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A review of Caliphate – Episode 5

Dolores calls Fatima with very upsetting information. Fatima is afraid that her phone is tapped and tells Dolores they should meet at her place.

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A review of Caliphate – Episode 4

Ahmed, the colleague of Husam, is reported missing and Husam believes he has killed Ahmed.

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A review of Caliphate – Episode 3

Fatima tries to convince her chief at the Security Service of the seriousness of the information she has received from Pervin, but is met with complete indifference. What’s going on?

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ISIS terrorists burn alive an entire family in public for trying to escape (May 11, 2016)

ISIS terrorists are known for all kinds of atrocities in Iraq and Syria but how much lower can you get than burning a family with children alive?

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Where is the COVID-19 terrorism spike?

There has not been an appreciable increase in terrorism activity in most nations across the world (there are exceptions). Here is what we know so far.

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A review of Caliphate – Episode 2

Fatima is going to help bring Pervin home from Syria, but she has a counter-demand. She asks Pervin to spy on her husband.

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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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A review of Caliphate – Episode 1

Security Service agent Fatima’s career is in trouble after a serious mistake. But one day she gets a very upsetting phone call.

Caliphate

About the Caliphate The Swedish series Caliphate is getting a lot of attention. It is the story of ISIS and a planned attack in Sweden and the local intelligence effort to stop it. Here is an unofficial ‘review’ by a 30-year intelligence veteran and terrorism specialist. Starting in 2014, the terrorist group known as ISIS launched its […]

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April 20, 1995 | LRA Massacre in Uganda

Lord’s Resistance Army massacred hundreds of civilians in northern Uganda in April 1995 and took women and girls as slaves.