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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 7, 1995: Car bomb explodes near Jewish school in Lyon, France

On this day in 1995, Algeria’s GIA terrorist group exploded a car bomb outside a Jewish school in Lyon, France, injuring 14

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September 3, 2010: 22 year-old suicide bomber kills 73 in Quetta, Pakistan

On this day in 2010, the Pakistani Sunni terrorist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi was behind a suicide bombing targeting Shia Muslims in Quetta.

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September 2, 2016: Bombing at Davao market in the Philippines

On this day in 2016, Islamist extremists were the most likely ones behind a bombing in Davao City, Philippines in which at least 15 were killed.

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September 1, 2004: The Beslan hostage crisis

On this day in 2002, Chechen terrorists took over a school in Beslan, North Ossetia. Almost 200 children were dead.

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The new tactic driving terrorism

How complicated does a terrorist act have to be? Counter-terrorism veteran Phil Gurski weighs in on vehicular ramming attacks.

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August 16, 2012: More than 100 killed in a series of bombings in Iraq

On that day in 2012, more than 100 were killed and 400 injured in a series of bombings and attacks across Iraq as the country exited the US occupation phase.

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August 14, 2007: 800 killed and 1,500 injured by car bombings in Iraq

On this day in 2007, car bombs in northen Iraq targeting Yazidis exploded killing almost 800 people and injuring 1,500.

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Remember ISIS? Guess what: they still pose a threat here in Canada

It is rare for a terrorist group to entirely cease to exist. There have been several successful attacks over the past few years and there will be more.

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August 6, 2015: Mosque bombing in Saudi Arabia

On this day in 2015, ISIS claimed responsibility for a bombing at a mosque in southwest Saudi Arabia that killed 15 including security forces members.