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Attacks by Terrorists Captured Through Post-Waterboarding Intelligence |
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Operation |
Location |
Date |
Conspirator |
Murdered |
Wounded |
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World Trade Center truck blast |
New York, NY |
February 26, 1993 |
Khalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM) |
6 |
1,040 |
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U.S.S. Cole sabotage |
Aden, Yemen |
October 12, 2000 |
Rahim al-Nashiri |
17 |
40 |
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World Trade Center jet attacks |
New York, NY |
September 11, 2001 |
Abu Zubaydah, KSM, et al |
2,750 |
7,250 |
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Pentagon jet strike |
Washington, D.C. |
September 11, 2001 |
Abu Zubaydah, KSM, et al |
184 |
106 |
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United Flight 93 crash |
Shanksville, PA |
September 11, 2001 |
Abu Zubaydah, KSM, et al |
44 |
0 |
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MV Limburg oil-tanker assault |
Yemeni coast |
October 6, 2002 |
Rahim al-Nashiri |
1 |
0 |
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Nightclub explosions |
Bali, Indonesia |
October 12, 2002 |
Hambali |
202 |
209 |
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Marriot Hotel bombing |
Djakarta, Indonesia |
August 5, 2003 |
Rusman "Gun Gun" Gunawan |
12 |
150 |
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Total |
3,216 |
8,795 |
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| Note: After waterboarding, Abu Zubaydah provided intelligence that helped U.S. and allied authorities arrest or convict at least four Islamic terrorists, including KSM. In turn, KSM was waterboarded, and then identified at least six more al-Qaeda agents. | |||||||
| For further reading and links to sources: | |||||||
| Deroy Murdock, "Lifesaving Device," December 19, 2007 http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=NzIzNmViZGZhN2EwY2NjNjVhODFiOGNmMGExMzA0MjY= | |||||||
| Deroy Murdock, "Waterboarding has its benefits," November 5, 2007 http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZjNkYmU2NWVlOWE4MTU5MjhiOGNmMWUwMjdjZjU2ZjA= | |||||||
| Deroy Murdock, "Terrorist Rogues' Gallery," September 27, 2006 http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTQ1YWE1OTVkNTEyMGIwOGIwMmViYWEzYTFhYTIxZGU= | |||||||
| Compiled by Deroy Murdock, contributing editor, National Review Online, January 17, 2008 | |||||||