Al-Qaeda
Abu Zubaydah believed to have served as Osama Bin Ladens field commander and chief recruiter is captured during a raid on a house in Pakistan
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2002 in Saudi Arabia
Explore 20 historical events and records for Saudi Arabia in 2002.
Historical records for Saudi Arabia in 2002
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March
Arab Peace Initiative
Presents the initiative offering normalized relations for a comprehensive Arab-Israeli settlement.
Arab Peace Initiative
Promotes Saudi diplomacy supporting adoption of the Arab Peace Initiative.
Arab Peace Initiative Presented
At the Beirut Arab League summit, Crown Prince Abdullah’s peace proposal offered normalization with Israel in exchange for withdrawal from territories occupied in 1967 and other agreed terms.
Beirut Summit
The Arab Peace Initiative is floated by acting Saudi Regent Crown Prince Abdullah as a potential solution to both the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Arabi conflict.
Beirut Summit
The Beirut Summit calls for Israel to recognize "an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital" in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Beirut Summit
The Beirut Summit calls for a "just solution" for the Palestinian refugees.
Beirut Summit
The Beirut Summit calls for the state of Israel to withdraw its forces from all the Occupied Territories, including the Golan Heights.
Beirut Summit
The Beirut Summit calls for the state of Israel to withdraw its forces from all the Occupied Territories, including the Golan Heights
Golan Withdrawal in Arab Proposal
The Arab Peace Initiative expressly included the occupied Syrian Golan Heights among territories from which Israel was asked to withdraw as part of a comprehensive regional peace.
Regional Normalization Framework
Arab leaders endorsed a framework linking a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace and normalized relations to territorial withdrawal and a negotiated resolution of the Palestinian question.
Rule of Gaza Strip
The Beirut Summit calls for the state of Israel to withdraw its forces from all the Occupied Territories, including the Golan Heights
Rule of Golan Heights
The Beirut Summit calls for the state of Israel to withdraw its forces from all the Occupied Territories, including the Golan Heights
Syria Included in Peace Framework
The summit’s proposed regional settlement addressed Syria’s territorial dispute with Israel by incorporating the Golan Heights into the land-for-peace approach.
April
Al-Qaeda
Two bombs rip through a nightclub area in the Balinese town of Kuta killing 202 people most of them foreign tourists, Indonesian authorities believe the attacksare carried out by the South East Asian network Jemaah Islamiah, linked to Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda
Two bombs rip through a nightclub area in the Balinese town of Kuta killing 202 people most of them foreign tourists, Indonesian authorities believe the attacksare carried out by the South East Asian network Jemaah Islamiah, linked to Al-Qaeda
Bombing of Djerba
A fuel tanker is blown up outside a synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba killing 19 people including 14 German tourists, an al Qaeda spokesman later says the organisation is behind the suicide attack
Bombing of Kuta
Two bombs rip through a nightclub area in the Balinese town of Kuta killing 202 people most of them foreign tourists, Indonesian authorities believe the attacksare carried out by the South East Asian network Jemaah Islamiah, linked to Al-Qaeda
Bombing of Kuta
Two bombs rip through a nightclub area in the Balinese town of Kuta killing 202 people most of them foreign tourists, Indonesian authorities believe the attacksare carried out by the South East Asian network Jemaah Islamiah, linked to Al-Qaeda
Suicide
A fuel tanker is blown up outside a synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba killing 19 people including 14 German tourists, an al Qaeda spokesman later says the organisation is behind the suicide attack
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