Accusations that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service is Islamophobic do not take into account facts that Canadians have become jihadis.
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Terrorism means many things to many people and we may be heading down an unhelpful pathway.
On this day in 1974, the leftist Weather Underground bombed the HQ of the Gulf Oil Company in Pittsburgh to protest the firm’s actions in Angola.
In this episode, Phil looks at terrorism in Africa: who is who, what they have been up to and what the future prospects are.
On this day in 1956, a CIA officer posing as a US diplomat was killed by a terrorist bomb in a cafe in Nicosia, Cyprus in a case of mistaken identity.
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Intelligence and the next pandemic
The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought into the foreground the need to plan for the next one and the role of intelligence agencies.
On this day in 1996, the PIRA set off a three-tonne truck bomb in downtown Manchester UK, injuring more than 200 but killing no one.
One person was killed and seven wounded when a bomb was tossed a them outside a mosque in Tanzania’s Zanzibar region in what looked like a terrorist attack.
Music means a lot for people. It can inspire us, make us sad and happy. But sometimes it can be tied to political and religious extremism!
We talk about Islamic State (ISIS) for a simple reason: it is a lethal terrorist group. IRAQ/SYRIA – If you have been following this series for a while you will have seen that I am trying to accomplish a few things. I want to highlight a particularly large or significant act of terrorism on a […]