December
| Date | Dead | Injured | Location and description |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 1 | 2 | Three ETA gunmen kill one Spanish civil guard and mortally wounded another (who died 4 days later) in Capbreton, France. | |
| December 6 | 1 | A parcel bomb explodes in Paris, France and kills one, seriously injures another, and injures several other people. | |
| December 11 | 37 | 177 | Bombings in Algiers kill 37 or more and injure 177. |
| December 12 | 2 | A car bomb kills Brigadier General Francois al-Hajj (a top candidate to head Lebanon's military) and his driver, and injures dozens more. The bombing occurs in front of the municipal building in Baabda, a Christian suburb of Beirut. | |
| December 12 | 40 | 125 | Three car bombs detonate in rapid succession, killing at least 40 and wounding 125 in the Shi'ite city of Amarah. Iraqi State television reports that many of the casualties involve women and children. |
| December 21 | 50 | 100 | A mosque suicide bombing kills at least 50 in Sherpao, targeting Aftab Khan Sherpao, the Interior Minister of Pakistan. |
| December 24 | Police stop a would-be bomber with 3.5 kg of plastic explosives in Istanbul, outside a subway station. | ||
| December 24 | Four French tourists are gunned down in Aleg, Mauritania; the family's father survives, but with serious injuries. Mauritanian police say two of the three suspects are affiliated with a salafist group close to Al-Qaeda. | ||
| December 27 | 24 | 46 | Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is assassinated by an attacker who shoots her after a campaign rally in Rawalpindi and then blows himself up; at least 20 are known dead. A Baitullah Mehsud Islamic Terrorism leader or elements within the Pervez Musharraf government are suspected., See Benazir Bhutto assassination. |
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“Work—work—work,
In the dull December light,
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When the weather is warm and bright—
While underneath the eaves
The brooding swallows cling
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