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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.

February 25, 2010

The Failure of Jihad in Saudi Arabia

Thomas Hegghammer

December 1, 2009

Deadly Vanguards

Muhammad al-Obaidi, Nassir Abdullah, Scott Helfstein

March 16, 2009

Dysfunction and Decline

Brian Fishman

March 21, 2024

Media Matters: How Operation Shujaa Degraded the Islamic State’s Congolese Propaganda Output

Caleb Weiss, Ryan O’Farrell

January 19, 2024

Is Left-Wing Terrorism Making a Comeback in Germany? Analyzing the “Engel – Guntermann Network”

Christian Jokinen

December 21, 2023

The Path to October 7: How Iran Built Up and Managed a Palestinian ‘Axis of Resistance’

Phillip Smyth

November 28, 2023

The Beginning of a New Wave? The Hamas-Israel War and the Terror Threat in the West

Tore Hamming

October 8, 2013

Samara Attack Summary Report

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Iraqi Intelligence Document Describing Iranian Intelligence (1993)

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Iraqi Intelligence Reports (2000 & 2001)

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Iraqi Intelligence Report about the Quds Force Activities in Iraq

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September 14, 2015

Dr. Bruce Hoffman, CTC Senior Fellow, on Islamic State in Politico

August 18, 2015

Washington Post cites CTC Sentinel regarding Bangkok bombing

May 26, 2015

Wall Street Journal cites CTC on the Islamic State’s conquest of Ramadi

May 12, 2014