Canadian Intelligence Eh
Everywhere you look these days terrorism and violent extremism dominate the headlines. Whether you follow what is happening in Afghanistan or Iraq, or in the West writ large, we are inundated with news of attacks by groups and individuals fighting for a 'cause'.In a world of multiple voices and opinions it can be very hard to know where to turn. One choice is to look to those who actually worked in counterterrorism in the national security world. In these half-hour podcasts 30-year Canadian intelligence veteran Phil Gurski is joined by a fascinating array of individuals with something meaningful to say about these issues as they provide insight into what they mean and what we need to do about them.
Canadian Intelligence Eh
Episode 327 - Old terrorist groups never die, or do they?
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Phil Gurski
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For decades, the one Western nation that seemed most beset by terrorism was Ireland, as the IRA (Irish Republican Army) was bent on using violence to coerce the six counties of the north to join the Republic. The Troubles, as they were known, stretched from 1968 to 1998 and resulted in the deaths of almost 2,000 civilians and a total casualty count of somewhere in the neighbourhood of 50,000. A recent incident in Belfast raises the spectre of a re-rise in IRA violence, but is it really terrorism? Do terrorist leopards every change their spots? I talk once again with a former Scottish police superintendant on this and other matters.