Terrorism In Kenya Essay

On April 19th 1995 the worst terrorist attack on US soil took place in the heartland of America. The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma was targeted and almost completely blown to pieces by one enormous homemade bomb. The unthinkable had happened at the beginning of an average day at the office. This day would be remembered for the rest of America's history, unlike any other day, as a blatant attack on the United States government.

On October 23, 1983, a massive explosion from a 19-ton truck full of explosives attacked military barracks and killed 241 servicemen (including 220 U.S. Marines) in Beirut, Lebanon. The blast was the biggest known non-nuclear explosion since World War II and was the "bloodiest day since Iowa Jima," according to Rick Hampson writing in USA Today.

Since Sunday September 15, 1963, Birmingham received its nickname Bombingham. Many people would think that a church, a place of God, would be the last place to be blown to pieces. Four people lost their lives the day of the bombing. The enemy didn’t seem to care about the people inside but the color of their skin. The Birmingham church bombing also brought influential people, major details surrounding the crisis, a difference in society, and a change in history.

There were also Somali American’s that were killed in the bombing. Mohamoud Elmi, a Somali American from ohio was confirmed killed. The Second Somalia American was Ahmed Eyow, 50, who lived in Minnesota.

Two terrorist attacks, both at different times, and both unexpected occurred. One being before the 1960’s and the other after. In the early

On March 30, 1981 John Hinckley Jr shot at the Then-President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, as he walked from the Washington Hilton Hotel to his limo. The President was hit in the armpit and two of his guards were also shot as well as his aide. President Reagan went into a 2-Hour surgery and survived the attempt on his life with a couple of scars. April 18, 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon, a man drove a truck into the US Embassy and detonated about 2,000 pounds of explosives. Instantly killing 63 people, including 13 American CIA operatives. Just a year before this brutal attack the military forces of the United States of America and some European nations stepped in to help the Lebanese government with the third part of their Civil War. The Lebanese Hezbollah and the Islamic Jihad Organization expressed a strong dislike for the American and Israeli forces on the outskirts of Beirut. The Islamic Jihad Organization later claimed responsibility for the bombing. In the aftermath of the attack the Then-Secretary of State George Shultz tasked a team with making sure that the overseas embassies were safe. Their result was the State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security and Diplomatic Security Service. On June 14, 1985 two gunman board a

On September 11, 2012, four Americans, including the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, were killed in an attack in Benghazi. The first attack happened at the American diplomatic compound. This attack killed the Ambassador, J. Christopher Stevens, and the U.S. Foreign Service Information Management Officer, Sean Smith. Multiple Libyan people condemned the attack as the Libyans were very fond of J. Christopher Stevens. There was a second attack at an annex compound one mile away and several hours later. After five hours of fighting, reinforcements finally arrived. This second attack killed CIA contractors, Tyrone S. Woods and Glen Doherty, and ten others were injured in

During the night of September 11, 2012, a United States State Department Special Mission Compound, also known as the Diplomatic Compound, was attacked by a group of terrorists in Benghazi, Libya. The United States Ambassador, Christopher Stevens, stayed in the Diplomatic Compound, as his home in Benghazi, along with nine other people. State Department computer expert, Sean Smith, and three members of the “17 February militia,” also known as the “17 Feb” and five Diplomatic Security agents accompanied Ambassador Christopher Stevens. About a mile away from the Diplomatic Compound was the Annex. The Annex held six American security soldiers, the soldiers were: Dave Benton, Mark Geist, Kris Paronto, Jack Silva, John Tiegen, and Tyrone Woods. A group of terrorists went up to the front gate of the Diplomatic Compound and knocked it down with a rocket projectile that got shot out of a rocket launcher. The members of the “17 Feb”

Terrorist followed through with an attack on a U.S compound in Libya. More specifically in the eastern region of Libya, a city which name has now become famous, Benghazi. Armed islamic radicals by sheer number over powered the Libyan security and American protection gaining access to the compound. After breaking through the compounds gates U.S Ambassador Chris Stevens and State Department information management officer Sean Smith secured themselves inside a safe room fortified by a metal door in the main building inside the compound. As the attack raged on outside the terrorist could not seem to break through the metal door refusing them access to the main building. Shortly after, the building was set on fire quickly engulfing both men in huge amounts of smoke and subsequently suffocating the two

Terrorist attacked U.S. Marine headquarters in Lebanon where a truck bomb exploded killing 241. Almost simultaneously, a second truck bomb exploded at a French paratroop barracks 2 miles away killing 58.

A recent newsworthy event that has happened is recent bombing of a college campus in Kenya. Ruthlessly armed attackers stormed Garissa University early on April 2, killing two security guards then firing aimlessly on students. At least 147 people, mostly students, have been killed in an attack. “He militants singled out Christians and shot them”, witnesses said

In 1983, terrorist target two places: Lebanon and United States. The first target which was in Beirut where US embassy was located, about 63 people died including, 17 Americans. There were two bombs that struck separate buildings in United States and in French military forces. Among the people who died in the French military forces were member of multinational forces (MNF). Consequently, 299 Americans were killed in the attack together with French servicemen. In these attacks, the group that claimed to be responsible for the bombings was Islamic Jihad. American and French soldiers who were killed during the attacks had gone on a mission to restore peace in the war-torn nation. During the attack, there were simultaneous attack both on French

The 2002 October Bali bombings impacted the lives of thousands, not only the 202 people killed in the blast, but there families, friends and the people on the small island of Bali. Police presence in Bali sky rocketed and the Indonesian Government put in place strict protocol to make sure that an event like this never happend again, but it was too late, with the internet era news and pictures of the bombing quickly spread across the world. Hundreds of thousands of flights were cancelled to the holiday island, and with the US Government claiming that Al-Qaeda was directly involved in the bombing, the island was added to watchlists and some governments even strongly urged their citizens not to travel to the island. The islands visitor numbers

The perspective that Strategic Theorists have on the recent suicide bombing in Nigeria by terrorist cell Boko Haram would be that the intention of Boko Haram would not be that of pure rage and hatred but that of a strategic value. Nicholas Lemann highlights the views and some of the assumptions of this theory in his article What Terrorists Want. One of the main assumptions of strategic theory that this event does touch upon would be the assumption that Boko Haram has a political goal and their goal is to help create an Islamic state in Nigeria as especially northern Nigeria is a mainly Muslim population compared to the more Christian south of the country. What he would say about this event is that Boko Haram is not doing these bombings out of complete hatred for non-religious Nigerian Citizens but that they are doing this for a more complex reason, that they are part of a movement of using these bombings and conflict to create civil war and recruit people to create a wider Islamic State as a more ultimate goal. Boko Haram is allied with ISIL and shows that they are not just doing this out of pure rage but that they are serious about reaching their goal of a new Islamic state in Nigeria and aren’t just performing attacks like these out of pure rage like another theory in this article says. Another perspective of strategic theory especially in the case of the modern Islamic terrorists is that these terrorists recruit with these acts such as suicide bombings to show that not

Acts of terrorism has greatly affected multiple countries, including the United States. The horrific events that took place on 9/11 left the American people shocked, devastated, and furious. Many innocent American’s lost their lives on this infamous day. While airports and airlines are not free from security breaches, a set of new security measures and requirements have been implemented by the International Air Transport Association and the International Civil Aviation Organization (Beirman, 2011). Increased security at airports and airlines, have left terrorists to target more vulnerable areas such as tourist destinations. Attacking tourists’ spots such as hotels, restaurants, nightclubs, conference venues and other forms