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Whither Afghan ‘peace’

War seems to be the fate of Afghanistan: peace may not be in the cards.

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October 8, 2002: Al Qaeda attack in Kuwait

Two AQ terrorists attacked unarmed US Marines engaged in exercises on Kuwait’s Failaka Island in 2002, killing one and wounding one.

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September 20, 2008: Marriott Hotel bombing in Islamabad, Pakistan

40 people were killed and another 250 injured when a truck bomb struck the Marriott Hotel in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad.

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September 9, 2001: Killing of Ahmad Shah Massoud in Afghanistan

Al Qaeda killed Afghan Northern Alliance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud on September 9, 2001 in what was seen as a harbinger of 9/11.

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August 4, 1998: Attacks in Colombia

On this day in 1998, Colombia’s FARC and ELN terrorist groups attacked military and police in half the country’s provinces killing at least 76.

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Why can’t some people just call terrorists ‘terrorists’?

While there is no question that the term terrorism is overused, there are puzzling occasions on which it is not used at all.

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Attack on Iranian terrorist group camp in Iraq (July 4, 2016)

On this day in 2016, anti-Iranian terrorist group Mujahedin-e-Khalq was attacked by possible pro-Iranian militias at its camp in Iraq; 40 were wounded.

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Armed suspect at Rideau Hall and Trump denies Russian bounty intelligence

Two interesting developments in two capitals. Armed suspect arrested at Rideau Hall and Trump denies being briefed on Russian bounty intelligence.

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‘Peace in our time’, Afghan style?

Why military interventions are hard to evaluate, especially ones in really broken lands like Afghanistan.

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Attack at Canadian Embassy in Kabul (June 20, 2016)

On this day in 2016, both the Taliban and ISIS claimed a suicide bomber who killed 16 locally-engaged security guards at the Canadian embassy in Kabul.