As the #1 terrorist threat worldwide, Islamist extremists attack more countries than many realise.
Category: Perspectives
On this day in 1905 Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich was targeted for assassination by Russian revolutionaries.
I have no idea how Valentine’s Day is celebrated in India but I am certain that citizens would prefer not to mark the day with bombs.
On this day in 2015, terrorists besieged a mosque in Peshawar (Pakistan) with firearms and bombs, killing 22 and wounding at least 60.
There are many ways to counter terrorism: citizenship revocation is one, but it is hard.
On this day in 2015 a branch of Islamic State (ISIS) beheaded 21 Christians in Libya. The terrorist group released a video of the horrific crime.
On this day in 2016, Mohamed Barry went into the Nazareth Restaurant & Deli and proceeded to stab four people with a machete.
Terrorism usually ‘makes sense’ when you analyse it enough: sometimes it does not. TODAY IN TERRORISM — You all know the old saying “if a tree falls in a forest and there is no one there to hear it, does it make a sound?” This phrase has been used for many years to distinguish between […]
On this day in 2016 two attacks by the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram took place in areas where anyone with a sense of decency would see as verboten.
Whatever you think of policing it is a hard job: it is harder when they are targeted by terrorists. TODAY IN TERRORISM — What kind of experiences have you had with the police? Good ones? Bad ones? Neither good nor bad? Not surprisingly I have had almost universal good experiences. I used to brief local […]