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April 22, 1988: Terrorists take gendarmes hostage in New Caledonia

On this day in 1988, indigenous terrorists, known collectively as the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front attacked a gendarmerie, killing 3 gendarmes and taking 27 unarmed hostages on the island of Ouvéa in New Caledonia

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

Alexandre Rodde: Analyse de la menace extremiste en France

Episode 86 – Phil Gurski discute avec Alexandre Rodde, chercheur Français et consultant en sécurité intérieure.

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Quick Hits 149 – Is It OK to show cartoons that offend?

What is acceptable when it comes to controversial material?

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

Alexandre Rodde: The terrorist threat to France

Episode 81 – Interview with French security consultant Alexandre Rodde.

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January 8, 2015: Killing of policewoman in France

On this day in 2015 Ahmed Coulibaly, a French Islamist terrorist, shot dead an unarmed policewoman, Clarissa Jean-Philippe, in the Paris suburb of Montrouge

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

Mustafa Akyol: Is Islam in crisis? What to do about it?

In this episode, Borealis is joined by Mustafa Akyol to look at the nuances of Muslim leaders calling for boycotts of French goods.

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December 24, 1994: GIA hijacking in France

On this day in December 1994 GIA terrorists hijacked a French airliner with a plan of exploding it over the Eiffel Tower.

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December 16, 2008: Failed Afghan dynamite attack in Paris

A previously unknown Afghan terrorist group seeking foreign troops out of the country failed to detonate sticks of dynamite in a Paris store in December 2008

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When things go wrong fingers get pointed – is this fair?

In the wake of a brutal killing and beheading of a French teacher in October for his ‘crime’ of showing the Muhammad cartoons, a report has come out saying French security and intelligence services failed to “appreciate the gravity of the defamatory campaign on social media against the teacher”.  In other words, the French blew it.  […]

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December 3, 1996: GIA bombing in Paris

Four people were killed at 170 injured in a bombing at a Paris metro station in December 1996 which was blamed on the GIA