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February 8, 2012: Al Shabaab Car Bombing in Somalia

On this day in 2012 at least 15 people were killed and more than 20 people injured when a car bomb exploded near a cafe in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu

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Defining terrorism – again

It seems that whenever a serious act of violence happens in the West the debate on whether such act is terrorism begins.  The Colorado Springs shootings at a Planned Parenthood clinic – terrorism or just a mentally disturbed recluse acting violently?  The San Bernardino attack – terrorism or workplace violence?  The problem with these events […]