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May 7, 2016: ISIS attacks Kurdish village with Chlorine gas

On May 7, 2016 ISIS terrorists launched several mortar rounds containing chlorine gas at the village of Bashir killing three and wounding hundreds

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May 5, 1881: Fenians bomb Chester Barracks in the UK

On May 5, 1881 Fenians exploded a bomb at the Chester Barracks in Chester, England: there were no casualties

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Are we REALLY seeing the end of global Islamist terrorism?

Reports that global Islamist terrorism is on the wane are inaccurate and dangerous: we have to keep our eye on this international security threat

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May 2, 2002: FARC massacres civilians in Colombia

On May 2, 2002 a cylinder bomb fell on a church where civilians had taken refuge amid clashes between the FARC and the Colombian army

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Are we entering a new ‘threat wave’?

How many things go ‘bump in the night’ and how many can we keep an eye on?

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April 18, 1983: Suicide car bombing at U.S. embassy in Beirut

On this day in 1983, a suicide bomber rammed through the gates of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, in a Chevrolet pickup truck and detonated his payload of roughly 2000 pounds of explosives.

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Quick Hits 158 – Are we losing our ability to label terrorism accurately?

Terrorism has been around for a long time but we have been especially captivated by it since 9/11.

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Is the West losing its perspective on radicalisation?

It may sound trite but when everything and everyone is seen as a terrorist – or a potential terrorist – the term has lost all its meaning.

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So who gets to decide what is and what is not a terrorist group?

The decision to name some groups as terrorist is often a very biased one: it is important to see why certain groups are labeled as such

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March 30, 2002: Islamist terrorists attack temple in India

On March 30 2002 an attack on Jammu’s Raghunath temple killed a dozen people and wounded another 20.