Al Qaeda killed Afghan Northern Alliance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud on September 9, 2001 in what was seen as a harbinger of 9/11.
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Hindu extremists were behind a number of bicycle bombs that killed 40 at a Muslim cemetery in NE Indian town of Malegaon.
We have laws for good reasons, but when it comes to terrorism it seems these laws do not serve us well. Here are a few exemples.
On this day in 1995, Algeria’s GIA terrorist group exploded a car bomb outside a Jewish school in Lyon, France, injuring 14
The Abu Nidal Organisation terrorist group is believed to be behind the 1986 massacre at a synagogue in Istanbul that killed 21.
On this day in 1975, a member of the Manson family tried to assassinate US President Gerald Ford for his failure to protect the environment.
On this day in 1997, a man tied to a US-based anti-Cuba organisation is believed to have been behind series of bombings in which an Italian tourist died.
On this day in 2010, the Pakistani Sunni terrorist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi was behind a suicide bombing targeting Shia Muslims in Quetta.
On this day in 2016, Islamist extremists were the most likely ones behind a bombing in Davao City, Philippines in which at least 15 were killed.
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The free speech/terrorism conundrum
We defend to the death our freedom of speech but what if that freedom leads to terrorist acts that kill innocent people?