Terrorism in Kuwait

1970s

• 1974 attack on the Japanese Embassy in Kuwait
• June 17, 1976: The Al-Anba newspaper building was bombed. editorial offices were destroyed,Five people, including the editor-in-chief, were wounded.[1]

1980s

• December 1983 - 1983 Kuwait Bombing were attacks on six key foreign and Kuwaiti installations.
• May 1985 - A failed assassination attempt was made on Sheikh Jaber Al-Sabah, who was the emir of Kuwait at the time.
• 1984-1988 Aircraft hijackings

1990s

Several terror attacks associated with the Gulf War and an assassination attempt on actor Abdulhussain Abdulredha for an anti-Iraq theatrical play.

2000s

• October 8, 2002 - Faylaka Island attack, in which two Kuwaiti citizens with ties to jihadists in Afghanistan attacked a group of unarmed United States Marines conducting a training exercise on a Kuwaiti island, killing one before being killed themselves.[2]
• October 10, 2002 - Two gunmen with ties to Al-Qaeda open fire on an American Humvee.[3]
• November 21, 2002 - Two American contractors with Tapestry Corporation were wounded while driving a civilian vehicle when a Kuwaiti police sergeant opened fire at them at close range.
• January 31, 2005 - Kuwait Police infiltrate a terrorist cell belonging to the Peninsula Lions in a Salmiya apartment complex. Five terrorist members and a civilian bystander were killed.
• August 11, 2009 - Kuwaiti authorities reported that they had arrested six individuals accused of planning attacks on U.S. troops stationed at Camp Arifjan. The six men allegedly belong to a terrorist group with ties to Al-Qaeda.

2010s

• June 26, 2015 - 2015 Kuwait mosque bombing - A bombing occurred during Friday prayer at masjid Imam al-Sadeq when a man was seen on surveillance cameras rushing into the masjid and then detonating himself. 27 people killed with 227 injured. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the bombing.[4]

• 2017 - No terrorist incidents were reported in Kuwait in 2017, despite various attempts by ISIS.[5]

References

1. "حدث في مثل هذا اليوم في الكويت". kuna.
2. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/oct/09/usa.suzannegoldenberg
3. Schmitt, Eric (2002-10-09). "U.S. Marine Is Killed in Kuwait As Gunmen Strike Training Site". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
4. "Terrorist Attacks in France, Tunisia and Kuwait Kill Dozens". The New York Times.
5. "Country Reports on Terrorism 2017 - Kuwait". Refworld. Retrieved 19 September 2018.