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Why we need to be careful in declaring an end to terrorism

Terrorism is really hard to defeat. Governments often announce ‘victory’ over terrorist entities to sound positive, but these pronouncements are usually hollow.

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December 24, 1994: GIA hijacking in France

On this day in December 1994 GIA terrorists hijacked a French airliner with a plan of exploding it over the Eiffel Tower.

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December 3, 1996: GIA bombing in Paris

Four people were killed at 170 injured in a bombing at a Paris metro station in December 1996 which was blamed on the GIA

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Denmark shows the world how to deport terrorists: Canada should listen

A nation state has a right and a duty to send terrorists back to countries seeking their extradition.

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September 7, 1995: Car bomb explodes near Jewish school in Lyon, France

On this day in 1995, Algeria’s GIA terrorist group exploded a car bomb outside a Jewish school in Lyon, France, injuring 14

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August 9, 2017: Car ramming in France

On this day in 2017, an ISIS-inspired Islamist terrorist drove over French soldiers in a Paris suburb injuring six before he was arrested following a police chase.

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Assassination attempt of French king in Paris (July 28, 1835)

A former thief sought to get revenge on society by assassinating French King Louis Philippe in Paris in 1835 with the use of an IED.

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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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Terrorism is becoming complicated… again!

When you hear someone say that terrorism has ‘changed’ and that we have to change with it be skeptical. Nothing really has changed over 150 years with the sole exception of technology.

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Two Tunisian soldiers killed in AQIM attack (June 6, 2013)

On this day in 2013, two Tunisian soldiers were killed and two wounded in a terrorist attack carried out by Al Qaeda affiliate AQIM near Tunisia’s border with Algeria.