these explosive weapons have been used
to terrorize both civilians and militia
alike welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 most infamous bombings based in
the Western world when I heard it I
feared it was a bomb it had that much
power that much force and then when I
ran down the block and saw this I knew
my fears were realized
number 10 Centennial Olympic Park
bombing in order to spread his
anti-abortion and anti-gay beliefs Eric
Robert Rudolph committed four terrorist
bombings in two southern American states
the first and most fatal of these was
his attempt to disrupt the Atlanta
Summer Olympics by placing a pipe bomb
in Centennial Olympic Park on July 27th
1996 the blasts harmed over 100 people
and caused two deaths number 9 World
Trade Center bombing 8 years before the
events of 9/11 the World Trade Center
suffered a brutal attack on February 26
1993 when a truck bomb went off below
the building’s North Tower six people
lost their lives and thousands were hurt
by the terrorist act which was planned
and executed by a group of Islamic
fundamentalists number 8 the Unabomber
Ted Kaczynski while the bombing efforts
of Theodore John Kaczynski did not
result in hundreds of deaths they did
wound many and caused the FBI to label
him a domestic terrorist between 1978
and 1995 the Unabomber targeted computer
stores universities Airlines and more
with his mail bombs as a way to draw
attention to his anti technology and
anti industrial views number 7 Los
Angeles Times bombing iron workers union
members JJ and JB McNamara were arrested
and tried for the October 1st 1910
bombing of the Los Angeles Times
building JB later confessed to planting
the suitcase bomb in response to the
poor treatment of union workers the
blast ultimately triggered a fire that
engulfed the building as well as a
neighboring structure over 100 people
were injured in the blaze and more than
20 died number 6
Wall Street bombing on September 16th
1920 a bomb was carried
to New York City’s financial district
via horse-drawn carriage it detonated on
Wall Street across from the JP Morgan
bank building and resulted in 38 deaths
and over 100 injuries the perpetrators
were never apprehended but the most
popular theory holds that followers of
Italian anarchist Luigi Galleani
orchestrated the crime based on their
anti-government beliefs number 5 July 7
2005 London bombings on that date
London’s public transport system was
targeted by Islamist terrorists who set
off several bombs on three underground
trains and one double-decker bus the
terrorists intentionally killed
themselves and took over 50 civilians
with them the 77 blasts ultimately
harmed more than 700 people number 4
2004 Madrid train bombings Spain and
Europe itself had never seen a terrorist
attack as devastating as the Madrid
train bombings on March 11 2004 that
morning 10 homemade bombs placed on
commuter trains in Madrid exploded
leaving almost 200 people dead and close
to 2,000 injured the Spanish national
court attributed the 11m attacks to a
loose group of terrorists though this
decision wasn’t without controversy
number three the Lockerbie bombing while
making its journey from London to New
York Pan Am flight 103 was disrupted by
the explosion of an onboard bomb on
December 21st 1988 all passengers and
crew members aboard the Boeing 747 died
resulting in 259 casualties almost a
dozen residents of the Scottish town of
Lockerbie also perished after being hit
by pieces of the aircraft two Libyan
intelligence operatives were indicted
for murder and the Libyan government
later accepted responsibility for the
attack former Libyan leader Moammar
Gaddafi has also been linked to the
crime number two Oklahoma City bombing
Timothy McVeigh was the mastermind
behind one of the deadliest acts of
terrorism the United States had seen to
that point as a result of his dissenting
views about the American government on
April 19 1995 McVeigh left the truck
bomb he and Terry Nichols constructed
near the Alfred P murrah Federal
Building the explosion resulted in over
150 casualties more than 600
injuries and over 600 million dollars
worth in damages number one
IRA bombings Northern Ireland and
England were terrorized by the
provisional Irish Republican Army for
almost three decades between 1969 and
1997 in an attempt to protest British
rule and presence in Northern Ireland
the paramilitary organization undertook
a campaign that involved shootings
bombings and other violent acts and cost
the lives of almost 2,000 people with
thousands more harmed notable incidents
included Bloody Friday and the Brighton
Hotel bombing following the declaration
of a ceasefire in 1997 the group
officially terminated its campaign in
2005
to terrorize both civilians and militia
alike welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 most infamous bombings based in
the Western world when I heard it I
feared it was a bomb it had that much
power that much force and then when I
ran down the block and saw this I knew
my fears were realized
number 10 Centennial Olympic Park
bombing in order to spread his
anti-abortion and anti-gay beliefs Eric
Robert Rudolph committed four terrorist
bombings in two southern American states
the first and most fatal of these was
his attempt to disrupt the Atlanta
Summer Olympics by placing a pipe bomb
in Centennial Olympic Park on July 27th
1996 the blasts harmed over 100 people
and caused two deaths number 9 World
Trade Center bombing 8 years before the
events of 9/11 the World Trade Center
suffered a brutal attack on February 26
1993 when a truck bomb went off below
the building’s North Tower six people
lost their lives and thousands were hurt
by the terrorist act which was planned
and executed by a group of Islamic
fundamentalists number 8 the Unabomber
Ted Kaczynski while the bombing efforts
of Theodore John Kaczynski did not
result in hundreds of deaths they did
wound many and caused the FBI to label
him a domestic terrorist between 1978
and 1995 the Unabomber targeted computer
stores universities Airlines and more
with his mail bombs as a way to draw
attention to his anti technology and
anti industrial views number 7 Los
Angeles Times bombing iron workers union
members JJ and JB McNamara were arrested
and tried for the October 1st 1910
bombing of the Los Angeles Times
building JB later confessed to planting
the suitcase bomb in response to the
poor treatment of union workers the
blast ultimately triggered a fire that
engulfed the building as well as a
neighboring structure over 100 people
were injured in the blaze and more than
20 died number 6
Wall Street bombing on September 16th
1920 a bomb was carried
to New York City’s financial district
via horse-drawn carriage it detonated on
Wall Street across from the JP Morgan
bank building and resulted in 38 deaths
and over 100 injuries the perpetrators
were never apprehended but the most
popular theory holds that followers of
Italian anarchist Luigi Galleani
orchestrated the crime based on their
anti-government beliefs number 5 July 7
2005 London bombings on that date
London’s public transport system was
targeted by Islamist terrorists who set
off several bombs on three underground
trains and one double-decker bus the
terrorists intentionally killed
themselves and took over 50 civilians
with them the 77 blasts ultimately
harmed more than 700 people number 4
2004 Madrid train bombings Spain and
Europe itself had never seen a terrorist
attack as devastating as the Madrid
train bombings on March 11 2004 that
morning 10 homemade bombs placed on
commuter trains in Madrid exploded
leaving almost 200 people dead and close
to 2,000 injured the Spanish national
court attributed the 11m attacks to a
loose group of terrorists though this
decision wasn’t without controversy
number three the Lockerbie bombing while
making its journey from London to New
York Pan Am flight 103 was disrupted by
the explosion of an onboard bomb on
December 21st 1988 all passengers and
crew members aboard the Boeing 747 died
resulting in 259 casualties almost a
dozen residents of the Scottish town of
Lockerbie also perished after being hit
by pieces of the aircraft two Libyan
intelligence operatives were indicted
for murder and the Libyan government
later accepted responsibility for the
attack former Libyan leader Moammar
Gaddafi has also been linked to the
crime number two Oklahoma City bombing
Timothy McVeigh was the mastermind
behind one of the deadliest acts of
terrorism the United States had seen to
that point as a result of his dissenting
views about the American government on
April 19 1995 McVeigh left the truck
bomb he and Terry Nichols constructed
near the Alfred P murrah Federal
Building the explosion resulted in over
150 casualties more than 600
injuries and over 600 million dollars
worth in damages number one
IRA bombings Northern Ireland and
England were terrorized by the
provisional Irish Republican Army for
almost three decades between 1969 and
1997 in an attempt to protest British
rule and presence in Northern Ireland
the paramilitary organization undertook
a campaign that involved shootings
bombings and other violent acts and cost
the lives of almost 2,000 people with
thousands more harmed notable incidents
included Bloody Friday and the Brighton
Hotel bombing following the declaration
of a ceasefire in 1997 the group
officially terminated its campaign in
2005
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