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Sydney hostage crisis – December 15, 2014

The 2014 Sydney hostage crisis occurred when a lone gunman, Man Haron Monis, held hostage ten customers and eight employees of a Lindt chocolate café.

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Phil in the media Video

CPAC – Security Experts Discuss The ‘2019 Global Terrorism Index’

Serge Stroobants and Phil Gurski joins CPAC’s Peter Van Dusen to discuss their newest report on tracking terrorist threats, the 2019 Global Terrorism Index.

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Just how likely are you to die in a terrorist attack? Not very.

It is important to keep threats in perspective and not give in to irrational fear – terrorism included.

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Podcast Quick Hits

Quick Hits 1 – Pensacola

This new series will take an deep look into a specific recent terrorist attacks. In this episode, Phil analyses the latest events in Pensacola Florida.

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Perspectives

The ebb and flow of terrorist groups: Why declaring victory is often premature

Declaring ‘victory’ over a terrorist group/terrorism may be a nice sound bite, but it is rarely accurate.

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When is a terrorist not a terrorist: when he is a patriot?

Defining what is and what is not terrorism is not easy and we should stop pretending that it is.

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Canadian Intelligence Eh! Podcast

Podcast 23 – Terrorism analysis and open source information

This podcast will look at how to find and rate information available in open source.

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Perspectives

Today in Terrorism: November 27, 2015 – Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting

On this day on 2015, Robert Dear entered a planned parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs engaged in a standoff with police that lasted for hours.

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Today in Terrorism: November 23, 1986 – Turkish consulate bombing in Melbourne

Armenian terrorism may strike some as yesteryear’s scourge but the Turkish government’s refusal to acknowledge the 1915 genocide could spur more action.

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Today in Terrorism: November 22, 2009 – ‘Bicycle bombs’ in Northeastern India

On this day in 2009, seven people were killed and over 20 wounded when two bicycles kitted with explosives detonated in the Indian state of Assam.