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December 15, 2012: Taliban carries out an attack on Pakistani airport

On December 15, 2012 the Pakistani Taliban launched a rocket attack on Peshawar’s Bacha Khan airport killing four and injuring another 30.

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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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December 12, 2016: Police foil anarchist bomb plot in Greece

On December 12, 2016 Greek police destroyed a suspected bomb planted allegedly by the Conspiracy of Cells of Fire outside the Labor Ministry in central Athens.

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Does the ‘war on terrorism’ need warriors to fight it?

The war on terrorism has led to an over-dependence on military tactics and analyses on ways to counter it. Time to retire this term.

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December 10, 2019: Anti-Semitic and anti-police killings in US

On December 10, 2019 three people were killed and another three wounded in a kosher grocery store in Jersey City by two Black Hebrew Israelites.

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December 9, 1893: Anarchist bombing against French government

On December 9, 1893 the French anarchist Auguste Vaillant threw a homemade bomb from the gallery of the French Chamber of Deputies injuring 20

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December 8, 2017: Jihadis attack UN soldiers in DRC

On December 8, 2017 14 UN personnel were killed and a further 53 wounded in the DRC by ISIS-linked Allied Democratic Forces jihadis.

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December 7, 2012: Mosque hit with a grenade attack in Kenya

On December 7, 2012 a grenade tossed near a mosque in the Eastleigh area of Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, killed five and wounded at least eight.

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December 6, 2018: Suicide bombing hits police headquarters in Iran

On December 6, 2018 four policemen were killed and 42 other people were wounded in a suicide car bomb attack on a police headquarters in Iran’s southeast city of Chabahar.

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December 5, 2002: Bombing at McDonald’s in Indonesia

On December 5, 2002 the Islamist terrorist group Laskar Jundallah exploded a bomb at a McDonalds in Indonesia, killing two and wounding 15