Incident Date:
December 14, 1999
Incident Successful: No
Location: Unknown, British Columbia Canada
Perpetrators: Armed Islamic Group (GIA)
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Time Fuse)
Organization Type: Religious,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Airports & Aircraft(Airport)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 5 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "12/14/1999: Washington State Police arrested Ahmed Ressam, 32, an Algerian attempting to enter Port Angeles, Washington, when he arrived by ferry from Canada. In his rental car were two 22-ounce bottles of cyclotrimethylene trinitramine (RDX) (one of the world's most powerful explosives, often used by military services for demolitions), more than 100 pounds of urea, and homemade timers. The detonating device consisted of circuit boards linked to a Casio watch and a nine-volt battery, similar to ones used by bin Laden associates. In mid-01/2001, federal prosecutors alleged in court documents that Canadian police found a map with circles drawn around airports in Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Ontario, California, in Ressam's Montreal home. The filing noted that ""it is quite possible a reasonable person would conclude that one or more of these airports may have been an ultimate target of this conspiracy."" Ressam had three possible accomplices, including Mokhtar Haouari and Abdel Ghani Meskani."
References: 1) RCMP Chronology. p.23.
2) "Mickolus, Edward F. and Susan L. Simmons. (2002). Terrorism, 1996-2001: A Chronology. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 215-219; (231 and 233 - arrests of accomplices)."
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