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April 23, 2013 | Massacres in Iraq

Over four days in April 2013, more than 330 Iraqis were killed and close to 600 wounded in terrorist attacks and other forms of violence.

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April 21, 2016 | Massacre by ISIS in Mosul

ISIS massacred 250 women and girls in the Iraqi city of Mosul when they refused to become sex slaves for the terrorist group.

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April 4, 2010 | ISIS bombing in Baghdad

On this day in 2010, three suicide car bombs hit the centre of Iraq’s capital city, Baghdad, killing at least 42 and injuring more than 200 others.

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March 25, 2009 | Attack on girls’ school in Iraq

On this day in 2009, four female school children were killed and seven others injured in a bomb explosion in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul.

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February 8, 2004 and 2016 | Attacks against police in Iraq

Whatever you think of policing it is a hard job: it is harder when they are targeted by terrorists. TODAY IN TERRORISM — What kind of experiences have you had with the police? Good ones? Bad ones? Neither good nor bad? Not surprisingly I have had almost universal good experiences. I used to brief local […]

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February 01, 2004 | Bombings in Erbil, Iraq

On this day in 2004, two suicide bombers wearing explosives targeted the headquarters of Iraq’s two leading Kurdish political parties.

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January 23, 2002 | Killing of Daniel Pearl

Journalism can be a dangerous business, especially for those who work where terrorism is a real risk, like Daniel Pearl.

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PODCAST 27 – Global Terrorism Index: 10 trends to watch in 2020

What will the world of terrorism bring us in 2020? Spoiler alert – more terrorism. In this podcast Borealis looks at terrorist trends this year.

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January 14, 2012 | Suicide bomber kills 53, wounds 130 in Basra, Iraq

On this day in 2012, a suicide wearing a police uniform bomber struck a procession of Iraqi Shias, killing at least 53 and wounding 130 people.

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Today in Terrorism: November 18, 2005 – Al Hamra Hotel bombing

On this day in 2005, a series of suicide bombing in Khanaqin, located northeast of the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad, killed at least 60 people.