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19 killed in TNLA rebel attacks near China border (May 12, 2018)

On this day in 2018, the TNLA killed 19 people, mostly civilians, in Myanmar Shan State in retribution for army attacks against another ethnic army.

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Where is the COVID-19 terrorism spike?

There has not been an appreciable increase in terrorism activity in most nations across the world (there are exceptions). Here is what we know so far.

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May 2, 2011 | Killing of AQ leader Usama bin Laden

Justice was served to some extent when US Navy Seals located and killed Al Qaeda terrorist leader and 9/11 mastermind Usama bin Laden in Pakistan in May 2011

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Podcast 38 – A talk with former CSIS Director Ward Elcock

Ward Elcock was the Director of CSIS from 1994 to 2004 and saw the organisation through 9/11 and its aftermath. He joins Borealis to reflect on his years in security intelligence and where we are going next.

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April 28, 2001 | Armed attack in Macedonia

Albanian terrorists massacred eight Macedonian forces in the north of the country in April 2001 in an effort to fold ethnic Albanian areas into Albania.

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April 26, 2016 | Drownings by ISIS

On this day in 2016, ISIS animals put seven men in a cage and lowered it into the water where they all died by drowning.

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April 20, 1995 | LRA Massacre in Uganda

Lord’s Resistance Army massacred hundreds of civilians in northern Uganda in April 1995 and took women and girls as slaves.

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The challenges of gathering intelligence during a pandemic

Intelligence agencies play an important role during a pandemic to see how widespread the disease is as well as to determine who is hiding the truth.

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April 15, 2013 | Boston Marathon bombings

Three people died and almost 300 were wounded when two Chechen terrorists planted pressure cooker bombs near the finishing line of the 2013 Boston Marathon

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Podcast 35 – Where is terrorism going? Borealis talks to US academic Colin P. Clarke

How has terrorism changed over the decades and, more importantly, where is it going in the next few years?