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Why is state-sponsored Hindu terrorism in India getting a pass?

Hindu extremism and violence are on the ascendant in India: why is nothing being done about it?

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December 2, 2008: Insurgents bomb train in India

On December 2, 2008 the KLNLF bombed an Indian passenger train in India’s Assam State, killing five persons including a child and injured 34 others.

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When terrorists become rulers

Bringing in (former) terrorists to run nations is generally a very bad idea: terrorist groups are not even remotely qualified to do so.

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June 14, 1995: Terrorists take thousands of hostages in Russia

On June 14, 1995 Chechen terrorists took thousands of hostages at a hospital in the southern Russian city of Budyonnovsk, eventually killing 129.

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May 2, 2002: FARC massacres civilians in Colombia

On May 2, 2002 a cylinder bomb fell on a church where civilians had taken refuge amid clashes between the FARC and the Colombian army

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Islamist terrorism is real but some responses to it are bad

States have a need and a duty to combat terrorism on their soil but this does not mean that every method of doing so is a good idea.

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April 13, 2016: Terrorist bomb fruit and vegetable market in Iraq

On this day in 2016, a bomb exploded near the Rasheed fruits and vegetables market in southern Baghdad killing one person and injuring five others. The attack was not claimed by any group in particular and the perpetrators remain unknown.

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March 20, 1993: IRA bombing kills two children in the UK

On this day in 1993 two bombs planted in litter bins on a busy shopping street in Warrington detonated within minutes of each other, killing two children.

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Top 10 worst terrorist group names

Terrorism is no laughing matter, but sometimes it helps to make fun of those who are seeking to sow death and destruction.

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Just because you don’t eat meat doesn’t mean I can’t: Don’t kill me for it!

We can agree to disagree on our personal choices, even those which are harmful to the planet: what we cannot do is impose our views on others violently.