On this day in 2013 the ALF tossed a Molotov cocktail at a Vancouver police car parked outside the home of a fur store owner.
Author: Phil Gurski
Phil Gurski is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. Phil is a 32-year veteran of CSE and CSIS and the author of six books on terrorism.
Today is a bit of a departure, but just a bit: I want to talk about Iran. You know, that country in the Middle East which everyone thinks is public enemy #1!
On this day in 1976 terrorists from the Ulster Volunteer Force killed three members each from the Reavey and O’Dowd families in Northern Ireland.
On this day in 2015 Boko Haram terrorists slaughtered as many as 2,000 in Baga, a town on the shores of Lake Chad in NE Nigeria.
The idea that China is a responsible member of the international community is insane and the world’s nations have to stand up to its aggression.
On this day in 2016, Pakistani terrorists dressed in Indian Army uniforms attacked the Pathankot Air Base, killing several personnel.
Borealis looks at serious acts of violence, including ‘suicide bombings’, that are not terrorist in nature.
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Global Terrorism Index 2020
In 2019, deaths from terrorism fell for the fifth consecutive year, after peaking in 2014.
On this day in 2004 nine people were killed and 32 injured when a bomb exploded during a New Year’s Eve music concert in Indonesia’s Aceh province