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Quick Hits

Quick Hits 141 – Are we misusing the term ‘terrorism’?

Doctor charged with ‘terrorism’ for embarrassing Turkish government over COVID figures

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Perspectives

February 19, 2011: Skiers killed in North Caucasus ambush

On this day in 2011 four people from Moscow were killed by Islamist terrorists in Russia’s North Caucasus region on their way to a ski resort.

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Perspectives

Have CT practitioners been occupied or ‘preoccupied’ since 9/11?

Those who say intelligence and law enforcement agencies have been ‘preoccupied’ with Islamist terrorism since 9/11 are missing the point

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February 18, 2016: Islamist extremists beat elderly imam to death in the UK

On this day in 2016 an Islamist extremist in Rochdale, UK bludgeoned to death an imam he believed was performing “black magic”

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

Alexandre Rodde: The terrorist threat to France

Episode 81 – Interview with French security consultant Alexandre Rodde.

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Perspectives

February 17, 2008: Suicide bomber targets Afghan dog fighting ring

On this day in 2008 a suicide bombing at an outdoor dog fighting competition in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar killed 80 people and wounded scores more

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Quick Hits

Quick Hits 140 – Can someone please tell me why Canada does not have a foreign intelligence service?

Judge denies CSIS request to collect foreign intelligence

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Perspectives

February 16, 2013: Sunni terrorists target Shia Muslims in Pakistan

On this day in 2013 at least 79 people were killed and another 180 injured in a bomb attack in a predominantly Shia Muslim part of the Pakistani city of Quetta

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February 15, 2004: Terrorists attack alcohol vendors in Iraq

On this day in 2004 in Basra, Iraq masked men leaped out of two pickup trucks and unloaded their Kalashnikov rifles at a group of sidewalk alcohol vendors

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TV interview

How to secure the U.S. Capitol without a fence

U.S. Capitol Police want to build a permanent fence around the building to enhance security after the Jan. 6 insurrection.