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Today in terrorism
October 16, 2020: Terrorist stabs teacher in France
On October 16, 2020 French teacher Samuel Paty was knifed to death near Paris suburb for having showed his teenage students a cartoon lampooning the Prophet Muhammad.
October 15, 1920: Anarchists target League of Nations talks in Italy
On October 15, 1920 two bombs were thrown at a hotel in Milan hosting the UK delegation to the Milan International Conference: no one was hurt
Perspectives
Has Africa become the ‘Dark Continent’ for terrorism?
Africa will most likely continue to be a hot bed of terrorism for many years to come with little hope of a resolution to this threat
Top 10 dumbest terrorists of all time
Terrorists like to portray themselves as masterminds of violence. Some are pretty dumb.
Quick Hits podcasts
Is Neo a terrorist? Can we reclaim The Matrix from the alt-right?
Quick Hits 175 – What do the Matrix movies tell us about terrorism and what happens when reality emulate art?
Why what we call “terrorism” matters
Quick Hits 174 – Police may drop ‘Islamist’ term when describing terror attacks
Should academics tell national security professionals how to do their jobs?
Quick Hits 173 – Is there no better way to manage this relationship?
Borealis joins Counterpoints for a wide-ranging discussion on terrorism and national security
Episode 109 – How is the ‘war on terrorism’ going? What are we doing well? Not well?
Your morning scan:
Where to find terrorism and national security related news
As promised, here is the list of websites I use for my daily morning news scan.
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