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Global Terrorism This Week (GTTW) – October 24-30, 2022

Islamist terrorists once again carried out the lion’s share of attacks around the world, a trend which shows no signs of ebbing.

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Global Terrorism This Week (GTTW) – October 17-23, 2022

Jihadist attacks again dominated global terrorism from October 17-23; nary a right-wing attack anywhere (again)

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Global Terrorism This Week (GTTW) – September 19-25, 2022

Once again global terrorism was heavily by dominated – in fact 100% the work of – jihadis

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Global Terrorism This Week – September 12-18, 2022

A summary of terrorism news from around the globe for the week of September 12-18; again dominated by jihadi violence (and not a SINGLE RWE attack anywhere)

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Global Terrorism This Week (GTTW) – August 29 to September 4, 2022

Global Terrorism This Week (GTTW) – August 29 – September 4, 2022: Islamist terrorism reigns again!

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Is Canada’s security service focusing on the right terrorist threat?

The decision to shift counter terrorism resources from jihadis to RWE is ill-advised and may come back to bite us one day.

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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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May 7, 2018: Girls’ school bombing in Pakistan

On May 7, 2018 the Ittehadul Mujahideen North Waziristan bombed two girls’ schools in Pakistan and left pamphlets urging families not to send their children.

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May 5, 2016: ISIS execution of young boy for swearing

On May 5, 2016 ISIS executed a seven-year-old boy in northern Syria after he allegedly swore during a game of football.

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Does ‘terrorism’ mean too much to too many?

We must get better at when to use the word terrorism to describe acts of violence: in a world rife with too much terrorism, why would we want to make more?