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Northwest Airlines underwear bomber – December 25, 2009

On Christmas Day 2009, Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab boarded a Northwest Airlines flight with a device hidden in his underware and failed to detonate it.

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American Airlines ‘shoebomber’ – December 22, 2001

Do you hate taking off your shoes to get through airport security? You can thank Richard Reid for that.

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Communist attack in the Philippines – December 19, 2018

On this day in 2018 the New People’s Army abducted two soldiers and a dozen militiamen in an attack on an army base in the south of the Philippines.

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Today in Terrorism: December 6, 2011 – Afghanistan Shia Shrine attack

Our focus on Western victims of Islamist terrorism is understandable but misplaced: the vast majority of those targeted are Muslim.

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The ebb and flow of terrorist groups: Why declaring victory is often premature

Declaring ‘victory’ over a terrorist group/terrorism may be a nice sound bite, but it is rarely accurate.

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Today in Terrorism: December 5, 2013 – Yemen car bomb attack

The conflict in Yemen is complicated: war and terrorism are killing thousands and no one seems to care.

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Today in Terrorism: December 01, 2018 – Jihadi attack in Mozambique

Recent attacks by a jihadi group in Mozambique demonstrate that this brand of terrorism is not going away: quite the opposite.

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Today in Terrorism: November 27, 2015 – Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting

On this day on 2015, Robert Dear entered a planned parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs engaged in a standoff with police that lasted for hours.

Books by Phil Gurski

Books By Phil Gurski Phil Gurski has written six books on terrorism since 2015: the latest is The Peaceable Kingdom? A history of terrorism in Canada from Confederation to the present (published by Double Dagger in 2022).  Here is some information on all six and how to get a copy. Western Foreign Fighters: The Threat […]

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Today in Terrorism: November 24, 2017 – Islamic State attacks in Egypt

On this day in 2017, attackers bombed a mosque in the town of Bir al-Abed in North Sinai before opening fire on fleeing worshipers.