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The Current for Oct. 7, 2020 – Repatriating Canadians who left to join ISIS

Matt Galloway speaks to Lawrence Greenspon, lawyer for Amira’s uncle, Farida Deif, Canada director at Human Rights Watch, and Phil Gurski, a former CSIS strategic analyst.

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Perspectives

April 5, 2016: Suicide bombers detonate on public transport in Niger

On this day in 2016 three civilians were killed and several others injured when two Boko Haram suicide bombers detonated their equipment in a public transport vehicle on its way to a market in southeast Niger.

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So who gets to decide what is and what is not a terrorist group?

The decision to name some groups as terrorist is often a very biased one: it is important to see why certain groups are labeled as such

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April 4, 1972: Explosion kills official at the Cuban trade offices in Montreal

On this day in 1972, a bomb exploded at the Cuban trade offices in Montreal killing the consular diplomat Sergio PĂ©rez Castillo and wounding seven others.

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Video

Intelligence Veteran Reviews – Marvel Studios’ Black Panther (2018)

Is there a main character in Black Panther who engages in terrorism?

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April 3, 2011: Teenage suicide bombers kill Sufi worshipers in Pakistan

On this day in 2011, three teenage suicide bombers attacked a Sufi shrine in Pakistan in quick succession. The first two were able to detonate their suicide vests, killing at least 44 people and wounding more than 120.

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Quick Hits

Quick Hits 155 – Are “experts” as good as they say they are?

Everywhere you turn you come across an ‘expert’.

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April 2, 1998: 93-year-old synagogue bombed in Latvia

On this day in 1998, a bomb exploded outside the only synagogue in the Latvian capital of Riga causing an estimated $60,000 in damage but no injuries.

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April 1, 2018: Killing of Hazara Shiite in Pakistan

On this day in 2018, a member of Quetta’s Shia Hazara community was killed and another was injured in what was suspected to be a targeted killing.

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Is one person’s terrorist attack another’s ‘terrorist attack’?

The Iranian regime may be despicable for several very good reasons but that does not mean it is not the victim of terrorism too.