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Terrorism in Kuwait is directed primarily against the Kuwaiti government and foreign allies.

1980s

• December 12, 1983 - US and French embassies were bombed, along with the Kuwait International Airport by the Islamic Dawa Party.
• May 1985 - A failed assassination attempt was made on Sheikh Jaber Al-Sabah, who was the emir of Kuwait at the time.

2000s

• October 8, 2002 - An American soldier was killed and another wounded during training exercises on Failaka Island.
• October 10, 2002 - Two gunmen with ties to Al-Qaeda open fire on an American Humvee.^[1]
• November 21, 2002 - Two American contractors with Tapestry Corporation were wounded while driving a civilian vehicle when a Kuwaiti police sergeant opened fire at them at close range.
• January 31, 2005 - Kuwait Police infiltrate a terrorist cell belonging to the Peninsula Lions in a Salmiya apartment complex. Five terrorist members and a civilian bystander were killed.
• August 11, 2009 - Kuwaiti authorities reported that they had arrested six individuals accused of planning attacks on U.S. troops stationed at Camp Arifjan. The six men allegedly belong to a terrorist group with ties to Al-Qaeda.

References

1. ^ "U.S. Marine Is Killed in Kuwait As Gunmen Strike Training Site". New York Times. 2002-10-09. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/09/world/threats-responses-skirmish-us-marine-killed-kuwait-gunmen-strike-training-site.html. Retrieved 2009-07-31.