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Phil in the media Video

CBC News – RCMP reveal detailed timeline of Nova Scotia mass shooting

Nova Scotia RCMP describe the chain of events that led to the worst mass shooting in the province’s history.

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Perspectives

April 25, 2016 | Execution of Canadian Hostages in Philippines

On this day in 2016, Abu Sayyaf terrorists beheaded one Canadian and another later from a group of hostages they had seized in the southern Philippines.

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April 24, 1975 | Hostage Crisis in Sweden

Members of the German Baader Meinhof terrorist group stormed the German Embassy in Sweden in an attempt to get Germany to free incarcerated members.

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April 23, 2013 | Massacres in Iraq

Over four days in April 2013, more than 330 Iraqis were killed and close to 600 wounded in terrorist attacks and other forms of violence.

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Perspectives

The challenges of gathering intelligence during a pandemic – addendum

Satellite imagery (aka imagery intelligence or IMINT) is a very useful tool in gathering data on what is happening during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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April 22, 1997 | Hostage Taking in Peru

On this day in 1997, a 4-month hostage taking at the Japanese Embassy in Peru ended with the deaths of 14 MRTA Marxist terrorists.

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

Podcast 37 – Michael Petrou: Canadians who fought in the Spanish Civil War and the parallels with ISIS

My chat with Michael Petrou on Canadians who fought in the Spanish Civil War – were they ‘foreign fighters’ and did they pose a security threat back home?

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April 21, 2016 | Massacre by ISIS in Mosul

ISIS massacred 250 women and girls in the Iraqi city of Mosul when they refused to become sex slaves for the terrorist group.

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Podcast Quick Hits

Quick Hits: Nova Scotia Mass Shooting

An unspeakable crime has occurred in Nova Scotia with the deaths of 18 people, including an RCMP officer. Was this terrorism?

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The Nova Scotia massacre – more questions than answers

The mass shootings in Nova Scotia on April 19 and 20 have led to many questions on the motives behind the massacre, questions that may go unanswered.