List of terrorist incidents, 2000
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The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered non-state terrorism in 2000.
United States. The last of the 2000 millennium attack plots fails, as the boat meant to bomb USS The Sullivans sinks.
Germany. Police foil the Strasbourg cathedral bombing plot.
Pakistan, May: The Balochistan Liberation Army begins its attacks against government and military targets in Balochistan.
Colombia, March 15: A botched rocket attack by rebels against an army base left two dead and 14 injured near Medellín.[1]
France, April 19:The Breton Revolutionary Army bombs a McDonalds in Dinan, killing a waitress. [2]- Colombia, May 16: Suspected FARC guerrillas detonated a collar bomb they attached to dairy farmer Elvia Cortes, age 55, after she refused to pay a $7,500 extorsion. This event is the theme of the movie PVC-1, winner of the Director's Fortnight Selection Award at the Cannes Film Festival 2007.
Greece, June 8: Stephen Saunders, a British Defense Attaché, was assassinated by Revolutionary Organization 17 November in Athens.
Russia, August 8: A bomb exploded at an underpass in Pushkin Square in Moscow, killing eleven people and wounding more than 90.[3]
Latvia, August 17: Two bombs exploded in a shopping center in Riga, injuring 35 people.[4]- Colombia, October 8: A car bomb injures four near a military base in Cali. Rebel group ELN is blamed.[5]
Yemen, United States, October 12: USS Cole bombing kills 17 US sailors and wounds 40 off the port of Aden, by al-Qaeda; see FBI Most Wanted Terrorists, the Buffalo Six Lackawanna Cell.[6]
Indonesia, December 24: Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings, terrorists blow up churches in Indonesia killing 17 and injuring more than 150 people.
Philippines, December 30: Rizal Day Bombings, terrorists blow up LRts in Manila, killing 22 and injuring more than 100 people.
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[edit] References
- ^ CNN: Botched rocket attacks kills 2, wounds 14 in Colombia, March 15, 2000
- ^ MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base
- ^ CNN: Nation mourns as Russia bomb toll rises, August 12, 2000
- ^ CNN: Latvian police search for bomb suspects, August 18, 2000
- ^ BBC: Carbomb explodes near Cali army base, October 8, 2000
- ^ Recent escapees from Yemen prison added to most wanted terrorists and seeking information - war on terrorism lists, FBI national Press Release, February 23, 2006
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