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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.

September 26, 2011

AQIM Returns in Force in Northern Algeria

Andrew Lebovich

The Rise of Boko Haram in Nigeria

David Cook

June 1, 2011

Terrorist Tactics in Pakistan Threaten Nuclear Weapons Safety

Shaun Gregory

May 1, 2011

Bin Ladin’s Location Reveals Limits of Liaison Intelligence Relationships

Charles Faddis

Special Operations Forces and the Raid Against Bin Ladin: Policymaker Considerations in Combating Terrorism

Michele L. Malvesti, Frances Fragos Townsend

March 1, 2011

The Factors Behind Rebellion in Iranian Kurdistan

Chris Zambelis

Haqqani Network Influence in Kurram and its Implications for Afghanistan

Jeffrey Dressler

Accuracy of the U.S. Drone Campaign: The Views of a Pakistani General

Brian Glyn Williams

September 1, 2010

The Role and Significance of Signature Attacks in the Iraqi Insurgency

Michael Knights

August 1, 2010

Lessons Learned from the July 2010 Norwegian Terrorist Plot

Brynjar Lia, Petter Nesser