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Global Terrorism This Week (GTTW) – August 8-14

Terrorism around the globe for the week of August 8-14, 2022: again dominated by Islamist terrorist groups and individuals.

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Global Terrorism This Week – August 1-7, 2022

Terrorism around the globe for the week of August 1-7, 2022: again dominated by Islamist terrorist groups and individuals.

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We need to hold the champagne over the death of AQ leader Al Zawahiri

The death of AQ’s leader Ayman Al Zawahiri is a rare piece of good news in the war on terror but we need to temper our celebration: AQ lives on.

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Global terrorism this week (GTTW): July 25-31, 2022

What happened in the world of terrorism around the globe: week of July 25-31, 2022

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April 15, 2010: Bombing at Burmese water festival

On April 15, 2010 three bombs killed eight people and wounded 170 more at the Thingyan water festival in Myanmar.

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March 26, 2012: Mortar attack hits civilian camp in Somalia

On March 26, 2012 at least two people were killed and 8 others wounded by mortar rounds fired by Somali terrorist group al Shabaab

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February 12, 2016: Terrorists kill peacekeepers in Mali

On February 12, 2016 five UN peacekeepers were killed when their base in northern Mali was hit by mortars, gunfire and a truck bomb at the hands of AQIM.

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February 5, 2016: Car bomb targets airport official in Somalia

On February 5, 2016 three people were killed in a probable Al Shabaab car bomb targeting an airport official in Mogadishu.

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January 23, 1984: Bombers ‘accidentally’ hit wrong target in El Salvador

On January 23, 1984 a mine went off under a commuter plane in El Salvador killing one person and wounding five others.

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Terrorism is a matter of public safety, not national security

There are national security and public safety threats: terrorism is most usually one of the latter, not the former.