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Failed NATO airstrike kills 14 civilians in Afghanistan (May 29, 2011)

On this day in 2011, a NATO airstrike aimed at Taliban terrorists struck two houses and killed 14 civilians, including women and children.

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Incel violence is not terrorism… at least not yet

It is simply too early to label incel violence ‘terrorism’ and we have other legal tools to deal with this hateful, misogynist phenomenon.

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Podcast 42 – Shawn MacWha: Simulating a nuclear war between Russia and China

In this podcast, national security analyst Shawn MacWha and intelligence analyst Phil Gurski simulate a nuclear war between Russia and China.

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Who decides what is terrorism and what isn’t?

It is still a debatable issue whether ‘incels’ are terrorists or just occasionally violent people, as is what is the best way to detect and stop them.

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The challenges of calling any act of violence ‘terrorism’

The debate over what to call terrorism is an eternal one. Where incels fit in, if they do, will also go on for a while.

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What will terrorism look like post-COVID?

Terrorists like to have large audiences for their acts – what if we keep ‘social distancing’?

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Anarchists Firebomb Royal Bank in Ottawa (May 18, 2010)

Three anarchists protesting indigenous land issues during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver firebombed a bank in Ottawa in May 2010.

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Misogyny is horrible but it is not ‘terrorism’

The abuse of women in society is a crime that must be condemned: we can do so without conflating it with terrorism.

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COVID-19, face masks and national security

The debate over the niqab (Muslim face veil) was never about national security: COVID-19 is demonstrating that.

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Where is the COVID-19 terrorism spike?

There has not been an appreciable increase in terrorism activity in most nations across the world (there are exceptions). Here is what we know so far.