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Personal reflections on Air India flight 182 – 40 years later

Episode 266 – Why did Canada’s protectors not prevent a terrorist attack by Sikh extremists in June 1985? For those of us who work(ed) in national security the job boils down to one thing and one thing only: stop bad things from happening. So what gives if we screw up and a bomb on an […]

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

How bad are Canada-India relations?

Episode 277 – Forty years after the Air India attack and a few years after an Indian killing of a Sikh extremist on Canadian soil Everyone remembers 9/11. That single event has become a ‘where were you when’ moment in human history. Few know, however, that prior to that cataclysmic attack, a bomb on an […]

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Is India sending hit squads abroad?

The diplomatic expulsion tit-for-tat between Canada and India is complicated: here is a primer.

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Perspectives

Why has Canada forgotten about the 1985 Air India terrorist attack perpetrated by Sikh terrorists?

Canadians are woefully ignorant of terrorists from BC who perpetrated the 1985 Air India attack, and few think it can happen again.

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Did India send a hit squad to kill an alleged Sikh terrorist in Canada?

Nations cannot be permitted to send ‘hit squads’ to other nations to kill dissidents: is India part of this club?

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May 23, 2000: Assassination attempt on golf course in India

On May 23, 2000 Hizbul Mujahideen took responsibility for a bomb that went off on a golf course where India’s Chief Minister for Kashmir had been playing.

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May 2, 2018: Beheading of pastor in India

On May 2, 2018 suspected operatives of the People’s Liberation Guerilla Army, beheaded an Indian pastor they thought was acting as an informant

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March 13, 2003: Train bombing kills commuters in India

On March 13, 2003 at least ten commuters, including four women, were killed and 70 injured in an explosion on a local train in Mumbai.

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February 13, 2010: Terrorists bomb popular bakery in India

On February 13, 2010 a bomb blast ripped through the popular German Bakery in the Indian city of Pune, killing 16 people and wounding 60.

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December 28, 2005: Shooting at Indian university

On December 28, 2005 terrorists from Pakistan’s LeT attacked the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore and opened fire, killing one and injuring four.