Kuwait has experienced various terror attacks, including those carried out byISIS,Al-Qaeda, and other acts ofIslamic terrorism. Various terror attacks in Kuwait were associated with theIran–Iraq War,Gulf War, and the subsequent American military support in Kuwait.
Kuwait currently has the largest US military presence in the entire Middle East region.[1] There are over 14,000 US military personnel stationed in the country.[1]
June 17, 1976: TheAl-Anba newspaper building was bombed. editorial offices were destroyed. Five people, including the editor-in-chief, were wounded.[2]
December 1983 –1983 Kuwait Bombing were attacks on six key installations in Kuwait.
April 1985 –Ahmed Al-Jarallah was subjected to an assassination attempt when a gunman opened fire on him outside his offices. He was shot six times.[3][4][5][6]
May 1985 – A failed assassination attempt was made on SheikhJaber Al-Sabah, who was the emir of Kuwait at the time.
October 10, 2002 – Two gunmen with ties toAl-Qaeda open fire on an AmericanHumvee.[10]
November 21, 2002 – Two American contractors with Tapestry Corporation were wounded while driving a civilian vehicle when a Kuwaiti police sergeant opened fire at them at close range.
January 31, 2005 – Kuwait Police infiltrate a terrorist cell belonging to thePeninsula Lions in aSalmiya apartment complex. Five terrorist members and a civilian bystander were killed.
August 11, 2009 – Kuwaiti authorities reported that they had arrested six individuals accused of planning attacks on U.S. troops stationed atCamp Arifjan. The six men allegedly belong to a terrorist group with ties toAl-Qaeda.
December 11, 2003 –Ahmed Al-Jarallah's secretary at Al-Seyassah was injured when he opened a large envelope addressed to Jarallah, sent fromBeirut,Lebanon. The envelope bomb contained the plastic explosiveSemtex.[11][12][13]
June 26, 2015 –2015 Kuwait mosque bombing – A bombing occurred during Friday prayer at masjid Imam al-Sadeq when a man was seen on surveillance cameras rushing into the masjid and then detonating himself. 27 people killed with 227 injured. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the bombing.[14] It was the largest terror attack in Kuwait's history.
August 13, 2015 – Kuwaiti security forces arrested Al-Abdali terror cell belonging toIran andHezbollah.[15][16]
2017 – No terrorist incidents were reported in Kuwait in 2017, despite various attempts byISIS.[17]
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