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Abu Nidal terrorist attacks on Israeli El Al airline – December 27, 1985

Israel has been a terrorist target since its creation, forcing the country’s security agents to be imaginative.

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Massacre of Hindu train passengers by Sikh terrorists – December 26, 1991

Train security is generally understated which makes you wonder why there are not more terrorist attacks on these modes of transportation.

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American Airlines ‘shoebomber’ – December 22, 2001

Do you hate taking off your shoes to get through airport security? You can thank Richard Reid for that.

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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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The Maxime Bernier shutout is a good sign

The recent Canadian federal election bucked Western trends by rejecting populism – and that is indeed a good thing!

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The world may need more Canada, but not more Canadian terrorists

Even if terrorist attacks are rare in Canada, some Canadian extremists do elect to strike abroad. What should we do with them?

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The greening of terrorism?

Why the sustained use of violence by environmental groups is just a matter of time.

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Today in Terrorism: November 19, 1995 – Attack on the Egyptian Embassy in Pakistan

A suicide bomber rammed his explosive-packed truck into the Egyptian Embassy in Islamabad on Nov. 19, 1995, killing 15 people, including the second secretary of the embassy and three Egyptian security guards.

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CSIS is damned if it does and damned if it doesn’t

CSIS is criticized when it refuses to divulge anything at all. It is criticized when it at least makes an effort to let out some information. Why should the intelligence agency even try then?

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Today in terrorism: 13 October 2015, A pox on both your houses

The neverending back-and-forth between the Israelis and the Palestinians was captured in a single day back in 2015.