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Tajikistan: ISIS kills cyclists on a journey around the world (July 29, 2018)

On this day in 2018, four Western cyclists were stabbed to death by self-styled ISIS terrorists on the edge of a highway in Tajikistan.

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Calgary, hotbed of Jihadism?

The Calgary RCMP INSET has charged a man with joining ISIS and participating in acts of terrorism on behalf of the group in Syria.

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The first rule of spy club: you do not talk about spy club

Former CSIS Analyst Phil Gurski weighs in on why it makes sense for nations to share intelligence where and when they can.

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PKK arson and murder in Basbaglar, Turkey (July 5, 1993)

On this day in 1993, PKK terrorists slaughtered 33 villagers in eastern Turkey and burned down 200 buildings including a clinic and a mosque.

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More Baku Metro bombings in Azerbaijan (July 3, 1994)

On this day in 1994, alleged separatists with the assistance of Armenian secret services carried out their second attack on the Baku metro in Azerbaijan in the same year.

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A review of Caliphate – Episode 8 (Season Finale)

How realist is the depiction of ISIS in this first season of the Caliphate series? In this podcast, intelligence veteran and terrorism specialist Phil Gurski reviews Netflix Caliphate.

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CSIS and accusations of Islamophobia

Accusations that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service is Islamophobic do not take into account facts that Canadians have become jihadis.

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A review of Caliphate – Episode 7

Calle calls Fatima in panic and demands that she and her contacts help get Lisha out. Pervin is devastated by the fight with Husam.

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Podcast 45 – Christianne Boudreau: My child died fighting for a terrorist group

Imagine if your child ended up leaving home to join a terrorist group and died fighting for ISIS. Christianne Boudreau, joins Borealis to talk about what she went through and how she is trying to help parents.

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A review of Caliphate – Episode 6

Fatima runs surveillance on Nadir to see if he can lead her to information that will confirm her suspicions. Fatima has arranged Pervin’s escape from Syria.