Quick Hits 175 – What do the Matrix movies tell us about terrorism and what happens when reality emulate art?
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 5, 1985 an Egyptian soldier named Suleiman Khater gunned down seven Israelis: three adults and four young children.
On October 4, 2017 an ISIS affiliated terrorist group killed four US servicemen, four Nigerien soldiers and an interpreter near Tongo Tongo
On October 3, 2019 a knife-wielding employee killed three officers and one administrative worker at police headquarters in the centre of Paris.
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Why what we call “terrorism” matters
Quick Hits 174 – Police may drop ‘Islamist’ term when describing terror attacks
On 2 October 2015, a 15-year old shot and killed Curtis Cheng, an unarmed police civilian finance worker outside the New South Wales Police Force in Sydney, Australia.
On October 1, 2005 one person was killed in an explosion in a traffic circle about 100 yards from a packed football stadium at the University of Oklahoma
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Once a jihadi always a jihadi?
The only terrorist who cannot harm us is a dead one: derad programs are far from perfect
On September 30 , 2008 three bombs exploded in the western Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra, killing ten and wounding 80
Episode 107 – Phil Gurski talks about terrorism and evidence with 30-year Toronto police veteran Gavin Horner.