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Today in Terrorism: 13 November

The Bataclan theatre attack catapulted ISIS, and more specifically, returning foreign terrorist fighters into the international limelight. I have never witnessed a terrorist attack, let alone been injured in one. I have had to analyse the aftermath of many terrorist attacks and even been a small part of a larger team that helped to prevent […]

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When we prematurely pronounce a terrorist group dead

We really need to stop prematurely declaring the death of terrorist groups despite our need to celebrate victories.

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Today in Terrorism: 12 November

In 2015, 43 people were killed and more than 240 wounded in two suicide bomb blasts claimed by ISIS in Beirut’s southern suburbs.

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We really are no closer to figuring out what to do with ISIS detainees

Deciding how to deal with detained ISIS ‘foreign fighters’ is proving to be very, very difficult. One would think it rare that terrorists and those trying to prevent them from achieving their goals would share the same desires. Yet in a way it is true, at least for the Islamist terrorist variety. Many Islamist terrorist […]

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National security priorities for the Liberal minority government

Here’s what needs to be done by the Liberal minority government on the national security/public safety front.

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When all everyone wants to talk about is far right extremism can we forget about the jihadis?

Why Islamist terrorism must remain an investigative priority.

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The Morning Rush – What are the implications of the U.S. killing ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?

Phil Gurski joins The Morning Rush with analysis of the U.S. confirming the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

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Al Baghdadi’s death will not signal the end of ISIS

Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi has been killed by US Special Forces but ISIS will live on.

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Today in Terrorism: 25 October 2016 Iraq

The Battle of Mosul was an attempt by the Iraqi Army and its allies to wrest control of the city from ISIS terrorists: ISIS massacred hundreds in response. Iraq has been a suffering nation for many, many years. When I began by career in intelligence in the early 1980s it was under the iron fist […]

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Today in Terrorism: 23 October 1983 bombing of Marine barracks

US Marines in Beirut suffer catastrophic bombing in October 1983