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Who should we worry about more: Saudi Arabia or Iran?

I bet some of you are wondering why this blog post is being written, in light of the title.  Surely, you are probably saying, there is no contest.  Iran meddles in the affairs of other countries, supports terrorist groups like Hamas and Hizballah and is trying to acquire nuclear weapons.  And then there is that […]

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

Forget Taliban 2.0! How about Afghan jihad 2.0?

Episode 334 – Is the world stumbling into a remake of the terrorist safe haven that led to 9/11? After the horror of 9/11 it was logical – and completely justifiable – to go after those behind the attacks. As it turned out, the group responsible – Al Qaeda (AQ) – was based in Afghanistan […]

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

Why Oman should play a bigger role in the Persian Gulf conflict

Episode 332 – With the US/Israel and Iran at war, a party that gets along with everyone is indispensable I am fairly certain that most people have either never heard of Oman or could not find it on a map. This small sultanate does not garner many headlines but is, oddly enough, one of the […]

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Podcast Spies Like Us

Canada’s fraudulent immigration removal system ‘Rana’ amok!

Season 3 Episode 24 – Hey Gorka! Canadian (foot)balls are bigger than US (foot)balls! With Al’s triumphant return from wherever he was – don’t ask, don’t tell! – the lads weigh in on Canada’s joke of a citizenship removal system despite obvious fraud and terrorism links, the US counter-terrorism ?strategy? that somehow missed all the […]

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

Where do ‘new’ terrorist groups come from?

Episode 329 – How easy is it to create a terrorist group? You would think the world already has enough terrorist groups. While jihadi ones like Al Qaeda and Islamic State – and their affiliates, provinces and wannabes – predominate, there are others out there as well. And in what is an interesting development, new […]

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

Overseas conflicts often lead to threats here

Episode 328 – Violence abroad rarely stays abroad Well, the world is in a state these days, isn’t it? War in Iran. War in Gaza. War in Lebanon. Closure of the Straits of Hormuz. An ongoing civil war in Yemen. And that is just the Middle East! When it comes to terrorism in the West, […]

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

The pressure of investigating a shooting in wartime

Episode 324 – Even when the public wants immediate answers, police need time to do their jobs If you watch enough crime dramas on Netflix (or the streaming platform of your choice: my wife and I are watching the quirky Annika on PBS now), you are led to believe that solving crimes is a matter […]

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Perspectives

Canada Has to Get Serious About Foreign Threats to Citizens

This piece first appeared in The Epoch Times Canada on June 12, 2025. As a nation of immigrants, Canada has served as a refuge for all kinds of people who came here for all kinds of reasons. Some simply wanted a better life for themselves and their families. Some were fleeing war or conflict zones. […]

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

What does a Houthi-Al Shabaab alignment entail for regional security?

Episode 281 – The Horn of Africa is beset by a new, albeit odd, alliance To say that the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia) is unstable is an understatement. Whether we are talking about war, famine or terrorism, the region has had its challenges for decades. Now a working relationship between Al Qaeda-affiliated Al […]

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

How bad are Canada-India relations?

Episode 277 – Forty years after the Air India attack and a few years after an Indian killing of a Sikh extremist on Canadian soil Everyone remembers 9/11. That single event has become a ‘where were you when’ moment in human history. Few know, however, that prior to that cataclysmic attack, a bomb on an […]