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December 10, 2019: Anti-Semitic and anti-police killings in US

On December 10, 2019 three people were killed and another three wounded in a kosher grocery store in Jersey City by two Black Hebrew Israelites.

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November 4, 2015: ISIS-inspired student stabs four at US university

On November 4, 2015 a college student at the Merced campus of the University of California stabbed four people before he was shot and killed by police.

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When the fight for independence leads to terrorism

What do we do when independence movements which are not seen, at least not yet, as terrorist groups start to venture down that road.

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September 28, 1973: Terrorists hijack train transporting immigrants in Austria

On September 28, 1973 terrorists from the Syrian-sponsored organization As Sa’iqa overtook a train carrying Soviet Jews immigrating to Israel

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What do the New Zealand stabbings tell us about terrorism?

In a world where everyone has concluded that the only threat to the West comes from the ‘far right’, a series of stabbings in New Zealand reminds us this is not 100% accurate.

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Why it is so hard to decide what is – and what isn’t – terrorism

Terrorism is not as obvious as it may seem at times. Agreement on what is – and what isn’t – an act of terrorism can be quite difficult.

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July 6, 2006: Bomb destroys bus in Transnistria

On July 6, 2006 a powerful explosion killed at least seven people on a minibus in the Transnistrian capital city, Tiraspol

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May 13, 2016: ISIS massacres sports fans in Iraq

On May 13, 2016 ISIS terrorists attacked a cafe in Iraq frequented by supporters of the Spanish football club Real Madrid, killing at least 12 people.

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April 18, 1983: Suicide car bombing at U.S. embassy in Beirut

On this day in 1983, a suicide bomber rammed through the gates of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, in a Chevrolet pickup truck and detonated his payload of roughly 2000 pounds of explosives.

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Why is Canada so obsessed with so little terrorism?

For a land which sees so little terrorism our media and ‘national security experts’ appear to think – and react – differently.