National Defense University
Researcher with National Defense University'a Center for Complex Operations; former researcher with the Nigeria Social Violence Project at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
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Hilary Matfess
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FROM Hilary Matfess
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Gunmen Attack Mali Hotel Terrorists in the West African country of Mali made international news today by seizing 170 hostages in the Radisson Blu, a hotel in the capital city of Bamako. Six Americans were recovered; it’s not clear if others were among those killed in the incident.
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Terrorism: Global and Local The massacre of 17 people at Charlie Hebdo wasn't last Wednesday's only terror attack and it wasn't the deadliest either. The same day, a terrorist bomb killed 20 in the capital city of Yemen. The day before that, a 10-year-old girl blew up herself and 19 others in Baga, in northern Nigeria.
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One year later, the threat of more mudslides still exists One year ago, torrential rain pelted the hillside community of Montecito, which was scorched a month earlier by the Thomas Fire. It unleashed a flow of mud and boulders the size of cars and killed 23 people.