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March 21, 2011 | Attack on construction site in port city of Gwadar, Pakistan

On this day in 2011, unidentified people on motorbikes attacked a construction crew in the port city of Gwadar in Pakistan, killing eleven.

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How worried should we be about a bioterrorism attack?

Terrorists want to instill fear and there is nothing scarier than a biological attack. But how realistic is it?

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When other people’s disputes come to our shores

Canada is proudly a land of many nations, but sometimes homeland conflicts come to roost.

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March 15, 2019: Christchurch Mosque Shootings

On this day in 2019, Australian citizen Brenton Tarrant, carried out attacks on two mosques in Christchurch that resulted in the deaths of at least 50 people.

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March 11, 2004 | Train Bombings in Madrid

On this day in 2004, ten bombs placed on four trains detonated during the morning commute in Madrid, killing 191 and leaving and more than 1,600 wounded.

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March 8, 2004 | Ultra-orthodox Jewish attack in Jerusalem

On this day in 2004 dozens of ultra-orthodox Jews attacked Arab taxi drivers with rocks in Jerusalem, wounding two (one went to hospital).

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Is it ever OK to negotiate with terrorists?

We should have learned by now that military occupation to deal with terrorism is seldom a good idea: the problem is there are few alternatives. This contribution appeared in Homeland Security Today on February 17, 2020 HOMELAND SECURITY TODAY — It is looking more and more like the U.S. will ink a deal with the […]

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February 26, 1993 | World Trade Center Bombing

Sometimes terrorist attacks are merely a harbinger of something worse, much worse, to happen. NEW YORK, USA — Do you remember the feelings you had on 9/11? Do you remember the shock you felt on seeing the planes strike the World Trade Center towers, the buildings collapsing, the people fleeing the scene? Do you recall […]

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February 21, 1970 | Bombing of SwissAir Flight 330

Today it is really hard to get a bomb on an airplane: this was not always the case.

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February 18, 1983 | ‘Nellie’ Massacres in Assam, India

On this day on 1983, a massacre unfolded over an election in which then Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had allowed Bangladeshi migrants to vote.