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May 26, 2016: ISIS kills its own terrorists for disobeying orders

On May 26, 2016 ISIS executed eight of its members in Iraq’s Nineveh Province for not joining the fight against Kurdish militias.

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Just how useful is terrorism analysis and ‘prediction’?

Terrorism analysis and predictions often fall well short of their mark, making us wonder why all this work is done in the first place.

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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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Does ‘terrorism’ mean too much to too many?

We must get better at when to use the word terrorism to describe acts of violence: in a world rife with too much terrorism, why would we want to make more?

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April 26, 2010: Attempted assassination of UK Ambassador to Yemen

On April 26, 2010 an AQ terrorist dressed as a schoolboy carried out a suicide attack near the convoy of the British ambassador to Yemen, killing only himself.

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Why bother doing CT ops if terrorists walk free?

How far should intelligence and law enforcement agencies go in investigating terrorist threats?

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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 17, 2017: Suicide bomber strikes elite police force in Bangladesh

On March 17, 2017 a suicideĀ bomber blew himself up near a temporary camp of Bangladesh’s elite RABĀ police force in Dhaka, injuring two officers.

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March 4, 2009: Bombing kills Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan

On March 4, 2009 three Canadian soldiers were killed and two injured by an IED in southern Afghanistan.

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February 20, 2009: Suicide airplane attack in Sri Lanka

On February 20, 2009 the LTTE tried to fly small light aircraft into military installations in and around Sri Lanka’s capital city, Colombo.