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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.

August 30, 2023

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

Amira Jadoon, Andrew Mines, Abdul Sayed

July 26, 2023

Guns, Drugs, and Smugglers: A Recent Heightened Challenge at Israel’s Borders with Jordan and Egypt

Matthew Levitt, Lauren von Thaden

June 23, 2023

The Allen, Texas, Attack: Ideological Fuzziness and the Contemporary Nature of Far-Right Violence

Ashley A. Mattheis, Amarnath Amarasingam, Graham Macklin, Marc-André Argentino

May 23, 2023

The Targeting of Infrastructure by America’s Violent Far-Right

Colin Clarke, Mollie Saltskog, Michaela Millender, Naureen C. Fink

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