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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.

October 29, 2012

A Post-Trial Profile of Anders Behring Breivik

Jacob Aasland Ravndal

Terrorist Attacks in Kenya Reveal Domestic Radicalization

Fredrick Nzes

September 26, 2012

The Micro-Level of Civil War: The Case of Central Helmand Province

Ryan Evans

Taliban Militants Striking Pakistan from Afghan Territory

Zia Ur Rehman

Factors Responsible for Al-Shabab’s Losses in Somalia

Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, Hussein Solomon

The Attack on the U.S. Consulate: Emerging Signs of Jihadist Sentiment in Libya

Geoff D. Porter

August 23, 2012

Pakistani Taliban Renew Attacks on Punjabi Heartland

Arif Rafiq

A Fight for the Spoils: The Future Role of Syria’s Armed Groups

Stephen Starr

July 24, 2012

Between Islamization and Secession: The Contest for Northern Mali

Derek Henry Flood

June 21, 2012

The Southern Thailand Insurgency in the Wake of the March 2012 Bombings

Zachary Abuza