Categories
Perspectives

Calgary, hotbed of Jihadism?

The Calgary RCMP INSET has charged a man with joining ISIS and participating in acts of terrorism on behalf of the group in Syria.

Categories
Perspectives

The Jihadi view of the world in a nutshell

We talk a lot about ideology when it comes to terrorism: sometimes it is a good idea to remind ourselves of the basics.

Categories
Perspectives

Today in Terrorism: November 18, 2005 – Al Hamra Hotel bombing

On this day in 2005, a series of suicide bombing in Khanaqin, located northeast of the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad, killed at least 60 people.

Categories
Perspectives

Yes, the threat from returning jihadis may be small but it is very real

And so the debate continues.  Arguments range from the alarming view that those who fought with terrorist groups  like Islamic State will return to wreak havoc and death on an epic scale to an Alfred E. Newmanesque ‘What me worry?’ response.  As with pretty well everything in life reality is somewhere between those two extremes. […]