Boko Haram gained widespread exposure in July 2009 when, after an incident in which group members were allegedly subjected to the excessive use of force by police and then were unable to get official investigation into the matter, the group launched attacks on police posts and other government in...
September 11 attacks, series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks committed in 2001 by 19 militants associated with Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda against targets in the United States, the deadliest terrorist attacks on U.S. soil in U.S. history.
On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Ce
- Marine Corps strength: 154,909 (0.05% of U.S. population) Marines reached another major integration milestone in 2019: For the first time, the Corps integrated a small platoon of female recruits into larger training exercises with their male counterparts. ...
- Marine Corps strength: 154,909 (0.05% of U.S. population) Marines reached another major integration milestone in 2019: For the first time, the Corps integrated a small platoon of female recruits into larger training exercises with their male counterparts. ...
Most of the other entries describe events that took place before 9/11, which dealt with concerns regarding the threat that al-Qaeda and the group’s leader, Osama bin Laden, were believed to pose to the US, and the fear that a major terrorist attacks was going to take place. ...
embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, and the USS Cole off the coast of Yemen in 2000, along with several smaller “lone wolf” attacks. HISTORY talked to five intelligence and law-enforcement veterans of those investigations about the challenges they faced convincing others in the ...
Osama bin Laden Was On The FBI's Most Wanted List For Years Before The 9/11 Attacks It's no simple task to wind up on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list, something that Osama bin Laden accomplished back in 1998 after he bombed US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya. To get ...
Osama bin Laden Was On The FBI's Most Wanted List For Years Before The 9/11 Attacks It's no simple task to wind up on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list, something that Osama bin Laden accomplished back in 1998 after he bombed US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya. To get...