In July 7, 2005 three bombs exploded in underground trains in London. An hour later a fourth bomb exploded on a bus. It was the worst bombing in London since the Second World War 52 innocent people died and more than 700 were injured. Al-Qaeda claimed the responsibility for the attack. 7/7 was the first suicide bombing in the western Europa.
In the Oklahoma city bombing, a US government building was attacked using a car bomb. 168 people were killed and more than 800 were injured. Within a few days, two men, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, were arrested and charged in connection with the bombing. McVeigh was executed on June 11, 2001, and Nichols was sentenced to life imprisonment.
On the morning of September 11, 2001, four passenger airlines were hijacked in the eastern USA. Two of the airlines were forced by the hijackers to fly in to the two towers of World Trade Center I New York City. Another was forced to fly in to the pentagon in Washington D.C. the fourth airliner crashed into a field “in Pennsylvania” after the passengers tried to regain control. A total of about 3000 people died.
Nineteen people were involved in the hijacking of the airliners. They all had links to the Al-Qaeda organization. Al-Qaeda´s aims include the removal of American soldiers from the Middle east and the changing of American foreign policy towards Israel.
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