terrorist
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The Canadian Armed Forces has said that "while the incident remains under investigation, at this time, there are no indications that it was the result of any terrorist activity".
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
“These days our terrorist and state threats operational missions are pretty much of equal scale: that in itself is a huge shift across recent years,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The circumstances surrounding the release of “Toxicity” became even more surreal one week later, when the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks changed the country and altered the way some listeners interpreted the album.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
"Beyond the profound moral concerns, a public execution could hand terrorist organizations a propaganda victory, fuel radicalization, and put American service members, diplomats, and citizens overseas at greater risk," he wrote, external.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
The likelihood of any given person being killed in a terrorist attack is far smaller than the likelihood that the same person will clog up his arteries with fatty food and die of heart disease.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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"All of a sudden, you see on the news the five suspected terrorists have been released," the husband said.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
When he was searching for the terrorists room by room in the hotel, he told members of his team to take food from the minibars to stay nourished.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Most of the blame for that lies at the feet of the 9/11 terrorists and those who supported and financed them.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
What the officials told the world to do was to come shop” and support lower Manhattan to show the terrorists that the city — and America — had resolve.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Fifteen terrorists were from Saudi Arabia,” says Sabeen.
From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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