We must get better at when to use the word terrorism to describe acts of violence: in a world rife with too much terrorism, why would we want to make more?
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.
On April 26, 2010 an AQ terrorist dressed as a schoolboy carried out a suicide attack near the convoy of the British ambassador to Yemen, killing only himself.
On April 25, 2016 a top LGBTQ rights activist in Bangladesh was hacked to death by ISIS terrorists at his flat in Dhaka.
On April 24, 2003 a Palestinian blew himself up at a train station in Kfar Saba, killing an Israeli security guard and injuring 14 others.
On April 23, 2016 an ISIS affiliate attacked a Libyan force guarding oil ports near the Brega terminal, killing one guard and wounding four.
On April 22, 2018 Islamic State in Khorasan beheaded three brothers in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province.
On April 21, 2015 40 Macedonian NLA terrorists took over a police station near the border with Kosovo, beat the officers and stole their weapons.
We have been ‘doing’ preventative work in the terrorism sphere for a few decades: is it time for a rethink?
On April 20, 2016 ISIS threw five people from the top of a high building to their deaths after accusing them of practicing sodomy in the city of Mosul
On April 19, 1995 more than 600 Japanese commuters were injured when a gas was released at the main station in Yokohama.