Terrorism in Kuwait
Kuwait has experienced several terror attacks, including those carried out by Al-Qaeda and other acts of Islamic terrorism. Some terror attacks in Kuwait were associated with the Gulf War and the subsequent American military support in Kuwait.
1970s
- 1974 attack on the Japanese Embassy in Kuwait
- June 17, 1976: The Al-Anba newspaper building was bombed. editorial offices were destroyed. Five people, including the editor-in-chief, were wounded.[1]
1980s
- December 1983 - 1983 Kuwait Bombing were attacks on six key foreign and Kuwaiti installations.
- May 1985 - A failed assassination attempt was made on Sheikh Jaber Al-Sabah, who was the emir of Kuwait at the time.
- July 1985 - two cafés were bombed in the 1985 Kuwait City bombings.
- 1984-1988 Aircraft hijackings
1990s
Several terror attacks associated with the Gulf War and an assassination attempt on actor Abdulhussain Abdulredha for an anti-Iraq theatrical play.
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Smoke from burning Kuwait oil fields after Saddam Hussein set fire to during Gulf war.
2000s
- October 8, 2002 - Faylaka Island attack, in which two Kuwaiti citizens with ties to jihadists in Afghanistan attacked a group of unarmed United States Marines conducting a training exercise on a Kuwaiti island, killing one before being killed themselves.[2]
- October 10, 2002 - Two gunmen with ties to Al-Qaeda open fire on an American Humvee.[3]
- November 21, 2002 - Two American contractors with Tapestry Corporation were wounded while driving a civilian vehicle when a Kuwaiti police sergeant opened fire at them at close range.
- January 31, 2005 - Kuwait Police infiltrate a terrorist cell belonging to the Peninsula Lions in a Salmiya apartment complex. Five terrorist members and a civilian bystander were killed.
- August 11, 2009 - Kuwaiti authorities reported that they had arrested six individuals accused of planning attacks on U.S. troops stationed at Camp Arifjan. The six men allegedly belong to a terrorist group with ties to Al-Qaeda.
2010s
- June 26, 2015 - 2015 Kuwait mosque bombing - A bombing occurred during Friday prayer at masjid Imam al-Sadeq when a man was seen on surveillance cameras rushing into the masjid and then detonating himself. 27 people killed with 227 injured. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the bombing.[4]
References
- "حدث في مثل هذا اليوم في الكويت". kuna.
- "US marine shot dead in Kuwait". TheGuardian.com. 9 October 2002.
- Schmitt, Eric (2002-10-09). "U.S. Marine Is Killed in Kuwait As Gunmen Strike Training Site". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
- Hubbard, Ben (26 June 2015). "Terrorist Attacks in France, Tunisia and Kuwait Kill Dozens". The New York Times.
- "Country Reports on Terrorism 2017 - Kuwait". Refworld. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
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