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January 23
Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi by members of a Pakistani organization with links to al-Qaeda. Its members murder and behead him
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March 17
A church in Islamabad frequented by Westerners is bombed; five people are killed. An al-Qaeda linked group is suspected
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April 11
In Tunisia, al-Qaeda attacks North Africa's oldest synagogue with a natural-gas truck rigged with explosives. The blast kills 19 people, mostly tourists
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May 8
A bus bombing in Karachi kills 11 French nationals
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June 14
A car bombing outside the American consulate in Karachi kills 12 Pakistanis. Pakistani police accuse the International Movement of Mujahedin, an al-Qaeda ally
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September 5
A car bomb in Kabul kills 32 Afghans. An al-Qaeda member tries to kill Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kandahar a few hours later. American troops kill the gunman
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| ...THEN A BLOODY OCTOBER
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October 2
An explosion in a karaoke bar in Zamboanga on Mindanao Island in the Philippines kills three people, including an American Green Beret. The local Abu Sayyaf group is suspected
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October 6
The French oil tanker Limburg is rammed by an explosives-laden boat off the coast of Al Mukalla, Yemen. One Bulgarian crew member dies, and 90,000 barrels of oil leak into the Gulf of Aden
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October 12
A bomb blast outside a Bali nightclub kills more than 180, mostly foreign tourists. Jemaah Islamiah is suspected
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October 16
Five small package bombs go off at various Karachi police and government offices. A sixth fails to go off at a police station. Nine people are wounded |
October 17
Two bombs explode in department stores in Zamboanga, killing seven. Authorities suspect a faction of Abu Sayyaf |
October 18
A bomb goes off on a Manila bus. Philippine intelligence suspects more bombs may be hidden around the country
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MAP: Terror's New Wave
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