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| The White House has issued a list of 78 terrorist attacks, saying most were underreported. The Trump administration, under fire for immigration restrictions and other policies it says are designed to curb terrorism, has portrayed the news media and other institutions as playing down the threat. | The White House has issued a list of 78 terrorist attacks, saying most were underreported. The Trump administration, under fire for immigration restrictions and other policies it says are designed to curb terrorism, has portrayed the news media and other institutions as playing down the threat. |
| But the list, which was released on Monday night and details episodes from September 2014 to December 2016, includes dozens of attacks that were covered heavily in the news media, including by The New York Times. (Examples are included in the list below.) | But the list, which was released on Monday night and details episodes from September 2014 to December 2016, includes dozens of attacks that were covered heavily in the news media, including by The New York Times. (Examples are included in the list below.) |
| Just as striking was what the list excluded: attacks targeting Muslims, who make up the overwhelming majority of victims of Islamist terrorism. | Just as striking was what the list excluded: attacks targeting Muslims, who make up the overwhelming majority of victims of Islamist terrorism. |
| The list does not mention, for instance, two suicide bombings in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed dozens in November 2015, or the wave of Boko Haram attacks across northern Nigeria, which have been among the world’s deadliest terrorist assaults. | The list does not mention, for instance, two suicide bombings in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed dozens in November 2015, or the wave of Boko Haram attacks across northern Nigeria, which have been among the world’s deadliest terrorist assaults. |
| Though there have been many attacks in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, the list mentions only one: a June 2016 bombing that killed Nepali and Indian security contractors. The list describes the target as “a bus carrying Canadian Embassy guards,” which is correct but in keeping with the document’s emphasis on Western targets — a focus that is sometimes misleadingly narrow. | Though there have been many attacks in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, the list mentions only one: a June 2016 bombing that killed Nepali and Indian security contractors. The list describes the target as “a bus carrying Canadian Embassy guards,” which is correct but in keeping with the document’s emphasis on Western targets — a focus that is sometimes misleadingly narrow. |
| Prominent attacks carried out by non-Muslims are also conspicuously omitted. In June 2015, Dylann S. Roof opened fire in a predominantly black church in Charleston, S.C., killing nine. That November, three people were shot to death at a Planned Parenthood office in Colorado Springs. Robert L. Dear Jr., describing himself as a “warrior for the babies,” acknowledged that he had carried out the attack, but he was later declared mentally unfit to stand trial. | Prominent attacks carried out by non-Muslims are also conspicuously omitted. In June 2015, Dylann S. Roof opened fire in a predominantly black church in Charleston, S.C., killing nine. That November, three people were shot to death at a Planned Parenthood office in Colorado Springs. Robert L. Dear Jr., describing himself as a “warrior for the babies,” acknowledged that he had carried out the attack, but he was later declared mentally unfit to stand trial. |
| Right-wing violence has been rising in the United States, according to a recent report by the New America Foundation, and has in some years claimed more lives than Islamist attacks in the country. | Right-wing violence has been rising in the United States, according to a recent report by the New America Foundation, and has in some years claimed more lives than Islamist attacks in the country. |
| The White House’s list, by focusing on a significant but narrow slice of terrorism, feeds into perceptions that the administration is seeking to target Muslims with other policies, particularly its immigration restrictions against predominantly Muslim countries. | The White House’s list, by focusing on a significant but narrow slice of terrorism, feeds into perceptions that the administration is seeking to target Muslims with other policies, particularly its immigration restrictions against predominantly Muslim countries. |
| Here is the list from the White House, along with our references to news coverage. Some names from the list have been edited to correct spelling. | Here is the list from the White House, along with our references to news coverage. Some names from the list have been edited to correct spelling. |
| MELBOURNE, Australia | |
| When: September 2014 | |
| Target: Two police officers wounded in knife attack | |
| Coverage | |
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| TIZI OUZOU, Algeria | |
| When: September 2014 | |
| Target: One French citizen beheaded | |
| Coverage | |
| —— | —— |
| QUEBEC | |
| October 2014 | |
| Target: One soldier killed and one wounded in vehicle attack | |
| Coverage | |
| —— | —— |
| OTTAWA | |
| When: October 2014 | |
| Target: One soldier killed at war memorial; two wounded in shootings at Parliament building | |
| Coverage | |
| —— | —— |
| NEW YORK | |
| When: October 2014 | |
| Target: Two police officers wounded in knife attack | |
| Coverage: Two articles. Here and here | |
| —— | —— |
| RIYADH, Saudi Arabia | |
| When: November 2014 | |
| Target: One Danish citizen wounded in shooting | |
| Attacker: Three Saudi Arabia-based ISIS membersCoverage | |
| —— | —— |
| ABU DHABI | |
| When: December 2014 | |
| Target: One American killed in knife attackCoverage | |
| —— | —— |
| SYDNEY, Australia | |
| When: December 2014 | |
| Target: Two Australians killed in hostage taking and shooting | |
| Coverage: Multiple articles, including this one | |
| —— | —— |
| TOURS, France | |
| When: December 2014 | |
| Target: Three police officers wounded in knife attack | |
| Attacker: Bertrand Nzohabonayo | |
| Coverage: Mentioned in this article. | |
| —— | —— |
| PARIS | |
| When: January 2015 | |
| Target: One police officer and four hostages killed in shooting at a kosher supermarket | |
| Coverage: Multiple articles, including this one | |
| —— | —— |
| TRIPOLI, Libya | |
| When: January 2015 | |
| Target: Ten killed, including one U.S. citizen, and five wounded in bombing and shooting at a hotel frequented by WesternersAttackers: As many as five ISIS-Libya members | |
| Coverage | |
| —— | —— |
| RIYADH, Saudi Arabia | |
| When: January 2015 | |
| Target: Two U.S. citizens wounded in shooting | |
| Attacker: Saudi Arabia-based ISIS supporter | |
| Coverage: No Times coverage found | |
| —— | —— |
| NICE, France | |
| When: February 2015 | |
| Target: Two French soldiers wounded in knife attack outside a Jewish community center | |
| Coverage: At least four articles. | |
| —— | —— |
| COPENHAGEN, Denmark | |
| When: February 2015 | |
| Target: One civilian killed in shooting at a free-speech rally and one security guard killed outside the city’s main synagogue | |
| Coverage: Three articles, including this one. | |
| —— | —— |
| TUNIS, Tunisia | |
| When: March 2015 | |
| Target: Tourists. 21 people were killed, including 16 Westerners, and 55 were wounded in a shooting at the Bardo Museum. | |
| Attackers: Two ISIS-aligned extremists | |
| Coverage: Extensive, including this article. | |
| —— | —— |
| KARACHI, Pakistan | |
| When: April 2015 | |
| Target: One U.S. citizen wounded in knife attack* | |
| Attackers: Pakistan-based ISIS supporters | |
| Coverage: *The White House cites a knife attack. The Times has no coverage of a knife attack, but it did report on a shooting of an American woman who worked as the vice principal of student affairs at a private medical school. | |
| —— | —— |
| PARIS | |
| When: April 2015 | |
| Target: Catholic churches targeted; one civilian killed in a shooting, possibly during an attempted carjacking | |
| Coverage: At least two articles: here and here | |
| —— | —— |
| ZVORNIK, Bosnia | |
| When: April 2015 | |
| Target: One police officer killed and two wounded in shootingCoverage: BBC article | |
| —— | —— |
| GARLAND, Texas | |
| When: May 2015 | |
| Target: One security guard wounded in shooting at a Prophet Muhammad cartoon event | |
| Coverage: Extensive, including this article. Here are seven more examples of coverage. | |
| —— | —— |
| BOSTON | |
| When: June 2015 | |
| Target: No casualties; one police officer attacked with knife | |
| Attacker: Usaama Rahim, a U.S. citizen | |
| Coverage: At least two articles covered this episode, in which Mr. Rahim was shot and killed by an F.B.I. agent and a Boston police officer after he waved a long knife at them and refused to back down. First article. Follow-up. | |
| —— | —— |
| AL JURAH, Egypt | |
| When: June 2015 | |
| Target: No casualties; camp used by Multinational Force and Observers troops attacked in shooting and bombing attack | |
| Attackers: Unknown number of ISIS-Sinai members | |
| Coverage | |
| —— | —— |
| LUXOR, Egypt | |
| When: June 2015 | |
| Target: One police officer killed by suicide bomber near the Temple of Karnak | |
| Attacker: Unidentified | |
| Coverage | |
| —— | —— |
| SOUSSE, Tunisia | |
| When: June 2015 | |
| Target: 38 killed and 39 wounded in shooting at a beach frequented by Westerners | |
| Attackers: Seifeddine Rezgui and another unidentified attacker | |
| Coverage: More than a dozen articles, beginning here | |
| —— | —— |
| LYON, France | |
| When: June 2015 | |
| Target: One civilian killed in beheading and explosion at a chemical plant | |
| Attacker: Yassin Salhi | |
| Coverage: At least four articles | |
| —— | —— |
| CAIRO | |
| When: July 2015 | |
| Target: One killed and nine wounded in a vehicle-bomb attack at Italian Consulate | |
| Attacker: Unidentified ISIS operativesCoverage | |
| —— | —— |
| CAIRO | |
| When: July 2015 | |
| Target: One Croatian national was kidnapped and beheaded on Aug. 12 at an unknown location | |
| Attacker: Unidentified ISIS-Sinai operative | |
| Coverage: Here and here | |
| —— | —— |
| PARIS | |
| When: August 2015 | |
| Target: Two civilians and one U.S. soldier were wounded with firearms and knife on a passenger train | |
| Coverage: We published at least six articles. | |
| —— | —— |
| EL GORA, Egypt | |
| When: September 2015 | |
| Target: Four U.S. and two international peacekeepers were wounded in an I.E.D. attack | |
| Attacker: Unidentified | |
| Coverage | Coverage |
| —— | —— |
| DHAKA, Bangladesh | |
| When: September 2015 | |
| Target: One Italian civilian killed in shooting | |
| Attacker: Unidentified | |
| Coverage: Here and here | |
| —— | —— |
| COPENHAGEN | |
| When: September 2015 | |
| Target: One police officer wounded in knife attack | |
| Coverage: The Times had no coverage of this attack, but it was covered by The Telegraph. | Coverage: The Times had no coverage of this attack, but it was covered by The Telegraph. |
| —— | —— |
| EL GORA, Egypt | |
| When: October 2015 | |
| Target: No casualties; airfield used by MFO attacked with rockets | |
| Attacker: Unidentified Islamic State in Sinai operatives | |
| Coverage | Coverage |
| —— | —— |
| PARRAMATTA, Australia | |
| When: October 2015 | |
| Target: One police officer killed in shooting | |
| Attacker: Farhad Jabar | |
| Coverage: At least two articles | |
| —— | —— |
| RANGPUR, Bangladesh | |
| When: October 2015 | |
| Target: One Japanese civilian killed in shooting | |
| Attacker: Unidentified | |
| Coverage | |
| —— | —— |
| HASANAH, Egypt | |
| When: October 2015 | |
| Target: 224 killed in downing of a Russian airliner | |
| Attacker: Unidentified ISIS-Sinai operatives | |
| Coverage: Extensive, beginning here and here | Coverage: Extensive, beginning here and here |
| —— | —— |
| MERCED, Calif. | |
| When: November 2015 | |
| Target: Four wounded in knife attack on a college campus | |
| Coverage | Coverage |
| —— | —— |
| PARIS | |
| When: November 2015 | |
| Target: At least 129 killed and approximately 400 wounded in series of shootings and IED attacks | |
| Attackers: Brahim Abdeslam, Salah Abdeslam, Ismaël Omar Mostefaï, Bilal Hadfi, Samy Amimour, Chakib Akrouh, Foued Mohamed-Aggad, and Abdelhamid Abaaoud | |
| Event coverage | |
| —— | —— |
| DINAJPUR, Bangladesh | |
| When: November 2015 | |
| Target: One Italian citizen wounded in shooting | |
| Attacker: Unidentified | |
| Coverage | |
| —— | —— |
| RAJLOVAC, Bosnia | |
| When: December 2015 | |
| Target: Two Bosnian soldiers killed in shooting | |
| Coverage: No Times coverage found | Coverage: No Times coverage found |
| —— | —— |
| SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. | |
| When: December 2015 | |
| Target: Fourteen killed and 21 wounded in coordinated firearms attack | |
| Coverage: Over 100 stories, beginning here and here | Coverage: Over 100 stories, beginning here and here |
| —— | —— |
| LONDON | |
| When: December 2015 | |
| Target: Three wounded in knife attack at an underground rail station | |
| Attacker: Muhyadin Mire | |
| Coverage, plus these two articles | |
| —— | —— |
| DERBENT, Russia | |
| When: December 2015 | |
| Target: One killed and 11 wounded in shooting at United Nations World Heritage site | |
| Attacker: Unidentified Islamic State in the Caucasus operativeCoverage | |
| —— | —— |
| CAIROWhen: January 2016 | |
| Target: Two wounded in drive-by shooting outside a hotel frequented by tourists | |
| Attackers: Unidentified Islamic State operatives | |
| Coverage: Reference to the attack in this article | |
| —— | —— |
| PARIS | |
| When: January 2016 | |
| Target: No casualties; attacker killed after attempted knife attack at Paris police station | |
| Attacker: Tarek Belgacem | |
| Coverage: At least two articles | |
| —— | —— |
| PHILADELPHIA | |
| When: January 2016 | |
| Target: One police officer wounded in shooting | |
| Coverage | |
| —— | —— |
| HURGHADA, Egypt | HURGHADA, Egypt |
| When: January 2016 | |
| Target: One German and one Danish citizen wounded in knife attack at a tourist resort | |
| Attacker: Unidentified | |
| Coverage | |
| —— | —— |
| MARSEILLES, France | |
| When: January 2016 | |
| Target: One Jewish teacher wounded in machete attack | |
| Coverage: Here and here | Coverage: Here and here |
| ISTANBUL | |
| When: January 2016 | |
| Target: Twelve German tourists killed and 15 wounded in suicide bombing | |
| Coverage: Here and here | |
| —— | —— |
| JAKARTA, Indonesia | |
| When: January 2016 | |
| Target: Four civilians killed and more than 20 wounded in coordinated bombing and firearms attacks near a police station and a Starbucks | |
| Coverage: Here and here | Coverage: Here and here |
| —— | —— |
| COLUMBUS, Ohio | |
| When: February 2016 | |
| Target: Four civilians wounded in machete attack at a restaurant | |
| —— | —— |
| HANOVER, GERMANY | |
| When: February 2016 | |
| Target: One police officer wounded in knife attack | |
| Attacker: Safia Schmitter | |
| —— | —— |
| ISTANBUL | |
| When: March 2016 | |
| Target: Four killed and 36 wounded in suicide bombing in the tourist district | |
| Attacker: Mehmet Ozturk | |
| Coverage: Here and here | Coverage: Here and here |
| —— | —— |
| BRUSSELS | |
| When: March 2016 | |
| Target: At least 31 killed and 270 wounded in coordinated bombings at Zaventem Airport and on a subway train | |
| Attackers: Khalid el-Bakraoui, Ibrahim el-Bakraoui, Najim Laachraoui, Mohamed Abrini, and Osama KrayemEvent page | |
| —— | —— |
| ESSEN, Germany: | |
| When: April 2016 | |
| Target: Three wounded in bombing at Sikh temple | |
| Attackers: Three minors | |
| The New York Times ran an Associated Press article, which has since been removed from the website. | The New York Times ran an Associated Press article, which has since been removed from the website. |
| —— | —— |
| ORLANDO, Fla. | |
| When: June 2016 | |
| Target: 49 killed and 53 wounded in shooting at a nightclubEvent page | |
| —— | —— |
| MAGNANVILLE, France | |
| When: June 2016 | |
| Target: One police officer and one civilian killed in knife attack | |
| Attacker: Larossi Abballa | |
| Coverage: These two articles, as well as one with a Magnanville dateline | |
| —— | —— |
| KABUL, Afghanistan | |
| When: June 2016 | |
| Target: 14 killed in suicide attack on a bus carrying Canadian Embassy guards | |
| Attacker: ISIS-Khorasan operative | |
| Coverage: At least two articles | |
| —— | —— |
| ISTANBUL | |
| When: June 2016 | |
| Target: 45 killed and approximately 240 wounded at Ataturk International Airport | |
| Coverage: Extensive, starting with this article. | |
| —— | —— |
| DHAKA, Bangladesh | |
| When: July 2016 | |
| Target: 22 killed, including one American and 50 wounded after hours-long siege using machetes and firearms at Holy Artisan Bakery | |
| Coverage: Extensively covered at the time, and still being covered | |
| —— | —— |
| NICE, France | |
| When: July 2016 | |
| Target: 84 civilians killed and 308 wounded by an individual who drove a truck into a crowd | |
| Coverage: Extensive, beginning here and here | Coverage: Extensive, beginning here and here |
| —— | —— |
| WÜRZBURG, Germany | |
| When: July 2016 | |
| Target: Four civilians wounded in ax attack on a train | |
| Attacker: Riaz Khan Ahmadzai | |
| Coverage: At least two articles | |
| —— | —— |
| ANSBACH, Germany | |
| When: July 2016 | |
| Target: At least 15 wounded in suicide bombing at a music festival | |
| Attacker: Mohammad Daleel | |
| Coverage, as well as these two articles | |
| —— | —— |
| NORMANDY, France | |
| When: July 2016 | |
| Target: One priest killed in knife attack | |
| Attackers: Adel Kermiche and Abdel Malik Nabil Petitjean | |
| Coverage: At least three articles | |
| —— | —— |
| CHARLEROI, Belgium | |
| When: August 2016 | |
| Target: Two police officers wounded in machete attack | |
| Coverage: Here and here | |
| —— | —— |
| QUEENSLAND, Australia | |
| When: August 2016 | |
| Target: Two killed and one wounded in knife attack at a hostel frequented by Westerners | |
| The New York Times ran Associated Press and Reuters articles, which have since been removed from the website. | The New York Times ran Associated Press and Reuters articles, which have since been removed from the website. |
| —— | —— |
| COPENHAGEN, Denmark | |
| When: September 2016 | |
| Target: Two police officers and a civilian wounded in shooting | |
| Attacker: Mesa Hodzic | |
| Coverage | Coverage |
| —— | —— |
| PARIS | |
| When: September 2016 | |
| Target: One police officer wounded in raid after vehicle bomb failed to detonate at Notre Dame Cathedral | |
| Attackers: Sarah Hervouet, Ines Madani, and Amel Sakaou | |
| Coverage: At least two articles | |
| —— | —— |
| SYDNEY | |
| When: September 2016 | |
| Target: One civilian wounded in knife attack | |
| Coverage | |
| —— | —— |
| ST. CLOUD, Minn. | |
| When: September 2016 | |
| Target: 10 wounded in knife attack in a mall | |
| Coverage: There were multiple articles. | |
| —— | —— |
| NEW YORK; SEASIDE PARK, N.J.; AND ELIZABETH, N.J. | |
| When: September 2016 | |
| Target: 31 wounded in bombing in New York City; several explosive devices found in New York and New Jersey; one exploded without casualty at race in New Jersey; one police officer wounded in shootout | |
| Coverage: Extensive, beginning here, here and here.—— | Coverage: Extensive, beginning here, here and here.—— |
| BRUSSELS | |
| When: October 2016 | |
| Target: Two police officers wounded in stabbing | |
| Attacker: Belgian national | |
| Coverage | |
| KUWAIT CITY | |
| Target: No casualties; vehicle carrying three U.S. soldiers hit by a truck | |
| Attacker: Ibrahim Sulayman | |
| The New York Times ran several Associated Press articles | The New York Times ran several Associated Press articles |
| MALMO, Sweden | |
| When: October 2016 | |
| Target: No casualties; mosque and community center attacked with a Molotov cocktail | |
| Attacker: Syrian national | |
| Coverage: No Times coverage found. | |
| —— | —— |
| HAMBURG, Germany | |
| When: October 2016 | |
| Target: One killed in knife attack | |
| Attacker: Unknown | |
| Coverage: No Times coverage found. | |
| —— | —— |
| MANILA | MANILA |
| When: November 2016 | |
| Target: No casualties; failed I.E.D. attempt near U.S. Embassy | |
| Attackers: Philippine nationals aligned with the Maute group | |
| Coverage: Mentioned in this Times article | |
| —— | —— |
| COLUMBUS, Ohio | |
| When: November 2016 | |
| Target: 14 wounded by individuals who drove a vehicle into a group of pedestrians and attacked them with a knife | |
| Coverage: At least four articles | |
| —— | —— |
| NDJAMENA, Chad | |
| When: November 2016 | |
| Target: No casualties; attacker arrested after opening fire at entrance of U.S. Embassy | |
| Attacker: Chadian national | |
| —— | —— |
| KARAK, Jordan | |
| When: December 2016 | |
| Target: 10 killed and 28 wounded in shooting at a tourist site | |
| Coverage: These three articles | |
| —— | —— |
| BERLIN | |
| When: December 2016 | |
| Target: 12 killed and 48 wounded by individual who drove truck into a crowded market | |
| Coverage: Extensive, starting with this article |