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December 8, 2003: Sovereign citizen attack in South Carolina

Self-proclaimed ‘sovereign citizens’ killed two South Carolina police officers in a dispute over land rights in December 2003

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Debunking deradicalisation programs for terrorists

Will it ever be possible for us to determine to any degree of certainty that a terrorist has fully abandoned the violent ideology that made him one?

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December 7, 1972: Attempted hijacking in Ethiopia

On this day in 1972, members of the Eritrean Liberation Front attempted to hijack an Ethiopian aircraft but were all killed by security agents on board.

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December 6, 2002: Gun attack in Venezuela

A Portuguese immigrant killed 3 and wounded 29 at an anti Chavez demonstration in Caracas in December 2002

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December 5, 2003: Suicide bombing of train in Russia

A probable Chechen suicide bomber killed 46 people and wounded more than 170 in an attack on a Russian train in December 2003

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December 4, 1977: Downing of a Malaysian airliner

A hijacker linked to the Japanese Red Army may have tried to seize control of a Malaysian aircraft in December 1977 that ended with the deaths of all 100 aboard.

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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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Why it is important to go beyond the ‘headlines’ when talking about terrorism

Far right terrorism may indeed be ‘on the rise’ – or is it? In any event this form of political violence is a mere shadow of its Islamist cousin

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A lot of dictatorships are using ‘terrorism’ to crack down on opponents

Even if we cannot agree on what ‘terrorism’ is, we should be able to agree on what it isn’t. In this episode, Borealis looks at some recent abuses of the word terrorism and calls on all countries to reject this usage.

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December 2, 2004: Killing of Buddhist teacher in southern Thailand

A Buddhist teacher was gunned down by so-called ‘southern separatists’ in Thailand in December 2004 in yet another violent act in a decades-long conflict