The latest Borealis Quick Hits podcast is out! An alleged ISIS-inspired jihadi attack in Ireland speaks volumes about this threat to the West. Have a listen!
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RCMP looking at possible terrorist attack in Saguenay (Quebec) on Dec 20 inspired by Hamas - employee at a restaurant with a knife. Why was this not reported ANYWHERE in Cdn media??
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Yazidi women recount ISIS captivity: They raped children as young as 4 - ISIS women often more brutal than the men. And some in the West want to repatriate ISIS females, calling them victims???
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Why does Canada maintain a listed terrorist entity programme, including Hamas, Hizballah and PIJ, if Cdn media cannot call a terrorist group a terrorist group?
I hate to be a smart arse but I have been writing, posting, and speaking about Islamist radicalisation in Canada for nigh on a quarter century and been called 'racist' for my efforts (re Tel Aviv attack by an alleged Cdn today)
I am very happy to announce that I have been appointed as Director, Security and Intelligence for the SecDev Group in Ottawa. Looking very forward to working with SecDev!
@SecDev
I am very pleased to announce that I have just been named Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Tech hub at the U of Ottawa's Professional Development Institute. So fortunate to work with such a great team!
Swedish Muslim association Ibn Rushd uses materials that disparage women, connect Judaism to homosexuality, and reference Sharia law, ordered to give back public funds. Good!
Christian Estrosi, mayor of Nice: “Enough is enough. It’s time now for France to exonerate itself from the laws of peace in order to definitively wipe out Islamo-fascism from our territory.”
6 yrs ago today I retired after 32 yrs in Cdn intel to become a writer (6 books so far!), blogger, podcaster, media commentator and mentor for young Cdns interested in NatSec. Thanks to all for your support and encouragement! I'm not done - yet!
Look what came in the mail today! Many thanks to
@2xdaggerbooks
If you want a signed copy, join me on Mar 22 at 18h30 at
@PerfectBooksOtt
for the official launch
ISIS offshoot in Somalia has extended its presence in Puntland state in northeastern Somalia following several clashes with its primary rival, al-Shabab
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Recent
@washingtonpost
op-ed on France/terrorism: "the recent attacks were carried out by deeply disturbed individuals, lone wolves with no ties to international terrorist networks." There is much wrong with this myth: it is hard to know where to begin
CSIS chief pushes back against PMO claim about mistake in intelligence report - I am getting sick and tired of this gvt's ignorance and dismissiveness of intel. We need grown-ups to lead us
Toronto police lay 'unprecedented' hate crime charge, say man allegedly held 'terrorist flag' at protest: won't say what flag - why the f*** not???? Cdns have a right to know, or at least we once did
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Excellent piece by the only true incel 'expert' I know,
@naamakates
on why the incel 'movement' (itself a meaningless term) is NOT getting more extreme,
@washingtonpost
reporting notwithstanding. Well done Naama - thanks!!
CBC Leaked Email Tells Reporters Not to Use Term ‘Terrorists’ in Connection With Israel Attacks...but, but, Hamas is a listed terrorist entity in Canada!
#terrorism
The latest Borealis Canadian Intelligence Eh! podcast is out! Whatever happened to Sikh terrorism? A chat with Canadian journalist
@CBCTerry
Have a listen!
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CSIS chief defends his spies' work after PM casts doubt on reliability of agency's reports - as a former senior strategic terrorism analyst at CSIS I thank him for stepping up and countering the PM's idiotic claims
The latest Borealis Perspective is out! Who decides what is a serious national security threat: intelligence professionals or bureaucrats? Have a read!
Chinese student in the US sentenced to nine months in prison for stalking and threatening a female Chinese student who put up pro-democracy fliers on campus - it's a start
The latest Borealis Canadian Intelligence Eh! podcast is out! And this is a timely one: why does the Canadian gvt care so little about Chinese interference? A chat with
@scoopercooper
Have a listen!
80% of the Uyghur children at a village preschool in China’s far-western Xinjiang have at least one parent in state custody, while pupils with both parents in detention attend a separate “welfare school” where they are continuously monitored
Terrorism charges for BC woman who left to join ISIS: Ottawa lawyer expresses 'shock' at charges. This is so Casablanca!! She should answer for her crimes, not be seen as a victim. I will be commenting on
@CTVNationalNews
later today
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I just discovered
@IncelProject
- a woman who actually gathers primary data by talking to self-professed incels - very interesting work. Naama Kates will join Borealis in a podcast in the very near future
Conservative House Leader Scheer says Canadians have a right to know how man charged with committing a terrorism offence for ISIS abroad evaded Canada's screening process to immigrate here and become a citizen - yep they do!
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Officials in Dushanbe received reports that Tajik militants who fought alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan are now making plans to cross the border into Tajikistan - and so it begins???
Terror expert warns Sweden against repatriating Syria jihadists
@MagnusRanstorp
- he and I agree on a lot of this as I wrote in Western Foreign Fighters
Toronto father, son face terrorism-related charges:
Ahmad Fouad Mostafa Eldidi and his son Mostafa allegedly working with ISIS. Another reminder that ISIS/jihadism in Canada is not dead (as I have been saying for a decade)
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@M_Johnston1
Expressing a desire to end civilian casualties is one thing: calling Hamas, a listed terrorist entity, 'freedom fighters ' and praising Oct 7 as 'justified ' is intolerable.
Great comment by
@naamakates
@IncelProject
"There is something deeply broken in a society where young men are using the aesthetics of terrorism just for some online notoriety" - not everything is terrorism folks!!
1. Tomorrow marks 5 years since I retired from Cdn security intelligence and struck out on my own. 5 years, 5 books and thousands of blogs, podcasts and interactions later I have to say I am a pretty lucky guy!
Ottawa buys Arctic hangar next to NORAD base after Chinese, Russian interest. How the f*** can the gvt allow our enemies to express 'interest' in an Arctic military facility on Canadian soil????? Again, clueless re national security
Trudeau just doesn't think Chinese interference is anything to be angry about: CSIS has warned threats will persist until they are taken seriously by the government, which isn't happening
Can someone please explain to me why the RCMP did NOT list the terrorist group (the list is public) that a young offender arrested is alleged to belong to? How would doing so jeopardise the investigation?
It looks like the Canadian killed by Israeli soldiers while threatening them with a knife traveled to Israel: described as 'Muslim'. This is another example of Canadians going abroad to commit terrorism (see my book Western Foreign Fighters)
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Public Safety Minister 'struck' by extent Canada is 'net importer' of intelligence from allies - again an indication of Canada's poor intelligence culture at the political level
Another deportation as France shows zero tolerance for radical preachers, has jected a string of foreign imams whose preaching has been deemed a threat. Meanwhile in Canada...
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By leveraging its stronghold in Afghanistan using networks in Central and South Asia, ISKP reemerging as a transnational actor with the capacity to carry out operations across Asia and Europe: so much for the 'experts' who said ISIS was dead
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National-security adviser nixes idea of foreign-intelligence agency for Canada - sigh, once again my country shows its abysmal lack of an intelligence culture
Adil Charkaoui, subject to a national security certificate for decades, praises Hamas, calls for deaths of Zionists. Quelle surprise!! NOT!! And yet Canada allowed him to stay here
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Borealis talks to
@MrMubinShaikh
about the Abu Huzayfah terrorism hoax. No one knows more about this case than Mubin! Have a listen to a REAL counter terrorism specialist!
Ottawa strengthens vetting after officials failed to pass on new human-rights chief’s alias to RCMP, CSIS - my God, that is what CSIS does you dimwits! Again, a gvt with no clue on national security. Sigh.....
I am thrilled to announce that I have been retained as the Director of the Security, Economics and Technology program at U Ottawa's Professional Development Institute for another year! Check out what we offer!
@uottawapdicafe
Norway’s far-right mass killer Breivik sues state over prison isolation, currently serving 21 years for killing 77 people in 2011. Ah poor Anders, sucks to be you mate! Maybe you shouldn't have killed all those people
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Don't miss the latest Borealis Intelligent Look at Terrorism podcast as renowned terrorism scholar
@Hegghammer
talks about his new book on Abdallah Azzam! Also available on Spotify, Podbean and iTunes
Hostages' mothers watch Hamas terrorist say in footage: 'These are the girls who can get pregnant' - so much for the Hamas 'freedom fighters' horseshit...
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Edmonton woman married ISIS fighters, sought weapons training, no charges, gets a peace bond. And you wonder why our allies see us as soft on natsec???
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I find it fascinating that not a single person I know who worked in counter terrorism (security intelligence or law enforcement) wants to repatriate ISIS terrorists - coz they know what the implications are for us here in Canada no doubt
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Is it just me or are we seeing a lot of knife attacks in Western Europe which authorities immediately dismiss as NOT terrorism and which disappear from the headlines very quickly? These could very well be NOT terrorism but I find the lack of info interesting
New intelligence documents published by Canada's federal foreign interference inquiry raise questions about the conclusions of former Governor General David Johnston’s probe into the issue
Two 21-year-old men from Utrecht and Vleuten arrested in May on suspicion of joining ISIS, attempted to travel to ISIS-controlled areas. Also destroyed graves. Why is this coming out only now?
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Suspects arrested as part of a large-scale anti-terrorist operation across Belgium linked to ISKP, one of the jihadist group's most lethal branches
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ISIS has released a guide to assassinate world leaders, urging lone wolves to pose as journalists so they can carry bombs and unleash terror attacks on politicians
The Canadian gvt's continued attempt to paint legitimate concerns over PRC interference in our elections as 'anti-Asian racism' is pathetic and insulting. Why is it incapable of dealing with this threat?
Canadian gas station attendant and British preacher convicted in U.K. terrorism case: Cdn Khaled Hussein, who worked at an Edmonton gas station, part of Al Muhajiroun (ALM). Jihadism is alive and well in Canada alas
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Germany on high alert for Jihadist threat at Euros - good short piece in
@unherd
by my Cdn friend
@LucasADWebber
and a good reminder that even in Germany jihadis far outweigh the far right on the current terrorism threat scale
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