July 2: An Arab resident of Jerusalem deliberately drove a bulldozer into pedestrians and vehicles in central Jerusalem, overturning and flattening a number of buses and cars. Three people were killed.

July 22: Sixteen people were wounded when a man drove a bulldozer into a bus and four other vehicles in central Jerusalem.

AFGHANISTAN

Culprits: Regrouped and resurgent Taliban militia.

January 14: A suicide bomber kills six at the Kabul Serena Hotel

January 30: Taliban insurgents were blamed for a suicide bomb attack in a mosque at Lashkar Gah, killing at least six including a provincial deputy governor, Per Mohammad

July 7: 41 persons, including four Indians, were killed and over 140 were injured when a suicide bomber rammed his bomb-laden car into the gates of the Indian Embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul. India said the ISI had a role in the suicide attack.

TURKEY

July 9: In Istanbul, four men, believed to be Turkish citizens, attacked the American consulate around 1100 local time. Three of the four began shooting and were soon met with police fire. The three gunmen, as well as three police officers, were killed in the exchange. The fourth assailant, the driver, escaped the scene.

July 27: Two bombs kill 17 people and wound at least 150 in Istanbul. Separatist Kurdish rebels suspected.

14,000 attacks around the world in 2007

22,000 deaths in 2007. 50 per cent of those killed or injured are Muslims

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