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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/2003 Casablanca bombings
		The 2003 Casablanca bombings were a series of suicide bombings on May 16, 2003, in Casablanca, Morocco.
		The suicide bombers came from the shanty towns of Sidi Moumen, a poor suburb of Casablanca, and were from the Salafia Jihadia group.
		The motive behind the bombings was probably the fact that Morocco had a history of good relationship with Jews; another possible motive was the U.S. Invasion of Iraq.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/2003_Casablanca_bombings (527 words)

	2003 Casablanca bombings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 2003 Casablanca bombings were a series of suicide bombings on May 16, 2003, in Casablanca, Morocco.
		Their plan was to hit Western and Jewish targets in the bustling tourist city of Casablanca, and may have been inspired to carry out their attacks sooner than expected after 3 Western compounds were bombed in Saudi Arabia on May 12.
		The motive behind the bombings was probably the fact that Morocco had a history of good relationship with Jews; another possible motive was the US Invasion of Iraq.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Casablanca_Attacks (518 words)

	Riyadh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Riyadh from space, April 1994 Minestry of interior Faisaliah Centre King Fahad Int.
		Riyadh (ar-Riyāḍ) is the capital of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, located in the Najd region.
		The city is divided into 17 branch municipalities under the control of the Riyadh Municipality and the Riyadh Development Authority, chaired by Riyadh Province Governor Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz.
	www.kiwipedia.com /en/riyadh.html (213 words)

	Riyadh compound bombings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Their targets were three compounds: The Dorrat Al Jadawel, a compound owned by MBI International and Partners, the Al Hamra Oasis Village, and the Vinnell Corporation Compound, a compound owned by a Virginia-based defense contractor that was training the Saudi National Guard.
		While the terrorists were still attempting to get inside the compound, their masive explosive charge suddenly detonated, killing all of the attackers and a Filipino worker.
		Bombings in Casablanca, Morocco four days later led the US to raise its terror threat level from yellow to orange.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Riyadh_Compound_Bombings (631 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Riyadh compound bombings
		Their targets were three compounds: The Dorrat Al Jadawel, a compound owned by the London based MBI International and Partners subsidiary Jadawel International, the Al Hamra Oasis Village, and the Vinnell Corporation Compound, a compound owned by a Virginia-based defense contractor that was training the Saudi National Guard.
		While the terrorists were still attempting to get inside the compound, their massive explosive charge suddenly detonated, killing all of the attackers and a Filipino worker.
		Bombings in Casablanca, Morocco four days later led the US to raise its terror threat level from yellow to orange.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Riyadh_Compound_Bombings (697 words)

	Riyadh Compound Bombings Online Research :: Information about Riyadh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		These suicide attacks, attributed to Al-Qaeda, were the first of several "spectacular attacks" carried out by that group in 2003, and the deadliest attack on United States that year.
		Late on May 12, while much of Riyadh was asleep, four vehicles drove through Riyadh; two cars, a pickup, and an Sport Utility Vehicle.
		Their targets were three compounds: The Dorrat Al Jadawel, a compound owned by MBI International and Partners, the Al Hamra Oasis Village, and the Vinnell Corporation Compound, a compound owned by a Virginia -based defense contractor that was training the Saudi National Guard.
	www.in-northcarolina.com /search/Riyadh_Compound_Bombings.html (617 words)

	List of terrorist incidents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		October 12: IRA bomb in the Grand Hotel Brighton: 5 are killed in an attempt to kill members of the British cabinet.
		July 5: the IRA detonate a 1500lb car bomb (the largest used in Northern Ireland) in the centre of Newtownards in Northern Ireland, no one is killed but massive property damage is caused to the town centre.
		May 12: Bombings of United States expat housing compounds in Saudi Arabia kill 26 and injure 160 in the Riyadh Compound Bombings.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/L/List-of-terrorist-incidents.htm (4320 words)

	Al-Qaida (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		They are believed to be responsible for a bombing at a U.S. military facility in Riyadh in November 1995, which killed two people from India and five Americans.
		Al-Qaida also attempted the bombing of the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California during the millennium holiday, although the bomber Ahmed Ressam was caught at the US-Canadian border with bombs in the trunk of his car.
		Al-Qaida was also involved in the assassination of US diplomat Laurence Foley in Jordan, a terrorist car bombing in Kenya in November 2002, the Riyadh Compound Bombings, and the Istanbul Bombings in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2003.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/a/al/al_qaida.html (2491 words)

	List of terrorist incidents - Simple English Wikipedia
		1984 IRA bomb in the Grand Hotel Brighton 5 are killed in an attempt to kill members of the British cabinet.
		1986 Berlin discotheque bombing On April 6, the La Belle discotheque, a known hangout for U.S. soldiers, was bombed, killing 3 and injuring 230 people, for which Libya is held responsible.
		2003 Riyadh Compound Bombings--bombings of United States expat housing compounds in Saudi Arabia kill 26 and injure 160.
	simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents (2434 words)

	Infrastructure Security - Construction Industry Round Table (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In the 11 May Riyadh attack terrorists, possibly Al-Qaida, assaulted three compounds occupied by western guest workers using multiple vehicles.
		Upon reaching a housing area south of the main recreation and sports complex, an explosive device in the GMC Suburban was detonated by a suicide terrorist.
		bombings were imported into the target country and then locally modified with heavier springs in order to accommodate the weight of the explosive.
	www.cirt.org /public/pages/index.cfm?pageid=95 (2091 words)

	Riyadh Compound Bombings -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Early in May, the (additional info and facts about US State Department) US State Department warned that terrorists were in the final stages of planning terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia.
		Late on May 12, while much of Riyadh was asleep, three vehicles: a car, a pickup, and an (additional info and facts about SUV) SUV, drove through the streets of Riyadh.
		The US believes that (An intensely anti-western terrorist network that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist group; has cells in more than 50 countries) al-Qaeda is behind the attacks, which did claim responsibility later.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ri/riyadh_compound_bombings.htm (478 words)

	Online NewsHour: The Riyadh Bombings \| PBS
		Update: Authorities in Saudi Arabia have arrested at least five men allegedly involved in the May 12 suicide bombings in Riyadh, the Saudi interior minister announced Wednesday.
		Amid criticism that Saudi officials ignored warnings of an imminent terrorist attack, President Bush said on Friday that the two nations are cooperating in the investigation of the suicide bombings that killed 34 people in Riyadh on Monday.
		Update: The U.S. Embassy in Riyadh asked the Saudi government for additional security to protect American residents in the days before the May 12 bombing but the request was denied, the U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia said Wednesday.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/middle_east/riyadh (522 words)

	May_2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Russian officials identify Arab militant Abu Walib as the mastermind behind the May 12 bombing in Znamenskoye, Chechnya, and claim links between that incident and the bombings in Riyadh 14 hours later.
		A suicide bombing occurs at a religious festival in the town of Iliskhan-Yurt, in southeastern Chechnya.
		Riyadh Compound Bombings: Four simultaneous car bombs detonate in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at various Western enclaves there, killing at least 35 people.
	www.freecaviar.com /search.php?title=May_2003 (3586 words)

	The American Gazette: 09/01/2004 - 09/30/2004
		The Bali terrorist bombing occurred on October 12 2002 in the town of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali, killing 202 people and injuring a further 209, most of whom were foreign tourists.
		The Bali bombing is sometimes called "Australia's September 11" because of the large number of its citizens killed in the attack.
		The Zamboanga bombings are the October 17, 2002 explosions of two bombs in the main shopping district of the mostly Christian city of Zamboanga in the southern Philippines, killing six and wounding about 150, evidently a terrorist incident.
	americangazette.blogspot.com /2004_09_01_americangazette_archive.html (10862 words)

	Al-Qaeda - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Al-Qaeda is believed to have conducted the bombings in August 1998 of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing more than 300 people and injuring more than 5,000 others.
		Al-Qaeda also attempted the bombing of the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California during the millennium holiday, although the bomber Ahmed Ressam was caught at the US-Canadian border with bombs in the trunk of his car.
		Al-Qaeda was also involved in the assassination of US diplomat Laurence Foley in Jordan, a terrorist car bombing in Kenya in November 2002, the Riyadh Compound Bombings, and the Istanbul Bombings in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2003.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Al-Qaeda (2600 words)

	Encyclopedia: Kenyan hotel bombing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A suicide bombing is a bomb attack on people or property, committed by a person who knows the explosion will cause his or her own death in addition to the attacks primary purpose (see suicide, suicide weapons).
		US and Israeli officials suspected a Somali group linked to al-Qaeda was responsible for the bombing and speculated that the suspects had smuggled the missiles into Kenya from Somalia.
		12 people were arrested in connection with the hotel bombing, including six Pakistanis and four Somalis, as well as an American and her Spanish husband, both of whom were later released.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kenyan-hotel-bombing (648 words)

	CNN.com - Saudi official blames Riyadh attacks on al Qaeda - Nov. 9, 2003
		A senior official in the Saudi Interior Ministry said his government was certain the attack was planned and carried out by al Qaeda using the same suicide car bombing strategy employed in the May 12 attacks in Riyadh.
		At least two dozen ambulances rushed to the Al-Muhaya compound -- villas housing several hundred residents -- where a large plume of smoke was seen, journalists said.
		Saudi business sources told CNN the compound was about a mile from the homes of several top members of Saudi Arabia's ruling family.
	edition.cnn.com /2003/US/11/08/saudi.explosion (614 words)

	CASABLANCA ATTACKS FACTS AND INFORMATION
		The attacks occurred four days after the Riyadh_Compound_Bombings that targeted Western compounds in Riyadh, Saudi_Arabia, killing 26 people.
		Their plan was to hit Western and Jewish targets in the bustling tourist city of Casablanca, and may have been inspired to carry out their attacks sooner than expected after 3 Western compounds were bombed in Saudi Arabia on May_12.
		Moroccan authorities said in May_2004 that they had arrested 2,000 people in connection with the attacks, and began to put them on trial.
	www.palfacts.com /Casablanca_Attacks (478 words)

	CNN.com - U.S. worried about more al Qaeda attacks - May. 13, 2003
		Al Qaeda is suspected in the fatal bombings.
		The bombings also killed the nine suspected bombers, whose bodies were found at the scenes of the explosions, Saudi officials said.
		Among the Saudis killed in the attack was the son of Riyadh's deputy governor.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/05/13/saudi.blast (1177 words)

	FNC: Four Arrested in Riyadh Bombings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Four suspects linked to the deadly terror attacks in Saudi Arabia were in custody, and they were likely members of Al Qaeda (search), a Saudi official said Sunday.
		The two children were killed in a suicide bombing attack on a housing compound for foreigners in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 12.
		A western woman cries as she looks at the debris of her home in a western residential compound that was targetted by a suicide attacker in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/913724/posts (1422 words)

	Al-Qaeda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A Yemeni and an Austrian tourist died in the bombing.
		Al-Qaeda is also thought by some to be responsible for the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing which killed American military personnel in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, though this attack and the previous one are usually ascribed to Hizbullah.
		Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Iraq, and his group, Beyyiat el-Imam, was responsible for the assassination of US diplomat Laurence Foley in Jordan; Al-Qaeda is responsible for the terrorist car bombing in Mombasa in November 2002, the Riyadh Compound Bombings, and the Istanbul Bombings in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2003.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/A/Al-Qaeda.htm (3233 words)

	2003 Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		May 12 - In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 26 people are killed in the Riyadh Compound Bombings.
		June 5 - Female suicide bomber detonates bomb near a bus carrying soldiers and civilians to a military airfield in Mozdok, a major staging point for Russian troops in Chechnya, killing at least 16 people.
		November 20 - Several bombs explode in Istanbul, Turkey destroying the Turkish head office of HSBC Holdings and the British consulate.
	popularityguide.com /encyclopedia/2003 (5100 words)

	British Intelligence Service - Uncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Al-Qaeda is believed to be responsible for a bombing at a U.S. military facility in Riyadh in November 1995, which killed two people from India and five Americans.
		Al-Qaeda is also thought by some to be responsible for the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing which killed American military personnel in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; this attack and the previous one are usually ascribed to Hizbullah.
		The 2002 Bali bombing and subsequent bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta in 2003 provide some insight into Al-Qaeda's decentralized method of operations: the attacks showed far greater coordination and effectiveness than might historically have been expected from regional terrorist networks.
	www.uncyclopedia.org /wiki/British_Intelligence_Service (5024 words)

	K-9 Search & Detection, Inc. New York Explosive, Narcotic, and Weapons detection K-9 Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		bombing by terrorists may be pre-empted if the general public remains
		In four meetings with an undercover agent posing as a bomb broker, Malike tried to buy a half a case of C-4 explosive and a bizarre assortment of military gizmos, the feds said.
		Three years ago, Malike sued the Port Authority, claiming his civil rights were violated by a cop at the 42nd St. bus terminal, a PA source said.
	www.k9narcotics.com /pages/12 (2845 words)

	Homeland Security News & Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		DHS has no specific information to indicate that a truck bombing of any kind is currently being planned in the United States.
		In each attack a number of armed terrorists was used to eliminate the security elements guarding the compounds so suicide cadre could drive a vehicle borne improvised explosive device to the desired location and detonate it.
		Modification of smaller capacity vehicles to accept a minimum one (1) ton load - The two vehicles used in the 1998 East Africa bombings were imported into the target country and then locally modified with heavier springs in order to accommodate the weight of the explosive.
	www.iacsp.com /hs-news.html (5018 words)

	CNN.com - Saudis expect another attack any time - Nov. 10, 2003
		The death toll from Saturday night's suspected al Qaeda attack on a residential compound in Riyadh rose to 17 on Sunday, including five children, the Saudi Interior Ministry said.
		Officials are citing crucial similarities with a car bombing in the city May 12 that killed 23 residents and 12 attackers.
		Saudi business sources told CNN the compound is a mile or so from the homes of several top members of Saudi Arabia's ruling family.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/11/09/saudi.explosion (821 words)

	What we do, why we do it » GetReligion
		RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 11 They were neighbors and newlyweds, and late on Saturday night they bumped into each other by chance outside the obstetrician’s office.
		He specifically picked this compound to move into six months ago, after the suicide bombings in May against Western compounds, because he thought it would be safer to live in a place that was almost entirely Arab and Muslim.
		The November 8 bombing took place in a Lebanese Christian neighborhood of Riyadh, and of the seven publicly identified Lebanese victims, six were Christian.
	www.getreligion.org /?p=3 (2154 words)

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