Episode 109 – How is the ‘war on terrorism’ going? What are we doing well? Not well?
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 October 13, 1981 FARC terrorists massacred 12 peasants in the Colombian provinces of Antioquia, Caqueta and Cordoba.
Terrorists like to portray themselves as masterminds of violence. Some are pretty dumb.
On October 12, 2002 two powerful bombs exploded outside two clubs on the Indonesian island of Bali killing 202 people
On October 11, 2009 15 people were killed and two seriously injured in an attack on a mosque in northern Burkina Faso.
On October 10, 2009 Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan terrorists attacked Pakistan’s military HQ in Islamabad killing 11 soldiers and civilians .
On October 9, 1995 an Amtrak train derailed near Palo Verde, Arizona in the southwest US, killing one and wounding 78.
On October 8 of that year ETA killed Augusto Unceta Barrenechea, mayor of Guernica, and his two bodyguards.
Democracies must allow Islamist parties to run for office: anything short of this provides terrorist groups with free propaganda and potential recruits.
On October 7, 2004 a remote-controlled car bomb targeting Sunni Muslims exploded in the Pakistani city of Multan, killing at least 40 people and wounding more than 100