Major Terrorist Acts Suspected of or Inspired by al-Qaeda (part 1): The following list includes the date, target of attacks, and casualties of significant attacks by the terrorist goup al-Qaeda. *.1993 (Feb.):Bombing of World Trade Center (WTC); 6 killed. *.1993 (Oct.):Killing of U.S. soldiers in Somalia. *.1996 (June):Truck bombing at Khobar Towers barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killed 19 Americans. *.1998 (Aug.):Bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania; 224 killed, including 12 Americans. *.1999 (Dec.):Plot to bomb millennium celebrations in Seattle foiled when customs agents arrest an Algerian smuggling explosives into the U.S. *.2000 (Oct.):Bombing of the USSColein port in Yemen; 17 U.S. sailors killed. *.2001 (Sept.):Destruction of WTC; attack on Pentagon. Total dead 2,992. *.2001 (Dec.):Man tried to denote shoe bomb on flight from Paris to Miami. *.2002 (April):Explosion at historic synagogue in Tunisia left 21 dead, including 11 German tourists. *.2002 (May):Car exploded outside hotel in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 14, including 11 French citizens. *.2002 (June):Bomb exploded outside American consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 12. *.2002 (Oct.):Boat crashed into oil tanker off Yemen coast, killing 1. *.2002 (Oct.):Nightclub bombings in Bali, Indonesia, killed 202, mostly Australian citizens. *.2002 (Nov.):Suicide attack on a hotel in Mombasa, Kenya, killed 16. *.2003 (May):Suicide bombers killed 34, including 8 Americans, at housing compounds for Westerners in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. *.2003 (May):4 bombs killed 33 people targeting Jewish, Spanish, and Belgian sites in Casablanca, Morocco. *.2003 (Aug.):Suicide car-bomb killed 12, injured 150 at Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia. *.2003 (Nov.):Explosions rocked a Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, housing compound, killing 17. *.2003 (Nov.):Suicide car-bombers simultaneously attacked 2 synagogues in Istanbul, Turkey, killing 25 and injuring hundreds. *.2003 (Nov.):Truck bombs detonated at London bank and British consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, killing 26. *.2004 (March):10 bombs on 4 trains exploded almost simultaneously during the morning rush hour in Madrid, Spain, killing 191 and injuring more than 1,500. *.2004 (May):Terrorists attacked Saudi oil company offices in Khobar, Saudi Arabia, killing 22. *.2004 (June):Terrorists kidnapped and executed American Paul Johnson, Jr., in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. *.2004 (Sept.):Car bomb outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, killed 9. *.2004 (Dec.):Terrorists entered the U.S. Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing 9 (including 4 attackers). *.2005 (July):Bombs exploded on 3 trains and a bus in London, England, killing 52. *.2005 (Oct.):22 killed by 3 suicide bombs in Bali, Indonesia. *.2005 (Nov.):57 killed at 3 American hotels in Amman, Jordan. *.2006 (Jan.):Two suicide bombers carrying police badges blow themselves up near a celebration at the Police Academy in Baghdad, killing nearly 20 police officers. Al-Qaeda in Iraq takes responsibility. *.2006 (Aug.):Police arrest 24 British-born Muslims, most of whom have ties to Pakistan, who had allegedly plotted to blow up as many as 10 planes using liquid explosives. Officials say details of the plan were similar to other schemes devised by al-Qaeda. *.2007 (April):Suicide bombers attack a government building in Algeria's capital, Algiers, killing 35 and wounding hundreds more. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claims responsibility. *.2007 (April):Eight people, including two Iraqi legislators, die when a suicide bomber strikes inside the Parliament building in Baghdad. An organization that includes al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia claims responsibility. In another attack, the Sarafiya Bridge that spans the Tigris River is destroyed. *.2007 (June):British police find car bombs in two vehicles in London. The attackers reportedly tried to detonate the bombs using cell phones but failed. Government officials say al-Qaeda is linked to the attempted attack. The following day, an SUV carrying bombs bursts into flames after it slams into an entrance to Glasgow Airport. Officials say the attacks are connected. *.2007 (Dec.):As many as 60 people are killed in two suicide attacks near United Nations offices and government buildings in Algiers, Algeria. The bombings occur within minutes of each other. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, formerly called the Salafist Group for Preaching, claims responsibility. It's the worst attack in the Algeria in more than 10 years. *.2007 (Dec.):Benazir Bhutto, former Pakistani prime minister, is assassinated in a suicide attack on Dec. 27, 2007, at a campaign rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. President Pervez Musharraf blames al Qaeda for the attack, which kills 23 other people. Baitullah Mehsud, a Taliban leader with close ties to al Qaeda is later cited as the assassin.