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2011 Norway attacks

On this day in 2001, Anders Behring Breivik set off bombs outside a government complex in Oslo then traveled to an island called Utoya, killing 77 in all.

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Al Mawla: What will the new ISIS leader do?

Following the killing of Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, ISIS was leaderless for a while. No longer. Mawla the ‘Destroyer’ has now assumed the helm. What is in store for ISIS going forward?

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

Talking terrorism with veteran US observer and practitioner Brian Jenkins

Borealis has a lengthy exchange with Rand Corporation’s Brian Jenkins, a true pioneer in the study of violent extremism.

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Bloody Friday: IRA bombing in Northern Ireland kills 9 (July 21, 1972)

Six months after ‘Bloody Sunday’ the Irish terrorist group IRA carried out bomb attacks in Belfast that became known as ‘Bloody Friday’.

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A rare insight into Canada’s most secretive spy agency

My old stomping grounds, CSE (Communications Security Establishment), has just put out its very first public report. Let the trumpets sound and the banners fly!

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Islamist terrorist detonates motor scooter bomb in a market near Hindu temple in Jammu (July 20, 1995)

On this day in 1995, a bomb in a motor scooter detonated in a market in northern Indian Kashmir killing 17 people and wounding more than 100.

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Why Islamic leaders remain silent about China’s internment camps for Uyghur Muslims

China is involved in what can only be called a ‘genocide’ against Uyghur Muslims. Former CSIS Analyst Phil Gurski weighs in on why the world’s Muslims leaders remain silent.

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Taliban killing of church workers (July 19, 2007)

On this day in 2007, the Taliban kidnapped 23 South Korean evangelical Christians in 2007, killing two before releasing the rest in a $20 ransom deal with Seoul.

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AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires (July 18, 1994)

On this day in 1994 a suicide bomber rammed his car into a building in Buenos Aires killing 85 people and wounding hundreds more.

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CSIS used information collected via illegal activities. Why is this a surprise?

Former CSIS Analyst Phil Gurski discusses why CSIS was taken to task by the Federal court in Canada for using information collected via illegal activities.