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March 1, 1975 | Nairobi Bus Bombing

On this day in 1975, a bomb explosion ripped open a crowded bus parked in the center of Nairobi killing at least 27 people and injuring 90.

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February 29, 2016 | 4-Year-Old Child Beheading in Moscow

On this day in 2016, nanny Gulchekhra Bobokulova decapitated a 4-year-old girl in her care and displayed the severed head at a Moscow metro station.

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February 28, 1989 | Firebombing of Riverdale Press in New York

On this day in 1989 the offices of The Riverdale Press were heavily damaged by two firebombs thrown by a ‘man with a mustache’.

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

Podcast 31 – Interview with former security intelligence and counter terrorism operative Mubin Shaikh

In 2016, 17 Muslim Canadians had been arrested in a terrorism plot due to a human source/agent named Mubin Shaikh. He joins Phil Gurski to talk about his role and related matters on this podcast.

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February 27, 2011 | 14 Dead at Kandahar Dog Fight

Terrorists want to undo everything we believe in and more: sometimes their targets are just inane. AFGHANISTAN — Do you remember Michael Vicks? He was a very talented football quarterback for the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons before his career came to a screeching halt in 2007 after he pleaded guilty to charges that he was part […]

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Podcast Quick Hits

QUICK HITS 19 – When is it right to press terrorism charges?

A case in Toronto where a man allegedly killed a woman with a hammer is taking an interesting twist as his murder charges have been upped to terrorism?

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W(h)ither the US Intelligence Community?

Intelligence agencies SHOULD remain non-partisan and ‘speak truth to power’. Is this being threatened in the US?

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February 26, 1993 | World Trade Center Bombing

Sometimes terrorist attacks are merely a harbinger of something worse, much worse, to happen. NEW YORK, USA — Do you remember the feelings you had on 9/11? Do you remember the shock you felt on seeing the planes strike the World Trade Center towers, the buildings collapsing, the people fleeing the scene? Do you recall […]

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QUICK HITS 18 – No, not everything is terrorist in nature

We use the word terrorism frivolously to describe all kinds of people and groups. In this podcast, Phil Gurski explores why we really need to stop doing that.

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February 25 ,1997 | Bus bombs in China’s Xinjiang Province

On this day in 1997 a series of bombs that exploded in buses in Urumqi, coincided with the day of Deng Xiaoping’s funeral in Beijing. Nine people died.