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Eight dead as bombers target western-owned Jakarta hotels (July 17, 2009)

The Indonesian terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah is believed to be behind the July 2009 bombings at two hotels in Jakarta in which eight people were killed.

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Why can’t Canada deport a terrorist?

Al Qaeda member Mohamed Harkat should have been sent back to his native Algeria decades ago: why is he still here in Canada?

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Vehicle bombing in Peru (July 16, 1992)

On this day in 1992, the Peruvian terrorist group Sendero Luminoso set off a vehicle bomb in Lima killing 25 people and wounding a further 155.

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The first rule of spy club: you do not talk about spy club

Former CSIS Analyst Phil Gurski weighs in on why it makes sense for nations to share intelligence where and when they can.

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Bomb attack in Angola (July 15, 1984)

On this day in 1984, former Angolan independence war partner UNITA bombed an oil pipeline killing 22 people as part of the Angolan civil war.

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Podcast Quick Hits

The French Revolution and the ‘War on Terrorism’ – The jury is still out

Looking at the ‘War on Terror’ through the lens of the French Revolution.

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The need to do a much better job of removing those who do not belong in Canada

The auditor general found despite a recent increase in removals, about 50,000 enforceable cases piled up in the CBSA’s inventory during the time of her audit.

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

Lorenzo Vidino on how worried we should be about the Muslim Brotherhood

Former CSIS Analyst Phil Gurksi interviews Lorenzo Vidino, specialist on the Muslim Brotherhood in the West about how worried we should be about the MB.

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Indonesian police shoot dead three suspected militants (July 14, 2018)

On this day in 2018, Indonesian counter terrorism police foiled a plot by JAD Islamist terrorists in the Java city of Yogyakarta.

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Can someone be charged with ‘advocating genocide’?

I think we all agree that the worst crime humans can commit is to try to, or succeed in, killing whole races.