This is a summary of terrorism around the world for the week of January 1-7, with a short discussion on the implications for global security.
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The recent attack on UK author Salman Rushdie is a potent reminder that calls for religious violence can last decades.
On February 8, 2009 a roadside bomb exploded near a crowd of Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad, killing two people and wounding 12
On December 25, 2015 a suicide bomber struck an Ahmadiyyah mosque in the Bangladeshi town of Rajshahi, wounding a dozen worshipers
On November 14, 2012 ISI planted three bombs simultaneously in Kirkuk, killing at least five people in one of several violent incidents on the Islamic new year
On September 27, 2008 a car bomb on the outskirts of Syria’s capital Damascus killed at least 17 people.
On June 7, 2017 ISIS attacked the Iranian Parliament and the Ayatollah Khomeini mausoleum in Tehran, killing 18 and wounding another 52
On May 30, 2017 two Islamic State (ISIS) car bomb attacks in Baghdad killed at least 26 people and wounded dozens.
On this day in 2007 suicide bombers targeted Shiite pilgrims in the central Iraqi city of Hilla, killing 114 people and wounding 147 others.
Today is a bit of a departure, but just a bit: I want to talk about Iran. You know, that country in the Middle East which everyone thinks is public enemy #1!