Suicide Bombing has become a principle weapon of terrorists around the world. The number of bombings and people killed and maimed, has become too numerous for CANASB resources to follow. Individual pages have, therefore, been rewritten to highlight important events and others may be added as resources allow.
A suicide bombing at rush hour in an Ankara shopping district in May 2007 killed at least 5 people and wounded over 100.
November 20, 2003:
Two more suicide truck bombings devastated the British HSBC Bank and the British Consulate General in Istanbul, killing 27 persons and wounding at least 450. The dead included Consul General Roger Short. U.S., British, and Turkish officials suspected that al-Qaeda had struck again. The U.S. Consulate in Istanbul was closed, and the Embassy in Ankara advised American citizens in Istanbul to stay home.
November 15, 2003:
Two suicide truck bombs exploded outside the Neve Shalom and Beth Israel synagogues in Istanbul, killing 25 persons and wounding at least 300 more. The initial claim of responsibility came from a Turkish militant group, the Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front, but Turkish authorities suspected an al-Qaeda connection. The next day, the London-based newspaper al-Quds al-Arabi received an e-mail in which an al-Qaeda branch called the Brigades of the Martyr Abu Hafz al-Masri claimed responsibility for the Istanbul synagogue bombings.