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How woke and cancel culture undermine CT understanding

Hey Canada! Resorting to generic, meaningless terminology to describe terrorism is inaccurate, unhelpful and deters from broader understanding.

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May 4, 2016: Jihadi attack kills children in Syria

On May 4, 2016 Jabhat Al-Nusra attacked a village of in Syria, killing 15 civilians, including 4 children.

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Do ‘Prevent’ type CT programmes really work?

We have been ‘doing’ preventative work in the terrorism sphere for a few decades: is it time for a rethink?

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April 20, 2016: ISIS throws people off building in Iraq

On April 20, 2016 ISIS threw five people from the top of a high building to their deaths after accusing them of practicing sodomy in the city of Mosul

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April 16, 2016: Bombing at Sikh temple in Germany

On April 16, 2016 two teenaged Islamist terrorists carried out an explosion in a Sikh temple in the German city of Essen that wounded three people.

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April 8, 2011: Terrorists bomb Nigerian elections office

On April 8, 2011 a possible Boko Haram bomb blast killed at least six people at the office of Nigeria’s election commission in the central town of Suleja.

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April 3, 2013: Taliban suicide attack on Afghan courthouse

On April 3, 2013 Taliban suicide bombers killed themselves and 44 others in an attack on a courtroom to free 10 of their comrades on trial.

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March 25, 2017: Mass-decapitation in the DRC

On this day in 2017, individuals belonging to the Kamwina Nsapu decapitated 40 police officers in an ambush in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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March 16, 2016: Terrorists shoot administrators in protest in Burundi

On March 16, 2016 unidentified gunmen killed three local administrators in various parts of Burundi to protest the decision by President Pierre Nkurunziza to run for a third term.

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February 17, 2018: Racist terrorist stabs migrants in Germany

On February 17, 2018 a 70-year old German man stabbed three migrants to protest the German government’s refugee policy.