There may well be pockets of insurgency, attempts to launch spectacular terrorist attacks, and traffic in narcotics.

But of course, they can still pull off violent and spectacular attacks.

Other discs show Taliban executions of so-called traitors and spectacular attacks against coalition forces.

In November, he said there was a dramatic increase in intelligence reports indicating that terrorists were plotting a spectacular attack.

But that changed with Tuesday's spectacular televised attack.

Its official funds sustain Hezbollah, with its long record of spectacular terrorist attacks.

The Taliban now seem to be relying more on suicide bombings, and spectacular gun-and-bomb attacks to hit targets of great psychological value.

Oakland dominated the conference this season because of a spectacular passing attack.

"To be a successful insurgent you need to be able to create spectacular attacks, and they've certainly done that in the past several weeks."

Turkey is home to a deadly Islamic militant movement that has managed a number of spectacular attacks in the last several years, though none recently.