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Terry Fallis – A fictional Canadian terrorism plot by a leading Canadian writer

Episode 118 – Borealis talks to Terry Fallis, award-winning Canadian writer and author of the bestselling Operation Angus.

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December 21, 1975: ‘Carlos the Jackal’ leads a hostage taking in Austria

On December 21, 1975 six terrorists led by Carlos the Jackal took hostages at OPEC HQ in Vienna after killing three people.

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Is it time to drop terrorism from the Canadian Criminal Code?

When terrorism is applied to all kinds of criminal offences perhaps it is time to remove it from the criminal code: charges can be laid in other ways.

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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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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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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

Ahmed Patel – Why are many Muslims in denial over Islamist terrorism?

Episode 112 – Phil is joined by UK activist and Sufi Muslim Ahmed Patel, brother-in-law of the London 7/7 bomber.

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November 5, 1990: Islamist terrorist kills Jewish extremist in New York

On November 5, 1990 Jewish extremist Meir Kahane was killed by an Islamist terrorist in New York City.

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November 1, 2004: Teenager carries out a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv

On November 1, 2004 a PFLP suicide bomber detonated his device in a crowded Tel Aviv market, killing 3 and wounding 30.

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Are mental illness and terrorism mutually exclusive?

Are mental illness and violent extremism necessarily mutually exclusive? Can an individual suffer from some kind of psychological disorder and still be a terrorist?

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When the fight for independence leads to terrorism

What do we do when independence movements which are not seen, at least not yet, as terrorist groups start to venture down that road.