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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 22, 2006: Foiled jihadi Christmas attack

On this day in 2006 an American jihadi was foiled in his attempt to bomb a Chicago mall at Christmas.

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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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So where is all the right wing extremism in the US post-election period?

We need to constantly remind ourselves that the vast majority of those who sound violent do not act violently.

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November 12, 1996: Bombing at fur store in Minnesota

Extremists believed to belong to the Animal Liberation Front were behind a bomb at a Minnesota fur store in 1996.

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November 5, 2009: Mass shooting in Fort Hood, Texas

In the ultimate insider threat, a US Army officer killed 13 fellow soldiers and wounded another 30 at Fort Hood, Texas in November 2009.

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October 26, 1868: White supremacist riots in Louisiana, United States

Many were killed in a white supremacist riot against African Americans in the southern US in October 1868 in the aftermath of the civil war.

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October 22, 1970: Bombing in San Francisco

Terrorists tossed a bomb at a church holding the funeral of a police officer in San Francisco in October 1970.

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Whither Afghan ‘peace’

War seems to be the fate of Afghanistan: peace may not be in the cards.

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Heads I win…

Deaths merely provide opportunities for others to demonstrate their commitment and skillsets. Unchallenged ideology will inspire others to act.