al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda has attacked numerous times, mainly in threat of American society. The first known attack of al-Qaeda was the 1992 Yemen Hotel Bombings. A bomb went off at a hotel where U.S troops where staying.
February 1993, Ramzi Yousef parked a van full of explosives in the parking garage in the World Trade Center. Thousands of people were injured, and six dead. Other attacks include the Philippine Airlines Flight, as well as the embassy bombings of 1998, and the organization planned a bombing of LAX, but failed.
Al-Qaeda’s biggest attack and most world renown attack is the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Four commercial airliners were hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda members to be flown into the twin towers as suicide attacks, with another hijacked plane flown into the Pentagon, and one crash-landing in a meadow after a civilians efforts to subdue the hijackers. Both towers collapsed after impact. Around 3,000 people died in the towers and on the planes. Osama bin Laden initially denied involvement, but later in 2004 claimed responsibility for the terrorist attacks.
February 1993, Ramzi Yousef parked a van full of explosives in the parking garage in the World Trade Center. Thousands of people were injured, and six dead. Other attacks include the Philippine Airlines Flight, as well as the embassy bombings of 1998, and the organization planned a bombing of LAX, but failed.
Al-Qaeda’s biggest attack and most world renown attack is the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Four commercial airliners were hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda members to be flown into the twin towers as suicide attacks, with another hijacked plane flown into the Pentagon, and one crash-landing in a meadow after a civilians efforts to subdue the hijackers. Both towers collapsed after impact. Around 3,000 people died in the towers and on the planes. Osama bin Laden initially denied involvement, but later in 2004 claimed responsibility for the terrorist attacks.