On September 7, 1986 Marxist terrorists tried to assassinate Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet: 5 people were killed and 11 wounded
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.
Quick Hits 172 – Biden’s debacle? Phil Gurski weighs in on who ‘lost’ Afghanistan.
On September 6, 1970 a member of the Sandinista was shot and killed as he tried to hijack an El-Al flight leaving Amsterdam.
On September 5, 1972 members of Black September kidnapped Israeli athletes at the summer Olympics in Munich, , eventually killing 11 of them
On September 4, 1997 three suicide bombers attacked a popular shopping promenade in Jerusalem, killing four passers-by and wounding more than 200.
On September 3, 1978 members of the Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army shot down an Air Rhodesia flight killing 38 passengers and crew.
Terrorism is not as obvious as it may seem at times. Agreement on what is – and what isn’t – an act of terrorism can be quite difficult.
On September 2, 2018 an Al Shabaab suicide bomber blew himself up at a government office in Mogadishu killing 3 and wounding 14
Episode 104 – Phil Gurski is joined by the world’s foremost authority on incels, Naama Kates
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his remarks after the country completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan.