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Quick Hits

Quick Hits – Episode 204: Canada drops the ball on ISIS terrorism

Canadian authorities elected to extradite an ISIS recruiter in Edmonton to the US where he is given a stiff sentence: why wasn’t he tried here?

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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

How important are human sources in counter terrorism? A conversation with former CSIS officers and agents

Canadian Intelligence Eh! – Episode 150: How far should the use of human sources go to collect intelligence? The world of counter terrorism is a dirty business.   Intelligence services and law enforcement need to infiltrate terrorist cells to see what they are planning and part of those efforts involve the recruitment and running of human […]

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Perspectives

Global Terrorism This Week (GTTW) – September 5 – 11, 2022

Global Terrorism This Week for September 5 to 11 shows, once again, a heavily dominant jihadi threat.

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Perspectives

Yet again, why nations should not be in a rush to repatriate ISIS FFs

The recent 15-month sentence handed down to an ISIS terrorist/ex-Irish soldier is a timely reminder that the West is unprepared to deal with this threat.

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May 29, 2016: ISIS uses chlorine gas in terrorist attack

On May 29, 2016 35 civilians were wounded in an ISIS attack using rockets containing chlorine gas in Iraq’s Nineveh Province.

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Perspectives

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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Perspectives

May 18, 2016: ISIS uses acid to dissolve victims

On May 18, 2016 ISIS executed 25 people it accused of spying by placing them in a large tub containing nitric acid.

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May 14, 2016: Murder of Buddhist monk in Bangladesh

On May 14, 2016 ISIS terrorists  hacked to death a 75-year old Buddhist monk in south-eastern Bangladesh.

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May 5, 2016: ISIS execution of young boy for swearing

On May 5, 2016 ISIS executed a seven-year-old boy in northern Syria after he allegedly swore during a game of football.

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April 25, 2016: ISIS murders journalist in Bangladesh

On April 25, 2016 a top LGBTQ rights activist in Bangladesh was hacked to death by ISIS terrorists at his flat in Dhaka.