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Communist attack in the Philippines – December 19, 2018

On this day in 2018 the New People’s Army abducted two soldiers and a dozen militiamen in an attack on an army base in the south of the Philippines.

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Deaths from terrorism are down, but…

Terrorists killed less than half as many people in 2018 than they did in 2014: some trends are still worrisome however.

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Al-Karak Attack – December 18, 2016

In 2016 on this day, Islamist extremists attacked the Jordanian city of Karak killing ten people, including a Canadian tourist.

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Hometown terrorists?

The actual place of incubation does not matter. What does is having a bevy of like-minded co-conspirators and access to relevant material, and that can happen anywhere.

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Sydney hostage crisis – December 15, 2014

The 2014 Sydney hostage crisis occurred when a lone gunman, Man Haron Monis, held hostage ten customers and eight employees of a Lindt chocolate café.

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CPAC – Security Experts Discuss The ‘2019 Global Terrorism Index’

Serge Stroobants and Phil Gurski joins CPAC’s Peter Van Dusen to discuss their newest report on tracking terrorist threats, the 2019 Global Terrorism Index.

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Too many bomb plots… – December 11 1994, 2010 and 2017

Most terrorists are not very competent and often succeed in killing only themselves.

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Today in Terrorism: December 10, 2016 – Istanbul bombing

On this day in 2016, two explosions caused by a car bombing and suicide bombing in Istanbul killed 48 people and injured 166 others.

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National Security Priorities for the Canadian Government, from ISIS Fighters to Guns

Many pundits remarked that we saw neither hide nor hair of anything related to national security or foreign policy in the platforms of any of the main parties during the election campaign.

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The ebb and flow of terrorist groups: Why declaring victory is often premature

Declaring ‘victory’ over a terrorist group/terrorism may be a nice sound bite, but it is rarely accurate.