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The D.C. sniper attacks (also known as the Beltway sniper attacks) were a series of coordinated shootings that occurred during three weeks in October 2002 throughout the Washington metropolitan area, consisting of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, and preliminary shootings, that consisted of murders and robberies in several states, and lasted for six months starting in February ...
The 1977 Hanafi Siege was a terrorist attack, hostage-taking, and standoff in Washington, D.C., lasting from March 9 to March 11, 1977.Three buildings (the District Building, B'nai B'rith headquarters, and Islamic Center of Washington) were seized by twelve Hanafi Movement gunmen, who took 149 hostages. [1]
January 6 United States Capitol attack (8 C, 22 P) Pages in category "Terrorist incidents in Washington, D.C." The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Homeland Security Advisory System. In the United States, the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS) was a color-coded terrorism threat advisory scale created in March 2002 under the Bush administration in response to the September 11 attacks. The different levels triggered specific actions by federal agencies and state and local governments ...
The 2001 anthrax attacks, also known as Amerithrax (a portmanteau of "America" and "anthrax", from its FBI case name), [1] occurred in the United States over the course of several weeks beginning on September 18, 2001, one week after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to several news media offices ...
Insurrection suppressed; The deaths of six people [a]; Assaults on at least 174 police officers [16]; Delay of counting electoral votes by several hours [17]; Extensive physical damage; [7] [18] [19] offices and chambers vandalized and ransacked; property stolen; [20] more than $30 million for repairs and security measures [21]
Sam Kosmas. September 11, 2024 at 9:13 AM. WASHINGTON - The U.S. is marking 23 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks with tributes and remembrance ceremonies nationwide, including several in the ...
The June 2023 report by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs about intelligence failures leading up to the attack.. On October 30, 2020, Joseph B. Maher, acting United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Undersecretary for Intelligence and Analysis issued an internal memo, writing that the department anticipates incidents of physical violence and civil ...