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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

October 31, 2009

Ranking Terrorist Threats by Degree of Separation

National Public Radio

October 1, 2009

Suspect Contacted top Al-Qa`ida Leader

Reid Sawyer

December 1, 2008

Mumbai Attacks Offer New Lessons on Terrorism