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Today in Terrorism: 7 November 2016, Football crowd attack in South Sudan

On this day on 2016, an unidentified gunman killed 11 watching football game: possibly tied to Sudanese power struggle.

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Today in Terrorism: 6 November 2008, North Ossetia suicide minibus bombing

On this day in 2008, an apparent female bomber killed 11 during suicide attack on minibus near central market in capital of North Ossetia.

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Today in Terrorism: 5 November 1605, Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot

More than four centuries ago, a bunch of English Catholics planted explosives in Parliament to kill King James I.

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Is all fair in love and counterterrorism?

How far do we expect or allow national security agencies to go in stopping violent extremism?

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Préparatifs pour un retour des présumés djihadistes canadiens détenus en Syrie

Quelles sont les responsabilités du Canada envers ses ressortissants ? Doit-on traiter les enfants différemment des adultes ? Les retournants posent-ils un risque pour la sécurité nationale ? La Presse s’est entretenue avec Phil Gurski, ancien analyste pour le Service canadien du renseignement de sécurité.

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Today in Terrorism: 4 November 2011, Boko Haram attacks in Damaturu

On this day in 2011, Nigerian Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram carried out one of its largest attacks: more than 100 dead.

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We really are no closer to figuring out what to do with ISIS detainees

Deciding how to deal with detained ISIS ‘foreign fighters’ is proving to be very, very difficult. One would think it rare that terrorists and those trying to prevent them from achieving their goals would share the same desires. Yet in a way it is true, at least for the Islamist terrorist variety. Many Islamist terrorist […]

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National security priorities for the Liberal minority government

Here’s what needs to be done by the Liberal minority government on the national security/public safety front.

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Today in Terrorism: 3 November 2016, Southern Thailand

Terrorist campaign in southern Thailand has been going on for decades as once Muslim lands bristle at Bangkok rule.

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Today in Terrorism: 2 November 2004/2018

Islamist terrorists strike in Netherlands and Egypt 14 years apart I have been studying and writing about terrorism for a very long time, coming up on 20 years. First as an intelligence analyst at CSIS in Canada, followed by a post civil service career as a writer and media commentator (and author of five books […]