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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.

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Bombings in Casablanca (May 16, 2003)

One of the rare successful Al Qaeda suicide bombings in Morocco occurred in May 2003: 41 people were killed and 100 injured.

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May 2, 2011 | Killing of AQ leader Usama bin Laden

Justice was served to some extent when US Navy Seals located and killed Al Qaeda terrorist leader and 9/11 mastermind Usama bin Laden in Pakistan in May 2011

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April 11, 2002 | Bombing at Ghriba Synagogue in Tunisia

Al Qaeda followed up 9/11 with a terrorist attack on the Djerba Ghriba synagogue in Tunisia where a suicide bomber detonated a truck killing 19 people.

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Today in Terrorism: 8 November 2003, Bombings in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

On this day in 2003, a Saudi Arabia compound was hit by multiple bombs attributed to Al Qaeda.

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

Just what is happening in the US intel community?

Episode 293 – Is the Trump Administration undermining those agencies tasked with keeping it safe? Security intelligence and law enforcement agencies do very important jobs in investigating threats to our nations. As a consequence, they have to have the resources to do that, without interference for political reasons. What is happening in the US, however, […]

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Where’s the uprising over Gaza?

Episode 288 – What will take for Arab states to launch another ‘Arab spring’? Almost 15 years ago the world awoke to an amazing event. A Tunisian fruit vendor had his wares seized and was insulted by a police officer, leading to his later suicide and a call for change in Tunisia. This spawned a […]

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

Chinese influence in Canada is getting worse and worse

Episode 287 – When will Canada take PRC meddling in its affairs seriously? That China has infiltrated Canadian society at so many levels is beyond doubt. “Police” stations, harassing dissidents, interfering in our elections, the list goes on and on. And, despite reports and inquiries these anti-democratic activities do not seem to garner the necessary […]

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

When a Soviet defector launched the Cold War…in Canada!

Episode 282 – How a cipher clerk opened the door on Soviet spying in the West Ah the Cold War! Those were the good old days when we knew the enemy and he knew us. Few know that the decades-long slowly simmering conflict began in Ottawa when Igor Gouzenko defected from the Soviet Embassy with […]

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Podcast Quick Hits

Did Canada just dodge a RW bullet?

Episode 268 – How serious is the RW threat to Canada? If you listen to many ‘experts’ the biggest threat to world safety emanates from the far right (what normal people call right-wing terrorism (RW) but the Canadian government calls IMVE – ideologically-motivated violent extremism). Recent RCMP arrests in Quebec hit the news yesterday and […]