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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
I should have posted here instead of the Turkey airport thread. It has been a pretty crazy week for terrorist activity. Turkey airport attack, Bangladesh attack on Friday, Baghdad on Sunday and Saudi Arabia today (3 or 4 different attacks.)
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Has to do with Ramadan. The extremists see an increased opportunity to hit large crowds and increase overall suffering during a holiday. Ramadan also has religious significance to extremists as a time for jihad:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36703874