‘He who lives by the sword dies by the sword’: this applies to terrorists too (and civilians in the wrong place at the wrong time).
Category: Perspectives
On this day in 2012 a bomb blast killed two Somali policemen and four refugees close to a camp for displaced people in Mogadishu.
There are all kinds of hate groups out there that advocate violence: how much of a threat do they really pose?
On this day in 2016, four worshipers were killed in a suicide bombing at a mosque, five days after a similar attack left 12 people dead.
On January 17, 2012 five foreign tourists were killed in Ethiopia in an attack by unknown gunmen in the northern Afar region.
Three young men from a non-descript southern Ontario city ended up fighting for AQ in Africa. What are the chances of that happening?
Terrorists want to have the biggest impact possible – so why don’t they attack nuclear plants?
On this day in 2008 a bomb exploded next to a US Embassy vehicle on a coastal road in Beirut, killing at least three motorists.
On this day in 2012, a suicide wearing a police uniform bomber struck a procession of Iraqi Shias, killing at least 53 and wounding 130 people.
How do you define terrorism? We may not all agree with what terrorism is, but I wish we could agree on what it isn’t!