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January 9, 2015: Islamist terrorist takes hostages in France

On January 9, 2015 an ISIS terrorist took hostages at a Jewish store in France, killing four before he in turn was killed by commandoes.

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December 31, 1984: LTTE slaughters civilians in Sri Lanka

On December 31, 1984 the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam killed four youths who had refused to join the group.

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December 29, 2008: Sunni terrorists carry out suicide bombing in Iran

On December 29, 2008 a Jundallah suicide bomber killed four people and wounded 12 in an attack in southeastern Iran.

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I don’t like you; you must be a terrorist

The disturbing practice of calling opposition groups and politicians terrorists is not only unhelpful but conducive to the undermining of democracy.

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December 12, 2016: Police foil anarchist bomb plot in Greece

On December 12, 2016 Greek police destroyed a suspected bomb planted allegedly by the Conspiracy of Cells of Fire outside the Labor Ministry in central Athens.

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December 2, 2008: Insurgents bomb train in India

On December 2, 2008 the KLNLF bombed an Indian passenger train in India’s Assam State, killing five persons including a child and injured 34 others.

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November 28, 2002: Successful and unsuccessful attacks in Kenya

On November 28, 2002 a car crashed through the front of a Kenyan hotel, killing 13 and wounding 80: an attack on an aircraft taxiing failed.

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What price military counter terrorism intervention?

When you call it a ‘war on terrorism’ you’d expect a military role, no? But is it the best approach?

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Our struggles to define ‘terrorism’ continue…

Those who advocate or not so subtly justify the use of violence by environmental activists are terrorists, pure and simple.

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November 18, 2013: ‘Terrorist attack’ at Bahamas newspaper?

On November 18, 2013 a grenade was thrown through the front door of a newspaper in the Bahamas but failed to detonate.