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December 30, 2000: Multiple bombings in Manila

On this day in 2000 six explosions in central Manila killed 22 and wounded 100 in an attack eventually blamed on Jemaah Islamiya.

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December 29, 1992: Bombing of hotels in Aden

On this day in 1992 Al Qaeda was behind the bombing of a Movenpick Hotel in Aden, Yemen that killed a tourist and an employee.

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Sometimes an explosion is just an explosion

The Christmas Day bombing in Nashville has led to many, many questions and very few answers on what happened and why.

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December 13, 1921: Anarchist bombing at Bessarabian castle

Perhaps as many as 300 people were killed at the Siguranzia Palace in Bessarabia in December 1921 in an attack blamed on ‘conspirators’

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December 12, 1969: Piazza Fontana bombing in Milan

At least 17 people were killed and another 88 killed in a bombing at the Piazza Fontana in Milan in December 1969

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Architect of Toronto 18 terror plot granted day parole against recommendation of Correctional Service of Canada

This past Tuesday, an architect of an extraordinary Toronto 18 terrorism plot to detonate truck bombs in the city’s downtown core was granted day parole.

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December 11, 1971: IRA bombing in Belfast

In what appeared to be a tit-for-tat attack, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) bombed a furniture store in Belfast in December 1971, killing four

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December 9, 2004: Bombing of Russian pipeline

Suspected Islamist terrorists may have used an artillery shell to damage a Russian gas pipeline in December 2004, injuring 22 people

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December 3, 1996: GIA bombing in Paris

Four people were killed at 170 injured in a bombing at a Paris metro station in December 1996 which was blamed on the GIA

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November 30, 1989: Red Army Faction assassination of German banker

The Red Army Fraction (aka the Baader-Meinhof gang) assassinated a German banker in November 1989