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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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What price military counter terrorism intervention?

When you call it a ‘war on terrorism’ you’d expect a military role, no? But is it the best approach?

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November 16, 2018: ADF jihadis kill peacekeepers in eastern DRC

On November 16, 2018 ADF jihadis killed at least seven UN peacekeepers and 12 Congolese soldiers near the DRC city of Beni.

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November 11, 1994: Suicide bomber kills soldiers in Gaza Strip

On November 11, 1994 a suicide bomber killed three Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint near the former Israeli settlement of Netzarim in the Gaza Strip

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October 20, 1981: Attempted robbery of an armoured car in New York

On October 20, 1981 ‘black nationalists’ tried to rob a Brinks armoured car in Nanuet, New York, killing one guard and injuring another.

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October 18, 1995: Algerian terrorists suspected in Paris metro bombing

On October 18, 1995  a gas bottle exploded on a train in the Paris metro system, wounding 29

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October 12, 2002: Terrorists bomb Bali nightclubs

On October 12, 2002 two powerful bombs exploded outside two clubs on the Indonesian island of Bali killing 202 people

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Once a jihadi always a jihadi?

The only terrorist who cannot harm us is a dead one: derad programs are far from perfect

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October 1, 2005: Bombing at University of Oklahoma football game

On October 1, 2005 one person was killed in an explosion in a traffic circle about 100 yards from a packed football stadium at the University of Oklahoma

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September 28, 1973: Terrorists hijack train transporting immigrants in Austria

On September 28, 1973 terrorists from the Syrian-sponsored organization As Sa’iqa overtook a train carrying Soviet Jews immigrating to Israel