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November 14, 2012: Multiple attacks in Iraq on Islamic new year

On November 14, 2012 ISI planted three bombs simultaneously in Kirkuk, killing at least five people in one of several violent incidents on the Islamic new year

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November 12, 2008: American aid worker killed in Pakistan

On November 12, 2008 a USAID contractor was killed along with his driver in an Islamist terrorist attack in Peshawar.

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November 9, 2018: Complex attack including car bombs in Somalia

On November 9, 2018 Al Shabaab carried out a series of car bombs in Mogadishu which killed at least 20 people.

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October 25, 2016: IED attack targets vaccination drive in Pakistan

On October 25, 2016 a Pakistani police officer was killed and another injured by IEDs in Peshawar in an attack targeting a polio vaccination effort.

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When the fight for independence leads to terrorism

What do we do when independence movements which are not seen, at least not yet, as terrorist groups start to venture down that road.

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October 11, 2019: Civilians shot at prayer in Burkina Faso mosque attack

On October 11, 2009 15 people were killed and two seriously injured in an attack on a mosque in northern Burkina Faso.

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October 4, 2017 ISIS: Tongo Tongo ambush in Niger

On October 4, 2017 an ISIS affiliated terrorist group killed four US servicemen, four Nigerien soldiers and an interpreter near Tongo Tongo

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September 27, 2008: Car bomber strikes unknown target in Syria

On September 27, 2008 a car bomb on the outskirts of Syria’s capital Damascus killed at least 17 people.

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September 24, 2015: ISIS attacks Shia mosque in Yemen

On September 24, 2015 a bomb attack targeting Shia worshippers at a mosque in the Yemeni capital Sana’a killed at least 25 people and wounded dozens more.

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So, where is all the Right Wing Extremism?

Just because someone says something about terrorism does not make it so: claims are made all the time but not all these are backed up by any data.