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November 30, 1984: Women and children killed in Sri Lankan Massacre

On November 30, 1984 the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam entered two villages in NE Sri Lanka and massacred a total of 82 people, including women and children.

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November 29, 2018: Sectarian shootings in Ethiopia

On November 29, 2018 at least 15 police officers and civilians were killed in western Ethiopia by Oromo Liberation Front terrorists

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November 27, 2009: Mysterious train derailment in Russia

On November 27, 2009 the Moscow-St Petersburg Nevsky Express crashed near the town of Bologoye, killing 25 and wounding another 63.

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It turns out Canada cannot prosecute returning foreign fighters

Quick Hits 179 – Canadian woman freed from ISIS detention camp reunites with daughter in Canada

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What price military counter terrorism intervention?

When you call it a ‘war on terrorism’ you’d expect a military role, no? But is it the best approach?

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November 20, 2018: Separatists kidnap students in Cameroon

On November 20, 2018 unidentified gunmen kidnaped nine students and a teacher at Lords Bilingual School in Kumba, Cameroon.

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Our struggles to define ‘terrorism’ continue…

Those who advocate or not so subtly justify the use of violence by environmental activists are terrorists, pure and simple.

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November 17, 1976: Islamist attack on Jordanian hotel

On November 17, 1976 Abu Nidal terrorists burst into the Intercontinental Hotel in Amman, Jordan and took hostages.

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Changing the language we use to describe terrorism does not make countering it any easier

Recent initiatives in Western countries like Canada to eschew terms like Islamist terrorism are nothing more than useless and counterproductive bureaucratic exercises.

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November 15, 2013: Islamists kidnap and kill tourists in Malaysia

On November 15, 2013 gunmen abducted a Taiwanese woman and her husband holidaying in Malaysia and handed them to the Abu Sayyaf Group.