Terrorist attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities

The United States maintains numerous embassies and consulates around the world, many of which are in war-torn countries or other dangerous areas.

Diplomatic Security

The Regional Security Office is staffed by Special Agents of the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), and is responsible for all security, protection, and law enforcement operations in the embassy or consulate. The Regional Security Officer (RSO) is the senior DSS Special Agent in country and is the principal adviser to the Chief of Mission (generally an Ambassador or Consul General) on all security, law-enforcement, and counter-terrorism issues for that country or region. The RSO is responsible for liaising with the host government's security and law enforcement officials. The RSO is supported by technical security specialists and a force of local guards.

Terrorist attacks on US diplomatic facilities

Note: This is not a comprehensive list.

Date	Location	Details	Deaths
27 January 1958	Ankara, Turkey	Bombing in embassy compound	none
26 September 1971	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	Attack on embassy softball game	1
1972	Manila, Philippines	Attack by communist group, Marine guard wounded	none
19 August 1974	Nicosia, Cyprus	Riot outside Embassy; Ambassador and assistant shot by sniper	2
4 August 1975	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Japanese Red Army gunmen raid Embassy	none
21 November 1979	Islamabad, Pakistan	Islamist riots destroy Embassy (see 1979 U.S. Embassy Burning in Islamabad)	2
2 December 1979	Tripoli, Libya	Islamist riots destroy Embassy (see 1979 U.S. Embassy Burning in Libya)	none
18 April 1983	Beirut, Lebanon	Islamic Jihad car bomb destroys Embassy (see April 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing)	63
12 December 1983	Kuwait City, Kuwait	al-Dawa truck bomb outside Embassy	6
20 September 1984	Beirut, Lebanon	Hezbollah truck bomb outside Embassy	24
November 1984	Bogota, Colombia	Car bomb outside Embassy planted by drug cartel	1
February 1986	Lisbon, Portugal	Popular Forces of 25 April car bomb outside Embassy	none
14 May 1986	Jakarta, Indonesia	Japanese Red Army mortar barrage	none
9 June 1987	Rome, Italy	Japanese Red Army mortar barrage	none
17 September 1989	Bogota, Colombia	RPG fired on Embassy by unknown assailant	none
27 July 1993	Lima, Peru	Car bomb outside Embassy planted by Shining Path	none
13 September 1995	Moscow, Russia	RPG fired on Embassy by unknown assailant	none
21 June 1998	Beirut, Lebanon	RPG fired on Embassy by Hezbollah	none
7 August 1998	Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	al-Qaeda simultaneously attacks both Embassies with truck bombs (more details)	224
24 April 1999	Yekaterinburg, Russia	Car bomb outside Consulate planted by unknown assailant	none
22 January 2002	Calcutta, India	Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami gunmen attack Consulate	5
14 June 2002	Karachi, Pakistan	al-Qaeda truck bomb detonates outside Consulate (more details)	12
12 October 2002	Denpasar, Indonesia	Consular Office bombed by Jemaah Islamiyah as part of the Bali bombings	none
28 February 2003	Islamabad, Pakistan	Unknown gunmen attack Embassy	2
30 June 2004	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan suicide bomber attacks Embassy	2
6 December 2004	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	al-Qaeda gunmen raid diplomatic compound	9
2 March 2006	Karachi, Pakistan	Car bomb explodes outside Consulate	2
12 September 2006	Damascus, Syria	Gunmen raid US Embassy	4
12 January 2007	Athens, Greece	RPG Fired at Embassy by Revolutionary Struggle	none
18 March 2008	Sana'a, Yemen	Mortar attack against US Embassy	2
9 July 2008	Istanbul, Turkey	Armed attack against Consulate (more details)	6
17 September 2008	Sana'a, Yemen	Two car bombs outside US embassy in Yemeni capital	16
5 April 2010	Peshawar, Pakistan	An attack near the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, kills two consulate security guards and at least six others	8
11 September 2012	Cairo, Egypt, Benghazi, Libya, Sana'a	A group of terrorists storm the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya -- killing the U.S. Ambassador, one staff member, and two security contractors. (more details)	4
1 February 2013	Ankara, Turkey	A suicide bomber attacked the American Embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Friday, detonating himself inside a security entrance to the compound. (more details)	1

See also

• American diplomatic missions
• United States Department of State
• List of embassy attacks
• List of assassinations and acts of terrorism against Americans

References

• US Department of State – Political Violence Against Americans, 1987–2002 and 2008