terrorism

Codewords and Bomb Blasts: Remembering 7/7

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On the 7th of July 2005, I was working for the NHS on Teesside as the Chief Executive of a Primary Care Trust. That mostly meant commissioning healthcare and managing primary care services. We were a bit unusual in that we directly ran three small community hospitals — complete with beds, minor injuries units, and … Read more

The worst terror attack in US history | Normalising right wing terrorism

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30 Years Later: The Oklahoma City Bombing and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism Today marks 30 years since the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history: the Oklahoma City bombing. On the morning of April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh, an ex-Army soldier and security guard, parked a rented Ryder truck filled with a bomb made from … Read more