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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 Pérez Castillo and wounding seven others.

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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 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.

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March 31, 2004: Murders of US mercenaries in Iraq

On this day in 2004 four members of Blackwater were ambushed and killed in the Iraqi city of Fallujah and subsequently hanged.

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Chris Lewis: From cop to commentator

Episode 87 – Phil Gurski talks with former OPP commissioner Chris Lewis about his career and about ‘experts’ in the media.

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Quick Hits 154 – Why are we in such a hurry to call mass murder terrorism?

Two more mass shootings recently took place in the US – one in Atlanta and one in Georgia – making 103 since January 1st of this year.