A mass casualty terrorist attack on a train in Belgium by a jihadi armed with a gun and knife was averted when three US servicemen tackled the assailant.
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.
They often say there is no honour among thieves: the same goes for terrorists. Terrorists have a lot of needs. OK, I suppose we all do, but terrorists’ needs are special. They cannot be terrorists without a few prime items, to include: A cause (usually political in nature); A group of people to educate, support […]
On this day in 1978, two officials associated with the Somoza regime were killed and two police officers wounded by likely Sandinista terrorists in Nicaragua.
Counter-terrorism veteran Phil Gurski discusses with a Courageous Canadian who realised her spouse wanted to establish an Islamic state.
On this day in 2017, two were killed and six wounded by a Moroccan Islamist terrorist in the southwest Finnish city of Turku.
The Bangladeshi terrorist group JMB set off more than 450 bombs in 63 of the country’s 64 districts over a half hour period but only 2 people died.
On that day in 2012, more than 100 were killed and 400 injured in a series of bombings and attacks across Iraq as the country exited the US occupation phase.
On this day in 2004, at least 18 people were killed, mostly children, by a bomb planted by Assam separatists in NW India.
On this day in 2007, car bombs in northen Iraq targeting Yazidis exploded killing almost 800 people and injuring 1,500.
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When academics get it wrong
Ottawa’s Carleton University want to end student internships with police, citing racial bias. Phil Gurski explains why this is very wrong.