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Today in Terrorism: 24 October 2002 Moscow theatre

Moscow theatre hostage crisis ends when authorities pump poison gas into hall killing hundreds

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Godzilla, King of the Ecoterrorists?

Environmental activists’ frustration at a lack of meaningful action could lead to ecoterrorism

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Today in Terrorism: 23 October 1983 bombing of Marine barracks

US Marines in Beirut suffer catastrophic bombing in October 1983

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Today in Terrorism: 22 October 2014 shootings by homegrown jihadi in Ottawa

Canada was shocked by the killing of a soldier at the National Cenotaph by a homegrown terrorist

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Today in Terrorism: October 21, 2002 bombing of bus in Israel

How many people take the bus to work in the morning (or you can substitute commuter train if it is appropriate)? I am guessing that the answer is a lot. It is environmentally-friendly in that it removes cars from the road and thus uses less fuel. And with the push for more electric buses we […]

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Today in terrorism: October 20, 2014

It is indeed rare that I find myself writing about terrorism in my own country. I thankfully live in a land where political or religious violence is infrequent and even on those occasions where someone, or several someones, is plotting to do something violent we are blessed with a competent set of counter terrorism agencies […]

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Today in terrorism: October 19, 1998 arson at Colorado ski resort

How far would you go to prevent something bad from happening? Here is a small example. Let’s say you were walking downtown and came across a man and a woman arguing. As you went by you noticed things were getting more heated. Voices were raised and tempers skyrocketed. There was some physical contact (fingers pointed […]

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CTV News – Author Phil Gurski discusses terrorism in Canada

Retired from CSIS, author Phil Gurski writes about the threat of terrorism in Canada in “The Threat from Within”.

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Should Canada make any effort to repatriate foreign fighters?

Canada has been abuzz lately on what to do with ‘Jihadi Jack’, a UK-Canadian who joined ISIS. What should we do with him and other ‘foreign fighters’? Listen to this extract of Episode 17 Should we make any effort to repatriate foreign fighters? of the podcast An Intelligent Look at Terrorism.

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Today in terrorism: 18 October 1977, Assassination of Hanns Martin Schleyer

On this day in 1977, German businessman Hanns Martin Schleyer was killed by the Rote Armee Fraktion (Red Army Faction).