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Global Terrorism This Week (GTTW) – August 8-14

Terrorism around the globe for the week of August 8-14, 2022: again dominated by Islamist terrorist groups and individuals.

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Global Terrorism This Week – August 1-7, 2022

Terrorism around the globe for the week of August 1-7, 2022: again dominated by Islamist terrorist groups and individuals.

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April 27, 2011: Afghan air force pilot attacks US soldiers in Afghanistan

On April 27, 2001 the Taliban claimed an attack by an Afghan air force pilot in which eight US troops and a US contractor were killed.

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March 8, 2016: Man survives terrorist stabbing in Israel

On March 8, 2016 an Israeli man was moderately wounded in a terror stabbing attack in the central city of Petah Tikva

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December 14, 1998: ‘Massacre’ in Kosovo

On December 14, 1998 the Kosovo Liberation Army attacked Serbs in the Panda Cafe in Pec, killing six and wounding 15.

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November 26, 2018: Al Shabaab terrorists attack Sufi preacher in Somalia

On November 26, 2018 Al Shabaab sent two suicide bombers to kill a Sufi preacher in of Mogadishu for playing music: in all 18 died.

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November 12, 2008: American aid worker killed in Pakistan

On November 12, 2008 a USAID contractor was killed along with his driver in an Islamist terrorist attack in Peshawar.

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October 9, 1995: Mysterious group derails train in Arizona

On October 9, 1995 an Amtrak train derailed near Palo Verde, Arizona in the southwest US, killing one and wounding 78.

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October 4, 2017 ISIS: Tongo Tongo ambush in Niger

On October 4, 2017 an ISIS affiliated terrorist group killed four US servicemen, four Nigerien soldiers and an interpreter near Tongo Tongo

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Phil in the media Podcast

The war on terror in Afghanisatan: Lessons in counterterrorism policy

Phil was invited to the Realpolitik podcast. Listen to this chat on the war on terror and lessons in counterterrorism policy