Supsalemgr wrote:Billy boy, how many terrorist attacks did we have after 9/11? I don't believe we had embassies attacked and ambassadors killed during his tenure in the WH either.
Here's a partial list for Bush II's term. (
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Jan 2002 - Calcutta, India - 5 dead when Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami gunmen attack Us consulate.
2002 - Nine people killed by bomb blast near US embassy in Lima - seen as attempt to disrupt forthcoming visit by President George W. Bush.
Jun 2002 - A truck bomb detonates outside the United States Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan. Twelve dead, 51 injured.
2002 - Two Marines shot, one killed in Kuwait.
Feb 2003 - Karachi, Pakistan - Two dead, five wounded by gunmen on motorcycles in front of the US consulate. The attack was deliberately aimed at those guarding the consulate.
May 2003 - Riyadh Compound Bombings kill 9 Americans, among 35 others.
Oct 2003 - Three American diplomats are killed by a roadside bomb targeting their convoy in Gaza.
Mar 2004 - Karachi, Pakistan - Another attempt to blow up a van in front of the consulate. Found and deactivated by police.
Jun 2004 - Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Two dead as Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan suicide bomber attacks US Embassy.
Dec 2004 - Nine dead as al-Qaeda gunmen raid diplomatic compound.
2004 - Paul Marshall Johnson, Jr, civilian working in Saudi Arabia, kidnapped and beheaded; five other Americans die in attacks in Saudi Arabia in 2004.
Mar 2006 - Karachi, Pakistan - a suicide car bomb killed American diplomat David Foy, and three Pakistanis and injured thirty outside the Marriott Hotel, about 20 yards from the consulate. It appears that Foy was the direct target of the bomber, who detonated his vehicle in the car park behind the consulate as Foy arrived.
Sep 2006 - Damascus, Syria - Four dead as gunmen raid US Embassy.
Jan 2007 - Athens, Greece - RPG Fired at US Embassy
Mar 2008 - Sana'a, Yemen - Mortar attack against US Embassy
Jul 2008 - Istanbul, Turkey - Six dead in Armed attack against Consulate
Sep 2008 - Sana'a, Yemen - 16 dead in two car bombs outside US embassy in Yemeni capital
2008 - John Granville, US diplomat, assassinated in Khartoum, Sudan
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But I'm sure that like 9/11, for you those don't count either.