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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.

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

The Road to October 7: Hamas’ Long Game, Clarified

Devorah Margolin, Matthew Levitt

August 30, 2023

The Enduring Duel: Islamic State Khorasan’s Survival under Afghanistan’s New Rulers

Amira Jadoon, Andrew Mines, Abdul Sayed

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