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Noah Shack: Iran's terror-crime nexus is a growing threat to Canadians

Canada's approach to counterterrorism must evolve to meet this new reality

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On July 18, 1994, a suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden truck into the Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, killing 85 people and injuring hundreds in the deadliest terror attack in Argentina’s history.

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In the devastating aftermath, Argentina’s Jewish community — the largest in South America — was left questioning its safety and future in their country. Deepening that sense of fear was the fact that those responsible remained unidentified for more than a decade. Prosecutors ultimately identified the suicide bomber as a 21-year-old Lebanese member of Hezbollah and concluded that the attack had been directed by the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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Thirty-two years later, Iran’s Islamic regime continues to target people around the world — including here in Canada.

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