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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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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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Quick Hits

So, who ‘dropped the ball’ on the terrorist attack in Norway?

Security intelligence services investigate thousands of people to a variety of levels: can we then blame them when things go awry and attacks occur?

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May 27, 2004: Terrorists kill newspaper delivery man ignoring strike

On May 27, 2004 Nepalese Maoists killed a newspaper hawker and injured two others near the western mountain resort of Pokhara.

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May 24, 1978: Killing of alleged ETA supporter in Spain

On May 24, 1978 the Battalon Vasco-Espanol claimed the murder of a taxi driver in northern Spain it accused of helping the ETA terrorist group.

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Just how useful is terrorism analysis and ‘prediction’?

Terrorism analysis and predictions often fall well short of their mark, making us wonder why all this work is done in the first place.

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May 14, 2016: Murder of Buddhist monk in Bangladesh

On May 14, 2016 ISIS terrorists  hacked to death a 75-year old Buddhist monk in south-eastern Bangladesh.

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How woke and cancel culture undermine CT understanding

Hey Canada! Resorting to generic, meaningless terminology to describe terrorism is inaccurate, unhelpful and deters from broader understanding.

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March 28, 2018: Bomb explodes under rubble in Iraq

On March 28, 2018 two civilians were wounded when an ISIS bomb exploded under the rubble of a destroyed house in Iraq.