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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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Terrorism is becoming complicated… again!

When you hear someone say that terrorism has ‘changed’ and that we have to change with it be skeptical. Nothing really has changed over 150 years with the sole exception of technology.

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Zanzibar mosque bombing kills one, wounds seven (June 14, 2014)

One person was killed and seven wounded when a bomb was tossed a them outside a mosque in Tanzania’s Zanzibar region in what looked like a terrorist attack.

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10 beheaded by ISIS in Mozambique attack (May 27, 2018)

On this day in 2018, the ISIS Central African Province claimed an attack in a Mozambican village in which 10 people were beheaded, including children.

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World Media Freedom Day: Terrorism and the media

As we recognise World Media Freedom Day, we must remember those journalists killed by the very terrorist groups they were investigating.

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March 29, 2010 | Suicide bombings in Moscow

On this day in 2010, female suicide bombers are thought to have been behind an attack on the Moscow metro during the morning rush hour in which 38 people were killed.

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The Jihadi view of the world in a nutshell

We talk a lot about ideology when it comes to terrorism: sometimes it is a good idea to remind ourselves of the basics.

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March 23, 2014 | Attack on a Kenyan church

On this day in 2014, two gunmen stormed a church near the Kenyan city of Mombasa, opening fire on worshipers and killing four people.

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Podcast Quick Hits

QUICK HITS 15 – The Base

The arrest of Canadian Patrik Mathews, a member of The Base, in conjunction with a terrorist plot demonstrates that there are almost always signs of violent radicalisation. We should not ignore them.

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Once again, we see that foreign military deployments cause more, not less terrorism

When all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail. It is time to expand the toolbox.