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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.

March 23, 2023

The December 2022 German Reichsbürger Plot to Overthrow the German Government

Alexander Ritzmann

December 19, 2022

A View from the CT Foxhole: Harun Maruf, Senior Editor, Voice of America Somali

Paul Cruickshank

August 9, 2022

The Death of Ayman al-Zawahiri: Succession Challenges, Tradeoffs, and Other Implications

Don Rassler, Muhammad al-`Ubaydi

July 19, 2022

The Buffalo Attack: The Cumulative Momentum of Far-Right Terror

Amarnath Amarasingam, Marc-André Argentino, Graham Macklin

May 3, 2011

Ali Soufan Cites Deadly Vanguards Report in NYTimes Op-Ed

Scott Helfstein

May 10, 2010

Times Square bomb: Did Pakistan Taliban send its ‘C’ team?

April 22, 2010

CTC-FDNY-HBO Panel and Presenation of “Terror in Mumbai” Documentary

Ambassador Michael Sheehan, John Abizaid, Reid Sawyer

February 2, 2010

Dr. Scott Helfstein on Fox News