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December 31, 1987: LTTE slaughter in Sri Lanka

On this day in December 1987 LTTE terrorists slaughtered 30 Muslim civilians in a village in the Batticloa region.

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November 27, 2012: Car bombings in Iraq

On this day in 2012, car bombings targeting Shia religious rites in several parts of Iraq killed 33 and wounded 126.

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October 12, 2000: Bombing of USS Cole in Yemen

After a failed first attempt, in 2000 Al Qaeda carried out a successful bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen, killing 17 sailors and wounding 39.

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October 10, 2015: ISIS bombing in Ankara

ISIS is believed to have been behind the October 2015 Ankara train station bombing that killed close to 100 and wounded 250.

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Why can’t some people just call terrorists ‘terrorists’?

While there is no question that the term terrorism is overused, there are puzzling occasions on which it is not used at all.

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SEVEN separate ISIS attacks in Iraq and Syria (June 13, 2016)

We talk about Islamic State (ISIS) for a simple reason: it is a lethal terrorist group. IRAQ/SYRIA – If you have been following this series for a while you will have seen that I am trying to accomplish a few things. I want to highlight a particularly large or significant act of terrorism on a […]

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Bombings in Casablanca (May 16, 2003)

One of the rare successful Al Qaeda suicide bombings in Morocco occurred in May 2003: 41 people were killed and 100 injured.

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Podcast 39 – Terrorism in Star Trek (feat. Kyle from Trekspertise)

The series gives us hope that in the not too distant future mass violence is behind us. But is it? There is an awful lot of violence in Star Trek – is it terrorism on occasion?

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April 29, 1995 | Shootdown of military plane in Sri Lanka

The LTTE used an SA-7 to shoot down two Sri Lankan Air Force planes in Jaffna in April 1995, killing all 95 people on board.

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April 21, 2016 | Massacre by ISIS in Mosul

ISIS massacred 250 women and girls in the Iraqi city of Mosul when they refused to become sex slaves for the terrorist group.