// BEGIN editorial data var i = 0; var TerrorAttacks = new Array(); TerrorAttacks.ID = "TerrorAttacks"; TerrorAttacks.ID_WB = 20287747; TerrorAttacks.sPubDate = "8/16/2007 9:46:19 PM GMT"; TerrorAttacks.navsectionID = "3032506" TerrorAttacks.appFmt = 2; TerrorAttacks.appWidth = 460; TerrorAttacks.appHeader = "Fact file|25 highest terrorist attack death tolls"; TerrorAttacks.appFooter = "Source: NBC's Robert Windrem"; TerrorAttacks.appNavStyle = 3; TerrorAttacks.appLayout = 1; TerrorAttacks.copyHeight = 400; TerrorAttacks.copyMargin = 9; TerrorAttacks[i++] = new Array("","2,974 killed","","","","", "sub", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); TerrorAttacks[i-1].body = "New York and Washington, D.C. Sept. 11, 2001
Four planes plunge into the World Trade Center, Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field. "; TerrorAttacks[i++] = new Array("","477 killed","","","","", "sub", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); TerrorAttacks[i-1].body = "Abadan, Iran. Aug. 20, 1978
Anti-shah radicals commit arson in a movie theater during the Iranian revolution."; TerrorAttacks[i++] = new Array("","400 killed, at least","","","","", "sub", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); TerrorAttacks[i-1].body = "Yazidi villages, Iraq. Aug. 14, 2007
Al-Qaida uses four suicide bombs to kill members of the Yazidis, a small religious group. The death toll is mounting and could be as high as 500."; TerrorAttacks[i++] = new Array("","334 killed","","","","", "sub", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); TerrorAttacks[i-1].body = "Beslan, Russia. Sept. 1, 2004
Armed Chechen rebels take more than 1,200 schoolchildren and adults hostage. Of those killed, 186 are children."; TerrorAttacks[i++] = new Array("","329 killed","","","","", "sub", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); TerrorAttacks[i-1].body = "Irish Sea. June 23 1985
A terrorist bomb explodes on an Air India plane. The attack is blamed on Sikh radicals."; TerrorAttacks[i++] = new Array("","299 killed","","","","", "sub", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); TerrorAttacks[i-1].body = "Beirut, Lebanon. Oct. 23, 1983
Suicide truck bombings strike U.S. and French marine compounds. Hezbollah claims responsibility."; TerrorAttacks[i++] = new Array("","270 killed","","","","", "sub", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); TerrorAttacks[i-1].body = "Mumbai, India. March 12, 1993
Twelve bombs and a grenade explode in India’s financial district. Muslim radicals are found responsible, with possible collusion of a Pakistani intelligence service."; TerrorAttacks[i++] = new Array("","270 killed","","","","", "sub", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); TerrorAttacks[i-1].body = "Lockerbie, Scotland. Dec. 21, 1988
Libyan terrorists bomb a Pan Am plane as it flies from London to New York. "; TerrorAttacks[i++] = new Array("","224 killed","","","","", "sub", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); TerrorAttacks[i-1].body = "Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar Es Salaam. Tanzania, Aug. 8, 1998
Al-Qaida suicide truck bombs explode at U.S. embassies in the two capitals. The Nairobi attack kills 212."; TerrorAttacks[i++] = new Array("","215 killed ","","","","", "sub", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); TerrorAttacks[i-1].body = "Baghdad, Iraq. Nov. 23, 2006
Mortar fire and five car bombs detonate in Baghdad's Shiite Muslim enclave of Sadr City."; TerrorAttacks[i++] = new Array("","202 killed","","","","", "sub", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); TerrorAttacks[i-1].body = "Bali, Indonesia. Dec. 2, 2002
Truck bombs explode outside Indonesian nightclubs. Al-Qaida finances the attack, and Indonesia terrorists carry the plot out. "; TerrorAttacks[i++] = new Array("","191 killed","","","","", "sub", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); TerrorAttacks[i-1].body = "Madrid, Spain. March 11, 2004
Eleven knapsack bombs placed by Muslim radicals explode on four commuter trains. This is Europe's worst terrorist attack."; TerrorAttacks[i++] = new Array("","183 killed","","","","", "sub", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); TerrorAttacks[i-1].body = "Mumbai, India. July 11, 2006
Seven bombs placed by Muslim radicals in first-class carriages of commuter trains rock the financial center."; TerrorAttacks[i++] = new Array("","181 killed","","","","", "sub", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); TerrorAttacks[i-1].body = "Karbala and Baghdad, Iraq. March 2, 2004
At least six bombs kill Shiite worshippers at holy sites in the two cities. Al-Qaida in Iraq is blamed."; TerrorAttacks[i++] = new Array("","170 killed","","","","", "sub", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); TerrorAttacks[i-1].body = "Tiniri Desert, Niger. Sept. 19 1989
Libya admits responsibility for a bomb aboard a Union de Transportes Airiens plane."; TerrorAttacks[i++] = new Array("","168 killed","","","","", "sub", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); TerrorAttacks[i-1].body = "Oklahoma City, Okla. April 19, 1995
A domestic terrorist truck bomb destroys a federal building. Tim McVeigh is later executed, and his compatriot given a life sentence."; TerrorAttacks[i++] = new Array("","150 killed","","","","", "sub", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); TerrorAttacks[i-1].body = "Luanda, Angola. Aug. 10, 2001
Rebels attack a train south of the Angola capital."; TerrorAttacks[i++] = new Array("","150 killed","","","","", "sub", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); TerrorAttacks[i-1].body = "Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. May 14, 1985
Tamil Tigers militants attack a civilian crowd in the city streets. "; TerrorAttacks[i++] = new Array("","143 killed","","","","", "sub", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); TerrorAttacks[i-1].body = "Budennovsk, Russia. June 14-19, 1996
Hostage-taking and failed rescue attempts in an area near Chechnya leave scores dead. "; TerrorAttacks[i++] = new Array("","140 killed","","","","", "sub", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); TerrorAttacks[i-1].body = "Kattankudy, Sri Lanka. August 1990
Attacks on two mosques by Tamil rebels occur during Sri Lanka's long civil war."; TerrorAttacks[i++] = new Array("","130 killed","","","","", "sub", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); TerrorAttacks[i-1].body = "Lubango, Angola. Nov. 8 1983
A TAAG-Angola Airlines plane is shot down by guerrillas."; TerrorAttacks[i++] = new Array("","130 killed","","","","", "sub", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); TerrorAttacks[i-1].body = "Moscow, Russia. Sept. 13, 1999
Chechen rebels blow up an apartment building. "; TerrorAttacks[i++] = new Array("","129 killed","","","","", "sub", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); TerrorAttacks[i-1].body = "Moscow, Russia. Oct. 26, 2002
Hostage-taking by Chechen rebels and a failed rescue attempt at a Moscow theater leave scores dead."; TerrorAttacks[i++] = new Array("","125 killed","","","","", "sub", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); TerrorAttacks[i-1].body = "Karbala, Iraq. Aug. 29, 2003
Two car bombs explode outside the Imam Ali Shrine. "; TerrorAttacks[i++] = new Array("","125 killed","","","","", "sub", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); TerrorAttacks[i-1].body = "Hilla, Iraq. Feb. 28, 2005
A suicide car bomb attack strikes Hilla, a city south of Baghdad."; // END editorial data