The phrase "a pattern of terrorism" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a recurring or systematic occurrence of terrorist acts or behaviors.
Example: "The investigation revealed a disturbing pattern of terrorism that had been affecting the region for years."
Alternatives: "a trend of terrorism" or "a cycle of terrorism".
A number of groups, including FMF, the National Organization for Women NOWW), and the National Abortion Federation (NAF), are also deeply concerned that the DOJ and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBII) have previously failed to take a comprehensive approach to investigating crimes like that committed by Roeder and others as part of a pattern of domestic terrorism.
Women's rights and health groups are now working strenuously to get the DOJ to restore protection by federal marshals for Dr. Carhart and to urge the DOJ and the FBI to investigate Tiller's murder and other strategies used by these groups as part of a pattern of domestic terrorism.
The motive for the attack has not been revealed, but the government sees a new pattern of terrorism emerging in China.
Read my take on it in a recent Boston Globe oped, "The Threat of Homegrown Terrorism?" The pattern of terrorism arrests since 9/11 seems to support the argument that homegrown radicalism is the greatest threat the United States faces and that Al Qaeda has lost its capability to carry out direct attacks outside of its Afghanistan-Pakistan operating base.
The Oak Creek murders reflect upon another neglected subject: the surprising pattern of terrorism in America since September 11th.
A document filed at a detention hearing this week for 19 students and other immigrants from Pakistan detained by Canadian security officials for possible ties to terrorism cited a "pattern of fraudulent document use to obtain or maintain immigrant status" by the men, ages 18 to 33.
A8 Early Warning on Flight Training An F.B.I. agent in Phoenix told Washington last July of a pattern of Arab men with possible ties to terrorism taking aviation-related training, and he urged a nationwide review, F.B.I. officials said.
They said they saw the interrogations as part of a pattern of increasingly aggressive tactics by federal investigators in combating domestic terrorism.
Terrorism experts say that the group has a pattern of alternating periods of kidnappings with attacks on the police, government forces and secular targets.
