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Deaths from terrorism are down, but…

Terrorists killed less than half as many people in 2018 than they did in 2014: some trends are still worrisome however.

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Al-Karak Attack – December 18, 2016

In 2016 on this day, Islamist extremists attacked the Jordanian city of Karak killing ten people, including a Canadian tourist.

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Hometown terrorists?

The actual place of incubation does not matter. What does is having a bevy of like-minded co-conspirators and access to relevant material, and that can happen anywhere.

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Too many bomb plots… – December 11 1994, 2010 and 2017

Most terrorists are not very competent and often succeed in killing only themselves.

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Today in Terrorism: December 10, 2016 – Istanbul bombing

On this day in 2016, two explosions caused by a car bombing and suicide bombing in Istanbul killed 48 people and injured 166 others.

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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 4, 1971 and 2018

On December 4, 1971 the Ulster Volunteer Force exploded a bomb at a bar called McGurk’s in a Catholic neighbourhood of Belfast, killing 15 and wounding 17.

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Today in Terrorism: December 3, 1975 and 2018

On this day in 1975, six armed men boarded a train at the Dutch town of Assen and seized the passengers as hostages.

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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.