On this day in 1985, four terrorists from the Palestine Liberation Front corralled 97 passengers aboard the Italian ship Achille Lauro.
On October 6 1981, assassins posing as soldiers opened fire on Egyptian President Anwar Sadat as he watched a military victory parade.
On this day in 1974, bombs went off in two pubs popular with British army personnel in Guildford that was close to several military barracks.
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Today in Terrorism: October 4, 2003
On 4 October 2003, 21 people were killed and 60 wounded in a suicide bombing carried out by a female terrorist in the Maxim restaurant in Haifa, Israel.
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Today in terrorism: October 3, 1991
On this day in 1991, five black Muslim followers of JuF stood accused of conspiring to simultaneously blow up two Toronto Hindu buildings in an attempt to kill 4,500 people.
Iran gets a lot of bad press (somewhat deservedly!) for its international meddling and ‘theocracy’. But is it really as dangerous as another ‘theocratic’ state when it comes to terrorism?
For those who could not make my recent RCMI lecture on terrorism in Canada on October 1, here it is!
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Today in Terrorism: October 2, 2004
Assam is probably not an area of the world at the forefront of many people’s minds. This state in northeast India near the border with Bangladesh (this is important as we shall see) is known for its tea more than anything. It is also, alas, a land that has witnessed a fair bit of violence […]
Espionage or sabotage, foreign influence… Why do we have security intelligence services like the CSIS? What do they do for us?
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Today in terrorism: October 1, 1910
On this day in 1910, a time bomb built of 16 sticks of connected to a cheap windup alarm clock exploded in an alley next to the Los Angeles Times.