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September 26, 2016: ISIS murder in Sinai

ISIS in the Sinai terrorists beheaded two civilians in 2016 and dumped their orange jumpsuit-clad bodies at the side of the road.

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September 19, 1988: Downing of French UTA Flight 772 over Sahara

Libya is beleved to have been behind the 1988 downing of a French flight from Congo to Paris in which all 156 passengers and 14 crew were killed.

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September 18, 2001: Anthrax attacks in the US

A week after 9/11 a series of letters laced with anthrax were sent to US senators and news outlets, killing 5 and wounding 17: the case was never 100% solved.

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September 16, 1982: Sabra and Shatila massacre in Beirut, Lebanon

A Lebanese Christian group massacred hundreds and perhaps thousands of Shia Muslims in Beirut as the Israeli army looked on in September 1982.

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

Liam Duffy: Is the ‘war on terrorism’ turning into a ‘war on words’?

UK researcher and former PREVENT officer Liam Duffy joins former CSIS analyst Phil Gurski to discuss the lack of consensus on what terrorism means.

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September 12, 1986: Bombing at Paris shopping mall

A little know Arab terrorist group engaged in a series of bombings against commercial establishments in Paris in 1985-86 to push for freeing prisoners.

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September 11, 2001: Attacks in New York and Washington

September 11, 2001 was a Tuesday. And a glorious Tuesday it was. I had walked to my job at CSIS – the Canadian Security Intelligence Service – as was my usual practice.

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September 9, 2001: Killing of Ahmad Shah Massoud in Afghanistan

Al Qaeda killed Afghan Northern Alliance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud on September 9, 2001 in what was seen as a harbinger of 9/11.

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August 27, 1979: Assassination of Lord Mountbatten

On this day in 1979, The Provisional IRA executed a spectacular terrorist attack when they bombed the boat of Queen Elizabeth’s cousin Lord Mountbatten.

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August 21, 2015: US servicemen stop Islamist attacker on train in Belgium

A mass casualty terrorist attack on a train in Belgium by a jihadi armed with a gun and knife was averted when three US servicemen tackled the assailant.