Following up on a recent
diary by
maurinsky, I put together the following dramatic table. This may help to fuel a "Dems are Tougher on Terror" meme, as maurinsky and
jd in nyc suggest.
Al Qaida plots::
Date | Location | Result | Thwarted? | President |
12/19 '92 | Aden, Yemen | 2 killed | No | Clinton |
2/26 '93 | World Trade Center | 6 killed, 1500 injured | No | Clinton |
3/12 '93 | Bombay, India | 260 killed | No | Clinton |
6/1 '93 | Jordan | Attempt to kill King | Yes | Clinton |
6/23 '93 | New York City | Attempt to bomb monuments | Yes | Clinton |
7/28 '93 | Karachi, Pakistan | Attempt to kill ex-prime minister | Yes | Clinton |
8/8 '93 | Cairo, Egypt | Attempt to kill Minister | Yes | Clinton |
10/3, '93 | Mogadishu, Somalia | 18 killed | No | Clinton |
11/26 '93 | Cairo, Egypt | Attempt to kill Prime Minister | Yes | Clinton |
3/10 '94 | Serte, Libya | 2 killed | No | Clinton |
3/11 '94 | Bangkok, Thailand | Attempt to bomb Embassy | Yes | Clinton |
6/20 '94 | Reza Shrine, Iran | 26 killed | No | Clinton |
11/12 '94 | Manila, Philippines | Attempt to kill Clinton | Yes | Clinton |
12/8 '94 | Manila, Philippines | Attempt to kill Pope | Yes | Clinton |
12/11'94 | Philippines | 1 killed | No | Clinton |
6/26 '95 | Addis Ababa, Egypt | Attempt to kill President | Yes | Clinton |
11/13 '95 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 7 killed | No | Clinton |
6/25 '96 | Dharhan, Saudi Arabia | 19 killed, 400 injured | No | Clinton |
8/7 '98 | Nairobi, Kenya | 240+ killed | No | Clinton |
8/7 '98 | Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania | 10+ killed | No | Clinton |
12/31 '99 | L.A. airport | Attempt to bomb | Yes | Clinton |
1/1 '00 | Amman, Jordan | Attempt to attack millennium celebrations | Yes | Clinton |
1/13 '00 | Niger | Attempt to ambush auto race | Yes | Clinton |
10/12 '00 | Aden, Yemen | 17 killed, 37 wounded | No | Bush |
9/9 '01 | N. Alliance HQ | leader killed | No | Bush |
9/11 '01 | NY, DC, PA | 2750+ killed | No | Bush |
12/22 '01 | Paris-Miami flight | Attempted shoe-bomb | Yes | Bush |
1/31 '02 | Karachi, Pakistan | 1 killed | No | Bush |
3/17 '02 | Islamabad, Pakistan | 5 killed | No | Bush |
6/14 '02 | Karachi, Pakistan | 11 killed, 45 injured | No | Bush |
9/5 '02 | Kandahar, Afghanistan | Attempt to kill President | Yes | Bush |
9/5 '02 | Kabul, Afghanistan | 5 killed | No | Bush |
10/5 '02 | al-Mukalla, Yemen | 1 killed | No | Bush |
10/8 '02 | Faylaka, Kuwait | 2 killed | No | Bush |
10/12 '02 | Bali, Indonesia | 202 killed, hundreds wounded | No | Bush |
10/12 '02 | Sanur, Indonesia | 0 killed | No | Bush |
10/28 '02 | Amman, Jordan | 1 killed | No | Bush |
11/28 '02 | Mombassa, Kenya | 12 killed | No | Bush |
8/5 '03 | Jakarta, Indonesia | 16 killed, 150 injured | No | Bush |
8/7 '03 | Baghdad, Iraq | 17 killed, 60+ injured | No | Bush |
8/19 '03 | Baghdad, Iraq | 24 killed, 100 injured | No | Bush |
11/2 '03 | Baghdad, Iraq | ? killed (car bomb) | No | Bush |
3/11 '04 | Madrid, Spain | 190 killed, hundreds wounded | No | Bush |
This is a dramatic illustration of the difference in prevention rate. Bush's "Thwarted?" entries are almost all red; half of Clinton's are green.
Meme: The Dems are Tougher on Terror.
(PS Sorry if this is considered a "repetitive post". It's just that by the time I'd typed up the table, and got all the html tags to match, maurisky's original diary entry was ancient history.)
(PPS let me know if you see any bugs.)