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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

David Wilson: When Irish terrorists posed a real threat to… Canada!

University of Toronto’s David Wilson joins Borealis to talk about this forgotten violent chapter of Canadian history.

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August 11, 2016: Bombings in Thailand

On this day in 2016, several bombs in several Thai tourist areas killed four people and wounded many more in attacks blamed on Islamist terrorists.

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It is high time to cancel ‘cancel culture’

Debate is the backbone of democratic society. Reasoned, civil exchanges of ideas is what we must protect. Phil Gurski weighs in on this ‘cancel culture’ phenomenon.

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August 10, 2003: Sniper shootings in US

Shawn Lester was found guilty of three sniper murders in West Virginia in August 2003 in what was seen as a copy of the 2002 Beltway murders.

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Brian Jenkins explains why ‘terrorism is theater’

Brian Jenkins and Phil Gurski discusses why terrorists seem to want a lot of people watching, not a lot of people dead.

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August 9, 2017: Car ramming in France

On this day in 2017, an ISIS-inspired Islamist terrorist drove over French soldiers in a Paris suburb injuring six before he was arrested following a police chase.

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August 8, 1983: Bus bombings in Chile

On this day in 1983, Leftist revolutionaries in Chile torched buses during demonstrations that rocked the country.

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Is it ok for one nation to send a hit squad to another?

News has just come out that Saudi Arabia sent a hit squad to Canada to kill former counter terrorism officer Saad al-Jabri. Saudi has a history of this, having killed Washington Post reporter and dissident Jamal Kashoggi in Istanbul in October 2018. What should Canada do in reponse? Borealis weighs in. The crown prince of Saudi […]

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August 7, 1998: US embassy bombings in East Africa

On this day in 1998, US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed in by Al Qaeda in a massive attack that killed more than 200 and wounded thousands.

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August 6, 2015: Mosque bombing in Saudi Arabia

On this day in 2015, ISIS claimed responsibility for a bombing at a mosque in southwest Saudi Arabia that killed 15 including security forces members.