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UNDERSTANDING
THE PRESENT CRISIS |
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Timeline of the crisis |
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Apr 2004 Israel assassinates Abdel Aziz Rantissi,
new leader of Hamas Apr 2004 US supports Sharon plan, including
annexation of parts of West Bank Apr 2004 US siege and bombing of Fallujah, 400-1000
killed Apr 2004 Shia demonstrators killed in Baghdad, Shia
revolt in several cities, 200-300 killed Mar 2004 4 US mercenaries killed, bodies mutilated,
as 'revenge' for assassination of Yassin, Fallujah Mar 2004 9 British Asians arrested, 500 kg of
ammonium nitrate seized, south-east England Mar 2004 Bombings and government attack on hideout in
Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 42 killed Mar 2004 Pakistan army offensive against
'al-Qaedists' in South Waziristan, 100 killed Mar 2004 Israel assassinates Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, leader
of Hamas Mar 2004 Hotel bomb, Baghdad, 29 killed Mar 2004 Simultaneous train bombings, Madrid, 190 killed Mar 2004 Suicide bombings in crowds, Karbala and Baghad, 160 killed Feb 2004 Suicide car bombing, Baghdad, 47 killed Feb 2004 Car bombing, Iskandariyah, Iraq, 50 killed Feb 2004 Metro bombing, Moscow, 39 killed Feb 2004 Suicide bombings at Kurdish party HQs, Erbil, Iraq, 67 killed Dec 2003 Commuter train bombing, Yessentuki, Russia, 40 killed Dec 2003 Car bombing of police station, Khaldiyah, Iraq, 20 killed Nov 2003 Car bombing of Italian HQ, Nasiriya, Iraq, 26 killed Nov 2003 Suicide bombings of British consulate and bank, Istanbul, 27
killed including British Consul Nov 2003 Suicide truck bombings of synagogues, Istanbul, 23 killed Oct 2003 Car bombings of Red Cross and police stations, Baghdad, 30
killed Aug 2003 Car bombing at mosque, Najaf, 120 killed including Baqir al-Hakim Aug 2003 Truck bombing of UN HQ, Baghdad, 17 killed including UN Iraq
representative Aug 2003 Suicide bus bombing, Jerusalem, 23 killed Aug 2003 Car bombs, Bombay/Mumbai, 44 killed Aug 2003 Suicide truck bombing of military hospital, Mozdock, Russia, 27
killed May 2003 Simultaneous car bombings, Riyadh, 34 killed May 2003 Simultaneous suicide bombings, Casablanca, 45 killed Apr 2003 US troops fire on demonstrators on two days in Fallujah, Iraq,
20 killed (Human
Rights Watch) Mar 2003 Invasion of Iraq, about 500 US soldiers, 9000 Iraqi soldiers and
10,000 civilians killed in following 12 months (Iraq Coalition Casualty Count,
Project on Defense Alternatives,
Iraq Body Count) Jan 2003 Double suicide bombing, Tel Aviv, 23 killed Dec 2002 Suicide truck bombings of government HQ, Grozny, Chechnya, 46
killed Oct 2002 Car bombings of night clubs, Bali, 180 killed Oct 2002 Occupation of Moscow theatre by Chechens and siege, 170 killed Jul 2002 Market place bomb, Algiers, 29 killed Jun 2002 Israel begins building wall around the West Bank Apr 2002 Truck bombing of synagogue, Djerba, Tunisia, 21 killed Mar 2002 Reinvasion of West Bank by Israeli army, about 500 killed over
months (Guardian) Mar 2002 Suicide bombing of hotel, Netanya, Israel, 30 killed Oct 2001 Assassination of Rechavam Ze'evy, Israeli Tourism Minister, by
PFLP Oct 2001 Invasion of Afghanistan, about 3000 civilians killed by bombing
in following months (Marc
Herold) Sep 2001 New York and Washington attacks, about 3000 killed Aug
2001 Assassination of Abou Ali
Moustafa, leader of PFLP, by Israel |
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