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January 10, 2017 | Taliban attack near Afghan parliament kills more than 30

On January 10, 2017 terrorists launched a suicide attack near Kabul Parliament in which more than 30 people were killed and a further 70 wounded.

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US assassination of IRGC General will do more harm than good

The decision to take Soleimani out points to a fundamental U.S. lack of understanding of the current terrorism threat and will lead to more, not fewer, deaths.

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Is there really any point to terrorist listings?

We need to combat terrorism on a number of fronts but it is not clear how necessary terrorist entity listings are.

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Today in Terrorism: November 30, 2006 – Suicide bombing in Somalia

The predecessor to the Al Shabaab terrorist group in Somalia was responsible for several attacks and demonstrated why military invasions are bad ideas.

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Can we really predict who will become a terrorist? Nope!

Developing a model to foresee who eventually engages in terrorism would be great, save for the fact it is not possible.

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The cardinal importance of extremist ideologues in the radicalisation process – Part 1

In this piece and the following one, I would like to address one that really gets my goat: self-radicalisation.

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When all everyone wants to talk about is far right extremism can we forget about the jihadis?

Why Islamist terrorism must remain an investigative priority.

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Al Baghdadi’s death will not signal the end of ISIS

Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi has been killed by US Special Forces but ISIS will live on.

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Did French security officials miss the obvious?

Mickaël Harpon’s drift toward fundamentalist Islam went undetected even though he worked in unit that tracked Islamist radicals.

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Today in terrorism: October 6, 1981 Anwar Al-Sadat assassination

On October 6 1981, assassins posing as soldiers opened fire on Egyptian President Anwar Sadat as he watched a military victory parade.