Editing Sabotage (section)

=== In World War I ===
On 30 July 1916, the [[Black Tom explosion]] occurred when German agents set fire to a complex of warehouses and ships in [[Jersey City, New Jersey]] that held munitions, fuel, and explosives bound to aid the [[Allies of World War I|Allies]] in their fight.

On 11 January 1917, Fiodore Wozniak, using a rag saturated with phosphorus or an incendiary pencil supplied by German sabotage agents, [[Kingsland Explosion|set fire to his workbench]] at an ammunition assembly plant near [[Lyndhurst, New Jersey]], causing a four-hour fire that destroyed half a million 3-inch explosive shells and destroyed the plant for an estimated at $17 million in damages. Wozniak's involvement was not discovered until 1927.<ref name="McGeorgeKetchem19831984">{{cite journal|last=McGeorge II|first=Harvey J.|author2=Christine C. Ketchem |title=Sabotage: A Strategic Tool for Guerilla Forces|journal=World Affairs|volume=146|issue=3|pages=249–256|year=1983–1984|publisher=World Affairs Institute|jstor=20671989}}</ref>{{rp|page=250}}

On 12 February 1917, [[Arab Revolt|Bedouins allied with the British]] destroyed a Turkish railroad near the port of [[Wajh]], [[Derailment|derailing]] a Turkish locomotive. The Bedouins traveled by camel and used explosives to demolish a portion of track.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Condit|first1=D. N.|last2=Cooper|first2=Bert H. Jr.|title=Challenge and Response in Internal Conflict. Volume 2. The Experience in Europe and the Middle East|date=1967-03-01|journal=Defense Technical Information Center |location=Fort Belvoir, VA|doi=10.21236/ad0649609}}</ref>