Islamic terrorism

=== South America ===

==== Argentina ====
The [[1992 attack on Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires]], was a suicide bombing attack on the building of the Israeli embassy of Argentina, located in Buenos Aires, which was carried out on 17 March 1992. Twenty-nine civilians were killed in the attack and 242 additional civilians were injured. A group called [[Islamic Jihad Organization]], which has been linked to [[Iran]] and possibly Hezbollah,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/tehran/interviews/baer.html|title=Interviews – Robert Baer – Terror And Tehran|publisher=PBS Frontline|access-date=7 January 2015|date=2 May 2002}}</ref> claimed responsibility.

An incident from 1994, known as the [[AMIA bombing]], was an attack on the [[Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina]] (Argentine Israelite Mutual Association) building in Buenos Aires. It occurred on 18 July and killed 85 people and injured hundreds more.<ref name="wj">"AMIA Bombing Commemorated", ''Dateline World Jewry'', [[World Jewish Congress]], September 2007</ref> A suicide bomber drove a [[Renault Trafic]] van bomb loaded with about {{convert|275|kg}} of [[ammonium nitrate]] fertilizer and fuel oil explosive mixture,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adl.org/israel-international/latin-america/c/amia-attack-in-argentina.html|title=AMIA Attack in Argentina|work=ADL}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oas.org/speeches/speech.asp?sCodigo=05-0282 |title=Discursos |publisher=OAS |date=August 2009|access-date=4 March 2013}}</ref> into the Jewish Community Center building located in a densely constructed commercial area of Buenos Aires. Prosecutors [[Alberto Nisman]] and Marcelo Martínez Burgos formally accused the government of Iran of directing the bombing, and the [[Hezbollah]] militia of carrying it out.<ref name="BBC Iran">{{cite news|title=Iran, Hezbollah charged in 1994 Argentine bombing|newspaper=[[Daily Jang]]|date=25 October 2006|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/update_detail.asp?id=11864 |access-date=25 October 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901221807/http://www.thenews.com.pk/update_detail.asp?id=11864 |archive-date=1 September 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Iran charged over Argentina bomb|newspaper=BBC News|date=25 October 2006|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6085768.stm|access-date=25 October 2006|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061107173306/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6085768.stm|archive-date=7 November 2006|url-status=live}}</ref> The prosecution claimed that Argentina had been targeted by Iran after Buenos Aires' decision to suspend a [[Iran's nuclear program|nuclear technology transfer contract to Tehran]].<ref name="La Nación October 2006">[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=852740 Acusan a Irán por el ataque a la AMIA], ''[[La Nación]]'', 26 October 2006</ref>

On 18 January 2015, [[Death of Alberto Nisman|Nisman was found dead]] at his home in Buenos Aires,<ref name=Infojus>{{cite web|title=Muerte de Nisman: la media hora que es un agujero negro en la causa|trans-title=Nisman's death: the half-hour which is a black hole in the case|url=http://www.infojusnoticias.gov.ar/nacionales/muerte-de-nisman-la-media-hora-que-es-un-agujero-negro-en-la-causa-7423.html|website=Infojus Noticias|publisher=Ifnojus Noticias|access-date=8 July 2015|language=es|date=11 February 2015|quote=El médico de Swiss Medical...no tenía dudas de que se trataba de una muerte violenta...}}</ref><ref name=LaNacionDate>{{cite news|title=Los enigmas del caso Nisman|trans-title=The mysteries of the Nisman case|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1774706-los-enigmas-del-caso-nisman|website=La Nacion|access-date=8 July 2015|language=es|date=9 March 2015|quote=23 hs – Llega la ambulancia de Swiss Medical y constantan la muerte.|archive-date=8 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708104235/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/1774706-los-enigmas-del-caso-nisman|url-status=dead}}</ref> one day before he was scheduled to report on his findings, with supposedly incriminating evidence against high-ranking officials of the [[Presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner|then-current Argentinian government]] including former president [[Cristina Fernández de Kirchner]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Argentine ex-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner charged with treason |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/argentine-ex-president-cristina-fernandez-charged-with-treason/2017/12/07/e3e326e0-db80-11e7-a241-0848315642d0_story.html?noredirect=on |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cristina Kirchner faces investigation over alleged cover-up of bombing |url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2016/12/30/inenglish/1483102020_021698.html |website=El Pais|date=30 December 2016 }}</ref><ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite web|title=Argentinian lawyer Alberto Nisman was murdered, police report finds |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/06/argentinian-lawyer-alberto-nisman-was-murdered-police-report-finds|website=The Guardian|date=6 November 2017}}</ref>