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===Terrorist attacks=== {{Main|List of terrorist incidents#1970–present}} [[File:Oklahomacitybombing-DF-ST-98-01356.jpg|thumb|right|The federal building that was bombed in the [[Oklahoma City bombing]] two days after the bombing, viewed from across the adjacent parking lot.]] *The [[1993 World Trade Center bombing]] in the [[United States]] (1993) led to broader public awareness in the US of [[domestic terrorism]] and [[international terrorism]] as a potential threat. *[[Markale massacres|Markale market massacres]] in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (1994) – soldiers of the [[Army of Republika Srpska]] deliberately targeted [[Bosniaks|Bosniak]] (then known as "Bosnian Muslims") civilians. *[[AMIA bombing]] (1994) – on 18 July 1994, an unknown terrorist targeting [[Argentinian Jew|Argentina's Jewish community]] planted a [[car bomb]] in the [[Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina]] headquarters in [[Buenos Aires]], killing 85 people and injuring hundreds, making it the first ethnically targeted bombing and deadliest bombing in Argentine history. *[[Srebrenica genocide]] in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1995) – soldiers of the [[Army of Republika Srpska]] and members of [[Scorpions (paramilitary)|Serbia's Scorpions]] paramilitary group committed mass murder of Bosniak civilians.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} *[[Oklahoma City bombing]] (1995) in the [[United States]] – the bombing of a federal building in [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]] killed 168 people, becoming the deadliest terrorist attack in the United States at that time. Suspect [[Timothy McVeigh]] claimed he bombed the building in retaliation for the 1992 [[Ruby Ridge]] standoff and the [[Waco siege]] a year later.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.history.com/news/how-ruby-ridge-and-waco-led-to-the-oklahoma-city-bombing|title=How Ruby Ridge and Waco Led to the Oklahoma City Bombing|last=Pruitt|first=Sarah|work=[[History (American TV channel)|History]]|date=2 April 2020|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref> *The [[1996 Manchester bombing]] (1996) – on 15 June 1996, the IRA set off a bomb in [[Manchester]], England. The bomb, placed in a van on Corporation Street in the city center, targeted the city's infrastructure and economy and caused widespread damage, estimated by insurers at £700 million (£1 billion {{as of|2011|lc=y}}). Two hundred and twelve people were injured, but there were no fatalities. *The [[1998 United States embassy bombings]] – [[Al-Qaeda]] militants carried out bomb attacks on United States embassies in [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]]. In retaliation, U.S. naval military forces launched [[cruise missile]] attacks against Al-Qaeda bases in [[Afghanistan]]. *The [[Omagh bombing]] in [[Northern Ireland]] (1998) – a bombing in [[Omagh]], [[County Tyrone]], that killed 29 civilians and injured hundreds more. *[[2000 millennium attack plots#LAX bombing plot|LAX bombing plot]] (1999) – [[Ahmed Ressam]], an [[Islamism|Islamist]] militant associated with Al-Qaeda, was arrested when attempting to cross from Canada into the United States at the Canada-U.S. border on 14 December 1999. It was later discovered that he intended to bomb [[Los Angeles International Airport]] (LAX) during [[millennium celebrations]]. This was the first major attempted terrorist attack by Al-Qaeda on United States soil since the [[1993 World Trade Center bombing]] and marked the beginning of a series of attempted terrorist attacks by Al-Qaeda against the United States that would continue into the 21st century.
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