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Attacks by Terrorists Captured Through Post-Waterboarding Intelligence
Operation
Location
Date
Conspirator
Murdered
Wounded
World Trade Center truck blast
New York, NY
February 26, 1993
Khalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM)
6
1,040
U.S.S. Cole sabotage
Aden, Yemen
October 12, 2000
Rahim al-Nashiri
17
40
World Trade Center jet attacks
New York, NY
September 11, 2001
Abu Zubaydah, KSM, et al
2,750
7,250
Pentagon jet strike
Washington, D.C.
September 11, 2001
Abu Zubaydah, KSM, et al
184
106
United Flight 93 crash
Shanksville, PA
September 11, 2001
Abu Zubaydah, KSM, et al
44
0
MV Limburg oil-tanker assault
Yemeni coast
October 6, 2002
Rahim al-Nashiri
1
0
Nightclub explosions
Bali, Indonesia
October 12, 2002
Hambali
202
209
Marriot Hotel bombing
Djakarta, Indonesia
August 5, 2003
Rusman "Gun Gun" Gunawan
12
150
Total
3,216
8,795
 
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