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November 13, 2004: Bus bombing in Indonesia

A bus carrying Indonesian Christians was bombed in November 2004 killing six: Jemaah Islamiyah was suspected behind the attack.

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November 12, 1996: Bombing at fur store in Minnesota

Extremists believed to belong to the Animal Liberation Front were behind a bomb at a Minnesota fur store in 1996.

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What is the point of listing terrorist groups?

Of all the counter terrorism tools we have the exercise of listing groups seems the most political and least effective.

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What does a Biden presidency mean for counter terrorism?

Administrations have to deal with a lot of things: the economy, trade, diplomacy, global warming… and terrorism.  The latter is not as dangerous as many think it is but it cannot be ignored.  What will a Biden presidency look like on this front?  Borealis looks at this aspect of the term of the 46th US […]

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November 11, 2014: Stabbings in West Bank

A Palestinian terrorist linked to Islamic Jihad stabbed a woman to death in a West Bank town in November 2014.

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Jasmine Opperman – Why is Mozambique becoming a terrorist hotspot

Borealis talks to Jasmine Opperman about a dangerous Islamist terrorism campaign that is taking place in northern Mozambique.

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November 10, 2016: ISIS executions in Iraq

Islamic State executed scores of civilians in Iraq in November 2016 in unspeakably cruel ways.

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Security services stop terrorist attacks and THEY are in the wrong?

Charges of entrapment in terrorist cases belie a woeful ignorance of how terrorism works.

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When men of God say “Don’t love your neighbour – kill him”

Religious people are supposed to spread love and tolerance, not violence. So what do we do with those who advocate extremism and terrorism?

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November 9, 2005: Amman, Jordan bombings

Terrorist bombs ripped near simultaneously through three popular hotels in Amman in November 2005, killing dozens and wounding more than 100.