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April 12, 2008 | Bombing of mosque in Shiraz, Iran

An Iranian monarchist group was behind a bombing at a mosque in Shiraz in 2008 that killed 12 and wounded 200

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The perils of ‘terrorism prediction’

No one can predict the future and that includes terrorism ‘experts’.

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April 11, 2002 | Bombing at Ghriba Synagogue in Tunisia

Al Qaeda followed up 9/11 with a terrorist attack on the Djerba Ghriba synagogue in Tunisia where a suicide bomber detonated a truck killing 19 people.

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April 10, 2003 | Bombing of Palestinian playground

A shadowy Jewish terrorist group claimed a bomb on a Palestinian playground in which 20 children were injured.

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Quick Hits

Quick Hits: Spreading the Coronavirus is NOT terrorism

There is a movement to charge those claiming to spread the COVID-19 virus with terrorism. We only dilute our understanding of the word if we do so.

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April 9, 2017 | ISIS church bombings in Egypt

The Sinai branch of ISIS carried out two suicide attacks on Christian worshipers on Palm Sunday killing 37 people and wounding 136

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April 8, 2016 | Executions in Damascus

On this day in 2016, ISIS killed 175 cement workers from among a group of 300 individuals they had kidnapped northeast of Damascus.

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

Podcast 35 – Where is terrorism going? Borealis talks to US academic Colin P. Clarke

How has terrorism changed over the decades and, more importantly, where is it going in the next few years?

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April 7, 2017 | Truck attack in Stockholm

On this day in 2017 a man drove a stolen beer truck into a crowd of people in a popular shopping district in Stockholm, killing four people.

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Peace in Afghanistan? Not likely in our time

Canada suffered casualties during its mission in Afghanistan and it is tragic that a Western departure will not bring peace.