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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.

November 30, 2011

Terrorist Threats to Commercial Aviation: A Contemporary Assessment

Ben Brandt

Al-Qa`ida’s Center of Gravity in a Post-Bin Ladin World

Mitchell D. Silber

October 31, 2011

Evaluating Pakistan’s Offensives in Swat and FATA

Daud Khattak

September 26, 2011

Violence Escalates in China’s Xinjiang Province

Jacob Zenn

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