Don't Edit

20 fatal attacks

The terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, that on Sept. 11, 2012, killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans will be a featured topic during the opening night of the Republican convention in Cleveland, according to the event’s Monday schedule.

The way then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton handled Benghazi has been criticized by the right for years and the subject of a vigorous House investigation.

Less reported are the 20 fatal attacks on U.S. embassies and embassy staff during the George W. Bush administration, with 13 of the attacks happening at American consulates.

Some 87 people were killed during the 20 attacks, and 24 of them were either U.S. embassy workers or U.S. civilians.

This list includes the 20 attacks, according to the University of Maryland’s Global Terrorism Database and the Pulitizer Prize-winning Politifact.

Associated Press photo

Don't Edit

U.S. government photo

Nov. 27, 2008 - 4 killed

As reported by Politifact:

A Taliban suicide car bomber targeted the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing four civilians in addition to the suicide bomber and wounding 18 others. The embassy was hosting a Thanksgiving Day event as Americans and other foreigners were arriving at the venue at the time of the attack.

Don't Edit

AP Photo

Sept. 17, 2008 - 10 killed

As reported by Politifact:

Suspected al-Qaida militants disguised as security forces detonated vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices, fired rocket propelled grenades, rockets and firearms on the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen. A suicide bomber also blew himself up at the embassy. Six Yemeni police, four civilians (including an American civilian), and six attackers were killed while six others were wounded in the attack.

Don't Edit

AP Photo

July 9, 2008 - 3 killed

As reported by Politifact:

Four unknown gunmen killed three Turkish police at the U.S. consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.

Don't Edit

Don't Edit

AP photo

March 18, 2008 - 2 killed

As reported by Politifact:

Al-Qaida's wing in Yemen, Jund Al-Yemen Brigades, fired between three and five mortar rounds toward the U.S. embassy, but instead they hit a girls’ school nearby, killing a guard and a schoolgirl and injuring 19 others in Sanaa, Yemen.

Don't Edit

AP photo

Jan. 14, 2008 - 3 killed

As reported by Politifact:

A bomb hidden on a north Beirut highway hit a U.S. Embassy vehicle, killing at least three Lebanese bystanders. The car's Lebanese driver and an American at a nearby school were wounded.

Don't Edit

AP photo

July 8, 2007 - 2 killed

As reported by Politifact:

Two Iraqi U.S. Embassy workers were killed when the wife went to deliver a ransom for her husband who had been kidnapped in Baghdad. One of the couple's bodyguards was killed in the failed ransoming.

Don't Edit

U.S. government photo

Sept. 12, 2006 - 1 killed

As reported by Politifact:

Islamic militants attacked the U.S. embassy in Damascus, Syria, with hand grenades, rifles, and a vehicle rigged with explosives. One guard and the four attackers died.

Don't Edit

U.S. government photo

March 2, 2006 - 4 killed

As reported by Politifact:

An unidentified driver detonated a car bomb while driving past the U.S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, killing a himself, a U.S. Consulate worker and at least three others.

Don't Edit

Don't Edit

AP photo

Sept. 7, 2005 - 4 killed

As reported by Politifact:

Four American contractors employed with a private security firm supporting the regional U.S. embassy office in Basra, Iraq, were killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their convoy. Three of the contractors died instantly, and the fourth died in a military hospital after the bombing.

Don't Edit

U.S. government photo

Jan. 29, 2005 - 2 killed

As reported by Politifact:

Unknown attackers fired either a rocket or a mortar round at the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad. The strike killed two U.S. citizens and left four others injured.

Don't Edit

U.S. government photo

Dec. 7, 2004 - 9 killed

As reported by Politifact:

Gunmen belonging to al-Qaida in the Arabian Penninsula stormed the U.S. Consulate in Jedda, Saudi Arabia, triggering a bloody four-hour siege that left nine dead. One American was slightly injured in the assault.

Don't Edit

U.S. government photo

Nov 25, 2004 - 1 killed

As reported by Politifact:

Jim Mollen, the U.S. Embassy’s senior consultant to the Iraqi Ministers of Education and Higher Education, was killed just outside the Green Zone in Baghdad.

Don't Edit

U.S. government photo

Oct. 24, 2004 - 1 killed

As reported by Politifact:

Edward Seitz, the assistant regional security officer at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, died in a mortar or possible rocket attack at Camp Victory near the Baghdad airport. An American soldier was also injured. He was believed to be the first U.S. diplomat killed following the March 2003 U.S.-led invasion.

Don't Edit

Don't Edit

U.S. government photo

July 30, 2004 - 2 killed

As reported by Politifact:

Two people, including a suicide bomber, were killed and one person was injured as a suicide bomber set off an explosion at the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Israeli Embassy and the Uzbekistan Prosecutor General’s Office in Tashkent were also attacked in related incidents.

Don't Edit

AP photo

May 12, 2003 - 8 killed

As reported by Politifact:

In a series of attacks, suicide bombers blew themselves up in a truck loaded with explosives in a complex that housed staff working for U.S. defense firm Vinnell in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (The contractors worked out of the U.S. embassy.) At least eight Americans were killed in the incident. Al-Qaida was suspected responsible for the incident. This was one of three attacks, involving at least nine suicide bombers and suspected to have involved 19 perpetrators overall.

Don't Edit

U.S. government photo

Nov. 9, 2002 - 1 killed

As reported by Politifact:

The security supervisor for the U.S. embassy in Nepal was shot dead at his house in Kathmandu. Maoist rebels claimed responsibility for the incident.

Don't Edit

U.S. government photo

June 14, 2002 - 12 dead

As reported by Politifact:

A suicide bombing in front of the U.S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, left 12 dead and 51 injured.

Don't Edit

U.S. government photo

March 20, 2002 - 9 killed

As reported by Politifact:

A car bomb exploded near the U.S. Embassy in Lima, Peru, killing nine people and injuring 32. The U.S. State Department reported no American casualties, injuries, or damage.

Don't Edit

Don't Edit

U.S. government photo

Jan. 22, 2002 - 20 killed

As reported by Politifact:

Two assailants attacked the American Center in Calcutta, India. Five policemen died, and 15 others were injured in the attack.

Don't Edit

U.S. government photo

Dec. 15, 2001 - 1 killed

As reported by Politifact:

Unidentified assailants gunned down a Nepalese security guard of the U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Don't Edit

AP Photo of Beirut attacks in 1983

More attacks

There were also numerous attacks on U.S. consulates before Bush took office. The most deadly include:

Aug. 7, 1998 : During Bill Clinton's presidency, Al-Qaeda used truck bombs at American consulates in Kenya and Tanzania to kill 224 people, including 12 U.S. embassy personnel and security workers.

April 18, 1983 : During Ronald Reagan's presidency, Islamic terrorists used a car bomb to kill 63 people, including 17 Americans, at the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon.

Jan. 31, 1968: During Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency, armed Viet Cong commandos killed five U.S. security officers at the American embassy in Saigon, Vietnam.

Don't Edit

Read more

Read more: These 23 Republican leaders say they're voting for Clinton