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Weapons & Tactics

Gun. Knife. Bomb. Vehicle-Ramming. Suicide Attack. Mixed Method Assault. Terrorists face a variety of choices when it comes to weapons and tactics. Learn more about trade-offs and specific preferences.

April 14, 2017

Fifteen Years after the Djerba Synagogue Bombing

Aaron Y. Zelin

Defeat by Annihilation: Mobility and Attrition in the Islamic State’s Defense of Mosul

Michael Knights, Alexander Mello

January 23, 2017

Fighting the Long War: The Evolution of al-Qa`ida in the Arabian Peninsula

Michael Horton

Drone, Counter Drone: Observations on the Contest Between the United States and Jihadis

Don Rassler

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