide bomber blewhimself up at a highway intersectionclose the Gush Katif settlement inthe Gaza Strip. Hamas claimedresponsibility for the blast andidentified the bomber as OmarSalman Tabesh. The bomberdetonated his bomb near the buildingwhere security personnel had takenhim to be inspected before crossingthe junction. The attack occurredonly hours after Palestinian leaderAbbas came to Gaza to meet withPalestinian groups in an attempt tohalt attacks on Israelis. At least sixpeople were wounded in the attackand one member of the Shin Betsecurity forces was killed. Thebomber also died.





WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at theNetzer Hazani settlement. No injurieswere reported. The military wing ofHamas claimed responsibility for theattack.

18-Jan-05 Morag WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at theMorag settlement. No injuries werereported. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

18-Jan-05 Baay PhilippinesNewPeople'sArmy(NPA)

Firearms0 1 Rebels killed Renato Rafer, believedto be a spy for the military andpolice. The killing occurred in Gaboc,Baay Village, Labo, Camarines Norte.

18-Jan-05 WaziristanPakistan Unknown Explosives0 2 Two unknown perpetrators, reportedto be foreign, were killed when thebomb they were planting outside ofIbrahim Mehsud (Makeen PeaceCommittee VP)'s house explodedprematurely. The police were able torecover other weapons(Kalashnikovs, magazines, mines,hand grenades, a wireless set, andcartridges) from the scene as well.The bodies of the bombers were notimmediately identifiable after theblast.

18-Jan-05 BannangSata


0 0 Suspected militants set fire a busstop in Yala's Bannang Sata district.No injuries were reported. Theattack on the bus stop occurredalmost simultaneously with arsonattacks on a school in Yala's Ramandistrict and phone box in Yala'sBannang Sata district. Police believethe attacks were coordinated.

18-Jan-05 Saiburi Thailand Unknown Firearms2 0 Two motorcycle gunmen fired on abus taking students home fromschool. Two students, SaratChaiyarat and Pongsak Daengngern,were seriously injured. The attackoccurred in Rahan, Saiburi district,Pattani province.

18-Jan-05 Raman Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Suspected militants set fire to BanPru school in Yala province's Ramandistrict. The fire was set around 5am,just as defense volunteers guardingthe school were leaving for morningprayers. No injuries were reported.The attack on the school occurredalmost simultaneously with arsonattacks on a telephone box and busstop in Yala's Bannang Sata district.Police believe the attacks werecoordinated.

18-Jan-05 BannangSata


0 0 Suspected militants set fire atelephone box in Yala's BannangSata district. No injuries werereported. The attack on the phonebox occurred almost simultaneouslywith arson attacks on a school inYala's Raman district and bus stop inYala's Bannang Sata district. Policebelieve the attacks werecoordinated.

19-Jan-05 Bastia France Unknown Explosives0 0 A small explosive charge detonatedin a car parking lot in Bastia. Theexplosive charge was left near theoffices of the private company thatmanages the garage, which is onSaint-Nicolas Square. No one wasinjured by the blast.

19-Jan-05 Baiji Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 A Japanese engineer who worked athe power station in the city of Baijiwas kidnapped when the vehicle hewas traveling in was ambushed. Thetwo police officers that he wastraveling with were killed in theattack when gunmen stopped thecar.


Explosives8 2 Five suicide bombings (although onetargeted a military base) took placein Baghdad on a single day, killing atotal of twenty-six people andwounding at least thirty. The blastswere all claimed by the groupaffiliated with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn. All of the blasts alsoinvolved checkpoints manned bysoldiers or police officers, who haveincreasingly been the target ofinsurgent attacks. The first fourattacks occurred within 90 minutesof each other, while the final attackoccurred somewhat later. The firstblast occurred outside the AustralianEmbassy in Baghdad when a suicidebomber crashed his vehicle into thesand barriers and blast wallssurrounding the military barracksnear the embassy. Two Iraqis werekilled and two Australian guards werewounded along with six Iraqicivilians.


Explosives21 18 Five suicide bombings (although onetargeted a military base) took placein Baghdad on a single day, killing atotal of twenty-six people andwounding at least thirty. The blastswere all claimed by the groupaffiliated with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn. All of the blasts alsoinvolved checkpoints manned bysoldiers or police officers, who haveincreasingly been the target ofinsurgent attacks. The first fourattacks occurred within 90 minutesof each other, while the final attackoccurred somewhat later. Thesecond blast occurred near a policecheckpoint near the Al Alahi Hospitalin Baghdad. The attack killedeighteen people, including five policeofficers and wounded at least twentyothers.


Explosives3 2 Five suicide bombings (although onetargeted a military base) took placein Baghdad on a single day, killing atotal of twenty-six people andwounding at least thirty. The blastswere all claimed by the groupaffiliated with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn. All of the blasts alsoinvolved checkpoints manned bysoldiers or police officers, who haveincreasingly been the target ofinsurgent attacks. The first fourattacks occurred within 90 minutesof each other, while the final attackoccurred somewhat later. The thirdbomb exploded at a checkpointsouthwest of Baghdad InternationalAirport, killing two Iraqi securityguards and wounding three others.


Explosives7 0 Five suicide bombings (although onetargeted a military base) took placein Baghdad on a single day, killing atotal of twenty-six people andwounding at least thirty. The blastswere all claimed by the groupaffiliated with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn. All of the blasts alsoinvolved checkpoints manned bysoldiers or police officers, who haveincreasingly been the target ofinsurgent attacks. The first fourattacks occurred within 90 minutesof each other, while the final attackoccurred somewhat later. The finalblast took place when a suicidebomber blew himself up at acheckpoint outside a bank whereIraqi police officers had gathered toreceive their paychecks. Sevenpeople were injured in the attack,including three police officers. Theexplosion took place outside the al-Hanan house, a center for thehandicapped and damaged thisbuilding.

19-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Insurgents in a car fired on theBaghdad office of the Patriotic Unionof Kurdistan, killing one member andwounding another.

19-Jan-05 Irbil Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 The dean of the police academy inthe Kurdish region of northern Iraq,Major General Wirya Maarouf,escaped an assassination attemptwhen gunmen opened fire on hisconvoy in the city of Irbil. Onebystander was killed and anotherwounded in the attack.

19-Jan-05 Dahuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 The provincial governor of Dahuk,Governor Nejrivan Ahmed, was thetarget of an assassination attemptwhen a roadside bomb explodednear his convoy. Ahmed was notinjured in the attack.

19-Jan-05 Hillah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A police officer was killed in a carbombing in the Shiite city of Hillah.No further information was given.

19-Jan-05 Mosul Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Firearms0 2 Two Iraqis who are said to have setup an internet system in NorthernIraq to help in the Jan 30 electionswere kidnapped. On January 19, theAnsar al-Sunnah Army released avideo showing the execution of thetwo men. The two men wereidentitied as Mohammed Abdullahand Ali Ghrain. On a video releasedby militants the two men claimed towork for a US company calledProactive. There was no informationon when the men were takenhostage.


Unknown Explosives0 0 Two large explosive charges werefound near Rafah on the Egypt-Israeliborder. Border police were able tosafely defuse the bombs. The targetof the devices was not stated.

19-Jan-05 Baiji Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Firearms0 2 The convoy of workers from a Britishsecurity firm, Janusian Security RiskManagement, came under attacknear Baiji. Two of the workers, oneBritish and one Iraq (or Brazilian,sources were evenly split on thenationality of the second victim),were killed in the attack and aBrazilian worker is missing. Ansar al-Sunnah Army and the MujahideenBrigades claimed joint responsibilityfor the attack.

19-Jan-05 EleiSinai

WestBank/Gaza


Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at the EleiSinai settlement. No injuries werereported. The military wing of Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.




19-Jan-05 Muang Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 An unknown number of suspectedinsurgents tossed a homemadefirebomb into a tea shop in Muangdistrict, Pattani province. The shopowner was able to extinguish the firebefore it caused damage. The shopowner also found a bomb plantedoutside his shop. Authorities believethe bomb was meant to targetinvestigators as they checked thescene of the firebomb, but the bombfailed to detonate.

19-Jan-05 Tekulu Uganda Lord'sResistanceArmy(LRA)

Unknown0 1 The brother of an Ugandanparliamentarian was killed bysuspected Lord's Resistance Army(LRA) rebels in an attack on the MP'shome. The local press is reportingthat around a dozen rebels raidedthe home of parliamentarian CharlesAngiro Gutmoi, killing his brother,David Livingstone Apunyo, in theprocess. The same rebels aresuspected in the death of two othersin the surrounding area later thatsame night.

19-Jan-05 KoteswarNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Explosives0 0 A pair on a motorcycle left a bombunder the window of the residence ofLilamani Pokhrel, People's Front-Nepal general secretary. There wereno casualties or injuries reported.The People's Front-Nepal party haslaunched a campaign againstMaoists. The assailants aresuspected to be from the CommunistParty of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M).

20-Jan-05 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Armed men attacked the building ofthe Basra police directorate, firing atthe checkpoints near the station.About four armed men were involvedin the attack. Police were able toreturn fire and drive the attackersaway.

20-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A member of the General Secretariatof the Nation Party, Uday al-Jaryan,was assassinated by gunemn in hishouse in Baghdad.

20-Jan-05 Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 Police received report of a bombplanted in front of a bank in NuangDistrict, Pattani province. Policewere able to diffuse the bomb, whichwas suspected of being planted byMuslim insurgents and believed tohave targeted civilians.

20-Jan-05 MidsayapPhilippinesUnknown Explosives0 0 A bomb, rigged to a timing device,was intercepted and defused byPhilippine police. The bomb wasplanted outside a drug store inMidsayap, Mindanao Island. No oneclaimed responsibility for the bomb.

20-Jan-05 SheberghanAfghanistanUnknown Explosives21 1 General Alhaj Abdol Rashid Dostum,leader of Jonbesh-e Melli EslamiAfghanistan (National IslamicMovement of Afghanistan) was thetarget of the suicide attack at the Idal-Adha congregation's prayers in apublic park in Shebergan. The partyleader was not wounded, but twenty-one people in the congregation werewounded, and the suicide bomberdied. The attack has not beenclaimed, but al-Qaeda has beenaccused.

20-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Five barbershops in Baghdad wereattacked in a single day by gunmen.The attacks occurred in the Doraneighborhood.No information oncasualties was given. Barber shopsare frequently targeted by extremistswho feel that giving men western-style haircuts or shaving their beardsis against Islamic law.Note: Attackdate is approximate.

21-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives42 14 A suicide car bomb exploded outsidea Shiite mosque, the al-Taf mosque,just after morning prayers on thesecond day of a Muslim Holiday, Eidal-Adha. The attacked occurred inBaghdad and damaged severalsurrounding shops and buildings. Atleast fourteen people were killed inthe attack and forty-two wounded.

21-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 Four grenades were thrown at anIraqi police river patrol unit inBaghdad. Four police officers werewounded in the attack.

21-Jan-05 Samarra Iraq Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 An oil pipeline was set on fire byinsurgents near Samarra. Thepipeline linked the Beiji and Dorarefineries. Oil pipelines are thefrequent target of attack byinsurgents.

21-Jan-05 Balad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A Turkish truck driver was killed nearBalad when a Turkish truck convoycame under attack by gunmen withautomatic weapons and anti-tankmissiles. The truck of the killed driverwas set on fire.

21-Jan-05 YoussifiyahIraq Unknown Explosives16 12 A suicide bomber drove hisambulance into a crowd of Shiitescelebrating their wedding nearYoussifiyah, south of Baghdad.Twelve people were killed andsixteen wounded in the attack. Thebride and groom were not among thevictims.

21-Jan-05 Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A school in northern Iraq, intended tobe used as a polling place in theupcoming election was attacked bygunmen using mortars and rockets.This was one of four attacks like thison the same day. A total of twopeople were wounded.


21-Jan-05 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A school in northern Iraq, intended tobe used as a polling place in theupcoming election was attacked bygunmen using mortars and rockets. Abomb was found at this school aswell, but was defused by police. Thiswas one of four attacks like this onthe same day. A total of two peoplewere wounded.




0 2 Two Iraqi men who worked with USforces, driving truckloads of food andsupplies to an American base inRamadi for a Lebanese company,were taken hostage and executed inbroad daylight on a city sidewalk bymembers of the group affiliated withAbu Musab al-Zarqawi, TanzimQa'idat Al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn.Voice, edited into the video said themen were killed because theyworked for the infidels and the groupthreatened to attack others workingwith the US.

21-Jan-05 Mouzaia Algeria Unknown Explosives5 3 Three people were killed and anadditional five wounded by a bomb inan Algerian cemetery during the `Aidal-Adha holiday. The bomb wasburied at the entrance of the SidiMohammad Cherif mausoleum in theAin Romana cemetery. All thecasualties were women with theexception of one small child. Thethree women killed in the blast wereidentified as Ghania Issad, HassibaIssad, and Zohra Lahechemi. In thepast, Islamic militants in Algeria havefrequently stepped up attacks duringmajor holidays. This attack may haveadded significance in that the bombtargeted a mausoleum where peoplepay tribute to local saints, a practiceconsidered heretical by radicalSalafists.

22-Jan-05 ThessalonikiGreece Unknown Other 0 0 A group of about seventy armedanarchists attacked the offices ofright-wing group, Golden Dawn. Theattack occurred at the same timethat French leader of the NationalFront, Jean-Marie Le Pen was giving anews conference in Athens togetherwith Golden Dawn members. Theperpetrators entered the office andbroke everything inside using clubsand sticks. There were noemployees in the offices at the timeof the attack.


Unknown Explosives0 0 A mortar shell was fired at the Gadidsettlement. No damage or casualtieswere reported in the attack.

22-Jan-05 StrabaneNorthernIreland

Unknown Explosives0 0 An incendiary device detonated atthe Linton and Robinson agriculturalsupplies store in Strabane,completely destroying the shop. Theattack is being blamed on dissidentrepublicans, as there has been anincrease in bomb attacks targetingbusinesses in the area. At leastsixteen such devices were foundaround the region in December 2004.

22-Jan-05 PalimbangPhilippinesAbuSayyafGroup(ASG)

Explosives0 0 Two Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)members allegedly planted a bombin the home of Sadiya Abdul, thesister of a town mayor. The bombwas found and safely defused by amilitary bomb disposal team. Policebelieve that ASG planted the bomb inretaliation for Mayor Mamansual'scalling on the military to drive outarmed Muslim groups in his area.

22-Jan-05 Balad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Three Iraqi contractors who wereworking with US forces werekidnapped. Their bodies were foundshot dead in the town of Balad oneweek later.

22-Jan-05 Quetta Pakistan BalochLiberationArmy

Explosives0 0 The Baloch Liberation Army hasclaimed responsibility for blowing upthe railroad tracks during the Eid al-Adha festival. The bomb went offnear the University area shortlybefore a train was supposed to arrivefrom Karachi. There were nocasualties and traffic was disruptedfor a few hours while repairs weremade.

22-Jan-05 Uruzgan AfghanistanUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 4 The Charchino District Police Chief,along with three other were killedwhen a roadside bomb exploded.The assailants are unknown and noone has claimed the attack. Theassailants detonated the device witha remote control. Authorities believethat remnants of the Taliban wereresponsible for the attack.

22-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 Abu Ahmed, owner of the Sheikbarbershop in southwest Baghdad,was shot by gunmen in Baghdad. Thegunmen were likely linked to theIslamic extremists who had visitedAhmed's shop sometime earlier,threatened him, and warned himagainst shaving beards and using aspecific type of hair removal. Ahmedignored the warnings. He wascritically wounded in the attack.Barber shops are frequently targetedby extremists who feel that givingmen western-style haircuts orshaving their beards is againstIslamic law.Note: Attack date isapproximate.

23-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot an Iraqi policelieutenant in Baghdad as he wasreturning home from work.

23-Jan-05 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A school to be used as a pollingcenter in Tikrit was blown up byinsurgents. This was one of threepolling center attacks in Tikrit on thesame night.



23-Jan-05 Hillah Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Explosives9 1 A suicide bomber exploded a minivanpacked with explosives outside apolling station in Hillah city, south ofBaghdad. No one (except thebomber) was killed in the incident,but eight Iraqi army personnel whowere guarding the center werewounded in the attack, along withone civilian. Ansar al-Sunnah Armyclaimed responsibility for the attack.

23-Jan-05 Baiji Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Three employees working at the OilInstitute in Baiji were assassinated bygunmen while at work.

23-Jan-05 Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Electric power lines were attacked byinsurgents, leading to several poweroutages throughout the area. Powerand oil facilities are the frequenttarget of attack. The weapon used inthis attack is unknown.

23-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 A man dressed in a black maskentered the barbershop of SadiqAbdul Hussein armed with a gun. Thegunmen opened fire, killing thebarber, his partner, and a customer.The killer then fled the store. Threeother men were involved in theattack but waited outside. Barbershops are frequently targeted byextremists who feel that giving menwestern-style haircuts or shavingtheir beards is against Islamic law.


Explosives0 0 Mortar rounds and rocket fire werelaunched at a polling center in Tikrit.No casualties were reported, butdamage to the building did occur.This was one of three attacks atpolling centers in Tikrit on this dayand one of dozens in Iraq over theweeks leading up to the Jan. 30election. The group linked with AbuMusab al-Zarqawi, Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn, claimedresponsibility for this and other pollstation bombing attacks.





24-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A mortar shell fell on a school inBaghdad that has been used as avoter registration location for theupcoming Jan. 30 elections. The shelldamaged the building, but did notcause any casualties.


Explosives10 1 A suicide bomber detonated hisvehicle at a police checkpoint outsidethe Baghdad party offices of the IraqiNational Accord Party, the party ofinterim Prime Minister Ayad Allwai.The attack injured at least tenpeople, including eight policemenand two civilians. Only the bomberwas killed in the attack. The groupaffiliated with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn, claimed responsibility forthe attack.

24-Jan-05 Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 The deputy governor of Diyalaprovince was the target of anassassination attempt when aroadside bomb exploded near his caron the road to Baqubah. Ghassan al-Khadran escaped without injury,however, several of his bodyguardswere injured.Note: Casualty numberis approximate

24-Jan-05 Iraq TanzimQa’idatal-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn

Firearms0 1 An Egyptian man, IbrahimMohammed Ismail, who worked for aKuwaiti company called Al-Shallahi,which provides US forces withdrinking water, was executed inbroad daylight by men claiming to bepart of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi'sgroup, Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn.

24-Jan-05 Iraq Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 1 A Turkish fuel tanker driver was killedwhile transporting goods for UStroops. The driver and his truck wereset on fire when the convoy he wastraveling in was ambushed bygunmen.



0 0 A group of unknown perpetratorsattacked police with petrol bombs, asthey were carrying out a searchoperation. The attack took place inthe Ballysillan area of north Belfast.Four police vehicles were damagedby the devices, but no officers wereinjured. One perpetrator wasarrested.

24-Jan-05 al-Huwayjah

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 The Al-Kazimiyah School, which wasto be used as a polling station in theJan. 30 elections in the town of al-Huwayjah, north of the Iraqi capital,was blown up by insurgents. Nocasualties were caused.

24-Jan-05 Baiji Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An oil pipeline near Baiji which runsfrom Kirkuk to the al-Dawah refinerywas attacked by an explosive charge.The explosion caused a fire on thepipeline and disrupted oil flows. Theoil facilities in Iraq are the frequenttarget of insurgent attacks.

24-Jan-05 Turkey People'sDefenseForces(HPG)

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 The People's Defense Forces (HPG)claimed that they carried out anarson attack against the BEKOcompany building in the Beylikduzuarea of Istanbul Province. The groupsaid that the attack was perpetratedin retaliation for the murder of fiveKurdish youths. In their statement ofclaim, the group stated that theyuphold their martyrs and that theHPG has shown its stand by carryingout this act of retaliation.

24-Jan-05 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 The power lines in northern Iraq wereattacked by gunmen causing acomplete shutdown of the powersystem. Gunmen targeted electricitytowers on the Beiji line, destroying atleast one 400 kilovolt tower. This wasone of several recent attacks onpower lines in Iraq, leading to areduction in power production toabout 20% of potential output.

24-Jan-05 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A power line between Diyala and KirkGovernorate was attacked byinsurgents who used explosivedevices to cause two electricaltowers to fall. This is one of severalattacks on power stations that hasled to a reduction in power output toabout 20% of capacity.

24-Jan-05 FloridablancaPhilippinesNewPeople'sArmy(NPA)

Firearms0 1 The New People's Army (NPA) shotand killed Lary Mongolat, a formercourier for the rebels who turnedmilitary informant. The rebelsattacked Mongolat as he wasrepairing his house in CalantasVillage, Floridablanca, Pampanga.

24-Jan-05 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Firearms1 2 Police were attacked upon theirreturn from a meeting in Kandahar.Their vehicle was ambushed. Twopolice officers were killed and thedistrict police chief of Ghorak wasinjured. Abdul Latif Hakimi,representing the Taliban, called toclaim the attack.

24-Jan-05 Sibbi Pakistan BalochLiberationArmy

Explosives5 0 The Baloch Liberation Army claimedresponsibility for an attack on therailroad tracks near Sibi, whichwounded five people.

24-Jan-05 Quetta Pakistan BalochLiberationArmy

Explosives0 0 Azad Khan Baloch, of the BalochLiberation Army, claimed the attackon the Civil Secretariat of Quettawhich damaged the offices of threeBalochistan ministers. No casualtieswere reported.

24-Jan-05 Kalat Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Unknown assailants planted onebomb beside the police districtheadquarters building in Kalat andanother bomb near theheadquarters, which exploded ashortly after the first bomb. Therewas damage to the building andthose in the vicinity, but nocasualties were reported from eitherblast.

25-Jan-05 Muang Thailand Unknown Firearms2 0 Suspected insurgents opened fire onPolice Sergeant Nukul Chairat and hispassenger, Mada-oh Tanaemae.Nukul was hit in the side, and Mada-oh was hit three times. They weretaken to a hospital in Muang district.

25-Jan-05 Samarra Iraq TanzimQa’idatal-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn

Explosives0 0 Four rockets hit a voting station inSamarra. No casualties were caused,but damage to the building wasreported. This was one of dozens ofpoll station attacks throughout Iraq inthe weeks preceding the Jan. 30election. The group linked with AbuMusab al-Zarqawi, Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn, claimedresponsibility for this and other pollstation bombing attacks.

25-Jan-05 TuzKhormato

Iraq TanzimQa’idatal-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn

Explosives0 0 A voting station in Tuz Khormatu wasblown up using explosives. Nocasualties were caused, but damageto the building was reported. Thiswas one of dozens of poll stationattacks throughout Iraq in the weekspreceding the Jan. 30 election andone of four in this city on this day.The group linked with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn, claimedresponsibility for this and other pollstation bombing attacks.

25-Jan-05 TazKhurmatu


Explosives0 0 A voting station in Tuz Khurmatu washit by rockets. No casualties werecaused, but damage to the buildingwas reported. This was one of dozensof poll station attacks throughoutIraq in the weeks preceding the Jan.30 election and one of four in thiscity on this day. The group linkedwith Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, TanzimQa'idat Al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn,claimed responsibility for this andother poll station bombing attacks.



Explosives0 0 A voting station in Tuz Khormatu washit by rockets. No casualties werecaused, but damage to the buildingwas reported. This was one of dozensof poll station attacks throughoutIraq in the weeks preceding the Jan.30 election and one of four in thiscity on this day. The group linkedwith Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, TanzimQa'idat Al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn,claimed responsibility for this andother poll station bombing attacks.



Explosives0 0 A voting station in Tuz Khormatu washit by rockets. No casualties werecaused, but damage to the buildingwas reported. This was one of dozensof poll station attacks throughoutIraq in the weeks preceding the Jan.30 election and one of four in thiscity on this day. The group linkedwith Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, TanzimQa'idat Al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn,claimed responsibility for this andother poll station bombing attacks.

25-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 7 Police investigating a report of apossible car bomb in Baghdad wereambushed by insurgents. Sevenpolice officers were killed in theattack.

25-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Gunmen ambushed a group of policeofficers and army personnel whoresponded to a bomb that explodedat the entrance to a secondaryschool in Baghdad. Sources reportedthe target of the attack were thepolice/army personnel rather thanthe school. Two police officers and acivilian were killed in the attack.

25-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A man who worked for a districtcouncil in Baghdad was shot on hisway to work by unknown gunmen.

25-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 The son of an Iraqi translator whoworks with US troops was shot andkilled in Baghdad.

25-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms3 0 Gunmen in a car fired at threeemployees from the CommunicationsMinistry who were on their way towork in Baghdad. All three wereseriously wounded.

25-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 A police colonel and his five-year olddaughter were killed when gunmenattacked his car in Baghdad. Col.Nadir Hassan was in charge of policeprotection forces for electric powerfacilities in two provinces nearBaghdad.

25-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Two policemen were killed inBaghdad when gunmen opened fireon their building.

25-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Firearms0 2 Judge Qais Hashim al-Shonmari, ahigh-ranking official in Iraq's JusticeMinistry and the secretary of Iraq'scouncil of judges, was gunned downby gunmen when leaving his home inNew Baghdad. The gunmen fired onhis car, killing him and his son whowas also in the car. After theshooting, the gunmen jumped out ofthe car and shouted 'this is what willhappen to the traitor Shia.' TheIslamic group Ansar al-Sunnah Armyclaimed responsibility for the attack.

25-Jan-05 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A polling center for the Jan. 30elections in the Salah-al-Dingovernorate was damaged by mortarshells. This was one of three attackson polling centers in the Salah-al-Dingovernorate on this day. Nocasualties were reported in any ofthe attacks.



25-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 A school in Baghdad, the Salah al-Deen school, to be used as pollingcenter in the upcoming Jan. 30election, was attacked by insurgentswho threw a grenade at the building.No injuries were reported in theattack. This was one of threebombings of poll stations in Baghdadon this day and one of dozens carriedout throughout the country in theweek preceding the election.

25-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A school in Baghdad, the Al-Fursanschool, to be used as polling centerin the upcoming Jan. 30 election, wasattacked by insurgents who threwdetonated an explosive charge nearthe main gate. No injuries werereported in the attack. This was oneof three bombings of poll stations inBaghdad on this day and one ofdozens carried out throughout thecountry in the week preceding theelection.

25-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A school in Baghdad, the Al-Baqueesschool, to be used as polling centerin the upcoming Jan. 30 election, wasattacked by insurgents who launcheda rocket at the building. No injurieswere reported in the attack. This wasone of three bombings of pollstations in Baghdad on this day andone of dozens carried out throughoutthe country in the week precedingthe election.

25-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A school in Baghdad, the al-Yemenschool, to be used as polling centerin the upcoming Jan. 30 election, wasthe target of a terrorist attack. Policefound a bomb near the school anddefused it before damage could bedone. This occurred on the same dayas three bombings of poll stations inBaghdad.

25-Jan-05 Spain Unknown Explosives0 0 Unknown perpetrators threw at leastone Molotov cocktail at a vehiclecarrying the bodyguards of aRenteria town council member fromthe Socialist party. The attack tookplace as the car was traveling onRoute N1 near Oiarzun, in GuipuzcoaProvince. The device only caused asmall fire, there were no reportedinjuries.

25-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Two employees of the Trade Ministrywere killed by gunmen in Baghdad.No further information is available.

25-Jan-05 Iraq Unknown Firearms1 2 The sons of a member of Iraq'sSalahdin provincial council, SheikhQahtan al-Jwari, were killed bygunmen on the highway betweenBalad and Dholuyah. The sons wereidentified as Yaarob and Mishaan.Salah Dihab, a member of the citycouncil of Balad who was travelingwith the two boys was injured in theattack.


Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinian forces prevented amortar attack on Israeli settlements.They found a group of menattempted to fire mortars at the GazaStrip but stopped the attack andseized the weapons.


Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at Negev.No one was injured in the attack.

25-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 A translator working with US forceswas killed by gunmen in Baghdad.No further information is available.


Explosives0 0 A rocket hit a voting center in Tikrit.No casualties were reported, butdamage was caused to the buildings.This is one of several rocket attackson Tikrit in recent days and one ofdozens throughout the country in theweek before the Jan. 30 election.The group linked with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn, claimedresponsibility for this and other pollstation bombing attacks.

25-Jan-05 ad-Dwar Iraq TanzimQa’idatal-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn

Explosives0 0 In Ad-Dwar, a voting center wasblown up using explosives. Nocasualties were caused, but damageto the buiding was caused. This wasone of dozens of poll station attacksthroughout Iraq in the weekspreceding the Jan. 30 election. Thegroup linked with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn, claimedresponsibility for this and other pollstation bombing attacks.

25-Jan-05 al-Dujail Iraq TanzimQa’idatal-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn

Explosives0 0 A voting center in al-Dujail wasattacked by six mortar shells. Nocasualties were caused, but damageto the building was reported. Thiswas one of dozens of poll stationattacks throughout Iraq in the weekspreceding the Jan. 30 election. Thegroup linked with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn, claimedresponsibility for this and other pollstation bombing attacks.

25-Jan-05 Ishaqi Iraq TanzimQa’idatal-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn

Explosives0 0 Mortars and rockets were fired at avoting center in Ishaqi. No casualtieswere caused, but damage to thebuilding was reported. This was oneof dozens of poll station attacksthroughout Iraq in the weekspreceding the Jan. 30 election. Thegroup linked with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn, claimedresponsibility for this and other pollstation bombing attacks.

25-Jan-05 Yathrib Iraq TanzimQa’idatal-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn

Explosives0 0 Rockets and mortar shells were firedat a voting station in Yathrib. Nocasualties were caused, but damageto the building was reported. Thiswas one of dozens of poll stationattacks throughout Iraq in the weekspreceding the Jan. 30 election. Thegroup linked with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn, claimedresponsibility for this and other pollstation bombing attacks.

25-Jan-05 Baiji Iraq TanzimQa’idatal-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn

Explosives0 0 Six mortar rounds were fired at avoting center in Baiji. No casualtieswere caused, but damage to thebuilding was reported. This was oneof dozens of poll station attacksthroughout Iraq in the weekspreceding the Jan. 30 election. Thegroup linked with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn, claimedresponsibility for this and other pollstation bombing attacks.

25-Jan-05 Pata PhilippinesUnknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot dead the Mayor ofPata, Adjili Abbas, and hisbodyguard. The motive is unknown,but several rebel groups are knownto operate in the area.

25-Jan-05 Muang Thailand Unknown Firearms2 0 Police Sgt Nukul Chairat of Bachopolice station and his informant,Mada-oh Tanaemae, were shot andseriously wounded by motorcyclegunmen. Insurgents are suspected.

25-Jan-05 Moscow Russia Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded in a garbage binnear the Bank of Moscow in centralMoscow. No one was hurt. Theexplosion, the force of which wasequal to about 100 grams of TNT,went off at about 1:50 PM Moscowtime. The branch of the Bank ofMoscow, located near KuznetskyMost, was not the same branch ofthe bank in western Moscow where asimilar bomb exploded in December2004. According to officials, thebomb was sent to the bank via acourier service. The FSB arrested astudent, who was connected to aleftist radical organization, inconnection with the bombing.

26-Jan-05 Riyadh Iraq Unknown Explosives0 7 Three bombs exploded within onehour of each other in the northernIraqi town of Riyadh, although onetargeted a military convoy. A total ofnine people were killed and at leastthree wounded in the two attacksaimed at police/government targets.The first bomb exploded outside apolice station, killing four policeofficers and three civilians were alsokilled in the attack. Number ofinjuries in this attack were notspecified.

26-Jan-05 Riyadh Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 Three bombs exploded within onehour of each other in the northernIraqi town of Riyadh, although onetargeted a military convoy. A total ofnine people were killed and at leastten wounded in the two attacksaimed at police/government targets.The second bomb exploded outsideof the Riyadh mayor's office, killingtwo Iraqi soldiers who were outsidethe building. Number of injuries inthis attack were not specified.


Firearms0 0 Gunmen attacked three politicalheadquarters buildings in Baqubah,killing at least one police officer andwounding up to eight people. Thegroup affiliated with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn, claimedresponsibility for the attacks. Thefirst attack occurred when gunmenattacked a building that house thePatriotic Union of Kurdistan Partywith machine gun fire.Note: Casualtynumbers are for all three politicalparty attacks together.


Firearms0 0 Gunmen attacked three politicalheadquarters buildings in Baqubah,killing at least one police officer andwounding up to eight people. Thegroup affiliated with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn, claimedresponsibility for the attacks.Gunmen launched grenades andsmall arms fire at the KurdishDemocratic Party Office in Baqubah.Note: Casualty numbers are for allthree Baqubah attacks together.


Firearms8 1 Gunmen attacked three politicalheadquarters buildings in Baqubah,killing at least one police officer andwounding up to eight people. Thegroup affiliated with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn, claimedresponsibility for the attacks.Gunmen used grenades and smallarms fire to attack the office of thePatriotic Gathering Alliance. Note:Casualty numbers are for all threepolitical headquarters attacks.

26-Jan-05 al-Nahrawan

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 City council leader Karim Sarhan wasshot by gunmen in al-Nahrawan,southeast of Baghdad.

26-Jan-05 Treviso Italy Other Explosives0 0 An explosive device, which had beenplanted in a plastic candy container,exploded as a group of middleschool-aged children walked past itin Treviso. The device had beenpacked inside a chocolate egg whichtypically contains a trinket forchildren. None of the children wereinjured by the small blast.Authorities are blaming this incidenton the so-called Italian Unabomberwho has been planting devices infood products in northern Italy fornearly a decade. This blast occurrednear the city's courthouse, andauthorities believe it may have beenintended to taunt investigatorsattempting to find the Unabomber.

26-Jan-05 Sinjar Iraq TanzimQa’idatal-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn

Explosives30 15 A suicide bomber detonated a tractorbomb outside the KurdistanDemocratic Party office in Sinjar,killing fifteen people and wounding atleast thirty. The group affiliated withAbu Musab al-Zarqawi, TanzimQa'idat Al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn,claimed responsibility for the attack.

26-Jan-05 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Gunmen blew up a polling station inTikrit. This was one of five pollingstations blown up in Tikrit on this dayand one of dozens blown up in theweeks preceding the election.





26-Jan-05 Mosul Iraq NinawaMujahideenin the cityof Mosul

Firearms0 0 Three workers for the electoralcommission in Mosul, all Iraqi, werekidnapped by gunmen in Mosul. Thekidnappers released a video showingthe three kidnapped men andclaiming to be attacking pollingcenters because they do not believethe election has a basis in Islam. Theperpetrators identify themselves asthe Ninawa Mujahideen in the city ofMosul.

26-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 A Baghdad business man, AhmedHamodi al-Adhami, believed to be aspy for the interim government, wasbeheaded by insurgents in his realestate office.

26-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Rockets were fired at the home ofMajor General Hikmat Moussa,deputy interior minister for policeaffairs. No injuries were reported inthe attack, although a passing carwas damaged.

26-Jan-05 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 A police officer was killed in Tikrit.The weapon used in the attack wasnot stated. No further information isavailable.

26-Jan-05 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A truck driver delivering supplies toUS troops near Samarra was killed inan ambush by gunmen. Thenationality of the driver was notstated.

26-Jan-05 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 The building of the electoralcommission in Tikrit was attacked bygunmen, who opened fire on thebuilding. Three people were injuredin the attack.

26-Jan-05 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A police station in Tikrit was thetarget of an attack by insurgents whofired a mortar shell at the station.One police officer was wounded.


Unknown Explosives0 0 Two explosive charges weighing15kg were found near the borderfence in the Kissufim crossing area.Both were safely detonated by IDFforces.

26-Jan-05 VoronezhRussia Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosion tore apart a trash bin ata bus stop in Voronezh at about 7:45AM. The perpetrators are unknown.There were no injuries. Authoritiesbelieve this attack was meant todestablizing the situation in theregion.

26-Jan-05 Grozny ChechnyaUnknown Firearms1 0 A commander of the Leninskydistrict's guard police unit waswounded when he was shot as hewas exiting his home in Grozny. Hisassailants are unknown.

26-Jan-05 Sibbi Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 There was a rocket attack near anelectrical grid station in Sibbi. Nodamage or casualties were reported.The assailants are unknown.

26-Jan-05 Najaf Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Officials found two bombs in Najaf,most likely targeting the voters inthe Jan. 30 election. Police were ableto safely defuse the bombs.This wasone of six bombs defused in the cityon election day.

26-Jan-05 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Officials found six bombs in Baghdad,most likely targeting the voters inthe Jan. 30 election. Police were ableto safely defuse the bombs.

27-Jan-05 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A polling station in Kirkuk wasattacked by a grenade thrown byinsurgents. No casualties werereported in the incident, although thebuilding was damaged. This was oneof three polling center bombings onthis day in Kirkuk and one of dozensthroughout the country in the lead upto the Jan. 30 elections.


Explosives9 5 A suicide bomber detonated hisvehicle outside the Diyala provincialgovernor's office, killing five people,including three police officers, andwounding nine others. The blastoccurred at the time when thegovernor was expected to arrive for aPeace Day meeting, a meeting ofinsurgent leader and supporters,former Baathist party members, andlocal tribe leaders to discuss thepotential of peace in Iraq. Thegovernor was not injured in theattack. The group affiliated with AbuMusab al-Zarqawi, Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn, claimedresponsibility for the attack.

27-Jan-05 Shirqat Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Mortars were fired at a polling stationin Shirqat. No injuries were reportedin the attack. This was one of severalpolling station attacks on this dayand one of dozens throughout thecountry in the lead up to the Jan. 30elections.

27-Jan-05 Tuz Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Mortars were fired at a polling stationin Tuz. No injuries were reported inthe attack. This was one of severalpolling station attacks on this dayand one of dozens throughout thecountry in the lead up to the Jan. 30elections.

27-Jan-05 Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Mortars were fired at a polling stationin Samarra. No injuries were reportedin the attack. This was one of fivepolling station attacks in this city onthis day and one of dozensthroughout the country in the lead upto the Jan. 30 elections.



27-Jan-05 Baiji Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Mortars were fired at a polling stationin Baiji. No injuries were reported inthe attack. This was one of twopolling station attacks in this city onthis day and one of dozensthroughout the country in the lead upto the Jan. 30 elections.