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And we still lack the ability to block such attacks or to identify unambiguously their sources.
How did it happen that every contemporary problem, particularly in Russia, seems to have been reduced to terrorist attacks and counter-terrorist operations?
At the beginning of the twentieth century, socialist revolutionaries led by Evno Asef embarked on a series of terrorist attacks against state officials.
If Gaza turns into a lawless failed state, one that is a base for attacks on Israelis, it will be extremely difficult to persuade Israel to withdraw from other areas that it now occupies.
In that case, the US economy would not heat up, the stock market’s rally might reverse, the Fed might postpone new interest rate increases, and American deficits would not spiral out of control, as they did during George W. Bush’s presidency, following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
But Russia has recently met our efforts with scorn, from suspension of its participation in the Conventional Armed Forces Treaty to harassment of business people and cyber attacks on neighbors.
In Pakistan, more than 50,000 people have lost their lives in the terror attacks of the last decade.
The perpetrators of these attacks must be identified and brought to justice.
Allowing the use of chemical weapons to go unpunished not only could reverse one of the few promising developments in the Syrian conflict; it also threatens to undermine international norms on the use of toxic gas and nerve agents, increasing the possibility that they will be used in terrorist attacks.
The perpetrators of chemical attacks must be held to account, whoever they are.
Persistent allegations that non-state actors are using chemical weapons in Syria and northern Iraq are of particular concern, as they raise the possibility of toxic chemicals being used in terrorist attacks.
Standing Up for the UNPARIS – It was the autumn of 2001, sometime between the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States and US President George W. Bush’s invasion of Afghanistan.
Increasingly brazen attacks on multilateralism and the international rule of law threaten to destroy the postwar global system that was created – with the UN as its vital pillar – to ensure that history would not repeat itself.
We have consistently condemned attacks that target innocent Israelis.
Another example of the new regional agenda can be found in the aftermath of the attacks of September 11 th .
Now, South Korean military leaders are warning that if North Korea attacks again, it will face retaliation not just against the proximate source of those attacks, but against the North’s command leadership.
But the ad hominem attacks on Rajan in recent months raise large questions with serious implications for India.
The principal source of the attacks on Rajan was Subramanian Swamy, a bloviating Donald Trump-like figure with a penchant for bigotry and wild allegations, who was nominated to the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of parliament) by Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in late April.
Having selected Swamy for Parliament despite his unsavory reputation, the government’s failure to curb his indiscriminate attacks led to speculation that it had chosen him precisely to attack those– like Rajan – whom it wanted to undermine.
In Africa, the number of deaths from jihadist violence has nearly tripled from 2013 to 2015, as Boko Haram, al-Shabaab, ISIS, and others have launched attacks across the continent.
The unprecedented number of jihadist attacks in multiple countries in recent months has demonstrated how vulnerable our societies have become and how transnational the threat is.
From its origins as a terrorist group capitalizing on state failure in Iraq and Syria, it has spread like a virus from Afghanistan to Nigeria and carried out or inspired attacks as far abroad as the United States and the Philippines.
And, in previous decades, London and other cities (including Manchester in 1996) withstood attacks by Irish nationalist militants.
Democracy will withstand attacks like the one in Manchester; and democratic citizens will respond with courage and generosity.
As an incomplete, technocratic creation, the EU is an ideal target for populist attacks.
As the parties prepare to meet in Geneva for the second round of United Nations-sponsored peace talks, the government has launched vicious barrel-bomb attacks on Aleppo and other cities; more moderate Islamist rebel groups, including the Free Syrian Army, are openly at war with Al Qaeda affiliates; and Al Qaeda-linked groups are now fighting among themselves.
Within days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, the US had erected new and enormous security measures at airports throughout the country.
In that case, Kim III may grasp at provocation in one form or another, as his father did with intermittent attacks on South Korea in recent years.
After the shock of the September 2001 terrorist attacks, his son, George W. Bush, developed a far more ambitious vision.
The attacks were an operation that must have required months of planning: serious weapons were deployed, a small army was mobilized, targets were studied, transport was organized, and weak points identified.
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