July 7

London, England : Four Al-Qaida suicide bombers struck central London's public transportation during morning rush hour. Reported 52 dead, and 700 injured from the attacks. 37

July 7

Southall, England : A businessman is facing a life sentence for stabbing his sister to death in front of his two young daughters in a so-called honour killing. 38

July 23

Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt : Three bombs explode in the resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh. Two of the early morning blasts are thought to be suicide car bombs and the third a planted bomb. In a statement posted on an Islamic Web site, an al Qaeda-linked group called the Abdullah Azzam Brigades claims responsibility. A second group also says it carried out the attacks. Reported 83 dead, 200 injured from the attacks. 39

August 17

Bangladesh : The radical Islamist organization Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh orchestrated simultaneous bombing in almost every province in Bangladesh. A reported 2 dead and 100 injured from the attacks. 40

October 22

Lubumbashi mines, The Congo : Iran is seeking to import large consignments of bomb-making uranium from the African mining area that produced the Hiroshima bomb, an investigation has revealed. A UN report, dated July 18, said there was "no doubt" that a huge shipment of smuggled uranium 238, uncovered by customs officials in Tanzania, was transported from the Lubumbashi mines in the Congo. Tanzanian customs officials told The Sunday Times it was destined for the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, and was stopped on October 22 last year during a routine check. In a nuclear reactor, uranium 238 can be used to breed plutonium used in nuclear weapons. 41

November

Sydney and Melbourne, Australia : In Australia's biggest terror investigation, police said 8 suspects were assembling chemicals, detonators, digital timers and batteries to carry out a major bomb attack. A nuclear reactor used to make radioactive medical supplies on the edge of Sydney, Australia's biggest city, was listed as a possible target, according to a police report. 10 other men, including a radical Muslim cleric, were arrested in Melbourne on charges of being members of a terror group. The report says one of the Sydney men in custody said: "If we want to die for jihad then we have to have maximum damage, maximum damage. Damage their buildings, everything, damage their lives." The Australia Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO) has said that Australia has home-grown extremists, some of whom trained overseas. 42

November 9

Amman, Jordan : Three near-simultaneous blasts rip through three hotels in downtown Amman. Jordan's deputy prime minister says Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is a "prime suspect." Zarqawi, who was born in Jordan, is the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq. Reported 67 dead, and 150 injured from the attacks. 43

December 31

Palu, Indonesia : A nail bomb detonated outside a Palu market stall in a predominantly Christian region. The attack came on the heels of repeated warnings that members of the al-Qaeda-linked militant group Jemaah Islamiyah were plotting strikes in the world's most populous Muslim nation over the holidays. Reported 8 dead, and 45 injured from the attacks. 44