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August 1, 1985: Kidnapping off the coast of Libya

On this day in 1085, three European hostages were seized in the Mediterranean by Abu NIdal terrorists and were not freed until almost five years later.

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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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Family burned alive for trying to flee ISIS held territory (July 24, 2016)

On this day in 2016, ISIS burned alive a family, including a 2-year old child, for trying to escape from the so-called Caliphate outside of Kirkuk.

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

Talking terrorism with veteran US observer and practitioner Brian Jenkins

Borealis has a lengthy exchange with Rand Corporation’s Brian Jenkins, a true pioneer in the study of violent extremism.

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Islamist terrorist detonates motor scooter bomb in a market near Hindu temple in Jammu (July 20, 1995)

On this day in 1995, a bomb in a motor scooter detonated in a market in northern Indian Kashmir killing 17 people and wounding more than 100.

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Taliban killing of church workers (July 19, 2007)

On this day in 2007, the Taliban kidnapped 23 South Korean evangelical Christians in 2007, killing two before releasing the rest in a $20 ransom deal with Seoul.

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AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires (July 18, 1994)

On this day in 1994 a suicide bomber rammed his car into a building in Buenos Aires killing 85 people and wounding hundreds more.

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Eight dead as bombers target western-owned Jakarta hotels (July 17, 2009)

The Indonesian terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah is believed to be behind the July 2009 bombings at two hotels in Jakarta in which eight people were killed.

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Why can’t Canada deport a terrorist?

Al Qaeda member Mohamed Harkat should have been sent back to his native Algeria decades ago: why is he still here in Canada?

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Bomb attack in Angola (July 15, 1984)

On this day in 1984, former Angolan independence war partner UNITA bombed an oil pipeline killing 22 people as part of the Angolan civil war.