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Podcast Quick Hits

Quick Hits: Does Canada’s foreign policy need a redo?

Canada just lost a vote to gain a seat on the UN Security Council. How do Canada’s intelligence agencies meet the country’s foreign intel priorities?

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Perspectives

Orlando Pulse Nightclub Massacre (June 12, 2016)

On this day in 2016, an ISIS-inspired terrorist opened fire in an Orlando, Florida, gay bar in June 2016 killing 49 and wounding 53.

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Phil in the media

COVID-19: An Intelligence Perspective

In this episode of Adversity Quotient, Phil Gurski and David Henigman discuss the roles of intelligence agencies during pandemic and what may change going forward.

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Failed NATO airstrike kills 14 civilians in Afghanistan (May 29, 2011)

On this day in 2011, a NATO airstrike aimed at Taliban terrorists struck two houses and killed 14 civilians, including women and children.

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Perspectives

Incel violence is not terrorism… at least not yet

It is simply too early to label incel violence ‘terrorism’ and we have other legal tools to deal with this hateful, misogynist phenomenon.

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Who decides what is terrorism and what isn’t?

It is still a debatable issue whether ‘incels’ are terrorists or just occasionally violent people, as is what is the best way to detect and stop them.

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Anarchists Firebomb Royal Bank in Ottawa (May 18, 2010)

Three anarchists protesting indigenous land issues during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver firebombed a bank in Ottawa in May 2010.

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35 killed and 300 wounded by car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan (May 17, 1974)

The May 1974 car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan demonstrated that the IRA was not the only violent actor: the UVF was equally violent.

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Bombings in Casablanca (May 16, 2003)

One of the rare successful Al Qaeda suicide bombings in Morocco occurred in May 2003: 41 people were killed and 100 injured.

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Thirteen injured in Grey Wolves attack on Armenian genocide memorial in France (May 13, 1984)

On this day in 1984, a memorial to the Armenian genocide in Paris was attacked by an alleged member of the Turkish terrorist group Grey Wolves resulting in 13 injuries.