Despite our Western-centric views on terrorism, it is an unavoidable fact that the vast majority of casualties from Muslim terrorists are other Muslims.
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On previous New Year’s Eve, terrorist attacks have indeed been carried out. Here is a sample.
Leftist terrorist groups have been active in Greece for decades and achieved a coup in 1975 with the killing of a US spy.
On this day in 1973, a massive bomb buried under a Madrid street exploded as a car carrying Prime Minister Carrero Blanco detonated.
On December 14, 1973, the ‘Charles Martel Group’ carried out a bomb attack against the Algerian Consulate in Marseilles, killing four and wounding 23.
Our focus on Western victims of Islamist terrorism is understandable but misplaced: the vast majority of those targeted are Muslim.
The simple truth is that there are no simple answers on what to do with terrorists: let’s stop pretending there are.
Today is one of those days in history where I have an unfortunate richness in terrorist attacks to choose from.
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Today in Terrorism: 12 November
In 2015, 43 people were killed and more than 240 wounded in two suicide bomb blasts claimed by ISIS in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
Bangladeshi Islamist terrorist group suspected in 13 near simultaneous bombs that kill 66 in Assam. I often wonder why countries or governments make what are known as ‘own goals’ or unforced errors. These are decisions or policies taken for what appear on the surface to be good reasons, at least by some, but which end […]