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Operations, Plots & Attacks

Learn more about specific terrorist operations, plots, and attacks through the case studies, profiles, and lessons learned articles that we have produced.

June 21, 2012

The Holsworthy Barracks Plot: A Case Study of an Al-Shabab Support Network in Australia

Andrew Zammit

May 22, 2012

The Threat from Swarm Attacks: Case Studies from the North Caucasus

Cerwyn Moore

The Abbottabad Documents: Bin Ladin’s Cautious Strategy in Yemen

Gabriel Koehler-Derrick

The Abbottabad Documents: Bin Ladin’s Security Measures

Liam Collins

April 23, 2012

Mangal Bagh and LI Marginalized in Khyber Agency

Daud Khattak

Boko Haram Escalates Attacks on Christians in Northern Nigeria

David Cook

French Counterterrorism Policy in the Wake of Mohammed Merah’s Attack

Pascale Combelles Siegel

March 22, 2012

The Evidence of Al-Qa`ida’s Role in the 2004 Madrid Attack

Fernando Reinares

February 16, 2012

Hizb Allah’s Counterintelligence War

Benedetta Berti

January 18, 2012

Individual Jihadist Operations in Europe: Patterns and Challenges

Petter Nesser