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Bombings

31 Oct
1971: Bomb explodes in Post Office tower

22 Feb
1972: IRA bomb kills six at Aldershot barracks

06 Sep
1972: Olympic hostages killed in gun battle

19 Sep
1972: Parcel bomb attack on Israeli embassy

10 Sep
1973: Bomb blasts rock central London

14 Nov
1973: IRA gang convicted of London bombings

04 Feb
1974: Soldiers and children killed in coach bombing

17 Jun
1974: IRA bombs parliament

05 Oct
1974: Four dead in Guildford bomb blasts

22 Oct
1974: Bomb blast in London club

28 Oct
1974: Minister's wife survives bomb attack

21 Nov
1974: Birmingham pub blasts kill 19

24 Nov
1974: Six charged over Birmingham pub bombs

22 Sep
1975: Bomb blasts rock Northern Ireland

15 Oct
1976: UDR men jailed for Showband killings

18 Feb
1978: Belfast bomb suspects rounded up

02 Aug
1980: Bologna blast leaves dozens dead

20 Jul
1982: IRA bombs cause carnage in London

27 Oct
1982: RUC officers killed by IRA bomb

30 Nov
1982: Animal activists bomb Downing Street

20 May
1983: Car bomb in South Africa kills 16

23 Oct
1983: Beirut blasts kill US and French troops

20 Sep
1984: US embassy blast kills 20

08 Mar
1985: Beirut car bomb kills dozens

25 Jun
1985: Police hunt IRA resort bombs

02 Apr
1986: Bomb tears hole in airliner over Greece

05 Apr
1986: Berlin disco bombed

10 Jun
1986: Magee convicted of Brighton bombing

24 Oct
1986: UK cuts links with Syria over bomb plot

21 Apr
1987: Tamil Tigers blamed for bus garage blast

21 Dec
1988: Jumbo jet crashes onto Lockerbie

26 Dec
1988: First clue to Lockerbie crash found

22 Sep
1989: Ten dead in Kent barracks bomb

20 Jul
1990: IRA bombs Stock Exchange

13 Feb
1991: US bombers strike civilians in Baghdad

02 Mar
1991: Sri Lankan hardliner among 19 killed in blast

14 Nov
1991: US accuses Libyans of Lockerbie bombing

03 Dec
1992: Bomb explosions in Manchester

26 Feb
1993: World Trade Center bomb terrorises New York

12 Mar
1993: Bombay hit by devastating bombs

26 Jul
1994: Israel's London embassy bombed

19 Apr
1995: Many feared dead in Oklahoma bombing

10 Feb
1996: Docklands bomb ends IRA ceasefire

03 Apr
1996: 'Unabomber' suspect arrested

15 Jun
1996: Huge explosion rocks central Manchester

07 Aug
1998: US embassies in Africa bombed

15 Aug
1998: Dozens die in Omagh bombing

17 Apr
1999: Dozens hurt in London bomb blast

30 Apr
1999: Dozens injured in Soho nail bomb

12 Oct
2000: Suicide bombers attack USS Cole

16 Feb
2001: Serbs killed in Kosovo pilgrimage

06 May
2001: Second blast at London post office

03 Aug
2001: Car bomb in west London injures seven

12 Oct
2002: Dozens killed in Bali nightclub explosion

07 Aug
2003: Bali bomber smiles at guilty verdict

20 Nov
2003: British targets bombed in Istanbul

11 Mar
2004: Many die as bombs destroy Madrid trains

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