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December 24, 2000: Churches bombed on Christmas Eve in Indonesia

On December 24, 2000 terrorists believed to be part of Jemaah Islamiyah bombed several churches in Jakarta and throughout Indonesia, killing 14 people and wounding scores.

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October 30, 1987: Marxist terrorists kill police in Colombia

On October 30, 1987 the Colombian ELN planted a roadside bomb killing a National Police captain and nine others.

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When the fight for independence leads to terrorism

What do we do when independence movements which are not seen, at least not yet, as terrorist groups start to venture down that road.

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October 11, 2019: Civilians shot at prayer in Burkina Faso mosque attack

On October 11, 2009 15 people were killed and two seriously injured in an attack on a mosque in northern Burkina Faso.

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September 21: Nothing significant happened in terrorism history

Nothing of major significance in the history of terrorism happened on September 21 over the past 150 years

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June 29, 1990: Anti-American terrorists attack US embassy in Panama

On June 29, 1990 members of the Panamanian M-20 fired shots at the US embassy in Panama City: there were no casualties.

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February 4, 2006 | Bombings of Nordic embassies in Damascus

On this day in 2006, a mob firebombed the building housing the Danish and Norwegian embassies in Damascus in protest over the Danish ‘cartoon affair’.

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Today in Terrorism: 10 November 2011 Ernesto Menendez Salinas assassination

Was an ‘ecoterrorist’ attack in Mexico eight years ago a harbinger of things to come?

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September 21, 1976: Car bomb blew up driving up Embassy Row in Washington

What do you remember of the dictator Augusto Pinochet in Chile? Even if you are not well versed in Latin American history you are bound to know that his reign, from 1973 to 1990, was not good. Thousands of opponents, dismissed as ‘Communists’ or ‘leftists’, were killed, tens of thousands were probably tortured and close […]