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We do not benefit from the whitewashing of terrorism

Looking back at a terrorist plot 15 years later only to force it through the filter of ‘racism’ is just plain wrong and unhelpful.

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How meaningful is ‘sorry’ after a mass terrorist attack?

Should we accept an apology from a convicted terrorist who was let out early after having built bombs that killed more than 200?

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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

Why wasn’t the Arab Spring the end to Islamist terrorism: a conversation with Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

The Arab Spring was supposed to usher in an era of democracy for MENA and bleed support for Islamist terrorism. It didn’t. A chat with Daveed Gartenstein-Ross as to why not

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Is Canada’s security service focusing on the right terrorist threat?

The decision to shift counter terrorism resources from jihadis to RWE is ill-advised and may come back to bite us one day.

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Old jihadi causes never die…nor do they fade away

The recent attack on UK author Salman Rushdie is a potent reminder that calls for religious violence can last decades.

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May 13, 2011: Bombing at military training centre in Pakistan

On May 13, 2011 98 people were killed by two TTP suicide bombs at a military training centre northwest Pakistan in revenge for the killing of AQ leader bin Laden.

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April 28, 2011: Bombing in Moroccan café kills civilians

On April 28, 2011 a likely AQIM suicide bomber attacked a café in the main square of the Moroccan city of Marrakesh, killing 15.

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April 26, 2010: Attempted assassination of UK Ambassador to Yemen

On April 26, 2010 an AQ terrorist dressed as a schoolboy carried out a suicide attack near the convoy of the British ambassador to Yemen, killing only himself.

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March 14, 2014: IED kills a carload of civilians in Afghanistan

On March 14, 2014 an IED exploded in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, killing a carload of civilians, including two women and two children.

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February 6, 2015: Boko Haram attack countered by military in Niger

On February 6, 2015 Boko Haram attacked two towns in Niger but lost over 100 terrorists when the local military counter-attacked.