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February 3, 1976: School bus hijacking and killing in Djibouti

On February 3, 1976 gunmen of the Front for the Liberation of the Somali Coast hijacked a school bus carrying 30 children: 1 died and 6 were injured

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February 1, 1978: Dutch children eat mercury-poisoned oranges

On February 1, 1978 five Dutch children fell ill after eating Israeli oranges poisoned with mercury by PLO sympathisers

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December 23, 2016: Qadhafi supporters hijack plane in Libya

On December 23, 2016 an Afriqiyah Airlines flight was hijacked by two men wanting to bring back the Qadhafi regime in Libya.

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December 17, 1996: Killings in Chechen hospital

On December 17, 1996 Chechen terrorists attacked a hospital run by the ICRC in Novye Atagi, Chechnya and killed six expatriate workers.

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Are there limits to intelligence sharing in counter terrorism?

Sometimes the need to ensure public safety and national security require ‘taking the ugly date to the dance’.

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September 13, 1974: JRA hostage crisis at French embassy in The Hague

On September 13, 1974 Japanese Red Army terrorists stormed the French embassy in The Hague and took 11 hostages, including the ambassador

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September 6, 1970: Attempted hijacking of aircraft in Amsterdam foiled

On September 6, 1970 a member of the Sandinista was shot and killed as he tried to hijack an El-Al flight leaving Amsterdam.

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September 5, 1972: Massacre at Munich Summer Olympics

On September 5, 1972 members of Black September kidnapped Israeli athletes at the summer Olympics in Munich, , eventually killing 11 of them

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Minke Meijnders – What role does strategic foresight play in national security?

Episode 101 – Phil Gurski chats with Minke Meijnders, instructor at the University of Ottawa’s Security, Economics and Technology program.

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June 17, 1995: Bombing of French consulate in Australia

On June 17, 1995 two people firebombed the French Consulate in Perth protesting a decision by the French government to renew nuclear tests in the South Pacific