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Osama Bin Laden Dead: Timeline Of Major Al Qaeda Attacks (PHOTOS)

A Timeline Of Major Al Qaeda Attacks
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"The images of 9/11 are seared into our national memory," President Obama said Sunday night in his statement about the death of Osama bin Laden. "Hijacked planes cutting through a cloudless September sky, twin towers collapsing to the ground, black smoke billowing up from the Pentagon. The wreckage of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania where the actions of heroic citizens saved even more heartbreak and destruction."

While Al Qaeda and its leader are perhaps most associated with the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, the extremist organization has been behind many other terrorist-related events in recent memory, from the deadly London public transit bombings in 2005 to a Marrakesh attack that killed 15 people last month.

View a timeline of Al Qaeda's most major attacks here. Captions are courtesy of Reuters:

Al Qaeda Timeline
Al Qaeda Attacks Timeline(01 of23)
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Feb. 26, 1993 - A bomb explodes in the garage of the World Trade Center. (credit:AP)
Aug. 7, 1998(02 of23)
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Truck bombs hit the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. (credit:Getty )
Oct. 12, 2000 (03 of23)
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The U.S.S. Cole came under attack in the Yemeni city of Aden. (credit:Getty )
Sept. 11, 2001 (04 of23)
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Planes fly into the World Trade Towers and the Pentagon. Another plane crashes in Pennsylvania. (credit:Getty )
April 11, 2002(05 of23)
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Explosion in the El Grhiba synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia. (credit:Getty )
Oct. 12, 2002(06 of23)
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Bombs explode in a nightclub in Bali, killing 202 people. (credit:Getty )
Nov. 28, 2002(07 of23)
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Suicide car bombers hit a hotel in Mombasa, Kenya. (credit:Getty )
May 12, 2003 (08 of23)
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Al Qaeda bombers hit Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (credit:Getty )
May 16, 2003 (09 of23)
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Coordinated explosions hit Casablanca, Morocco. (credit:Getty )
Aug. 19, 2003(10 of23)
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The U.N. headquarters in Baghdad are hit by a truck filled with explosives. (credit:AP)
Nov. 9, 2003 (11 of23)
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Al Qaeda suicide bombers target a residential compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (credit:Getty )
March 11, 2004(12 of23)
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More than 130 people are killed by bombs in four trains in Madrid. (credit:Getty)
July 7, 2005(13 of23)
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Bombs explode in the London subway, killing 52 people. (credit:Getty )
Nov. 9, 2005(14 of23)
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Attacks on hotels in Amman, the Jordanian capital, are claimed by Al Qaeda in Iraq. (credit:Getty )
April 11, 2007 (15 of23)
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Suicide bombs explode in the Algerian capital Algiers. (credit:Getty )
Dec. 11, 2007 (16 of23)
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Al Qaeda claims responsibilities for attacks on U.N. offices in Algiers. (credit:Getty )
Dec. 25, 2009 (17 of23)
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Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is accused of attempting to bomb a U.S.-bound plane. (credit:Getty )
Jan. 25, 2010(18 of23)
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Suicide bombers hit hotels in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. (credit:Getty )
July 2010 (19 of23)
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A French tourist is killed by al Qaeda in Morocco after being kidnapped in Niger. (credit:Getty )
Oct. 31, 2010(20 of23)
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Gunmen attack a church in Baghdad during Sunday mass. (credit:Getty )
Nov. 5, 2010 (21 of23)
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Parcel bombs on their way to the United States are intercepted on planes in Britain and Dubai. (credit:Getty )
Jan. 2011 (22 of23)
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Two Frenchmen were found dead in Niger after being abducted by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). (credit:Getty )
April 28, 2011 (23 of23)
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A bomb explodes in Morocco's tourist hub Marrakesh.

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