Categories
Perspectives

Canada needs to act on Saudis’ targeting of dissidents

The release of a CIA report holding Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman responsible for the brutal death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 matters to Canadians, because the same sort of thing can happen here. We’ve already seen the evidence.

Categories
Perspectives

March 3, 1975: Attempted kidnapping of the Dutch queen

On this day in March 1975 Moluccan terrorists attempted to kidnap the Queen of the Netherlands, Juliana

Categories
Perspectives

March 2, 1982: Sendero Luminoso initiates jail break in Peru

On this day in 1982 members of the Peruvian terrorist group Sendero Luminoso attacked a police station/penal institution in the city of Ayacucho, killing two officers

Categories
Perspectives

This week in terrorism: February 22-28, 2021

Listing all acts of terrorism that occurred in the world last week from the 22nd to the 28th of February 2021.

Categories
Perspectives

Do we need intelligence to stop nuclear weapons proliferation?

If there is a threat that is truly ‘existential’ to life on Earth it has to be nuclear weapons proliferation. So, how do we stop it?

Categories
Perspectives

March 1, 1994: Gunman targets Jewish students on Brooklyn Bridge

On this day in 1994 a gunman opened fire on a van carrying more than a dozen Hasidic students on the Brooklyn Bridge, killing one and injuring three others

Categories
Perspectives

February 28, 1984: Leftist terrorists bomb train in El Salvador

On this day in 1984 leftist terrorists belonging to the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front blew up two trains in El Salvador, killing 18 people

Categories
Perspectives

February 27, 2004: SuperFerry bombed in the Philippines

On this day in 2004 the Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf Group in the Philippines claimed the bombing of the ‘SuperFerry 14’ killing 116.

Categories
Perspectives

February 26, 2012: Tit-for-tat attacks in Nigeria

On this day in 2012 a suicide car bomber killed at least three people who were at morning prayers in a church in the central Nigerian city of Jos.

Categories
Perspectives

When CSIS talks, Canadians should listen

The heads of security intelligence agencies seldom open up: when they do it is a sign to pay attention.